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}} "Battle Scars" is a song performed by Australian recording artist Guy Sebastian and American rapper Lupe Fiasco. It was released digitally in Australia and New Zealand on 10 August 2012 by Sony Music Entertainment.〔(iTunes preview - Battle Scars ). iTunes. Archived from (the original ) on 21 August 2012.〕 The song lyrics and music were written by Sebastian and David Ryan Harris, with the rap written by Fiasco. It was the third single lifted from Sebastian's seventh album ''Armageddon''. Fiasco added "Battle Scars" to his fourth album, ''Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1'' in countries other than Australia.〔James, Jessie (21 August 2012).(Guy Sebastian Lupe Fiasco Battle Scars ). Stupid Dope. Archived from (the original ) on 21 August 2012.〕〔(US iTunes preview Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1 ). iTunes. Archived from (the original ) on 29 September 2012.〕 It was released as the fourth single on 28 August 2012, credited as a duet.〔(US iTunes preview. Battle Scars - Single Lupe Fiasco & Guy Sebastian ). iTunes. Archived from (the original ) on 2 October 2012.〕 "Battle Scars" debuted at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart in its first week of release and has been certified 9× platinum.〔(ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2013 Singles ). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 14 March 2013〕 It was Sebastian's tenth of 12 top ten singles in Australia and sixth to reach number one, and Fiasco's third top ten and first number one single.〔(Guy Sebastian - Singles Discography ). ARIA Chart archives. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 August 2012〕〔(Lupe Fiasco - Singles Discography ). ARIA Chart archives. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 August 2012〕 "Battle Scars" was the third highest selling single in Australia in 2012, the highest selling single by an Australian act.〔(ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2012 ).Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from (the original ) on 8 January 2013〕〔(ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Australian Artist Singles 2012 ).Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from (the original ) on 8 January 2013〕 Sebastian received Aria Award nominations for Best Pop Release and Best Male Artist for the song.〔(WINNERS & NOMINEES ANNOUNCED ) Aria Awards. 3 October 2012. Archived from (the original ) on 2 October 2012.〕 "Battle Scars" also reached number two and double platinum certification in New Zealand and gold certification in Sweden.〔(Official New Zealand Music Chart - 26 November 2012 ). Recording Industry Association New Zealand (RIANZ). Archived from (the original ) on 25 November 2012.〕 In the United States "Battle Scars" peaked on the ''Billboard'' charts at number 71 on the Hot 100, number 23 on the Digital Song Chart and number one on the R&B/Hip-hop Digital Song Chart.〔Adams, Cameron (11 September 2012)(Guy Sebastian's ARIA number one song Battle Scars with Lupe Fiasco hits 73 on the US Billboard Hot 100 ). news.com.au. Archived from (the original ) on 29 January 2013.〕〔(R&B/Hip-hop Digital Song Chart 15 September 2012 ). Billboard.biz. Archived from (the original ) on 13 September 2012.〕 The song spent 20 nonconsecutive weeks in the Hot 100 and has been certified platinum.〔(Guy Sebastian and Lupe Fiasco - Battle Scars ). aCharts.US. Retrieved 29 January 2013.〕〔(Gold Platinum searchable database ).Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 9 November 2013〕 "Battle Scars" also reached number two in Norway.〔(VG Lista - Top 20 Singles. Issue 49 2012 ). VG-lista. Archived from (the original ) on 7 December 2012.〕 It was nominated for a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration, and won the R&B/Hip category in the 2013 International Songwriting Competition.〔Couch, Aaron (1 February 2013).(NAACP Image Awards: Winners Announced ). ''The Hollywood Reporter''. Archived from (the original ) on 2 February 2013〕〔(International Songwriting Competition Winners ). International Songwriting Competition. Archived from (the original ) on 30 April 2013.〕 ==Background== "Battle Scars" is a song about the scars left from hurtful and broken relationships. In a radio interview Sebastian said, "It's about your own personal battle scars and for every individual those are different; some might be words or labels... it might be relationship scars. When I wrote this song, and when Lupe wrote his bits, we just really wanted it to be something that just inspired people to, sort of, confront those things, and also maybe try and work to think about burying and ripping up those labels; throwing them away."〔(Behind the Video: Guy Sebastian's "Battle Scars" (feat. Lupe Fiasco) ). Nova Radio Network. Retrieved 23 January 2015〕 Sebastian said Fiasco was always his first preference to contribute the rap, as he wanted to stay true to the theme of the song and found Fiasco's work very deep.〔(Guy Sebastian: 'I beatbox my baby to sleep' ).MusicFix. Archived from (the original ) on 21 August 2012.〕〔(Battle Scars (the making of) ) Vevo on YouTube. Retrieved 1 September 2012〕 Sebastian said, "He doesn't rap about booty shaking or cash, he's much more political and insightful and exactly what I wanted." He looked at other options as well, as he didn't know if Fiasco would be interested, and said he was overwhelmed when he heard Fiasco wanted to come on board.〔〔Cashin, Miranda (7 September 2012)(Guy Sebastian reaches new high notes ). Daily Mercury. Archived from (the original ) on 8 October 2012.〕 Explaining why he agreed to participate in the song Fiasco said, "Guy's vocal performance first got me about the song because it's great and then the story of the song was attractive; I just tried to enhance it."〔McCabe, Kathy (18 September 2012) (Guy Sebastian reaps benefits from duet with American rapper Lupe Fiasco ). Daily Telegraph. Archived from (the original ) on 18 September 2012〕 Speaking of what it meant to have Fiasco collaborate on "Battle Scars" Sebastian said, "Just to get someone like Lupe on the track I knew it was going to have heart and have depth."〔(Video: Lupe Fiasco & Guy Sebastian Perform "Battle Scars" On The X Factor Australia ). KillerHipHop.com. 18 September 2012. Archived from (the original ) on 19 September 2012.〕 He said of Fiasco, "He is a lyrical genius and he has really portrayed the emotion of the track". Sebastian says "Battle Scars" is his "proudest release", adding, "Every now and then in your career you release something that you feel has a deeper meaning and purpose. I don't know how it will chart, but I am really proud of it regardless of what it does."〔(Guy Sebastian interview with BigPond Music ). Myspace videos. Retrieved 23 January 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle Scars」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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