Twenty Ten (album)
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Twenty Ten is a two disc retrospective
album by Australian singer-songwriter Guy Sebastian
. Disc one features eighteen songs from his previous five albums and two new songs, including the lead single
"Who's That Girl
" which features American rapper Eve. Disc two contains acoustic
versions of ten of the songs. The album was released in Australia on 19 November 2010 and has reached No.4 on the ARIA Album Chart
, becoming Sebastian's sixth consecutive top 10 album. It was certified platinum in its fourth week of release and was the fifth highest selling Australian artist album of 2010.
"Who's That Girl" reached No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart
and achieved 4x platinum certification. It is Sebastian's fifth No. 1 single. "Who's That Girl" won the Highest Selling Single ARIA Award in 2011, and received nominations for Single of the Year and Best Pop Release. Sebastian was also nominated as Most Popular Australian Artist. "Who's That Girl" also reached No. 1 and platinum certification in New Zealand.
, pop-rock
, funk
, R&B, jazz
, gospel
through to soul
. He said "I have a really eclectic taste in music, so in the best of there are so many styles". The release of Twenty Ten completed Sebastian's original contract he signed when he first won Australian Idol in 2003. In November 2010 he was re-signed by Sony Music for another long term contract.
" featuring Eve is a dance flavoured electro
R&B song, a change in style for Sebastian. The second new song is the soul ballad "If I Really Loved you". The three songs from Sebastian's debut album Just As I Am
are "Angels Brought Me Here
", "All I Need Is You
" and album track "My Beautiful Friend". "Angels Brought Me Here" was Sebastian's debut song after winning the inaugural Australian Idol
competition in 2003. It reached No. 1 on the ARIA Singles Chart
and was certified 4x platinum. It was the highest selling song in Australia in 2003, and in 2010 ARIA announced it was the highest selling song of the previous decade. Sebastian said, "The success of the song still hasn't sunk in after 7 years.[...] I love the song, will never tire of it, and I love that my country has enabled me to keep doing what I do." "All I Need is You" is a pop song written by Sebastian before he entered Australian Idol, which also reached No. 1 and achieved platinum certification. "Climb Every Mountain" was performed by Sebastian during the Idol competition. When Idol's musical director John Foreman left the show in 2009 he named it as one of his favourite moments from his six-year stint on Idol. Sebastian recorded the song with the Sydney International Ochestra and it was included as a "B" side on "All I Need Is You".
Sebastian's second album Beautiful Life was prodomiently R&B, with many of the songs co-written with American writers. "Out With My Baby
", "Kryptonite" and "Oh Oh" are the songs included on Twenty Ten. "Out With My Baby", co-written with Robin Thicke
, is an uptempo funk R&B song which became Sebastian's third No. 1 single and was certified platinum. "Oh Oh" is also funk R&B, while Kryptonite is an R&B ballad. His third album Closer to the Sun
was a mix of a number of different genres including pop-rock
, R&B, jazz
and soul
, and was co-written mainly with Australian song writers. The tracks included on Twenty Ten are the gospel tinged ballad "Taller, Stronger, Better
", the pop-rock "Elevator Love
", the R&B balad "Cover on my Heart" and the album title track "Closer to the Sun". In 2007 Sebastian travelled to Memphis, Tennessee
to record a tribute album of Memphis soul
classics with Steve Cropper
and other members of American soul band The MGs
at Ardent Studios
. The MGs also came to Australia in early 2008 to be his backing band for his National tour. Although no singles were released from The Memphis Album
it achieved double platinum certification. Sebastian has included two of the tracks on Twenty Ten, "Hold On, I'm Comin'
" and "Take Me to the River
".
