Ziggy Alberts

Ziggy Alberts (born July 1994) is an Australian singer and songwriter from Sunshine Coast, Queensland. He is best known for his studio album Laps Around the Sun, which peaked at number 9 on the ARIA Charts in November 2018.

Early life

Ziggy Alberts was born in July 1994 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. 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." Alberts attended public school on the Sunshine Coast and graduated when he was 16 years old.

Career

2011-2016: Career beginnings

Alberts picked up a guitar in 2011 and began busking down the East Coast of Australia. In 2012, he released his first self-released EP titled Feels Like Home. 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.

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." In May 2016, Alberts released the 5-track EP Four Feet in the Forest; the EP highlights social and environmental issues. He performed 44 shows across Australia in 2016 with the "Start Over Summer Tour".

2017-present: Laps Around the Sun

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). In September 2017, Alberts released "Heaven", as the lead single from his forthcoming studio album. The song became his first song to make the ARIA Charts as 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 Charts. The album is a metaphor about the Earth's rotation in a passionate message about the importance of protecting marine life. A live EP titled A Postcard from an Australian Summer was released in July 2019. In August, a new single "Intentions (22)" was released.

On 19 December 2019, ARIA presented Alberts with gold certifications for 6 songs and platinum certification for 2 songs and an EP.

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles