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Early life

Badwi was born in Germany but later moved to

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in Australia, where she was raised.In May 201

refers to Zoe as a "24-year-old". She is half Irish people, Irish, one-quarter

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, 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

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and Mars Bars.Interview: Zoe Badwi
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'', which she took part in for eight months. Badwi is a cousin of

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member

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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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" featuring

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from the first series of ''

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''. Badwi later left the group to pursue a solo career. After being discovered by

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, 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

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and also "Dance Work of the Year" at the 2010 APRA Awards. In July 2010, Badwi released her fourth single, "

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". It reached a peak of number nine on the

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and was eventually certified platinum. In September 2010, it was announced that she had signed to US record label,

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. " 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

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, 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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,Cameron Adams (22 October 2010
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''. 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
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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

's Glory Days Tour in Australia and New Zealand. In 2020, Bawdi performed with Greg Gould on the song "

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" from Gould's album ''1998''.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Notes

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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