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2[[caption-width-right:208:Start of a Brand New Day]]
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4---> ''HELL NO!!!''
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6Ricki-Lee Dawn Coulter, [[OnlyOneName known only by her first name]], was born 10 November 1985. Australian popstar, singer/songwriter, dancer, former television and radio host. Australian Idol alumni. (2004-Present)
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8In 2004, Coulter was placed seventh place on the second season of Australian Idol. Although she did not win the talent show, Coulter was offered a recording contract with Australian independent label Shock Records.
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10The most successful woman of the Australian Idol franchise. Has had many hit singles including "Hell No!", "Sunshine", "Breathe" and "Can't Touch It". The first two have gone platinum in Australia.
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12Apart from her work in music, Coulter has also launched a career as a radio and television presenter. She co-hosted Australian Idol for seasons six and seven. In 2010, she served as a full-time radio presenter for the Sydney Nova FM breakfast show. Coulter has previously co-hosted radio shows on Brisbane's B105 FM and Melbourne's Fox FM.
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14She suffered from depression for awhile due to pressures of being in the business and family issues. Currently in a healthy relationship with her manager, a personal trainer who served as inspiration for her third album. They married in 2014.
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16!Discography:
17* ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Ricki Lee]]'' (2005)
18* ''Brand New Day'' (2007)
19* ''[[NewSoundAlbum Fear & Freedom]]'' (2012)
20* ''Dance In The Rain'' (2014)
21!!EP
22* Come And Get In Trouble With Me (2013)
23!!Tours:
24* Brand New Day Tour (2008)
25* Fear And Freedom Tour (2012)
26!Tropes:
27* AntiLoveSong: Played with in Raining Diamonds where she "declares a war on love" but this is because she only wants the best for herself.
28* BeYourself: "Being Human".
29* BreakUpSong: "Done With It" .
30* ExhortTheDiscJockeySong: "Turn It Up".
31* FollowYourHeart: "Breathe", "Being Human", "Human", "Because I Can", "Raining Diamonds", "Burn It Down".
32* GRatedMentalIllness: The video for "Crazy".
33* HotterAndSexier: Naturally got sexier as her career has continued, starting with the campaign for her {{vaporware}} album ''Hear No, See No, Speak No''. She posed for Ralph almost naked, sung sexier songs, danced more, also see the album cover for ''Fear & Freedom''.
34* HiddenDepths: Is pretty good at the drums.
35* IntercourseWithYou: "Vibe Is Right".
36* InDaClub: Crazy, Come And Get In Trouble With Me, Burn It Down, Hell No! are a few examples.
37* LighterAndSofter: ''Brand New Day'' is more loving and personal then her debut.
38* LoveNostalgiaSong: Many, many songs on ''Brand New Day'' ("Alone No More", "Love Is All Around").
39* NewSoundAlbum: ''Fear And Freedom'' is a dance album after the decidedly singer/songwriter-ish ''Brand New Day'' and the R&B/hip-hop-influenced ''Ricki Lee''.
40* RearrangeTheSong: When "Can't Touch It" was released overseas, it was remixed and released under the title of [[MarketBasedTitle "U Wanna Little of This"]].
41* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: Came 7th in her Idol competition, has had one of the most successful career's outside of it.
42* RockStarSong: "Breathe", "Being Human", "Human", "Because I Can", "Raining Diamonds", "Burn It Down".
43* {{Sampling}}: "Wiggle It" interpolates some of the lyrics and melody from the 2 In a Room song of the same name.
44* SanitySlippageSong: "Hell No!"
45* SensualSpandex: In the video for "Do It Like That".
46* SillyLoveSongs: Many many songs on Brand New Day ("Can't Sing A Different Song", "Melody Of Life") Other such songs include: "Never Let Go", "Bombshell", "I Feel Love", "Sunshine", "Something About You".
47* StrictlyFormula: First track is always quiet aggressive and dance-like.
48* ThisIsASong: To an extent "Can't Sing A Different Song" and "Melody Of Life".
49* TitleTrack: "Brand New Day".
50* VocalEvolution: Originally sang cleanly, then sang kind of darkly then sang kind of happily again.
51* XtremeKoolLetterz: "U Wanna Little of This".

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