Like it Like That
, Sebastian's fifth album, was an original modern soul album which showed the influences of his Memphis soul phase. John Mayer's band members including David Ryan Harris
were the musicians on some of the songs, and John Mayer
himself played guitar and sang background on three of the tracks. Five of the songs from this album are included on the retrospective album. "Like it Like That", a soul infused track with a surf-pop
feel became Sebastian's fourth No. 1 single and was the highest selling Australian Artist song in 2009, eventually reaching triple platinum certification. Sebastian said, "I think "Like It Like That" is the most I’ve ever sat back and gone ‘I can’t believe this is my life. I can’t believe it’s happening and radio’s all over it. It blew my mind'." "Art Of Love
", a R&B ballad featuring Jordin Sparks
, was a top 10 platinum certified single. The other three songs from Like It Like That are "All to Myself
", "Never Hold You Down
" and "Attention".
lilt, and the once effervescent pop "All I Need is You" becomes a slowed down soul ballad. There are also jazz influences evident in several tracks with Sebastian scatting in "Oh Oh".
music editor Kathy McCabe wrote: "Sebastian has matured into a genuine hitmaker, his gift with melody so finely-honed he can pretty much punch out a catchy number in his sleep." "Who's That Girl" and "All To Myself" were shortlisted for the 2011 APRA
Song of the Year, with "Art of Love" being shortlisted in 2010. "Who's That Girl" won the 2011 APRA Award for Urban Work of the Year. It also received industry voted ARIA nominations for Single of the Year and Best Pop Release.
" which features Eve was serviced to Australian radio stations on 5 November 2010. It was the most added song to radio in its second week, and entered the top 40 of the National Radio Airplay Chart in late November. Eve came to Australia to film the music video with Sebastian, and they performed the song at the grand final of Channel 7
's The X Factor on 22 November 2010, which was televised in Australia and New Zealand. "Who's That Girl" was picked up by Channel Seven to use in the promotion of the new series of Desperate Housewives
. Sebastian made a short promotional trip to Auckland
, New Zealand in late November, which included an instore signing and performance, and radio and television interviews. He performed on the Hamish and Andy Thank you Tour in Sydney on 2 December 2010. Sebastian was the support act for Lionel Ritchie's tour of Australia and New Zealand in March and April 2011.
at No.9, before reaching its peak of No. 4 in its seventh week. It spent 18 weeks in the ARIA top 50, including 12 weeks in the top 10, and has been certified platinum. It became the fifth highest selling Australian artist album in Australia in 2010 within six weeks of release. Twenty Ten also reached No. 24 on the New Zealand Albums Chart.
ARIA End of Year Charts
Disc one
"Who's That Girl"
"If I Really Loved You"
"Like It Like That" (Radio edit)
"All to Myself" (Radio mix)
"All I Need Is You"
"Angels Brought Me Here"
"Out with My Baby"
"Oh Oh"
"Taller, Stronger, Better" (Radio mix)
"Cover on My Heart" (Radio mix)
"Closer to the Sun"
"Elevator Love"
"Art of Love"
"Attention"
"Hold on I'm Comin'" and "Take Me to the River"
"Climb Every Mountain"
"Kryptonite" (Radio edit)
"Never Hold You Down"
"My Beautiful Friend"
Disc two
All tracks
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
album by Australian singer-songwriter Guy Sebastian
Guy Sebastian
Guy Theodore Sebastian is an Australian pop, R&B, and soul singer-songwriter who was the first winner of Australian Idol in 2003. He is currently a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor. Sebastian has released six top ten platinum/multi platinum albums, including a number-one and...
. Disc one features eighteen songs from his previous five albums and two new songs, including the lead single
Lead single
A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...
"Who's That Girl
Who's That Girl (Guy Sebastian song)
"Who's That Girl" is a song performed by Australian singer-songwriter Guy Sebastian. The single features American rapper Eve. It was written by Sebastian, with Eve writing and performing the rap, and Sebastian co-produced the song with Andre Harris. Released as a digital download on November 5,...
" which features American rapper Eve. Disc two contains acoustic
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
versions of ten of the songs. The album was released in Australia on 19 November 2010 and has reached No.4 on the ARIA Album Chart
ARIA Charts
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 singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
, becoming Sebastian's sixth consecutive top 10 album. It was certified platinum in its fourth week of release and was the fifth highest selling Australian artist album of 2010.
"Who's That Girl" reached No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart
ARIA Charts
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 singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
and achieved 4x platinum certification. It is Sebastian's fifth No. 1 single. "Who's That Girl" won the Highest Selling Single ARIA Award in 2011, and received nominations for Single of the Year and Best Pop Release. Sebastian was also nominated as Most Popular Australian Artist. "Who's That Girl" also reached No. 1 and platinum certification in New Zealand.
