Guy Sebastian's awards and nominations Sebastian at the ESC2015 Eurovision Village, Vienna, 20 May 2015 Award Nominations WinsARIA Music AwardsARIA No. 1 Chart AwardsARIA End of Year and End of Decade ChartsAPRA AwardsAustralian Commercial Radio AwardsAustralian Club Entertainment Awards Australian and New Zealand Urban Music AwardsChannel [V] Oz Artist of the Year AwardsNickelodeon Kids' Choice AwardsAustralian MTV Awards Australian GQ AwardsAdvertiser Confidential/Scene Awards Dolly Teen Choice AwardsInternational Songwriting CompetitionPOPrepublic.tv IT List AwardsWorld Music AwardsOther Awards Totals colspan="2" width=51 colspan="2" width=50 Footnotes The "Won" and "Nominated" cells of this infobox also include No. 1 rankings on lists, works which have been shortlisted and pending results.
Guy Sebastian is an Australian pop, R&B and soul singer-songwriter who was the first winner of the Australian Idol series in 2003. Since then he has released ten top ten albums, with seven reaching the top five, including three which peaked at number one.Guy Sebastian in the Australian Charts. australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012.Album and Single Accreditations 1997–2010. Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012. He has also released 23 top 20 singles, with 14 reaching the top ten of the ARIA Singles Chart including six number ones. This is a list of the nominations, awards, and other recognition Sebastian has received during his career.
Awards and nominations ARIA Music Awards The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards, commonly known as ARIA Music Awards are held to recognise excellence and innovation and achievement across all genres of Australian music. Award nominees and winners, excluding for sales and public voted categories, are selected by the ARIA Academy comprising "judges from all sectors of the music industry - retail, radio and tv, journalists and critics, television presenters, concert promoters, agents, ARIA member record companies and past ARIA winners".ARIA Awards - FAQs. ARIA Awards. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. The inaugural ARIA Awards took place in 1987.Aria Awards overview. Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012.
YearCategoryNominated workResult 2004Highest Selling Single"Angels Brought Me Here"ARIA Awards History by Artist. Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012.Highest Selling AlbumJust as I Am2005Beautiful Life2008The Memphis Album2010 Best Male Artist Like It Like ThatBest Pop Release Most Popular Australian AlbumMost Popular Australian Single "Like It Like That""Art of Love" (featuring Jordin Sparks)ARIA Nominations. ariawards.com.au. 28 September 2010. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012.Most Popular Australian ArtistLike It Like That 2011Single of the Year"Who's That Girl?" (featuring Eve)Best Pop ReleaseHighest Selling SingleWinners of the 2011 ARIA Awards. The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 November 2011. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012.Most Popular Australian ArtistARIA Award nominees announced for 2011. thevine.com.au. 12 October 2011. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012.2012Best Pop Release"Battle Scars" (featuring Lupe Fiasco)Best Male Artist Song of the Year"Don't Worry Be Happy" 2013Album of the YearArmageddon27th ARIA Award Nominations. Australian Recording Industry Association. 15 October 2013. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013.Best Male ArtistBest Pop ReleaseZuel, Bernard (2 December 2013). No Idol threat as Guy Sebastian and Jessica Mauboy beat curse at ARIAs. Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013.Song of the Year"Get Along" Best Australian Live ActGet Along Tour2014Best Male Artist"Come Home With Me"Smith, Sarah (6 October 2014). Chet Faker and Violent Soho lead 2014 ARIA nominations. Faster Louder. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014.Song of the Year"Like a Drum"2015Best Male Artist"Tonight Again"Baroni, Nastassia (7 October 2015).Courtney Barnett, Hermitude, Tame Impala Lead 2015 ARIA Award Nominations. musicfeeds.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015.2016Best Male Artist"Black & Blue"Cronin, Seanna (5 October 2016).Flume leads nominations for 30th annual ARIA Awards. Retrieved 5 October 2016. Best Video2017Song of the Year"Set in Stone"The Full ARIA Award 2017 Nominees List Is Here themusic.com.au. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 2 September 20172019Best Male Artist"Choir"(10 October 2019). Here Are All The Winners From The 2019 ARIA Awards.The Music Network. Retrieved 28 November 2019.Best Pop ReleaseSong of the YearBest Video2020Best Male Artist"Standing with You" 2020 Aria Award Winners.aria.com.au. Retrieved 15 August 2025Best Video 2021 M-Phazes for T.R.U.T.H. Producer of the Year
ARIA No. 1 Chart Awards The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) held the No. 1 Chart Awards to recognise Australian artists who achieved number one on the ARIA singles or album charts. The Awards were last held in 2012.ARIA No. 1 Chart Awards. Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012.
YearCategory Nominated workResult[a] 2004No. 1 Chart Award (Album)Just as I AmNo. 1 Chart Award (Single)"Angels Brought Me Here""All I Need Is You"2005"Out with My Baby"2010"Like It Like That"ARIA #1 Chart Awards honour Aussie chart-toppers. themusicnetwork.com. 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012. 2012"Who's That Girl"ARIA #1 Chart Awards Kick Off in Sydney. Take40. 10 August 2011. Retrieved on 10 August 2012. Note a ^Since 2012 Sebastian has achieved number one's with "Battle Scars" featuring Lupe Fiasco, and for the albums Armageddon and T.R.U.T.H.. Sebastian is the only Australian male artist in Australian music history to achieve six number one singles, and is third overall for all Australian acts. Only Kylie Minogue and Delta Goodrem have more.Ryan, Gavin (19 August 2012). Guy Sebastian Equals Abba For Number 1 Hits In Australia. Noise11. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012.
