Full Name: Guy Theodore Sebastian
Birth Date: October 26, 1981
Birth Place: Klang, Malaysia

Guy Theodore Sebastian is an Australian singer-songwriter, and winner of the first Australian Idol television talent quest in 2003. Since winning the competition he has released four top 4 albums including one #1, all of which have achieved either platinum or multi platinum accreditation. He has also released five top 3 singles including four #1's, and three other top 20 and one top 40 single. Sebastian has been awarded 10 platinum accreditations for albums, the highest for any Australian Idol contestant according to official Australian Recording Industry Association records, and 7 platinum and 2 gold accreditations for singles. In total Sebastian has sold over 1.3 million cds in Australia alone, including 800,000 albums. Three of his albums have been nominated as highest selling album at the annual ARIA Music Awards, Just As I Am in 2004, Beautiful Life in 2005, and The Memphis Album in 2008. His debut single "Angels Brought Me Here" although only released in late November 2003 placed #1 on the End of Year Top 100 ARIA Singles Chart in 2003, and was awarded the ARIA for highest selling single at the 2004 ARIA Awards.

Sebastian is third on the list of Australian performers with #1 singles this decade, ahead of him being Kylie Minogue with six and Delta Goodrem with eight. His four #1 singles also places him second in Australian chart history for most #1 singles by an Australian solo male act. Ahead of him with five is John Farnham. Sebastian's are ARIA #1's. Farnham's were achieved over three decades, with four Go-Set Australian National Chart/Kent Music Report #1's between 1968 and 1986 and one ARIA Chart #1 single in 1988.

Sebastian also had some success overseas with his first release reaching #1 in New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia. His success outside Australia is most evident in New Zealand, where his first single "Angels Brought Me Here" was accredited platinum. It spent 3 weeks at #1, and remained in the NZ Top 50 chart for 22 weeks during 2003/2004. His debut album Just As I Am reached #3 on the NZ charts, and gained 2xplatinum accreditation. His second single "All I Need Is You" peaked at #5, and spent 14 weeks in their Top 50. Despite Sebastian's success in these countries his record label did not release his follow up albums there.

During his career Sebastian has received a number of awards including Channel V's Artist Of The Year in 2004, and Urban Music Awards for Best Male Artist in 2006 and Best R&B Album for his third album Closer To The Sun in 2007. In 2008 Sebastian was signed to Victor/Sony to release an album in the US. The album is currently set for release in early 2010. His 5th Australian album Like It Like That will be released on October 23, 2009. The title track Like it Like That was released as the first single on August 7, and reached #1 in its fourth week and gained platinum accreditation in its sixth week on the ARIA charts.

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