The Winner's Journey (Damien Leith album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = The Winner's Journey

| type = live

| artist = Damien Leith

| cover = The Winner's Journey Damien Leith.jpg

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| released = 9 December 2006 (Australia)

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| genre = Pop/Pop rock/Acoustic

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| label = Sony BMG Australia

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| next_title = Where We Land

| next_year = 2007

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{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r947104|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

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The Winner's Journey is a live album and DVD based on Australian Idol 2006 winner Damien Leith's performances on the show. The full-length album features remastered versions of Leith's live performances from the show, along with the studio version of his debut single "Night of My Life" and two of his original tracks, "Come to Me" and "Sky". The album was certified platinum on its first week release, and was certified four times platinum on its second week. It remained the number one album on the ARIA Charts for five weeks, and remained in the top ten for a total of ten weeks.[http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Damien+Leith&titel=The+Winner%27s+Journey&cat=a australian-charts.com - Damien Leith - The Winner's Journey] - Retrieved 13 February 2007

The album won an ARIA Music Award in October 2007, for "Highest Selling Album".

Track listing

  • CD
  1. "Night of My Life" (studio version) - 3:34
  2. "Come to Me" - 4:32
  3. "Crying" - 1:49
  4. "Wicked Game" - 3:18
  5. "Nessun Dorma" - 3:00
  6. "Hallelujah" - 2:31
  7. "Message to My Girl" - 3:20
  8. "If Tomorrow Never Comes" - 2:14
  9. "Creep" - 1:45
  10. "Unchained Melody" - 2:52
  11. "Never Meant to Fail" - 2:32
  12. "Waiting on an Angel" - 2:38
  13. "Sky" - 3:31
  14. "Night of My Life" (live version) - 3:31
  • DVD
  1. "With or Without You"
  2. "Creep"
  3. "If Tomorrow Never Comes"
  4. "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"
  5. "Celebration"
  6. "Wicked Game"
  7. "Sky"
  8. "High and Dry"
  9. "Message to My Girl"
  10. "Crying"
  11. "Hallelujah"
  12. "Nessun Dorma"
  13. "Unchained Melody"
  14. "Never Meant to Fail"
  15. "Waiting on an Angel"
  16. "Night of My Life"
  17. "Damien's Profile"
  18. "Danny Boy"
  19. "Come to Me"

Charts

=Weekly charts=

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|+Chart performance for The Winner's Journey

scope="col"| Chart (2006-2007)

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position

{{album chart|Australia|1|artist=Damien Leith|album=The Winner's Journey|rowheader=true|access-date=30 October 2023}}

=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (2006)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/ARIACHarts-EndofYearCharts-Top100Albums2006.htm |title=ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2006 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |accessdate=21 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140127032212/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/ARIACHarts-EndofYearCharts-Top100Albums2006.htm |archivedate=27 January 2014 }}

| 5

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scope="col"| Chart (2007)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2007.htm |title=ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2007 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |accessdate=21 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628093042/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2007.htm |archivedate=28 June 2012 }}

| 44

=Decade-end chart=

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scope="col"|Chart (2000–2009)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2009/end-of-decade-albums-chart|title=2009 ARIA End of Decade Albums Chart|publisher=ARIA|date=January 2010|accessdate=16 January 2020}}

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Certification

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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=Damien Leith|title=The Winner's Journey |award=Platinum|number=6|certyear=2016|access-date=21 November 2014|certref={{cite web|url=https://www.jettytheatre.com/damien-leith-the-winners-journey-10th-anniversary-tour/|title=Damien Leith The Winners journey 10th Anniversary|publisher=Jetty|access-date=13 November 2020 }}}}

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References

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