The Wiggles
Australian children's music group
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| 2025 | Scheduled release of 'Wiggle Up, Giddy Up!', showing their ongoing musical production decades after their initial formation. |
| August 2024 | The Wiggles will release 'Wiggle and Learn: 100 Educational Songs for Children' as their 100th album. |
| February 2024 | A new educational web series 'Wiggle and Learn' was first made available on YouTube. |
| January 2024 | Luke O'Neill was appointed as the brand's first CEO. |
| 2023 | The Wiggles were nominated for the Rolling Stone Global Award at the Rolling Stone Australia Awards |
| 2023 | ReWiggled was nominated for Best Record at the Rolling Stone Australia Awards |
| 2023 | The Wiggles condemn the city of Bunbury, Western Australia for using their song 'Hot Potato' to deter homeless people, stating it goes against their message of bringing joy. |
| October 2023 | A documentary titled 'Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles' premiered on Amazon Prime Video. |
| March 2023 | A new 'Ready, Steady, Wiggle!' television series featuring the expanded line-up premiered. |
| 2022 | 'Wiggly Fruit Salad' television series aired with Fruit Salad TV members joining. |
| 2022 | The tribute album 'ReWiggled' debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart and won Best Children's Album at the ARIA Awards. |
| 2022 | The original Wiggles (Cook, Fatt, Anthony Field, and Page) performed an adults-only reunion tour across Australia. |
| September 2022 | The Wiggles appeared on the cover of the Australian edition of Rolling Stone magazine. |
| July 2022 | Lucia Field, Anthony Field's daughter, debuted as a Wiggles member wearing blue, bringing the group to an eight-piece line-up. |
| June 2022 | Original Wiggles members (minus Greg Cook) performed a three-song cameo during the Kid Laroi's Melbourne concert. |
| January 2022 | The Wiggles embarked on a national Australian concert tour, with Caterina Mete joining as a group member. |
| 2021 | A new season of 'Ready, Steady, Wiggle!' aired. |
| 2021 | Australian senator Matt Canavan criticizes the Wiggles for introducing ethnically diverse members, accusing them of going 'woke'. |
| November 2021 | The expanded Wiggles line-up made their live performance debut as pre-match entertainment at an Australia women's national soccer team game. |
| October 2021 | Emma Watkins announced her departure from the group, and Tsehay Hawkins became the first woman of colour in the primary line-up. |
| September 2021 | New Wiggles members debuted in a YouTube web series called 'Fruit Salad TV'. |
| August 2021 | Four new members (Evie Ferris, Kelly Hamilton, Tsehay Hawkins, and John Pearce) were added to the Wiggles to enhance cultural and gender diversity. |
| March 2021 | The Wiggles performed on Triple J's Like a Version, covering Tame Impala's 'Elephant' mixed with 'Fruit Salad', which became the first cover to top the annual Triple J Hottest 100 poll. |
| January 2021 | The Wiggles commemorated their 30th anniversary by releasing 'We're All Fruit Salad!', a song featuring diverse guest performers to promote unity and acceptance. |
| 2020 | 'The Wiggles' World' television series aired. |
| 2020 | Released 'Choo Choo Trains, Propeller Planes & Toot Toot Chugga Chugga Big Red Car!', demonstrating their continued commitment to creating engaging children's music during the global pandemic. |
| 2020 | The Wiggles face backlash for their song 'Pappadum', which was perceived as culturally insensitive. Anthony Field apologizes, and the song is removed from live concerts. |
| March 2020 | Paul Field departed as the company's general manager during a period of organizational change. |
| January 17 2020 | Original Wiggles members performed a charity concert to raise funds for Australian bush fires. Greg Page suffered a cardiac arrest during the performance and required CPR and defibrillator. |
| 2019 | A new costumed character, Shirley Shawn the Unicorn, was added to the group, later revealed to identify as non-binary. |
| August 2018 | Emma Watkins and Lachlan Gillespie publicly announced their separation. |
| June 2018 | Emma Watkins and Lachlan Gillespie were given directorships and acquired approximately 8% of the company each. |
| 2017 | 'Wiggle, Wiggle, Wiggle!' television series aired. |
| 2016 | 'Wiggle Town' television series aired. |
| April 2016 | Emma Watkins and Lachlan Gillespie got married. |
| February 2016 | The original Wiggles group performed a charity concert for an over-18 audience at the Dee Why RSL club in Sydney. |
| 2015 | 'Ready, Steady, Wiggle!' television series concluded. |
| 2015 | A new television series 'Emma!' featuring Emma Watkins as a solo performer was produced. |
| May 2015 | Emma Watkins and Lachlan Gillespie announced their engagement after dating for two years. |
| 2014 | The Sydney Morning Herald praises the Wiggles' shows as slick and fast-paced. |
| 2014 | The Wiggles doubled their concert ticket sales and won the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album with 'Apples & Bananas'. |
| 2013 | A new television series 'Ready, Steady, Wiggle!' was developed and aired, marking a transition to new Wiggles members. |
| 2013 | New lineup established with Lachlan Gillespie (Purple Wiggle), Simon Pryce (Red Wiggle), and Emma Watkins (Yellow Wiggle). |
| 2013 | Greg Cook retired from touring with the group and became their touring manager. He noted that newer bands like Regular John cited The Wiggles as their first musical influence. |
| 2013 | The new iteration of the Wiggles began touring, featuring new members and Anthony Cook becoming the group's road manager. |
| December 23 2012 | The Wiggles performed their final show after over 7,000 performances, taking place at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. |
| December 22 2012 | The original Wiggles members performed their final televised performance with the new members at the annual Carols in the Domain in Sydney. |
| January 2012 | Greg Page returned to the Wiggles, replacing Sam Moran, as an employee without ownership stakes. |
| 2011 | The Wiggles experienced their first revenue drop in 10 years, with approximately $2.5 million decrease and negative equity for the first time. |
| 2011 | The Wiggles celebrated their 20th anniversary with circus-themed shows and a 90-show birthday tour throughout Australia. |
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