Ison & Fille

Ison & Fille
Ison & Fille in Antiracism Demonstration in Kärrtorp on 22 December 2013.
Background information
Origin	Sweden
Genres	Hip hop
Years active	1994-present
Labels	Hemmalaget
Members	Ison Glasgow ("Ison") Felipe Leiva Wenger ("Fille")
Website	Official Facebook page

Ison and Fille more commonly Ison & Fille is a Swedish hip hop duo consisting of Ison Glasgow ("Ison") and Felipe Leiva Wenger ("Fille").

The two met in 1994 in JKS basketball club in Bredäng, Sweden. ^[1] Their initial songs were included in a 2000 compilation album Den svenska underjorden (meaning the Swedish underground). Media attention on the duo came with ZTV, a Swedish television channel putting out Ison & Fille 2006 release "När vi glider".

The duo have cooperated with various artists like Swedish rapper Petter, Dekan Ahmed and the rap crew Highwon.

Members

• Ison Glasgow ("Ison"), born October 8, 1980 (1980-10-08) (age 44), is a US-born rapper, but grew up in Bredäng. He immigrated to Sweden in 1986. His father died when he was just 13.
• Felipe Leiva Wenger ("Fille), born April 25, 1980 (1980-04-25) (age 44), comes from Chile and grew up in Vårberg. He immigrated to Sweden in 1985 with his parents and two other siblings. Soon after the father left to Barbados where he died.

In popular culture

The duo also took part in the Swedish TV series Leende guldbruna ögon broadcast on Sveriges Television (SVT) where they played the roles of Carlos and Mike. This was followed by appearances in another television series, Lilla Al-Fadji & Co broadcast on Kanal 5 and in comedy series Sverige dansar och ler. Ison and Fille has toured Sweden extensively since the early 2000s. Ison served as one of four judges in the inaugural season of the Swedish The X Factor in 2012, broadcast on TV4. He coached the "Boys" category. Ison & Fille subsequently took part in the Music Aid 2013 event with their songs "Vår sida av stan" and "Galen". In 2015, the duo participated in season six of the Swedish TV-serie Så mycket bättre , broadcast on TV4. ^[2]

Grillat & Grändy

Fille and Sabo also run the hip hop musical project Grillat & Grändy with occasional collaborations with Ison as well. In 2015, Grillat & Grändy released the album Kör vi tills att dör vi. The album charted on Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish albums chart.

Awards

In 2012, Ison & Fille won the P3 Gold Award in the category "Best Hip Hop / Soul Act of the Year". ^[3]

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Peak positions	Certification
		SWE [4]
2002	Vår sida av stan	49
2006	Stolthet	39
2011	För evigt	12
2014	Länge leve vi	9
2019	Vackra liv	47 [5]

EPs

• 2001: Tillbaka till gatan
• 2007: Vad e det för Mode?

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
		SWE [4]
2014	"Länge leve vi"	21
2015	"Tänd ett Ljus"	30
	"Nu har jag fått den jag vill ha"	63
	"Allt hon vill ha"	75
	"Handens fem fingrar"	66 [6]
2019	"Vinnare" (featuring Cherrie and Imenella)	61 [7]
	"Lägg ner dit vapen" (Recorded at Spotify Studios Stockholm)	56 [8]
2021	"Från hjärtat" (featuring Aleks, Hoosam and Sabo)	48 [9]

Other releases

• 2001: "När vi glider" (with Sabo & Ju-mazz)
• 2002: "Fakka ur"
• 2004: "Ta d dit"
• 2004: "Vill va Highwon" (with Hoosam, Sabo & Gurmo)
• 2004: "Haffa"
• 2006: "Ge mig" (with Sabo & