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The Wiggles
[[Image:63423main wiggles wave.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Original Wiggles: Anthony Field, Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt and Greg Page]]
The Wiggles are an Australian children's music group formed in Sydney, New South Wales in 1991. The group are currently composed of [[Anthony Field]], [[Lachlan Gillespie]], [[Simon Pryce]] and [[Tsehay Hawkins]]. The Wiggles were founded in 1991 by Field, [[Murray Cook]], [[Jeff Fatt]], [[Greg Page]] and [[Phillip Wilcher]]. 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, Cook, Fatt and Page retired and were replaced by Gillespie, Pryce and [[Emma Watkins]]. Cook and Fatt retained their shareholding in the group and all three continued to have input into its creative and production aspects. Watkins departed the group in 2021, with Hawkins taking her place.

==Members==
*Anthony Field
*Lachlan Gillespie
*Simon Pryce
*Tsehay Hawkins
==Past members==
*Murray Cook
*Jeff Fatt
*Greg Page
*Phillip Wilcher
*Sam Moran
*Emma Watkins⏎
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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. In 1991, Field was inspired to create an album of children's music based upon concepts of early childhood education, and enlisted Cook, Page, and Fatt to assist him. They began touring to promote the album, and became so successful, they quit their teaching jobs to perfor(contracted; show full)and have performed, on average, to one million people per year. The Wiggles' music has also received over one billion streams, and over two billion views on YouTube. The band has also earned multiple Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA) and Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Music Awards, and been inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

The Wiggles released a career-spanning compilation album in March 2021, titled We're All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles' Greatest Hits.


In the 14th season, Greg Page was replaced by Sam Moran.⏎
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==Characters==
===Main characters===
* Greg Page (lead [[singer|vocal]]): Greg is the lead singer, who loves to sing and [[dance]]. Greg drives The Big Red Car. He likes to do magic tricks. He is the yellow character.
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[[Category:2000s Australian television series]]
[[Category:Disney Channel shows]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1991]]
[[Category:Children's television series]]
[[Category:Children's musical groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups from Sydney]]
[[Category:English-language television programs]]