''Beautiful Life'' is the second album by
Guy Sebastian
Guy Theodore Sebastian (born 26 October 1981) is an 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 ...
. It was released 18 October 2004 on
Sony BMG Australia
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and peaked at No. 2 on the
ARIA Albums Chart.
It was followed by the Beautiful Life concert tour of Australia. During the 8-month course of creating the album, Sebastian travelled to the United States and Europe to work with various songwriters, including
Brian McKnight, with whom he penned the song "Wait", and
Robin Thicke, whom he co-wrote a number-one charting first single, "
Out with My Baby", and "Fiend for You". "How", an original by Thicke, is also included. The album reached Platinum status in Australia and eventually shipped over 100,000 copies.
Open Subscriber mediacare Top 10 Albums from SONYBMG
. Beautiful Life & Guy Facts, retrieved 16 March 2009.
Track listing
#" Out with My Baby" (Guy Sebastian
Guy Theodore Sebastian (born 26 October 1981) is an 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 ...
/ Robin Thicke/James Gass)
#"Kryptonite
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" (Sebastian/Beau Dozier)
#"Sweetest Berry" (Jamey Jaz/ David Ryan Harris)
#"Wait" (Sebastian/ Brian McKnight)
#"Back in the Day" (Sebastian/Fredrik "Fredro" Odesjo/Mats Berntoft)
#" I Wish" (Stevie Wonder
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)
#"Anthem of Why" (Sebastian/Karlsson/Pontus Winnberg/Henrik Jonback)
#"Story of a Single Man" (Sebastian/Julian Bunetta)
#"How" (Thicke)
#"Forever with You" featuring Mýa
Mya Marie Harrison (; born October 10, 1979), (stylized as Mýa), is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. Born into a musical family, she studied ballet, jazz, and tap dance as a child. Initially, Mýa began her career as a VJ ...
(Sebastian)
#"Make Heaven Wait" (Jack Kugell/Jamie Jones/Jason Pennock/Martin Kember/David Garcia)
#"Fiend for You" (Sebastian/Thicke/Robert Daniels/James Gass)
#"Oh Oh
"Oh Oh" is a song written by Guy Sebastian and Jarrad Rogers, released as the third and final single from Sebastian's second studio album, '' Beautiful Life'' (2004). The song was released on 7 March 2005 and peaked at number 11 on the Australian ...
" (Sebastian/Jarrad Rogers
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Early life
Jarrad played trumpet and classical piano from an early age. Studying piano under renowned concert pianist, Alexander Sumetski, he ...
)
#"Beautiful Life featuring Rashaan" (Sebastian/Rogers/Rahsaan Patterson)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certification
Release history
References
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2004 albums
Guy Sebastian albums
Sony Music Australia albums
19 Recordings albums