Anaid's first album, released in Australia through independent record label Origin Recordings, garnered three Top 40 singles. She was nominated as Best Female Performer for the 2000 ARIA Awards (Australia's version of the Grammy Awards), while her album was nominated as the Best Independent Release. She has also been on several successful Australian national tours over the last three years, both solo and with the band.
Beautiful Obscene, Anaid's debut album on Five Crowns Music and her first in the United States, is a collection of songs she has written over the past year. They are personal, reflective, biting tales of her own rollercoaster emotions and observations of life around her. They are the result of a songwriter's journey. The sound of this record is a forceful interpretation of her acoustic-based songs with an intricate and always progressive big sound.