Zoë Badwi (born 4 May 1978) is an Australian singer and songwriter.Q & A With Zoe Badwi Crushable. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
Early life Badwi was born in Germany but later moved to Melbourne, Victoria in Australia, where she was raised.In May 2010 refers to Zoe as a "24-year-old". She is half Irish, one-quarter Egyptian, and one-quarter Saudi Arabian. Before her career in music began, Badwi spent time modelling and featured in a series of television commercials including advertisements for Telstra and Mars Bars.Interview: Zoe Badwi Auspop. Retrieved 2010-12-10. She made her acting debut appearing in the Australian drama series Raw FM, which she took part in for eight months. Badwi is a cousin of Little Mix member Jade Thirlwall.
Career In 2001, Badwi became a member of the Australian girl group Sirens, replacing the original third member who left to pursue a career in modelling.Sirens Biography Band Shop. Retrieved 2010-12-10. They had minor success with the singles "Like Fire, Like Rain" and the cover version of The Pointer Sisters' "I'm So Excited" featuring Sara-Marie Fedele from the first series of Big Brother Australia.Sirens - Discography australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-12-10. Badwi later left the group to pursue a solo career.
After being discovered by Grant Smillie, a member of the Australian duo TV Rock at a venue in Melbourne, Badwi went on to sign with Neon Records and released her debut solo single "Release Me" in November 2008. The single reached number one on the ARIA Clubs ChartZoe Badwi Biography Peppermint Blue. Retrieved 2010-08-29. and received two award nominations for "Best Dance Release" at the 2009 ARIA Music Awards and also "Dance Work of the Year" at the 2010 APRA Awards. In July 2010, Badwi released her fourth single, "Freefallin". It reached a peak of number nine on the ARIA Singles Chart and was eventually certified platinum. In September 2010, it was announced that she had signed to US record label, Atlantic Records.
"Accidents Happen" was released on 24 January 2011, as Badwi's fifth overall single. While filming the music video for the song, a resident in the street where the clip was filmed fired a catapult at Badwi, who was unharmed. It is not known whether her singing was a motive for the attack. The video shoot went on afterward with no incident and no one was apprehended over the matter.Australian pop star hit with a slingshot during video filming. Published by International Business Times AU. Retrieved: 2011-01-26.
Badwi's sixth single, "Carry Me Home", featuring Grant Smilie, was released on 3 June 2011. The song failed to impact the ARIA Singles Chart, but managed to peak at number six on the ARIA Club Chart. Badwi's self-titled debut album was released in Australia on 5 August 2011. Badwi worked on the album with Static Revenger, TV Rock, Stuart Crichton, Rogue Traders,Cameron Adams (22 October 2010) It's fallin' into place for Zoe Herald Sun. Herald and Weekly Times. Retrieved 2010-10-23. and Amy Pearson. The following single, "Shoot Me Down" was released on 21 September 2012. The single has only managed to chart on Australia's official Radio Airplay chart at #58 AUM Report. Retrieved 2013-1-13
In 2011, saw the ABC Television's new music show Stay Tuned with Joel Phillips talks to across dance pop singing sensation Zoe Badwi will air on ABC3.
In June 2016, Badwi was the featured artist on three new-released singles. The Potbelleez with a cover of "Horny", Paki and Jaro with "I Must Have Died" and Tenzin with "Love Me Baby".
In 2017, Badwi was the support act for the dates of Little Mix's Glory Days Tour in Australia and New Zealand.
In 2020, Bawdi performed with Greg Gould on the song "Crush" from Gould's album 1998.
Discography
Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions AUS ZoëReleased: 5 August 2011 Formats: CD, digital download Label: Neon Records35
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album AUSPeaks on the ARIA Albums and Singles Charts: Zoë and "Freefallin": N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. AUSClubPeaks on the ARIA Club Tracks Chart: "Release Me": "Don't Wan'cha": "In the Moment": "Freefallin": "Accidents Happen": "Carry Me Home": "A Million Lights": "Horny": "Time to Reload": "Release Me 2019": "Body Drive": "Body Pop": "This Is a Raid": "Release Me" 2008 — 1 Zoë "Don't Wan'cha" 2009 — 7 "In the Moment" — 6 Zoë "Freefallin" 2010 9 1ARIA: Platinum "Accidents Happen" 2011 71 7 "Carry Me Home"(with Grant Smillie) 115 6 "A Million Lights"(Grant Smillie and Walden featuring Zoë Badwi) 2012 — 6rowspan="26" "Shoot Me Down" — — "Torches" 2013 — — "My Way with You"(2 Faced Funks featuring Zoë Badwi) — — "Spasmodic Pop"(featuring EXL) 2014 — — "Love Me Baby"(Tenzin featuring Zoë Badwi) 2016 — — "I Must Have Died"(Paki & Jaro featuring Zoë Badwi) — — "Horny"(The Potbelleez featuring Zoë Badwi) — 9 "Time to Reload"(Holmes John featuring Zoë Badwi) 2018 — 10 "Sold My Soul"(Dan Slater featuring Zoë Badwi) — — "Release Me 2019"(with TV Rock) 2019 — 26 "Body Drive"(MorningMaxwell and Wildfire featuring Zoë Badwi) — 17 "Body Pop"(Kuhl Kuhl, Ivan Gough and Zoë Badwi) — 18 "Hold Me"(Dan Slater and Anthony May featuring Zoë Badwi and Rob Harris) — — "This Is a Raid"(Needs No Sleep, MKJAY and Zoë Badwi) 2020 — 6 "We Are"(Dan Slater and Zoë Badwi) 2021 — — "Until You're Over Me"(Johnny I. and Zoë Badwi) — — "I've Been Waiting"(Dan Slater and Zoë Badwi) 2022 — — "Keep It Coming"(Mr Gray featuring Zoë Badwi) — — "Listen to Love"(with Nick Jay, Jet Boot Jack) — — "Don't Mess with My Man"(with Sgt Slick) — 1 "One Last Time" 2023 — 16 "Do It Again"(with Steve Hart) — 32 "Stralight"(with Jimi The Kween) 2024 — — "Sexual"(with James Alexandr) 2025 — — "I Start to Wonder"(with Nick Jay and Jean Luc) — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Notes
Awards and nominations Year Type Award Result2009ARIA Music AwardsARIA Awards 2010: History: Winners by Award Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 2010-08-28.Best Dance Release ("Release Me")2010APRA AwardsAPRA AWARD WINNERS Auspop. Retrieved 2010-08-28.Dance Work of the Year ("Release Me")IT List Awards Breakthrough Artist of 2010Australian Female ArtistSingle of 2010 ("Freefallin'")2011APRA AwardsDance Work of the Year ("Freefallin")ARIA Music AwardsBreakthrough Artist – Single ("Freefallin")IT List AwardsSingle of 2011 ("Freefallin'")Album of 2011 (Zoë)Australian Female Artist
References
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