Background
While Sebastian's recording career has been relatively short, prior to this album he had released five top 10 albums which produced ten charting singles. Nine of these singles peaked inside the top 15 of the ARIA singles charts, including four No. 1's and two other top ten singles. The earliest indication that he would be releasing a retrospective album came in October 2010 when it was revealed he had recorded a new single titled "Who's That Girl". The artwork of the album was revealed on 25 October 2010 along with the official track listing. Sebastian said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, "It's weird to have a best of, I've only been doing this for seven or eight years. I guess it's one of those things, the record company contract finishes and they've got that in their artillery." In the EPK for the release Sebastian said, "We put together more of a compilation that was packaged in a way that was different. I put 20 of the songs on and then got ten of them and did totally different versions. It gives the fans something else, and takes them back too through that journey" As Sebastian has recorded songs in a variety of genres on his five previous albums, the songs on Twenty Ten range from popPop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, pop-rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
, funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
, R&B, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, gospel
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
through to soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
. He said "I have a really eclectic taste in music, so in the best of there are so many styles". The release of Twenty Ten completed Sebastian's original contract he signed when he first won Australian Idol in 2003. In November 2010 he was re-signed by Sony Music for another long term contract.
Disc one
All of Sebastian's released singles have been included on the first disc, and also some of his favourite album tracks, plus two new songs. The lead single "Who's That GirlWho's That Girl (Guy Sebastian song)
"Who's That Girl" is a song performed by Australian singer-songwriter Guy Sebastian. The single features American rapper Eve. It was written by Sebastian, with Eve writing and performing the rap, and Sebastian co-produced the song with Andre Harris. Released as a digital download on November 5,...
" featuring Eve is a dance flavoured electro
Electronic dance music
Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...
R&B song, a change in style for Sebastian. The second new song is the soul ballad "If I Really Loved you". The three songs from Sebastian's debut album Just As I Am
Just as I Am (Guy Sebastian album)
Just as I Am is the debut album by the first Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian.Given the relative popularity of Australian Idol in late 2003, BMG Australia subsequently contracted Sebastian for a record before Christmas 2003. He wanted to record a mixture of pop and R&B material...
are "Angels Brought Me Here
Angels Brought Me Here
"Angels Brought Me Here" is a pop song written by Jörgen Elofsson and John Reid for 2003 Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian, for his first album Just as I Am . Recorded versions were made for both grand finalists, Sebastian and Shannon Noll, with only Sebastian's version officially released by BMG...
", "All I Need Is You
All I Need Is You
"All I Need Is You" is a single by Australian singer Guy Sebastian. "All I Need Is You" is the second single from the album Just As I Am, following "Angels Brought Me Here". "All I Need Is You" reached number one on the ARIA Singles Chart and was accredited 1 x Platinum in Australia, and reached...
" and album track "My Beautiful Friend". "Angels Brought Me Here" was Sebastian's debut song after winning the inaugural Australian Idol
Australian Idol
Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...
competition in 2003. It reached No. 1 on the ARIA Singles Chart
ARIA Charts
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 singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
and was certified 4x platinum. It was the highest selling song in Australia in 2003, and in 2010 ARIA announced it was the highest selling song of the previous decade. Sebastian said, "The success of the song still hasn't sunk in after 7 years.[...] I love the song, will never tire of it, and I love that my country has enabled me to keep doing what I do." "All I Need is You" is a pop song written by Sebastian before he entered Australian Idol, which also reached No. 1 and achieved platinum certification. "Climb Every Mountain" was performed by Sebastian during the Idol competition. When Idol's musical director John Foreman left the show in 2009 he named it as one of his favourite moments from his six-year stint on Idol. Sebastian recorded the song with the Sydney International Ochestra and it was included as a "B" side on "All I Need Is You".
Sebastian's second album Beautiful Life was prodomiently R&B, with many of the songs co-written with American writers. "Out With My Baby
Out with My Baby
"Out with My Baby" is a song by Australian R&B artist Guy Sebastian. Out With My Baby was co-written by Guy Sebastian and Robin Thicke, the renowned US/Canadian R&B artist. Thicke also produced this single for Sebastian...
