''Introducing... Stan Walker'' is the debut studio album by season seven ''

Australian Idol ''Australian Idol'' is an Australian singing competition, which began its first season in July 2003 and ended its initial run in November 2009. As part of the ''Idol'' franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program '' Pop Ido ...

'' winner,

Stan Walker Stan Walker (born 23 October 1990) is an Australian-born New Zealand singer, actor, and television personality. In 2009, Walker was the winner of the seventh and last season of ''Australian Idol''. He subsequently signed a recording contract ...

. It was released through

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via its

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label on 7 December 2009. The album contained the selected songs Walker performed during the top twelve on ''Australian Idol'', as well as the two original songs, "

Black Box In science, computing, and engineering, a black box is a system which can be viewed in terms of its inputs and outputs (or transfer characteristics), without any knowledge of its internal workings. Its implementation is "opaque" (black). The te ...

" and "Think of Me". The album debuted at number two on the

New Zealand Albums Chart The Official New Zealand Music Chart ( mi, Te Papa Tātai Waiata Matua o Aotearoa) is the weekly New Zealand top 40 singles and albums charts, issued weekly by Recorded Music NZ (formerly Recording Industry Association of New Zealand). The Musi ...

and was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). It also appeared 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 ...

at number three and was certified platinum by the

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(ARIA). Preceding the album's release,

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" was released for digital download on 22 November 2009. The song appeared on the singles charts of Australia and New Zealand at numbers two and one, respectively.

Background

The album was recorded in two days after Walker became the winner of the seventh season of ''

''. The album featured the selected songs that Walker had performed throughout the season, as well as the two original songs "Black Box" and "Think of Me", which was produced by the first ''Australian Idol'' winner,

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. In an interview with ''

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'', Walker explained that he wanted to put his favourite performance of Beyoncé's "

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" on the album but could not. "I couldn't put it on there because I didn't have a big band to do it. It was too much for people to arrange in time ... it was the hardest song I've ever had to do."

Reception and release

Cameron Adams from ''Herald Sun'' awarded the album three and a half out of five stars, writing that, "here's your swift introduction to that voice singing classic songs. Now comes the real test – to write or find some of his own". On the

, ''Introducing... Stan Walker'' debuted at number two on 14 December 2009, where it remained for six consecutive weeks. The album was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ), for selling 45,000 copies. In Australia, the album debuted at number three on the

on 21 December 2009. It was certified platinum by the

(ARIA), for selling 70,000 copies.

Singles

" was released as the album's

on 22 November 2009. The song peaked at number one on the

New Zealand Singles Chart The Official New Zealand Music Chart ( mi, Te Papa Tātai Waiata Matua o Aotearoa) is the weekly New Zealand top 40 singles and albums charts, issued weekly by Recorded Music NZ (formerly Recording Industry Association of New Zealand). The Mus ...

for ten consecutive weeks. "Black Box" was certified double platinum by Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ), for selling 30,000 copies. In Australia, "Black Box" debuted and peaked at number two on the

ARIA Singles Chart The ARIA Charts are the main Australian record chart, 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 beca ...

. It was certified double platinum by the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA), for selling 140,000 copies.

Track listing

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Certifications

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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