''Live by the Words'' is the debut
studio album
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by Australian
pop music
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group
Justice Crew
Justice Crew is an Australian dance and music group consisting of John and Len Pearce, Lukas Bellesini, Paul Merciadez, Samson Smith, and Solo Tohi. Although the group is Australian, members Samson and Solo are from New Zealand. The group origin ...
, released on 28 November 2014 through
Sony Music Australia
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.
The album debuted and peaked at number-seven on the Australian
ARIA Albums Chart
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following its release.
The album has produced five singles including the number-one hits, "
Boom Boom" and "
Que Sera". The former earned Justice Crew their first number-one hit whilst the latter spent more weeks at the top spot than any other Australian number-one single. Subsequent singles, "
Best Night
"Best Night" is a song recorded by Australian hip hop dance and pop group Justice Crew. "Best Night" was released digitally and physically in Australia on 30 November 2012, as the group's seventh overall single and the second single from their ...
" and "
Everybody" both charted in the top ten whilst fifth single, "
Rise & Fall" reached number eleven.
Background
On 4 November 2014, Justice Crew announced via
Facebook
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that their debut studio album, ''Live by the Words'' was set for release on 28 November 2014. Recorded between 2012
and 2014, the album features both previously released singles and newly recorded material and includes contributions from
Mike Posner
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,
Nasri,
Robopop
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Discography
References
External li ...
,
Danny Mercer and
DNA Songs
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among others. Band member, John Len Ruela Pearce made the following comment when speaking about the album's release:
Singles
The album was preceded by its five singles beginning with "
Boom Boom". Released in June 2012
the song entered the Australian
ARIA Singles Chart
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at number twenty-four and eventually reached the top of the chart, thereby becoming Justice Crew's first number-one hit. It was certified 6× Platinum by the
Australian Recording Industry Association
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(ARIA) the following year, denoting shipments in excess of 420,000 copies.
"
Best Night
"Best Night" is a song recorded by Australian hip hop dance and pop group Justice Crew. "Best Night" was released digitally and physically in Australia on 30 November 2012, as the group's seventh overall single and the second single from their ...
" followed in January 2013 and became the group's second consecutive top ten hit, peaking at number-seven and subsequently attained a double platinum certification from ARIA.
It also replaced "
Tik Tok
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" by
Kesha
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as the theme song to the Australian competitive
cooking
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game show
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, ''
My Kitchen Rules
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'' from the
fourth season onwards.
"
Everybody", the album's third single, was released exactly nine months after its predecessor and became the group's third consecutive top ten hit and multi-platinum certified single.
In May 2014, "
Que Sera" was released as the album's fourth single, a week earlier than scheduled due to the
Seven Network
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's usage of the song in commercials for the
fifth season of ''My Kitchen Rules''. Following its release, "Que Sera" debuted and peaked at number-one for nine consecutive weeks in Australia, thus becoming the group's second chart topper and the longest running number-one single by an Australian artist in ARIA Charts history. Fifth single, "
Rise & Fall" was not as commercially successful as its predecessors, peaking just outside the top ten at number eleven. The sixth single "
I Love My Life" was released on 3 April 2015.
Commercial performance
For the issue dated 8 December 2014, ''Live by the Words'' debuted at number-seven on the Australian
ARIA Albums Chart
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...
and number-one on the ARIA Urban Albums Chart.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
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2014 debut albums
Justice Crew albums
Sony Music Australia albums
Albums produced by DNA Songs