page_title: You Am I
section_title: Dilettantes
hierarchical_section_title: You Am I / History / Dilettantes
caption_attribution_description: English: Tim Rogers (at front) and drummer Rusty Hopkinson during a You Am I concert at the ANU Bar in November 2008
context_page_description: You Am I are an Australian alternative rock band, fronted by lead singer-songwriter-guitarist, Tim Rogers. They formed in December 1989 and are the first Australian band to have released three successive albums that have each debuted at the number-one position on the ARIA Albums Chart: Hi Fi Way, Hourly, Daily and #4 Record. Nine of their tracks appeared on the related ARIA Singles Chart top 50 with "What I Don't Know 'bout You", their highest charting, at No. 28. You Am I have received ten ARIA Music Awards from thirty one nominations. The band have supported international artists such as The Who, The Rolling Stones, Sonic Youth and Oasis.
  You Am I's second studio album, Hi Fi Way, appeared in the eighth position in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums. Their third album, Hourly, Daily was listed at number fifty five. The same two releases were also voted into the "Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time" list compiled by Australian youth radio station, Triple J, in 2011. Fourteen of their songs have been placed on the related annual Hottest 100 lists with "Heavy Heart", the highest at No. 9.
context_section_description: The band's 8th studio album, Dilettantes, was released on 13 September 2008, alongside the radio-only single Erasmus. The album debuted at number one on the ARIA Australian Music charts, and number twelve on the overall chart.
  In August 2010, it was announced that they had left EMI to sign with new Sydney label Other Tongues.
caption: Rogers and Hopkinson during a You Am I concert at the ANU Bar in November 2008
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