After coming out of Australian Idol as the winner he was signed to Sony Music as well as an artist's development fund worth AUD$200,000.[24
During this time he established his own company called Stan Walker Music Pty Ltd, which is run by his mother April.[5] The company was set up in order to negotiate his contract with Sony Music and not end up like past Idol contestants who didn't make any money from their "Winners Journey" releases
Walker's debut album was recorded in just two days and released on December 9, 2009 three days ahead of its original release date.[26] The album featured all the songs which he performed during Australian Idol as well as his winner's single "Black Box
and a new song called "Think of Me" which was produced by Guy Sebastian.[28] The first single from the album, "Black Box", was officially released on 25 November 2009
It debuted and peaked at #2 on the ARIA Charts[30], and is currently at #1 on the New Zealand Singles Chart[31
with gold certification in Australia and platinum in New Zealand