", "Kryptonite" and "Oh Oh" are the songs included on Twenty Ten. "Out With My Baby", co-written with Robin Thicke
Robin Thicke
Robin Charles Thicke is an Award-winning American R&B singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and actor. Thicke's albums, which he previously released under the moniker Thicke, are noted for their feature of a predominantly R&B sound. Robin Thicke has penned hits for popular artists such as...
, is an uptempo funk R&B song which became Sebastian's third No. 1 single and was certified platinum. "Oh Oh" is also funk R&B, while Kryptonite is an R&B ballad. His third album Closer to the Sun
Closer to the Sun (Guy Sebastian album)
Closer to the Sun is the third studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Guy Sebastian, released on 28 October 2006 by Sony BMG Australia. Early news hinted that the album would feature a little bit of rock, soul, funk and pop genres. Some tracks that appear on the album were premiered at the...
was a mix of a number of different genres including pop-rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
, R&B, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
, and was co-written mainly with Australian song writers. The tracks included on Twenty Ten are the gospel tinged ballad "Taller, Stronger, Better
Taller, Stronger, Better
-Charts:...
", the pop-rock "Elevator Love
Elevator Love
-Charts:...
", the R&B balad "Cover on my Heart" and the album title track "Closer to the Sun". In 2007 Sebastian travelled to Memphis, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
to record a tribute album of Memphis soul
Memphis soul
Memphis soul, also known as Memphis Sound, is stylish, funky, uptown soul music that is not as hard-edged as Southern soul. It is a shimmering, sultry style produced in the 1960s and 1970s at Stax and Hi Records in Memphis, Tennessee, featuring melodic unison horn lines, organ, bass, and a driving...
classics with Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...
and other members of American soul band The MGs
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Booker T. & the M.G.'s is an instrumental R&B band that was influential in shaping the sound of southern soul and Memphis soul. Original members of the group were Booker T. Jones , Steve Cropper , Lewie Steinberg , and Al Jackson, Jr....
at Ardent Studios
Ardent Studios
Ardent Studios is a recording studio located in Memphis, Tennessee. Ardent Records/Ardent Music is the in-house label.- History :Ardent Studios was founded by John Fry and was initially a studio in his family's garage, where he recorded his first Ardent Records 45's. In 1966 the operation moved...
. The MGs also came to Australia in early 2008 to be his backing band for his National tour. Although no singles were released from The Memphis Album
The Memphis Album
The Memphis Album is a cover album of Memphis soul songs by Australian singer Guy Sebastian released in Australia by Sony Music on 10 November 2007. The album was recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis with Steve Cropper, Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Steve Potts , and Lester Snell...
it achieved double platinum certification. Sebastian has included two of the tracks on Twenty Ten, "Hold On, I'm Comin'
Hold On, I'm Comin'
Hold On, I'm Comin' is the 1966 debut album by Atlantic Records soul duo Sam and Dave, issued on the Atlantic-distributed Stax label in 1966....
" and "Take Me to the River
Take Me to the River
"Take Me to the River" is a 1974 song written by singer Al Green and guitarist Mabon "Teenie" Hodges. Hit versions were recorded by both Syl Johnson and Talking Heads...
".
Like it Like That
Like It Like That (Guy Sebastian Album)
Like It Like That is the fifth album by Australian singer Guy Sebastian. The album was produced by David Ryan Harris & Fredrik Odesjo and was released in Australia on 23 October 2009 and in the US on 29 June 2010. The album contains a duet with Jordin Sparks, and also three tracks with John Mayer...
, Sebastian's fifth album, was an original modern soul album which showed the influences of his Memphis soul phase. John Mayer's band members including David Ryan Harris
David Ryan Harris
David Ryan Harris is an Atlanta, Georgia based singer-songwriter. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Harris moved to Atlanta at a young age. Harris has had a varied career as a musician. He is married and has 4 sons: Miles, Life, River, and Truman.-Influences:...
were the musicians on some of the songs, and John Mayer
John Mayer
John Clayton Mayer is an American pop rock and blues rock musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. He moved to Atlanta in 1997, where he refined his...
