At the ARIA Music Awards of 2004 , Sebastian earned the award for ' Highest Selling Single ' , and was also nominated for ' Highest Selling Album ' for '' Just as I Am '' . In January 2010 ARIA announced that " Angels Brought Me Here " was the highest selling single of the previous decade , with Anthony Callea 's " The Prayer " ranked second . It was certified five times platinum and sold in excess of 350,000 copies . At the time this was the highest sales ever recorded for an Australian artist single , a record Sebastian held until 2011 . In 2011 the sales of " Angels Brought Me Here " were surpassed by Gotye 's " Somebody That I Used to Know " which has now been certified 11 × platinum . Since then several other Australian artist songs have also reached higher sales than " Angels Brought Me Here " , including Sebastian 's own song " Battle Scars " which has been certified 9 × platinum
ARIA Music Awards of 2004
ARIA Music Awards of 2004
Angels Brought Me Here