Lupe Fiasco

"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 August 10, 2012 by Sony Music Entertainment. 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. It was released as the fourth single on August 28, 2012, credited as a duet.

"Battle Scars" debuted at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart in its first week of release and has been certified 8× platinum. It was Sebastian's tenth of 11 top ten singles in Australia and sixth to reach number one, and Fiasco's third top ten and first number one single. "Battle Scars" was the third highest selling single in Australia in 2012, the highest selling single by an Australian act. Sebastian received Aria Award nominations for Best Pop Release and Best Male Artist for the song."Battle Scars" also reached number two and double platinum certification in New Zealand.

In the United States "Battle Scars" has 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. The song has spent 17 nonconsecutive weeks in the Hot 100 and was certified gold in March 2013. 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.

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