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Alfie Arcuri

Australian singer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ30589027 ↗
Source-derived summary

Alfred James Arcuri (19 April 1988) is an Australian singer-songwriter best known for winning the fifth season 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, working at Mosca Pserras Architects until 2014. He told his family he was gay in 2013, when he was 24 years old.

Career

2016–2018: 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 10 July, he was announced as the winner.

denotes having been in the bottom four.

denotes winner.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Alfie Arcuri” as australian singer. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1988, 2016, 2014, 2013—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1988-04-19. The account is most persuasive where Alfie, Arcuri and Australian can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as australian singer. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q30589027. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1988, 2016, 2014 and 2013.

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This entry incorporates text from “Alfie Arcuri” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.