Armageddon (Guy Sebastian album)

Armageddon
Studio album by
Guy Sebastian
Released12 October 2012 (2012-10-12)
Recorded2011–2012
GenrePop, R&B, soul, pop rock
Length47:56
LabelSony Music
ProducerIan Barter, Tim Deal, DNA, Hasham "Sham" Hussain, Denarius "Motesart" Motes, Pro-Jay, Harmony "H-Money" Samuels, Louis Schoorl, Guy Sebastian
Guy Sebastian chronology
Twenty Ten
(2010) 		Armageddon
(2012) 		Madness
(2014)
Singles from Armageddon
  1. "Don't Worry Be Happy"
    Released: 18 November 2011
  2. "Gold"
    Released: 11 May 2012
  3. "Battle Scars"
    Released: 10 August 2012
  4. "Get Along"
    Released: 10 November 2012

Armageddon is the sixth album by Australian singer-songwriter Guy Sebastian. It was released in digital and CD format on 12 October 2012. A deluxe edition featuring a DVD of a concert from Sebastian's Armageddon Tour was also available.[1] The album reached number one and double platinum certification in Australia, and number 20 in New Zealand.[2][3] It was Sebastian's seventh top ten album in Australia, and his second to achieve a number one peak.[4] It was the ninth highest selling album in Australia in 2012, the second highest selling album by an Australian act.[5][6]

Four top ten singles were released from the album, including "Don't Worry Be Happy", and "Battle Scars" which features Lupe Fiasco. "Don't Worry Be Happy" peaked at number five and gained 4× platinum certification, with "Battle Scars" reaching number one and 11× platinum.[7][8] "Battle Scars" is Sebastian's sixth number one single in Australia and Fiasco's first.[4][9] "Battle Scars" also reached number two and double platinum certification in New Zealand, number 71 and platinum certification in the US, and number two in Norway.[3][10][11][12][13]

Sebastian has received a number of accolades for the album and its songs. He was nominated for three 2012 ARIA Music Awards, Best Male Artist and Best Pop Release for "Battle Scars", and Song of the Year for "Don't Worry Be Happy".[14] "Battle Scars" was nominated for a NAACP Image Award and won the R&B/Hip category in the 2013 International Songwriting Competition.[15][16] "Get Along" was a final five nominee for the 2013 APRA Song of the Year Award and "Don't Worry Be Happy" was nominated for Pop Work of the Year.[17] Sebastian won Best Pop Release for Armageddon at the 2013 ARIA Awards and Best Live Act for the Get Along Tour. He received three other nominations, including Album of the Year.[18][19]

  1. ^ Armageddon: Deluxe Edition. Sanity Music. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012.
  2. ^ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2012 Albums Archived February 5, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 January 2013
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  7. ^ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2012 Singles Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  8. ^ ARIA Accreditations – 2019 Singles. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  9. ^ Lupe Fiasco - Singles Discography. ARIA Chart archives. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 August 2012
  10. ^ Official New Zealand Music Charts - 26 November 2012. Recording Industry Association New Zealand (RIANZ). Archived from the original on 25 November 2012.
  11. ^ Guy Sebastian and Lupe Fiasco - Battle Scars. aCharts.US. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  12. ^ Gold Platinum searchable database.Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 9 November 2013
  13. ^ VG Lista - Top 20 Singles. Issue 49 2012. VG-lista. Archived from the original on 7 December 2012.
  14. ^ WINNERS & NOMINEES ANNOUNCED Australian Recording Industry Association. 3 October 2012. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012.
  15. ^ International Songwriting Competition Winners International Songwriting Competition. Archived from the original on 30 April 2013.
  16. ^ Couch, Aaron (1 February 2013). NAACP Image Awards: Winners Announced. The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013
  17. ^ Adams, Cameron (23 May 2013). Tame Impala and Guy Sebastian vie for APRA Song of the Year honour. Herald Sun. 23 May 2013. Archived from the original on 23 May 2013.
  18. ^ Zuel, Bernard (2 December 2013). No Idol threat as Guy Sebastian and Jessica Mauboy beat curse at ARIAs. Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original [1] on 2 December 2013.
  19. ^ 27th ARIA Award Nominations. Australian Recording Industry Association. 15 October 2013. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013.