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Delta Goodrem Announces Pure Ahead of Eurovision Debut and New Universal Deal
Delta Goodrem announces Pure, her first album on Universal Music via ATLED Records, ahead of her Eurovision performance in Vienna.
Delta Goodrem has set her next era in motion just as Eurovision closes in: the Australian pop star has announced Pure, her first album under a new deal with Universal Music through Better Now Records/Electrola.
Due Nov. 6, Pure also marks the first full-length release on ATLED Records, Goodrem’s independent label launched in 2023 after she ended a decades-long run with Sony Music. It is a meaningful pivot for an artist who has spent more than two decades operating at the center of Australian pop, and it gives this new album rollout a different kind of weight than a standard label switch.
“I am so excited to be stepping into this new chapter and joining forces with Universal Music,” Goodrem said in a statement. “It marks the beginning of a powerful new home for ATLED Records – something I am incredibly proud of – and I can’t wait to share what we create together.”
Pure arrives four years after Bridge Over Troubled Dreams in 2021, her fifth album to reach No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. That history matters here. Goodrem’s run has long been defined less by reinvention for its own sake and more by the steady consolidation of pop authority, from her 23-times platinum debut Innocent Eyes in March 2003 through Mistaken Identity in November 2004, Delta in October 2007 and Wings Of The Wild in July 2016.
The new album includes “Eclipse,” the single she will perform at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria, where she will appear for the first time as Australia’s representative. The song was written by Goodrem, Ferras Alqaisi, Jonas Myrin and Michael Fatkin, who also produced it.
“Pure is an album I’ve been creating and living through over the past few years, and it truly feels like a return to myself and the heart of who I am as an artist,” she said. “It holds some of my biggest singalongs, my most vulnerable moments, and brings in all the elements I love most in music – from intimate classical piano pieces to uplifting cinematic anthems. I cannot wait for everyone to step into the world of Pure and make these songs part of their own story too.”
For Goodrem, who first signed a record deal at 15 and came up through soap stardom before becoming one of the century’s defining Australian pop figures, the numbers around her career are hard to miss. She has collected 12 ARIA Awards, scored five No. 1 albums and nine No. 1 singles, and Innocent Eyes spent 29 weeks at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, making it the highest-selling debut album in Australian recorded music history. It also won seven ARIA Awards, was the country’s top-selling album for two straight years, and remains the release that set the template for much of what followed. Across her albums catalog, sales are close to 10 million.
A classically trained pianist, Goodrem will also incorporate harp and piano into her Eurovision performance for the contest’s 70th edition. “Performing on the Eurovision stage is something I feel so deeply in my heart, carrying Australia with me in every note and every moment,” she said in a separate statement.
She is scheduled to perform “Eclipse” at the Wiener Stadthalle for Semi-Final 2 on Thursday, May 14 at 3 p.m. ET, which is Friday, May 15 at 5:00 a.m. AEST.
