Zoë Badwi

Zoë Badwi (born 4 May 1986^[1]) is an Australian singer and songwriter.^[2]

Zoë Badwi
Badwi in May 2012
Background information
Born	(1986-05-04) 4 May 1986 (age 38) Germany
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Genres	Dance-pop house
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Neon Atlantic
Website	zoebadwi.com.au

Early life

Badwi was born in Germany^[3] but later moved to Melbourne, Victoria in Australia, where she was raised.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[5]

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.^[6] 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.^[5][7] 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,^[5] 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^[8] and received two award nominations for "Best Dance Release" at the 2009 ARIA Music Awards^[9] and also "Dance Work of the Year" at the 2010 APRA Awards.^[10] 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.^[11]

"Accidents Happen" was released on 24 January 2011, as Badwi's fifth overall single.^[12] 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.^[13] The video shoot went on afterward with no incident and no one was apprehended over the matter.^[14]

Badwi's sixth single, "Carry Me Home", featuring Grant Smilie, was released on 3 June 2011.^[15] The song failed to impact the ARIA Singles Chart, but managed to peak at number six on the ARIA Club Chart.^[16] Badwi's self-titled debut album was released in Australia on 5 August 2011.^[17] Badwi worked on the album with Static Revenger, TV Rock, Stuart Crichton, Rogue Traders,^[11] and Amy Pearson.^[5] 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^[18]

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".^[19]

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.^[20]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		AUS [21]
Zoë	Released: 5 August 2011[17] Formats: CD, digital download Label: Neon Records	35

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Certifications	Album
		AUS [21]	AUS Club [22]
"Release Me"	2008	—	1		Zoë
"Don't Wan'cha"	2009	—	7		—
"In the Moment"		—	6		Zoë
"Freefallin"	2010	9	1	ARIA: Platinum[23]
"Accidents Happen"	2011	71	7
"Carry Me Home" (with Grant Smillie)		—[A]	6
"A Million Lights" (Grant Smillie and Walden featuring Zoë Badwi)[25]	2012	—	6		—
"Shoot Me Down"[26]		—	—
"Torches"[27]	2013	—	—
"My Way with You" (2 Faced Funks featuring Zoë Badwi)[28]		—	—
"Spasmodic Pop" (featuring EXL)[29]	2014	—	—
"Love Me Baby" (Tenzin featuring Zoë Badwi)[30]	2016	—	—
"I Must Have Died" (Paki & Jaro featuring Zoë Badwi)[31]		—	—
"Horny" (The Potbelleez featuring Zoë Badwi)[32]		—	9
"Time to Reload" (Holmes John featuring Zoë Badwi)[33]	2018	—	10
"Sold My Soul" (Dan Slater featuring Zoë Badwi)[34]		—	—
"Release Me 2019" (with TV Rock)[35]	2019	—	26
"Body Drive" (MorningMaxwell and Wildfire featuring Zoë Badwi)[36]		—	17
"Body Pop" (Kuhl Kuhl, Ivan Gough and Zoë Badwi)[37]		—	18
"Hold Me" (Dan Slater and Anthony May featuring Zoë Badwi and Rob Harris)[38]		—	—
"This Is a Raid" (Needs No Sleep, MKJAY and Zoë Badwi)[39]	2020	—	6
"We Are" (Dan Slater and Zoë Badwi)[40]	2021	—	—
"Until You're Over Me" (Johnny I. and Zoë Badwi)[41]		—	—
"I've Been Waiting" (Dan Slater and Zoë Badwi)[42]	2022	—	—
"Keep It Coming" (Mr Gray featuring Zoë Badwi)[43]		—	—
"Listen to Love" (with Nick Jay, Jet Boot Jack)		—	—
"Don't Mess with My Man" (with Sgt Slick)[44]		—	1
"One Last Time"	2023	—	16
"Do It Again" (with Steve Hart)		—	32
"Stralight" (with Jimi The Kween) [45]	2024	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Notes

1. "Carry Me Home" did not enter the ARIA Singles Chart, but reached number 20 on the ARIA Australian Artists Singles Chart.^[24]

Awards and nominations

Year	Type	Award	Result
2009	ARIA Music Awards[9]	Best Dance Release ("Release Me")	Nominated
2010	APRA Awards[10]	Dance Work of the Year ("Release Me")	Nominated
	IT List Awards[46][47]	Breakthrough Artist of 2010	Won
		Australian Female Artist	Nominated
		Single of 2010 ("Freefallin'")	Nominated
2011	APRA Awards[48]	Dance Work of the Year ("Freefallin")	Won
	ARIA Music Awards[49]	Breakthrough Artist – Single ("Freefallin")	Nominated
	IT List Awards[50]	Single of 2011 ("Freefallin'")	Nominated
		Album of 2011 (Zoë)	Nominated
		Australian Female Artist	Nominated

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    • "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.
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    • "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 Association. 27 May 2019. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2022 – via Trove.
    • "Body Drive": "ARIA Top 50 Club Tracks for week of 2 September 2019". Australian Recording Industry Association. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
    • "Body Pop": "ARIA Top 50 Club Tracks for week of 21 October 2019". Australian Recording Industry Association. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
    • "This Is a Raid": "ARIA Top 50 Club Tracks for week of 20 July 2020". Australian Recording Industry Association. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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28. "My Way With You (feat. Zoë Badwi) - EP by 2 Faced Funks". iTunes Store (Australia). 17 June 2013. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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31. "I Must Have Died (feat. Zoë Badwi) - Single by Paki & Jaro". iTunes Store (Australia). 24 June 2016. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
32. "Horny (feat. Zoë Badwi) - EP by The Potbelleez". iTunes Store (Australia). 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
33. "Time to Reload - Single by Holmes John & Zoë Badwi". iTunes Store (Australia). 19 June 2018. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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37. "Body Pop - Single by Kuhl Kuhl, Ivan Gough & Zoë Badwi". Apple Music (Australia). 30 August 2019. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
38. "Hold Me (feat. Zoe Badwi & Rob Harris) - Single by Dan Slater & Anthony May". Apple Music (Australia). 31 December 2019. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
39. "This Is a Raid - Single by Needs No Sleep, MKJAY & Zoë Badwi". Apple Music (Australia). 29 May 2020. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
40. "We Are - EP by Dan Slater & Zoë Badwi". Apple Music (Australia). 9 March 2021. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
41. "Until You're over Me - EP by Johnny I. & Zoë Badwi". Apple Music (Australia). 23 April 2021. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
42. "I've Been Waiting (Remix EP 1) by Dan Slater & Zoë Badwi". Apple Music (Australia). 22 February 2022. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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External links

• Official Site
• Facebook Page