SIDS New Zealand

Archive: July 2010

Wed 14 July 2010

You probably already know who The Wiggles are and that Anthony is a member, but here are some extraordinary things you may not know...

Anthony has a degree in Early Childhood, he’s a musician who plays the violin, tin whistle, bag pipes, guitar and didgeridoo.
Played with the Australian Army Pipes and drums, and a part of the original Australian band the Cockroaches and creator of the Wiggles who formed over eleven years ago.
The Wiggles have sold in excess of 9million videos and 5.5million albums in Australia and the USA alone.
The list of achievements for the Wiggles is breathtaking, they are the most successful Australian Children’s entertainment group of all time.
They have won the Highest selling Children’s Sell-Thru Video for 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2002, 3 ARIA awards and 3 APRA awards for best Children’s song and album
In Australia, The Wiggles have been awarded: 11 Gold album awards 7 Platinum album awards 3 Double Platinum album awards
Recent tours in the USA, Wiggles tickets have been the hottest in town with $20 tickets being sold on e-bay for ten times the value.
Robert De Niro and Jerry Seinfeld met the Wiggles on their tour in New York City last year, where The Wiggles also appeared in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
They are the only Australian act to have performed twice on NBC’s Today Show
The Wiggles are now Australian icons and ambassadors overseas, The L.A. Times proclaimed “The Australian invasion continues.. Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman and now...The Wiggles!”