Joel Turner discography

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Artist = Joel Turner


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Joel Turner is an Australian, multi-platinum hip-hop singer and beatboxer. He has released two studio albums, one video album and six singles, in addition to six music videos.

Turner came to prominence after auditioning in the first season of "Australian Idol" in 2003. [cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,16621722-7484,00.html |title=Reject beats world |accessdate=2008-09-05 |work= |publisher="The Daily Telegraph" |date=2005-09-16] His debut album, "Joel Turner and the Modern Day Poets", was released as a collaboration in 2004 with hip-hop group, the Modern Day Poets.cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/Music/Just-a-suburban-boy/2005/02/13/1108061929996.html |title=Just a suburban boy |accessdate=2008-09-05 |work= |publisher="The Age" |date=2005-02-13] The release was a commercial success with platinum certification by the ARIA and produced four top thirty singles, including a number-one single "These Kids". [cite news |first=Eddie |last=Drury |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20050526022724/http://www.xpressmag.com.au/archives/2005/03/joel_turner.php |title=Joel Turner |accessdate=2008-09-05 |work= |publisher="Who" |date=2004-11-17] Turner released a video album, "Joel Turner and the Modern Day Poets with the Beatbox Alliance" in 2005, to coincide with his performance at the finale of the second season of "Australian Idol". [cite web |url=http://rarerecords.com.au/dvd/index.cfm?action=item&id=26950 |title=Joel Turner And The Modern Day Poets With The Beatbox Alliance |accessdate=2008-09-05 |work= |publisher=Rare Records]

He released a non-album single, "All Night Long" in 2007 which charted at #38; it remains his lowest charting single. Turner released his second album, "Out of the Box", in 2007 with collaborations by hip-hop artists, Me-One, Mystro and De La Soul. [cite web |url=http://www.generationq.net/articles/Joel-Turner---Out-of-the-Box-00001.html |title=Joel Turner - Out of the Box |last=Kalow |first=Natalie |accessdate=2008-09-05 |work= |publisher=GenerationQ |date=2007-10-20] The album failed to chart, yet it produced a single "City of Dreams" which charted at #30. [cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22300854-5012980,00.html |title=Beatboxer Joel Turner is sound again |accessdate=2008-09-05 |work= |publisher="The Courier-Mail" |date=2007-08-24] Turner is currently working on his third studio album. [cite web |url=http://www.beat.com.au/100/article.php?id=1104 |title=Issue 1093: Joel Turner Interview |last=Karbanenko |first=Megan |accessdate=2008-09-05 |work= |publisher=BEAT magazine |date=2007-12-05]

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