The Wiggles | Artist
The Wiggles are an Australian children's music group formed 1991 in Sydney by singers and multi-instrumentalists Anthony Field, Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page and Phillip Wilcher. The present-day lineup comprises Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Tsehay Hawkins, John Pearce, and Lucia Field. Starting out, Field and Fatt were members of the Australian pop band the Cockroaches in the 1980s, and Cook was a member of several bands before meeting Field and Page at Macquarie University, where they were studying to become pre-school teachers. In 1991, Field was inspired to create an album of children's music based upon concepts of early childhood education, and he enlisted Cook, Page, and Fatt to assist him. They began touring to promote the album and became so successful, they quit their teaching jobs to perform full-time. When the group performs on stage and televison, they augment their act with costumed characters Dorothy the Dinosaur, Henry the Octopus, Wags the Dog, and Shirley Shawn the Unicorn, as well as the human character Captain Feathersword, played by Paul Paddick. As a recording band they have released over Fifty studio albums to-date. Standout albums include Wiggle Time (2000), Hoop-Dee-Doo - It's a Wiggly Party (2001), ReWiggled (2022), and The Wiggles Sound System: Rave of Innocence (2024). The Wiggles have enjoyed almost universal approval throughout their history, and their music has been played in pre-schools all over the world. They have earned multiple Gold, Platinum and double Platinum records, have sold 23 million DVDs and 7 million CDs; and have performed, on average, to one million people per year. The group was formally consolidated as a company in 2005, which is listed at the top of Business Review Weekly's top-earning Australian entertainers. The Wiggles' debut performance was at a friend's daycare facility in Randwick, New South Wales, for about a dozen children. They then played for crowds at shopping centres like Westfield in Sydney and at small pre-school events and parties, and busked at Circular Quay.
Artist Website: thewiggles.com.au
Featured Albums: The Wiggles
Related Artists: The Cockroaches