himself played guitar and sang background on three of the tracks. Five of the songs from this album are included on the retrospective album. "Like it Like That", a soul infused track with a surf-pop
Surf music
Surf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Orange County and other areas of Southern California. It was particularly popular between 1961 and 1965, has subsequently been revived and was highly influential on subsequent rock music...
feel became Sebastian's fourth No. 1 single and was the highest selling Australian Artist song in 2009, eventually reaching triple platinum certification. Sebastian said, "I think "Like It Like That" is the most I’ve ever sat back and gone ‘I can’t believe this is my life. I can’t believe it’s happening and radio’s all over it. It blew my mind'." "Art Of Love
Art of Love (Guy Sebastian song)
"Art of Love" is the second single from Australian pop singer Guy Sebastian's fifth album, Like It Like That. The single features the vocals of Jordin Sparks "Art Of Love" was released on 20 November 2009 and reached No. 8 on the ARIA singles chart and has achieved platinum certification. It was...
", a R&B ballad featuring Jordin Sparks
Jordin Sparks
Jordin Brianna Sparks is an American pop / R&B singer-songwriter and actress. She hails from Glendale, Arizona who rose to fame as the winner of the sixth season of American Idol. Sparks won when she was 17 years old, making her the youngest winner in Idol history...
, was a top 10 platinum certified single. The other three songs from Like It Like That are "All to Myself
All to Myself (Guy Sebastian song)
"All to Myself" is the third single to be lifted from Guy Sebastian's fifth album Like It Like That. John Mayer is featured playing guitar in the song. The single's B-sides are both covers of Michael Jackson songs...
", "Never Hold You Down
Never Hold You Down
"Never Hold You Down" is the fourth single released from Australian singer, Guy Sebastian's fifth studio album, Like It Like That. The single was released digitally on 4 June 2010 The video for the single was released on Friday 28 May 2010 and premiered on ABC's Rage music program the next...
" and "Attention".
Disc two
Sebastian co-produced the acoustic tracks on the second disc with his long time guitarist friend Carl Dimatago. Sebastian said in an interview with A Day on the Green, "People can make their own albums with digital downloads by just dragging their choice of songs into their music folder, so I think artists have to be much more creative in terms of how they put together these kind of albums. Since a lot of my fans already have my songs, I wanted to be able to offer up something completely new within the package. I recorded ten of the songs acoustically, which is something I always wanted to do, and I did it in such a way that I wanted to breathe new life into the songs by changing the arrangements around." Sebastian's self-confessed eclectic taste in music is evident throughout the acoustic songs. For example, "Elevator Love", originally a pop/rock track, now has a reggaeReggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
lilt, and the once effervescent pop "All I Need is You" becomes a slowed down soul ballad. There are also jazz influences evident in several tracks with Sebastian scatting in "Oh Oh".
Critical reception
Twenty Ten has received positive reviews. Jamie Horne, a music reviewer with The Border Mail said: "The inaugural winner’s longevity (he has released five albums) can be attributed to the fact that he’s an accomplished musician and songwriter[....] A 10-track acoustic disc with the hits reworked (check the swinging take of Like It Like That) and a couple of newies including the dancefloor-ready Who’s That Girl with US rapper Eve should make it clear that the former ‘Fro’ is not that uncool after all". David Lim, a music journalist and announcer on radio station Joy 94.9 wrote when reporting on the album's chart debut: "Twenty Ten – debuts at #9. Still not good enough. Take my word for it, the acoustic disc is totally worth emptying your coin purse for". Chris Havercroft from X-Press Magazine said: "He dabbles in throwaway pop with Elevator Love and shows off his Memphis chops with Hold On I’m Coming. It is the dancefloor where Sebastian does his most damage and when teaming up with rapper Eve for new single Who’s That Girl he shows his knack for targeting his audience. Love him or loathe him, upon listening to Twenty Ten it’s hard to deny that Sebastian has quite the set of pipes on him". The Daily TelegraphThe Daily Telegraph (Australia)
The Daily Telegraph is an Australian tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News, part of News Corporation.The Tele, as it is also known, was founded in 1879. From 1936 to 1972, it was owned by Frank Packer's Australian Consolidated Press. That year it was sold to...
music editor Kathy McCabe wrote: "Sebastian has matured into a genuine hitmaker, his gift with melody so finely-honed he can pretty much punch out a catchy number in his sleep." "Who's That Girl" and "All To Myself" were shortlisted for the 2011 APRA
APRA Awards
The APRA Music Awards are several award ceremonies run in Australia and New Zealand by Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually....
