It all began with 4 friends in high school.
HUMAN NATURE have earned their place as one of the world’s finest pop-vocal groups of the modern era. They arrived into the lives of the great Australian public in 1996. Since then they’ve become known around the globe for their distinctive harmonies and stellar live shows. The group, brothers Andrew and Mike Tierney, Phil Burton and Toby Allen, has ridden a wave to the top of the charts, initially at home, and have subsequently won fans all over the planet.
HUMAN NATURE formed in high school the all boy band The 4Trax and have forged a career filled with highlights since signing to Sony Music over two decades ago. The group was signed to Sony Music Australia after being introduced to Sony Music Australia’s CEO & Chairman, Denis Handlin AO, by their mentor, Australian radio broadcaster, Alan Jones AO. In that meeting they performed an a cappella version of “People Get Ready”, were signed on the spot and changed their name to HUMAN NATURE.
Since signing to Sony Music Australia over two decades ago, HUMAN NATURE have released 13 studio albums, 4 of which went to No.1 in Australia, garnering 27 platinum awards, 19 top 40 singles and five Top 10 hits worldwide, with album sales in excess of 2.5 million in Australia alone.
A major turning point in HUMAN NATURE’s career began in 2005, when they released an album called Reach Out: The Motown Record. A collection of MOTOWN classics like “My Girl,” “Baby I Need Your Lovin’” and “I’ll Be There,” the album topped the charts and sold over 420,000 copies in Australia. Reach Out was followed in 2006 by Dancing In the Streets – The Songs Of Motown II and saw HUMAN NATURE joining forces with some of the absolute stars of MOTOWN like Mary Wilson of The Supremes, Martha Reeves, The Temptations, and the great Smokey Robinson.
It was Reach Out’s association with Smokey Robinson that saw HUMAN NATURE heading over to America in late 2008 to start their Smokey Robinson presents Human Nature: The Motown Show residency in Las Vegas at the Imperial Palace, which they held for four years performing five nights a week.
In February, 2013 HUMAN NATURE brought Smokey Robinson presents Human Nature: The Motown Show to the Sands Showroom inside the prestigious Venetian Hotel & Casino Las Vegas for a two-year residency.
In November 2013, HUMAN NATURE released their first ever Christmas Album simply titled The Christmas Album. The album became the third most successful Australian Album of 2013, selling double platinum and has charted Top 20 each year since release.
HUMAN NATURE’s 10th studio album for Sony Music Entertainment Australia was the brand new concept record titled Jukebox covering some of the great vocal songs from the 50s & 60s. Jukebox has surpassed double platinum sales and its follow-up, Gimme Some Lovin’: Jukebox Vol II, debuted at the coveted #1 ARIA Albums Chart where it remained for two weeks.
The release of the US album Jukebox: The Ultimate Playlist coincided with their national PBS special “HUMAN NATURE: ‘JUKEBOX’ IN CONCERT FROM THE VENETIAN” in November and December 2017 and their subsequent USA tour in the Spring of 2018.
HUMAN NATURE launched a three year residency of Human Nature JUKEBOX Show on April 21, 2016 at the Sands Showroom, The Venetian Las Vegas. The show was heralded by critics as one of the do not miss shows in Vegas. In March 2019, HUMAN NATURE extended their residency and rebranded their show to Human Nature Sings Motown and More, celebrating 10 years of performing and 2000 shows in the coveted Las Vegas entertainment mecca.
HUMAN NATURE have toured Australia nationally 15 times. They returned home to Australia in April 2019 for their “Little More Love Tour” celebrating the incredible milestone of 30 years performing together as a group. The group has also toured with some of the music industry's biggest names including Michael Jackson and Celine Dion, as well as performing to more than four billion television viewers worldwide during the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics. They also had the privilege of performing on the Oprah Winfrey Show during her Australian TV special. During their ten years based in the USA, they have made TV appearances on The Talk, Dancing With The Stars, The View, Wheel Of Fortune, Today Show as well as hosted their own in-residency TV show on Fox 5 Vegas.
On January 26th 2019, HUMAN NATURE were awarded one of the top honors from their home country, the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), presented by the Governor-General of Australia, for their service to the performing arts and entertainment field. The Order of Australia is the pre-eminent way Australians recognize the achievements and service of their fellow citizens and community.
On November 22nd Human Nature released ‘Still Telling Everybody – 30 Years of Hits.’ This milestone collection is comprised of their biggest hits spanning across three decades and the album debuted in at #10 on the ARIA charts.
HUMAN NATURE was inducted into the prestigious ARIA Hall Of Fame at the 2019 ARIA Awards in Sydney on Wednesday, 27th November 2019. The awards were sponsored by Youtube and were broadcast to an audience of billions.
Following a triumphant 2019, HUMAN NATURE kicked off 2020 with the release of a brand new original single, ‘Nobody Just Like You’. This seismic production by Grammy Nominated producers Grey, is the lead single from the groups upcoming Good Good Life EP, which features five brand new original songs from the internationally acclaimed vocal group.
In February 2020, HUMAN NATURE announced their upcoming National Australian 2020 tour, “Good Good Life - Aria Hall of Fame Tour” which will see the much loved pop vocal group ignite the stage with music from across their hugely successful 3 Decade career highlighting their stand out pop classics, the enduring appeal of their MOTOWN and Jukebox re-imaginings, and their stunning new music including ‘Nobody Just like You.’