The Wiggles are an Australian children's music group formed in Sydney, New South Wales in 1991. Since 2013, the group members have been Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, and Emma Watkins. The original members were Field, Phillip Wilcher, Murray Cook, Greg Page, and Jeff Fatt. Wilcher left the group after their first album. Page retired in 2006 due to ill health and was replaced by understudy Sam Moran, but returned in 2012, replacing Moran. At the end of 2012, Page, Cook, and Fatt retired and were replaced by Gillespie, Pryce, and Watkins. Cook and Fatt retained their shareholding in the group and all three continued to have input into its creative and production aspects. 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.
| Origin | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Children's |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | ABC Music |
| Members | Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Emma Watkins |
| Past members | Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page, Phillip Wilcher, Sam Moran |
About The Wiggles
Children's musical group that lost its lead singer Greg Page to health concerns in 2006. They won Most Performed Children's Work in 1995, 1996, and 1999 from the Australasian Performing Rights Association.
Achievement of The Wiggles
All the original members had left the group by 2013 except for Anthony Field. They earned multiple APRA and ARIA Music Awards.
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Latest information about The Wiggles updated on July 28 2021.