Song of the Year, with "Art of Love" being shortlisted in 2010. "Who's That Girl" won the 2011 APRA Award for Urban Work of the Year. It also received industry voted ARIA nominations for Single of the Year and Best Pop Release.
Release and promotion
The lead single "Who's That GirlWho's That Girl (Guy Sebastian song)
"Who's That Girl" is a song performed by Australian singer-songwriter Guy Sebastian. The single features American rapper Eve. It was written by Sebastian, with Eve writing and performing the rap, and Sebastian co-produced the song with Andre Harris. Released as a digital download on November 5,...
" which features Eve was serviced to Australian radio stations on 5 November 2010. It was the most added song to radio in its second week, and entered the top 40 of the National Radio Airplay Chart in late November. Eve came to Australia to film the music video with Sebastian, and they performed the song at the grand final of Channel 7
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
's The X Factor on 22 November 2010, which was televised in Australia and New Zealand. "Who's That Girl" was picked up by Channel Seven to use in the promotion of the new series of Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producer Cherry serves as Showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season include Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W...
. Sebastian made a short promotional trip to Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand in late November, which included an instore signing and performance, and radio and television interviews. He performed on the Hamish and Andy Thank you Tour in Sydney on 2 December 2010. Sebastian was the support act for Lionel Ritchie's tour of Australia and New Zealand in March and April 2011.
Singles
- "Who's That Girl" was released to iTunes StoreITunes StoreThe iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
s on 5 November 2010 as the album's lead singleLead singleA lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...
. It reached No.1 on the ARIA Singles ChartARIA ChartsThe 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 singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
and was the second highest selling Australian Artist single in 2010, and went on to reach 4x platinum in 2011. With this fifth No. 1 single Sebastian became the first Australian male artist in Australian music history to achieve five No. 1 singles, and is in equal third place overall with Olivia Newton-John for all Australian acts. As well as its two 2011 industry voted ARIA nominations "Who's That Girl" won the Highest Selling Single ARIA Award. "Who's That Girl" also reached No. 1 on the New Zealand Singles Chart and achieved platinum certification there.
- "Like It Like That" which reached No. 1 and triple platinum in Australia in 2009 was released as Twenty Tens second single in New Zealand only in 2011, peaking at No. 30 and achieving gold certification there.
Charts and certifications
Twenty Ten was released on 19 November 2010 and debuted on the ARIA Albums ChartARIA Charts
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 singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
at No.9, before reaching its peak of No. 4 in its seventh week. It spent 18 weeks in the ARIA top 50, including 12 weeks in the top 10, and has been certified platinum. It became the fifth highest selling Australian artist album in Australia in 2010 within six weeks of release. Twenty Ten also reached No. 24 on the New Zealand Albums Chart.
Peak positions
Weekly charts| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
Certification |
|---|---|---|
| ARIA Albums Chart ARIA Charts 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 singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
4 | Platinum |
| New Zealand Albums Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
24 | — |
ARIA End of Year Charts
| Year | Overall rank |
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| 2010 | 27 | 5 |
Track listing
Personnel
Credits are taken from album liner notesDisc one
- Lead vocals (all tracks) – Guy Sebastian
"Who's That Girl"
- Featured rapRapRap may refer to:*Rapping, performance in which rhyming lyrics are used, with or without musical accompaniment ; while an MC performs spoken verses in time to a beat/ melody**Hip hop subculture**Hip hop music...
– Eve - ProductionRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
– Guy Sebastian, Andre Harris
"If I Really Loved You"
- Background vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
– Guy Sebastian - Production – Adre Harris
"Like It Like That" (Radio edit)
- Background vocals – David Ryan HarrisDavid Ryan HarrisDavid Ryan Harris is an Atlanta, Georgia based singer-songwriter. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Harris moved to Atlanta at a young age. Harris has had a varied career as a musician. He is married and has 4 sons: Miles, Life, River, and Truman.-Influences:...
