Zoë Badwi

Zoë Badwi (born 4 May 1978) is an Australian singer and songwriter. Badwi was born in Germany but later moved to Melbourne, Victoria in Australia, where she was raised. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 Chart 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. 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, 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 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. "Zoë Badwi on Twitter". Q & A With Zoe Badwi Archived 27 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Crushable. Retrieved 2010-08-28. Andrews, Marc. "Interview: Zoe Badwi". Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2022. In May 2010 refers to Zoe as a "24-year-old". Interview: Zoe Badwi Archived 28 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Auspop. Retrieved 2010-12-10. Sirens Biography Archived 16 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine Band Shop. Retrieved 2010-12-10. Sirens - Discography Archived 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-12-10. Zoe Badwi Biography Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Peppermint Blue. Retrieved 2010-08-29. 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"Zoe: Badwi, Zoe: Music-Chaos.com". Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011. AUM Report. Retrieved 2013-1-13 "Q&A : Zoë Badwi". auspOp. 22 July 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016. "1998 album". Apple Music. April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020. Peaks on the ARIA Albums and Singles Charts: Zoë and "Freefallin": "Discography Zoë Badwi". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 April 2022. "Zoe Badwi ARIA Chart history to June 2025". ARIA. Retrieved 6 July 2025 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. Peaks on the ARIA Club Tracks Chart: "Release Me": "ARIA Club Tracks - Week Commencing 6th October 2008" (PDF). The ARIA Report. No. 971. Australian Recording Industry Association. 6 October 2008. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2022 – via Trove. "Don't Wan'cha": "ARIA Club Tracks - Week Commencing 31st August 2009" (PDF). The ARIA Report. No. 1018. Australian Recording Industry Association. 31 August 2009. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2022 – via Trove. "In the Moment": "ARIA Club Tracks - Week Commencing 25th January 2010" (PDF). The ARIA Report. No. 1039. Australian Recording Industry Association. 25 January 2010. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2022 – via Trove. "Freefallin": "ARIA Club Tracks - Week Commencing 6th September 2010" (PDF). The ARIA Report. No. 1071. Australian Recording Industry Association. 6 September 2010. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2022 – via Trove. "Accidents Happen": "ARIA Club Tracks - Week Commencing 16th May 2011" (PDF). The ARIA Report. No. 1107. Australian Recording Industry Association. 16 May 2011. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2022 – via Trove. "Carry Me Home": "ARIA Club Tracks - Week Commencing 8th August 2011" (PDF). The ARIA Report. No. 1119. Australian Recording Industry Association. 8 August 2011. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2022 – via Trove. "A Million Lights": "ARIA Club Tracks - Week Commencing 26th November 2012" (PDF). The ARIA Report. No. 1187. Australian Recording Industry Association. 26 November 2012. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2022 – via Trove. "Horny": "ARIA Club Tracks - Week Commencing 12th September 2016" (PDF). The ARIA Report. No. 1385. Australian Recording Industry Association. 12 September 2016. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2022 – via Trove. "Time to Reload": "ARIA Club Tracks - Week Commencing 13th August 2018" (PDF). The ARIA Report. No. 1485. Australian Recording Industry Association. 13 August 2018. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2022 – via Trove. "Release Me 2019": "ARIA Club Tracks - Week Commencing 27th May 2019" (PDF). The ARIA Report. No. 1525. Australian Recording Industry