Olly (rapper)
Olly | |
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 Olly (2023) | |
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| Birth name | Federico Olivieri |
| Born | 5 May 2001 Genoa, Liguria, Italy |
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| Years active | 2016–present |
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Federico Olivieri (born 5 May 2001) known professionally as Olly is an Italian singer, songwriter, and rapper.
Biography
[edit]Olivieri was born in Genoa, his family later settled in the Foce district.[1] During his early musical studies, he enrolled at the Conservatorio Niccolò Paganini in Genoa, where he studied music and singing.[1]
His musical career began in 2016, when he formed the music collective Madmut Branco, with which he released his first musical project, Piacere Mixtape.[2] The following year, he released his first solo project, the EP Namaste,[3] in collaboration with rapper Matsby, from which the single "Chiara Ferragni" was extracted, in collaboration with Italian singer Alfa.[4]
After a few years of inactivity, during which he moved to the United Kingdom to focus on his studies, at Hockerill Anglo-European College, Olly resumed releasing music in Italy in 2018. On June 15, of the same year, he released the EP CRY4U, from which the single "Bla-Bla Car" was extracted.[5][6]
In 2019 he released the singles "Bevi" and "Best Seller" with Alfa, and participated in the track "Black Room Posse" by producers Eames and FJLO.[7] In May, he released "Il primo amore", his first solo hit, which surpassed 100,000 views on YouTube in one week.[8] On October 30, 2020 he announced the release of Io Sono, his third EP containing 7 tracks including the singles "Mai e poi mai" and "Winston Blue", released on November 6.[9]
In 2021, Olly posted a reinterpretation of Arisa's song "La notte" on Instagram. This cover was particularly successful on the platform, so much so that it was later released as a single, titled "La Notte (RMX)", in collaboration with Arisa herself.[10] In the spring of the same year, he obtained his first record deal with the Aleph Records label, distributed by Epic Records for Sony Music.[11] In July 2021, he was named "Artist of the Month" in the MTV New Generation.[12]
In November 2022, Olivieri was one of 12 acts selected to compete in Sanremo Giovani, a televised competition aimed at selecting six newcomers as contestants of the 73rd Sanremo Music Festival.[13] Olly manage to qualify in the top six, with his entry "L'anima balla", by rightfully accessing the festival in the Campioni category.[14] "Polvere" was later announced as his entry for the Sanremo Music Festival 2023.[15]
In December 2024, Olly was announced as one of the participants in the Sanremo Music Festival 2025.[16]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certification |
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| ITA [17] | |||
| Gira, il mondo gira (with Jvli) |
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13 | |
| Tutta vita (with Jvli) |
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1 |
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Extended plays
[edit]| Title | EP details |
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| Namaste (with Matsby) |
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| Cry4U |
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| Io sono |
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| Il mondo gira (with Jvli) |
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Mixtape albums
[edit]| Title | Mixtape details |
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| Piacere Mixtape[a] |
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- ^ As part of Madmut Branco.
Singles
[edit]As lead artist
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA [19] | ||||
| "Bla-Bla Car" | 2018 | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Bevi" | 2019 | — | ||
| "Best Seller" (featuring Alfa) |
— | |||
| "Il primo amore" | — | |||
| "Dimmi quando" | — | |||
| "Non mi va" | 2020 | — | ||
| "Mai e poi mai" | — | Io sono | ||
| "Winston Blue" | — | |||
| "Non mi va" | 2021 | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Non ho paura" (with Oliver Green e JVLI) |
— | |||
| "Lego" | — | |||
| "La notte (RMX)" (with Arisa) |
— | |||
| "Hai fatto bene" | — | |||
| "Scuba Diving" | 2022 | — | ||
| "Un'altra volta" | — | Il mondo gira | ||
| "Siamo noi" (featuring Axos) |
— | Non-album singles | ||
| "Fidati di me" | — | |||
| "Fammi morire" | — | Il mondo gira | ||
| "L'anima balla" | — | |||
| "Polvere" | 2023 | 14 |
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Gira, il mondo gira |
| "Tutto con te" | — | |||
| "A squarciagola" | 77 [20] |
Tutta vita | ||
| "Devastante" (with Jvli) |
2024 | 10 |
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| "Ho voglia di te" (with Jvli and Emma) |
20 |
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Non-album single | |
| "Per due come noi" (with Angelina Mango and Jvli) |
1 |
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Tutta vita | |
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | ||||
As featured artist
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
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| ITA [19] | ||||
| "Chiara Ferragni" (Alfa featuring Olly and Matsby) |
2017 | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Amigos (Remix)" (Vagae featuring Olly and CLVB) |
2018 | — | ||
| "La chiave" (Jacopo Bagorda featuring Olly) |
2019 | — | ||
| "Black Room Posse" (Eames and FJLO featuring Olly) |
— | IV | ||
| "Diverso" (Matsby and Joe Viegas featuring Olly and Yanomi) |
— | Non-album single | ||
| "Bevo tutta la notte" (Alfa featuring Drast and Olly) |
2021 | — | Nord |
Other charted songs
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| ITA [19][20] | |||
| "È festa" | 2024 | 59 | Tutta vita |
| "I cantieri del Giappone" | 57 | ||
| "Quei ricordi là" | 15 | ||
| "Noi che" | 60 | ||
| "A noi non serve far l'amore" | 66 | ||
| "Sopra la stessa barca" (featuring Enrico Nigiotti) |
62 | ||
| "Scarabocchi" | 6 [21] |
References
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- ^ a b "Alfa, Olly e gli altri: la nuova generazione "pop" del levante genovese". Il Secolo XIX (in Italian). 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "MadMut Branco - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "Namaste EP. by Matsby & Olly". Genius. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ ALFA (Ft. Matsby & Olly) – Chiara Ferragni, retrieved 2023-01-19
- ^ "CRY4U EP by Olly". Genius. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ Olly - Bla Bla Car (Prod. Yanomi), retrieved 2023-01-19
- ^ Black RooM Posse, 2019-02-15, retrieved 2023-01-19
- ^ "18.07.19 Olly a Goa-Boa!". GB2022 (in Italian). 2019-06-08. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "Il rapper genovese Olly : "Voglio essere una stella che rimane"". Il Secolo XIX - Ilsecoloxix (in Italian). 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "Olly: "La notte" RMX feat. Arisa" (in Italian). 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ Abbate, Mauro (2022-12-16). "Da Blanco a Sanremo: ecco chi è Olly". Notizie Musica (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "L'Artista del Mese di Luglio: Olly". News Mtv Italia. 2021-07-01. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "Selezionati i primi otto finalisti". Rai. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
- ^ "Sono stati scelti gli ultimi sei cantanti in gara al prossimo Sanremo". Il Post (in Italian). 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (2022-12-17). "🇮🇹 Italy: Sanremo Giovani 2022 Qualifiers & Sanremo Song Titles Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
- ^ Laffranchi, Andrea (2024-12-01). "Sanremo 2025, i cantanti in gara: la lista dei big del Festival, da Giorgia ed Elodie a Fedez e Achille Lauro" [Sanremo 2025, the competing singers: the list of the Festival's "Bigs", from Giorgia and Elodie to Fedez and Achille Lauro]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-12-01.
- ^ "italiancharts.com - Discography Olly". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ a b c d e f "Italian certifications – Olly" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 26 April 2024. Select "Tutti gli anni" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Olly" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Tutte le sezioni" under "Sezione".
- ^ a b c "italiancharts.com - Discography OLLY". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
- ^ a b "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 44" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 46" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 15 November 2024.