, CC White - GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
– Joshua Lopez, - BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
– Sean Hurley - Farlisa organOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
and pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
– Zac Rae - DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
– JJ Johnson - TrumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
– Jumaane Smith - Tenor saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
– Bob Reynolds - Baritone saxophone – David Moyer
- Production – David Ryan Harris, Fredrik Odesjo, Andreas Levander
- EngineeringAudio engineeringAn audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
– Billy Bush - MixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
– Fredrik Odesjo, Rob Kinelski
"All to Myself" (Radio mix)
- Background vocals – David Ryan Harris, Angel Taylor
- Guitar – John MayerJohn MayerJohn Clayton Mayer is an American pop rock and blues rock musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. He moved to Atlanta in 1997, where he refined his...
, Joshua Lopez, Michael Chaves - Bass – Sean Hurley
- Piano, B3 organ, clavinetClavinetA Clavinet is an electrically amplified keyboard instrument manufactured by the Hohner company. It is essentially an electronically amplified clavichord, analogous to an electric guitar. Its distinctive bright staccato sound has appeared particularly in funk, disco, rock, and reggae songs.Various...
– Zac Rae - Trumpet – Jumaane Smith
- Tenor saxophone – Bob Reynolds
- Baritone saxophone – David Moyer
- Drums, tambourineTambourineThe tambourine or marine is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head at all....
– JJ Johnson - MellotronMellotronThe Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic tape replay keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin Music Master, which was the world's first sample-playback keyboard intended for music...
, glockenspielGlockenspielA glockenspiel is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone; however, the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal plates or tubes, and making it a metallophone...
– David Ryan Harris - Instrumental arrangements – Fredrik Odesjo, Andreas Levander, Guy Sebastian
- Production – David Ryan Harris, Fredrik Odesjo, Andreas Levander
- Engineering – Billy Bush
- Mixing – Rob Kinelski
"All I Need Is You"
- Background vocals – Guy Sebastian
- Guitars – Peter Northcote
- Bass – Alex Hewetson
- Production – Bryon Jones, Adam Reily
- Programming – Ramish Sathiah, Adam Reily
- Mixing – Craig Porteils
"Angels Brought Me Here"
- Background vocals – Guy Sebastian
- Guitars – Peter Northgate
- String arrangements – Bruce Heald
- Production – Bryon Jones, Adam Reily
- Engineering – Craig Porteils
- Programming – Adam Reily
- Mixing – Steve MacMillan
"Out with My Baby"
- Background vocals and vocal arrangements – Guy Sebastian
- All instrumentation – Projay
- Production – Robin ThickeRobin ThickeRobin Charles Thicke is an Award-winning American R&B singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and actor. Thicke's albums, which he previously released under the moniker Thicke, are noted for their feature of a predominantly R&B sound. Robin Thicke has penned hits for popular artists such as...
, Projay - Engineering – Projay
- Mixing – Dave Pensado
"Oh Oh"
- Background vocals and vocal arrangements – Guy Sebastian
- Saxophone – Brad Evens
- Other instrumentationInstrumentation (music)In music, instrumentation refers to the particular combination of musical instruments employed in a composition, and to the properties of those instruments individually...
and programming – Jarrad Rogers - Production, engineering – Jarrad Rogers
- Mixing – Jon Gass
"Taller, Stronger, Better" (Radio mix)
- Vocals – Guy Sebastian
- Background vocals – Guy Sebastian, Gary Pinto, Susie Ahern
- Vocal production and arrangement – Guy Sebastian, Gary Pinto
- Vocal engineering – Carl J Shubert
- Production, programming and arrangements – Phil Turcio
- Guitars – Simon Hosford
- OrchestraOrchestraAn orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
– Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra - Orchestral arrangement – Phil Turcio, Chong Lim
- ConductorConductingConducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
– Chong Lim - Orchestral engineering – Robin Gray
- Mixing – Ross Cockle
"Cover on My Heart" (Radio mix)
- Background vocals – Guy Sebastian
- Vocal arrangement and engineering – Peer Astrom, Anders Bagge
- Additional vocal engineering – Carl J Shubert
- Guitars – Sebastian Nylund
- Orchestra – Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra
- String arrangement, Conducting – Chong Lim
- Orchestral engineering – Robin Gray
- Other instrumentation and programming – Peer Astrom, Anders Bagge
- Production – Peer Astrom, Anders Bagge
"Closer to the Sun"
- Background vocals – Guy Sebastian
- Guitars – Jack Jones, Carl Dimataga
- Production – James Roche, Guy Sebastian
- Mixing – James Roche
"Elevator Love"
- Background vocals – Guy Sebastian
- Guitar – David Carr
- Drums – Damien Rogers
- Production and engineering – Jarrad Rogers
- Mixing – Mark Needham, Will Brierre
"Art of Love"
- Featured vocals – Jordin Sparks
- Piano, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
– Adam Reily - BeatsBeat (music)The beat is the basic unit of time in music, the pulse of the mensural level . In popular use, the beat can refer to a variety of related concepts including: tempo, meter, rhythm and groove...
