Alfie Arcuri
Alfie Arcuri | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1988/89 |
| Origin | Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Labels | Universal Music Australia |
Alfie Arcuri is an Australian singer-songwriter best known for winning the fifth series of The Voice Australia in 2016. He signed with Universal Music Australia. His debut studio album Zenith was released in July 2016 and peaked at number 5 on the ARIA Charts.
Early life
Arcuri was born to an Italian family and grew up in Camden, New South Wales. He is a qualified architect and told his family he was gay in 2013, when he was 24 years old. [1]
Career
2016: The Voice and Zenith
In 2016 Arcuri took part in the fifth season of The Voice Australia, where he joined Delta Goodrem's team, and was the first auditionee. He made it through to the Grand Finale and on the 10th of July, he was announced as the winner. [2][3]
denotes winner.
| The Voice performances and results (2016) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | Song | Result | |
| Audition | "Scars" | Through to Battle rounds | |
| Battle Rounds | "Drag Me Down" | Through to Super Battle rounds | |
| Super Battle rounds | "Red" | Through to live shows | |
| Live show 1 | "Pillowtalk" | Saved by public | |
| Live show 2 | "Lay Me Down" | Saved by public | |
| Live show 3 | "I Can't Make You Love Me" | Saved by public | |
| Semi Final | "All of Me" | Saved | |
| Grand Final | "Catapult" | Winner | |
| "Beneath Your Beautiful" (with Delta Goodrem) | |||
| "Cruel" | |||
Arcuri released his debut single "Cruel" immediately after. The song peaked at number 89 selling 1, 458 in its first week, becoming the show's worst perform winners single to date.[4][5] Arcuri's debut album Zenith was released on 29 July 2016 and peaked at number 5 on the ARIA Charts. In November, Arcuri talked about "Cruel" and its lack of success to River 949: “I love the song and it sounds so good acoustically. But I sort of had a feeling it wasn't going to do too well because I guess people on the show connected with me for certain songs and I was a ballad guy, and then I come out with this song which is a bit different. People would have connected more with a ballad but that's what I'm doing now anyway, I'm coming out with that. And that was the right way it was meant to happen.” Arcuri commenced his first national tour across Australia in November 2016. [6]
In May 2017, Arcuri released "If They Only Knew". It's a song Arcuri co-wrote saying “When you feel heartbreak for the very first time, it’s the most extreme emotion, other than being in love. I can’t explain how it makes me feel that I’ve written it and hopefully people will connect to it the way I have.”[7]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [8] | |||
| Zenith |
|
5 |
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [9][10] | |||||
| "Cruel" | 2016 | 89 | Zenith | ||
| "If They Only Knew" | 2017 | 96 | TBA | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||||
References
- ^ "ALFIE ARCURI WINNER OF THE VOICE TALKS LOVE, FAMILY AND MUSIC". Star Observer. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Alfie Arcuri crowned the winner of The Voice Australia". news.com.au. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ "Delta Goodrem the real winner of the night! Alfie Arcuri is crowned winner of The Voice Australia 2016 after battling against Team Delta's Adam Ladell for the title". Daily Mail. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ "The Voice winner Alfie Arcuri's new single hits a flat note". news.com.au. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ "The Voice Australia 2016 winner Alfie Arcuri suffers Cruel flop in ARIA charts". Sydney Morning Herald. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Voice winner Alfie learns from chart flop". River 949. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ "IF YOU ONLY KNEW ALFIE ARCURI". auspOp. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ "australian-charts.com – Discography Alfie Arcuri". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Chart Watch 377". auspOp. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ "ARIA Chart Watch #427". auspOp. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.