What happened to Delta Goodrem when she was 18?

On 8 July 2003, at the age of 18, Delta Goodrem was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. At 18, she paused her career while she underwent months of chemotherapy and radiation treatment at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney before making a full recovery.

On 27 October 2017, Delta was featured on a cover of The Beatles’ “With a Little Help from My Friends”. In March 2005, Delta Goodrem starred in her first film role in Hating Alison Ashley, a film based on the children’s novel by Robin Klein.

Delta Goodrem has sold over eight million albums globally and overall has won three World Music Awards, 9 ARIA Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award, and several other awards.

Delta Goodrem served as a coach on The Voice Australia from 2012 to 2013 and again from 2015 to 2020. Delta Goodrem played Olivia Newton-John in the Newton-John biopic called Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted to You.

At the 2008 World Music Awards, held on 9 November in Monaco, Delta Goodrem received her third World Music Award for World’s Best-Selling Australian Artist.