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So Fresh is an Australian compilation album series. It began in 2000, as a joint venture from Sony, BMG (later merged into Sony) and Universal,[3] replacing the prior Hit Machine series, which ran from 1993 to 2000. From 2000 until 2023, So Fresh albums were released four times per year, named after each season (Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring), consisting of current hit songs from artists signed to Sony, BMG or Universal. In March 2024, So Fresh announced that the series would change to a single annual edition, with So Fresh: 2024 due for release in November 2024.[4]
So Fresh albums have been highly successful in Australia. Every edition from Spring 2000 to Winter 2016 was certified at least platinum (for over 70,000 copies shipped or sold),[a] and every year from 2001–2011, 2014–2015 and 2017–2023, the year's highest selling compilation in Australia has been a So Fresh album.[5] As of Summer 2024, all 94 seasonal So Fresh albums have reached number one on the ARIA Compilations Chart.[a]
Various other So Fresh spin-off albums have also been released, including an annual Christmas compilation each year from 2002 to 2019, and several DVD releases. From September 2003[6] until approximately November 2006,[7] So Fresh also ran a weekly TV show on the Nine Network, featuring "music clips, interviews [and] the ARIA top 10", hosted by Jules Lund (replaced by David Whitehill circa early 2004[8]) and Elysia Pratt.[6]
- ^ So Fresh: The Hits of Spring 2000 (Media notes). Various Artists. BMG Australia. 2000. 74321789772. Retrieved 14 September 2021 – via Discogs.
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To continue delivering a strong track selection with each So Fresh volume – we're changing to delivering So Fresh fans one big 'annual' release in 2024, instead of one for each season of the year. [...] So – keep your eyes open for So Fresh: 2024 in November!
- ^ "ARIA Top 10 Compilation Albums for 2001". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 23 April 2024. Subsequent years can be accessed through the dropdown on the page. In 2012, 2013 and 2016, the highest seller was the annual Triple J Hottest 100 compilation.
- ^ a b "News - So Fresh On TV". Sony BMG Music Entertainment. 3 September 2003. Archived from the original on 16 September 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
The success of the So Fresh compilation has initiated a brand new weekly TV program commencing this week on Network Nine. So Fresh will feature music clips interviews, the ARIA Top Ten and more in its one hour Saturday morning show. [...] The program will air at 10am on Saturday mornings from the 6th September. So Fresh will be produced by Crackerjack and presented by hosts Jules Lund and Elysia Platt [sic].
- ^ So Fresh last appears in Channel 9 and Torres News' TV guides in November 2006, and the TV show page is no longer linked on So Fresh's homepage in February 2007:
- "Channel 9 TV Guide (Sydney)". Channel 9. Archived from the original on 6 November 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- "Search for "so fresh" "tv guide" in Torres News". Trove. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- "So Fresh". So Fresh. Archived from the original on 7 February 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ David Whitehill appears on the So Fresh website's "Hosts" page in a snapshot from February 2004 and onwards, while Jules Lund was shown in December 2003. Whitehill is only named as "Dave", but his full name is shown in the following TV guide and his own biography:
- "So Fresh - Hosts". So Fresh. Archived from the original on 4 February 2004. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- "Grand Hotel TV Guide". Torres News. No. 687. Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia. 28 December 2005. p. 6. Retrieved 14 September 2021 – via Trove.
So Fresh Hits Of 2005 (PG) — Celebrate with hosts David Whitehill and Elysia Pratt as they play the hits of 2005 and welcome in 2006.
- "David Whitehill - Bio". David Whitehill. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
David then moved on to host the hugely successful and nationally broadcast music show So Fresh.
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