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".
2017–18: ''Laps Around the Sun''
In 2017, Alberts toured 11 European countries as part of the "Tell Me European Tour", including festival performances in France, Netherlands and Germany. 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. The album is a metaphor about the Earth's rotation in a passionate message about the importance of protecting marine life.
2019–present: ''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 " was released. On 19 December 2019, ARIA presented Alberts with gold certifications for six songs and platinum certification for two songs and an EP. In January 2020, Alberts release the single "", 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. In June 2020, Alberts released the single "Don't Get Caught Up". The single was criticized by publications Music Feeds and Pedestrian.TV for allegedly discussing anti-vaccination and anti-5Gconspiracy theories. Alberts has yet to publically comment on the matter.
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 announcement that will begin 20 March 2020 and end 24 April 2020.