ARIA End of Year and End of Decade Charts ARIA recognises sales achievements with the listing of the highest selling releases of each year on their website in the End of Year Charts. In 2010 they also listed the highest selling releases of the decade 2000 - 2009 in the End of Decade Charts.ARIA's End Of Decade Charts* (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 7 January 2010. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Sebastian's debut single "Angels Brought Me Here" was named the highest selling single of the decade and he was presented with an award for this at the 2010 ARIA No. 1 Awards. YearCategory Nominated workRank 2003Top 100 Singles"Angels Brought Me Here"ARIA Charts Top 100 Singles 2003. Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012.2009Top 50 Australian Artist Singles"Like It Like That"ARIA Charts Top 50 Australian Artist Singles 2009. Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012. 2010End of Decade Top 100 Singles"Angels Brought Me Here"2012Top 50 Australian Artist Singles"Battle Scars" (featuring Lupe Fiasco)ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Australian Artist Singles 2012. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 18 December 2014
APRA Awards The APRA Awards are run in Australia and New Zealand by the Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members. Nominations and winners in each category are chosen either by the voting members of APRA, members of the APRA Board or APRA based statistical analysis. The Song of the Year category is fully peer judged with the shortlist, final five nominees and winner voted for by the songwriting members of APRA.APRA Music Awards. Australian Performing Rights Association. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012.APRA Song of the Year. Australian Performing Rights Association. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012.
YearCategoryNominated workResult 2005Most Performed Australian Work"All I Need Is You"NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR 2005 APRA MUSIC AWARDS (PDF). Australian Performing Rights Association. 5 May 2005. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012. 2006Most Performed Urban Work"Kryptonite" Pascuzzi, Carmine (17 May 2006). 2006 APRA Awards. Mediasearch. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012. "Oh Oh" 2010Song of the Year"Art of Love" Clarke, Daniel (18 March 2010). Voting Now Open For APRA's 'Song Of The Year' Award. musicfeeds.com.au. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012.2011"All to Myself" Treuen, Jason (24 March 2011). APRA reveals Song of the Year contenders. The Music Network. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012."Who's That Girl"Urban Work of the Year"Who's That Girl"Kelton, Sam (22 June 2011). Our Guy, his girl crowned the best. Adelaide Now. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. 2012Song of the Year"Don't Worry Be Happy"Australian Song of the Year finalists announced. V Music. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012.2013"Get Along" Adams, Cameron (23 May 2013). . Herald Sun. 23 May 2013. Archived from the original on 23 May 2013.Pop Work of the Year"Don't Worry Be Happy"Most Played Australian Work"Don't Worry Be Happy"2015Pop Work of the Year"Like a Drum".Peer-Voted APRA Music Awards Name 2015 Nominees. themusic.com.au. 26 February 2015. Archived from the original on 26 August 2015.Most Played Australian Work"Like a Drum"2017Song of the Year"Set in Stone".A.B. Original and Flume lead 2017 APRA Song of the Year Top 20. APRA AMCOS. January 2017. Archived from the original on 17 March 2013.Pop Work of the Year"Black & Blue"2018"Set in Stone".Pop Work of the Year. APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 5 July 2019.2020Song of the Year"Choir"Most Performed Australian Work of the YearMost Performed Pop Work of the Year2021Song of the Year "Standing with You" "Let Me Drink"Most Performed Pop Work of the Year 2022 "Love On Display" Most Performed Australian Work of the Year Most Performed Pop Work of the Year 2026 "Maybe" (Guy Sebastian / Robby De Sá / Ned Houston) Most Performed Australian Work Most Performed Pop Work
International Songwriting Competition The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is an annual song contest for both aspiring and established songwriters. The judging panel is made up of musicians, songwriters and industry experts, and songs are judged on creativity, originality, lyrics, melody, arrangement and overall likeability.Welcome to ISC. International Songwriting Competition. Archived from the original on 28 February 2013.
YearCategoryNominated workResult 2013R&B/Hip-Hop"Battle Scars"International Songwriting Competition Winners. International Songwriting Competition. Archived from the original on 30 April 2013.Pop/Top 40"Get Along"Finalists. International Songwriting Competition 2013. Archived from the original on 28 February 2013.
Australian Commercial Radio Awards The Australian Commercial Radio Awards are held annually. Winners are decided by a judging panel from nominations by radio stations and individuals.
YearCategoryNominated workResult 2004Best New Australian ArtistHimself. dbmagazine.com.au. Issue #339. 25 August to 7 September 2004. Archived from on 24 January 2012. 2010Best Music Special The Hamish & Andy Show - Guy Sebastian vs every other artist on our playlistHamish and Andy win top honours third year in a row. Commercial Radio Australia. 16 October 2010. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012.
Australian Club Entertainment Awards