Amorosi rose to fame in 1999 with the release of her debut single " Have a Look " , which reached gold status in Australia . The following year , she achieved international success with her debut studio album '' The Power '' . She performed at both the 2000 Olympic Games opening ceremony and its accompanying closing ceremony in Sydney . Her performance of '' Heroes Live Forever '' at the opening ceremony gained international acclaim and recognition due to the enormous live vocal range displayed . Performed at the closing ceremony , '' Absolutely Everybody '' , which become an unofficial anthem of the games , went on to be a major hit in Australia and many European countries , including the UK and Germany . After a second studio album , '' Change '' , in 2002 and several years from the spotlight , Amorosi returned in 2008 with the release of her third studio album '' Somewhere in the Real World '' . The album 's most successful single " Perfect " marked her comeback to the ARIA top 5 singles and was the most played Australian song on Australian radio for 2008 . Her fourth studio album , '' Hazardous '' , followed in 2009 and is Amorosi 's second-best selling album in Australia behind her debut , '' The Power '' . It produced her first number one-charting single " This Is Who I Am " . In October 2016 , Amorosi recorded her fifth studio album at Royal Studios in Memphis , that is slated to be released in 2019
2000 Olympic Games opening ceremony
2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Vanessa Amorosi