, bass and programming – Stuart Critchton - Production – Stuart Critchton, Adam Reily, Guy Sebastian
- Engineering – Bojan Dugic
- Mixing – Phil Tan
"Attention"
- Saxophone – Bjorn Almgren
- Other instrumentation and arrangements – Fredrik Odesjo, Andreas Levander, Guy Sebastian
- Production – Fredrik Odesjo, Andreas Levander
- Mixing – Fredrik Odesjo, Rob Kinelski
"Hold on I'm Comin'" and "Take Me to the River"
- Background vocals – Susan Marshall, Jackie Johnson
- Background vocal arrangements – Guy Sebastian
- Guitar – Steve CropperSteve CropperSteve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...
, Dave Smith - Extra guitar parts – Carl Dimitago
- Bass – Donald "Duck" Dunn
- Drums – Steve PottsSteve PottsSteven "Steve" Potts is an American born English football coach and former professional footballer. He played as a defender and is associated with his time spent at West Ham United...
- Piano, keyboard, horn arrangements – Lester Snell
- Organ – Rick Steff
- Tenor saxophone – Jim Spake
- Baritone Saxophone – Kirk Smothers
- Trumpet – Scott Thompson
- TromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
– Howard Lamb - Production – Steve Cropper, Guy Sebastian
- Engineering – Curry Weber, Alan Burcham
- Mixing – Steve Greenwell
"Climb Every Mountain"
- Background vocals – Darren Percival, Shauna Jensen
- Orchestra – Sydney International Orchestra
- Production, orchestration and conducting – John Foreman
- Engineering and mixing – Tod Deeley, Braddon Williams
"Kryptonite" (Radio edit)
- Background vocals and vocal arrangements – Guy Sebastian
- Guitars – Grecco Buratto
- Other instruments – Beau Dozzier
- String and horn arrangements – John Foreman, Braddon Williams
- Production and programming – Beau Dozzier
- Engineering – Richard Lush
- Mixing – Dave Pensado
"Never Hold You Down"
- Background vocals – CC White
- Guitar – Joshua Lopez
- Keyboard – Zac Rae
- Trumpet – Jumaane Smith
- Tenor saxophone – Bob Reynolds
- ViolinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
– Mary Kathryne VanOsdale, David Davidson - ViolaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
– Monissa Angell - CelloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
– John Catchings - String arrangements – Calvin Turner
- Production – Fredrik Odesjo
- Mixing – John Fields
- Additional programming – Fredrik Odesjo, Andreas Levander
"My Beautiful Friend"
- Background vocals – Guy Sebastian, Gary Pinto
- Guitars – Peter Northgate
- Programming – Adam Reily
- String arrangements – Adam Reily, Bruce Heald
- Engineering – Craig Porteils
- Mixing – David Hemming
Disc two
All tracks
- Vocals and piano – Guy Sebastian
- Guitars and ukuleleUkuleleThe ukulele, ; from ; it is a subset of the guitar family of instruments, generally with four nylon or gut strings or four courses of strings....
s – Carl Dimatago - Percussion, drums, tin cans, spoons and wood logs – Terapai Richmond
- Double bass – Adam Ventoura
- Flutes and saxophones – Matt Ottignon
- String arrangements – Calvin Turner
- Production – Guy Sebastian, Carl Dimataga
- Engineering – James "Shimmy" Griffiths
Release history
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| Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
19 November 2010 | Sony Music Australia | CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
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