Follow Your Heart is the first album by Australian singer Nikki Webster, released in Australia on 20 August 2001 by Gotham Records. The album has a genre of pop songs, and was produced by Chong Lim. The album produced Webster's first top ten single on the ARIA Charts, giving her the record of being one of the youngest singers to debut at number two. The album also generated another top twenty single. In 2002, the album was nominated for an ARIA Music Awards which was for being the "Highest Selling Album" for 2002 but lost to Kylie Minogue's album Fever. Follow Your Heart was the thirty-second highest selling album in Australia for 2001 and was certified platinum by ARIA selling 70,000 copies in Australia.
Reception
The album made its debut on the Australian Albums Chart on 27 August 2001 at number six and was certified Gold. On its second week in the chart it fell four places to number ten but on its third week at jumped five places to number five and stayed there for two consecutive weeks. It then fell out of the top ten to number eleven but the next week it jumped back to number ten. After two weeks the album fell out of the top twenty to number twenty-four. On its eleventh week in the chart it jumped back into the top twenty from number twenty-six and then rose three places to number sixteen. It then dropped out of the top twenty to number thirty rising a few times then falling out of the top fifty. The album spent twenty-two weeks in the top fifty leaving at number forty-four and it spent twenty-eight weeks in the top one hundred leaving at number ninety-nine. The singles released from Follow Your Heart were released in Australia. "Strawberry Kisses" was the first song released from the album and debuted on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart at number two and was there for seven weeks and was accredited Platinum by ARIA. It also charted in the UK at number sixty-four and in New Zealand at number forty. "Depend on Me" was the second song released from the album and gave Webster her third top twenty single, peaking at number sixteen and getting certified Gold. "The Best Days" was the third and final song released from the album was featured a cover of the song "Over the Rainbow", it peaked at number twenty-one in Australia and was also certified Gold.
