She isn’t Kylie Minogue or Delta Goodrem but the chances are that more people around the world have heard Karen Jacobsen’s voice than have listened to either of those Aussie divas.

This Mackay-born, New York-based singer-songwriter is known to millions as “Aussie Karen,” one of the most popular voices in in-car GPS units across the globe. One 50-hour voice-over job in 2002 has grown into a whole other identity for this elegant blonde, whose real focus is singing and recording.