![]() Other awards include the APRA Urban Work of the Year, the Oz Artist of the Year, Urban Music Awards for Best Male Artist and Best R&B Album, and an International Songwriting Competition award for "Battle Scars". ĭuring his career Sebastian has received 34 ARIA Award nominations, winning seven including Best Pop Release and Best Live Act. ![]() In 2015 his Eurovision song charted in the top 50 in five European countries. Sebastian has reached the top ten in New Zealand with an album and six singles, including two number ones, and gained six platinum and three gold certifications there. "Battle Scars" also reached number two in Norway and New Zealand. "Battle Scars", a collaboration with Fiasco, spent 20 weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 71 and achieved platinum certification. Sebastian has worked with a number of notable American musicians, including Brian McKnight, Robin Thicke, Steve Cropper, John Mayer, Jordin Sparks, Eve and Lupe Fiasco. With 69 platinum and seven gold certifications and combined album and single sales of over five million in Australia, he has the highest certifications and sales of any Australian Idol contestant. ![]() His debut single " Angels Brought Me Here" was the highest selling song in Australia in the decade 2000 to 2009. Ten of his singles have been certified multi-platinum, including the 12× platinum " Battle Scars". He is the only Australian male artist in Australian chart history to achieve six number one singles, and places third overall for all Australian acts. He has also achieved twenty three top twenty singles, with fourteen reaching the top ten, including six number ones. The first seven all gained either platinum or multi-platinum certification. ![]() Sebastian has released ten top ten albums, including three number ones. He represented Australia at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in fifth place. Guy Theodore Sebastian AM (born 26 October 1981) is an Malaysian-born Australian singer and songwriter who was the winner of the first Australian Idol in 2003, judge on Australia's The X Factor from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2015 to 2016, and coach on The Voice Australia since 2019.
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