Ziggy Alberts

Ziggy Alberts (born July 1994) is an Australian singer-songwriter. He is best known for his studio album Laps Around the Sun, which peaked at number 2 on the ARIA Charts for Australian Artist Albums in November 2018.

Ziggy Alberts
BornJuly 1994
Australia
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2011–present
Labels
  • Westside music
Websiteziggyalberts.com

Early life

Ziggy Alberts was born in July 1994[1] and grew up on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland and was homeschooled until the age of 13. Alberts told Triple J "I was looking into dentistry and engineering – no creative stuff". On 31 December 2010, his parents gave the budding dentist a guitar as a graduation gift.[2] He said "I wasn't planning to be a musician, so I was like 'Thanks for this present but…' They said, 'maybe it's time to explore songwriting, and it's just gone from there."[3] Alberts attended public school on the Sunshine Coast and graduated when he was 16 years old.[2]

Career

2011–2016: Career beginnings
Main articles: Land & Sea and Four Feet in the Forest

Alberts picked up a guitar in 2011 and began busking down the East Coast of Australia.[3] In 2012, he released his first self-released EP titled Feels Like Home.[4] Shortly after, Alberts co-founded his own record label Commonfolk Records. In October 2013, he released his first studio album Made of Water and spent most of 2014 touring before releasing his second studio album Land & Sea in December 2014.[5]

In October 2015, Alberts released the single "Runaway" Alberts said "Runaway is a song about reopening up a relationship that heavily affected my emotional trust, in order to become friends and heal those trust issues."[6] In May 2016, Alberts released the 5-track EP Four Feet in the Forest; the EP highlights social and environmental issues.[6] He performed 44 shows across Australia in 2016 with the "Start Over Summer Tour".[7]

2017–18: Laps Around the Sun
Main article: Laps Around the Sun (Ziggy Alberts album)

In 2017, Alberts toured 11 European countries as part of the "Tell Me European Tour", including festival performances in France (Fête de la Musique), Netherlands (Mundial Festival and Surfana Festival) and Germany (Bochum Total).[8] In September 2017, Alberts released "Heaven", the first single from his forthcoming studio album. The song became his first song to make the ARIA Singles Chart, debuting and peaking at number 85. "Love Me Now" was released in May 2018, followed by "Laps Around the Sun" in August and "Stronger" in September 2018. In November 2018, Alberts released his third studio album Laps Around the Sun, which became his first charting album, peaking at number 9 on the ARIA Album Chart and number 2 on the ARIA Australian Artist Albums. The album is a metaphor about the Earth's rotation in a passionate message about the importance of protecting marine life.[3]

2019: A Postcard from an Australian Summer and further singles

In July 2019, a live EP titled A Postcard from an Australian Summer was released. In August, a new single "Intentions (22)" was released.

On 19 December 2019, ARIA presented Alberts with gold certifications for six songs and platinum certification for two songs and an EP.[9]

2020: I Won't Give You Up & searching for freedom

In January 2020, Alberts released the single "Together", in response to the Australian Bushfire Crisis. The artist donated 10% of streaming income from the first month of this single release to organisations involved with the Bushfire relief.[10]

In June 2020, Alberts released the single "Don't Get Caught Up".[11] The single was criticized for its possible lyrical allusions to anti-vaccination and anti-5G conspiracy theories.[12][13] Alberts responded to the controversy with social media posts in which he reiterated his opposition to, specifically, "…the potential for punishment and fines if people do not comply" with mask mandates and lockdowns enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic.[14][15]

In August 2020, Alberts release a collaborative EP I Won't Give You Up with prolific Sydney Hip Hop duo, Horrorshow.

In September 2020, Alberts released his fourth album, Truly Acoustic.[16]

In November 2020, Ziggy Alberts announced details of his forthcoming studio album searching for freedom, set for release on 19 March 2021.

Discography

Albums
List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[17]
Made of Water —
Land & Sea
  • Released: 12 December 2014[19]
  • Label: Commonfolk
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 —
Laps Around the Sun
  • Released: 9 November 2018
  • Label: Commonfolk
  • Formats: CD, digital download, LP, streaming
 9
Truly Acoustic
  • Released: 2 October 2020[21]
  • Label: Commonfolk
  • Formats: CD, digital download, LP, streaming
Searching for Freedom
  • Scheduled: 19 March 2021[22]
  • Label: Commonfolk
 To be released

EPs
List of extended plays
Title EP details Certifications
Feels Like Home
Four Feet in the Forest
  • Released: 9 May 2016[24]
  • Label: CommonFolk
  • Format: Digital download
A Postcard from an Australian Summer
  • Released: 26 July 2019[26]
  • Label: CommonFolk
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
I Won't Give You Up
(with Horrowshow)
  • Released: 21 August 2020[27]
  • Label: CommonFolk
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles
List of singles as lead artist
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUS
[28]		 NZ
Hot
[29]
"Simple Things (The Ocean Song)"[30] 2013 —— Made of Water
"Days in the Sun"[32] 2014 —— Land & Sea
"Gone (The Pocahontas Song)"[33] ——
"Runaway"[35] 2015 —— Four Feet in the Forest
"Four Feet in the Forest"[36] 2016 ——
"Heaven"[37] 2017 85— Laps Around the Sun
"Love Me Now"[38] 2018 199—
"Juke Jam"
(Triple J Like a Version)[39]		 —— Like a Version: Volume Fourteen
"Laps Around the Sun"[40][31] 149— Laps Around the Sun
"Stronger"[41] 215—
"Yu (A Song for Koda)"[42] ——
"On Hold"[43] 257—
"Bright Lights"[44] 2019 ——
"Intentions (22)"[45] —— N/A
"Together"[46] 2020 —24 Searching for Freedom
"Don't Get Caught Up"[11] ——
"Heaven Part 2" (with Horrorshow)[47] —— I Won't Give You Up
"Heartbeat"[48] —— Searching for Freedom
"Letting Go"[49] 2021 ——

Awards

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually. Alberts has been nominated for one award.[50][51]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2020 "Laps Around the Sun" Most Performed Blues & Roots Work of the Year Nominated

Touring

In 2018, Ziggy Alberts embarked on his biggest tour to date, the Laps Around The Sun World Tour.

He started off by playing at a few popular regional locations throughout Australia and New Zealand. Whilst also spending some time in capital cities playing at well known venues such as Festival Hall in Melbourne, VIC; The Roundhouse in Sydney, NSW and The Triffid and the Tivoli in Brisbane, QLD.

He then headed off on a Europe and United Kingdom touring from 3 April - 16 May 2019.

The third leg of the Laps Around The Sun World Tour took Ziggy Alberts to North America, playing throughout range of cities and towns from 18 June - 3 October 2019.

He then announced he would be continuing the Laps Around The Sun World Tour in 2020 by releasing a series of Australian shows by popular demand starting from 29 November - 13 December 2019, playing at some of the biggest venues in Australia, including the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, VIC and Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, NSW.

Alongside this series of Australian shows, he released another Europe/UK tour[52] announcement that will begin 20 March 2020 and end 24 April 2020.

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