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Early life

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. Before her career in music began, Badwi spent time modelling and featured in a series of television commercials including advertisements for

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.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
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' " 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

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at a venue in

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, 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,

, Stuart Crichton,

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. In June 2016, Badwi was the featured artist on three new-released singles.

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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

Singles

Notes

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Badwi, Zoe 1986 births APRA Award winners Australian dance musicians Australian women pop singers Australian house musicians Australian people of Egyptian descent Australian people of Irish descent Australian people of Saudi Arabian descent Australian singer-songwriters German emigrants to Australia Living people Singers from Melbourne 21st-century Australian singers 21st-century Australian women singers Australian women singer-songwriters People educated at Mentone Girls' Grammar School