At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000 held in October , Killing Heidi received seven nominations and won four categories : Album of the Year , Best Group , Breakthrough Artist – Album and Best Rock Album for '' Reflector '' . The three other nominees were : Single of the Year for " Mascara " , Best Cover Art for Kosky 's effort on '' Reflector '' and Highest Selling Album for the latter . At the APRA Music Awards of 2001 Ella and Jesse Hooper won Songwriter of the Year . The group " played a handful of club showcases " in the United States by May 2001 , with '' Reflector '' , appearing in the North American market in March that year . Pendretti opined " It 'd be great to break anywhere , but I do n’t think we 're going to be an overnight success there . I think we 've got a lot of hard work to put in , in the states . There 's a lot of great bands there . " From mid-2001 the band 's momentum was reduced when a cyst was found on Ella 's vocal cords and she underwent throat surgery late that year . Her voice was slow to recover , which " destroyed any confidence she had in her voice . " In November of the following year she said , " I have a rule – no singing before 10 am . Nothing comes out , even if I wanted it to . If I 'm on at 10 am I have to be up by 8.30 am , because it takes a while for my voice to sound human . It 's like a croaky 80-year-old lady . " The group 's official website announced in August 2001 that Wah Wah Music had joined with Sony Music Entertainment Australia for their releases . The band continued to work on its second studio album , '' Present '' ( October 2002 ) , which peaked at No . 12 . It was co-produced by Kosky and Robinson with Andy Baldwyn and issued on Wah Wah Music/Sony Music Australia . It was certified gold for shipment of 35,000 units in December
ARIA Music Awards of 2000
ARIA Music Awards of 2000
Killing Heidi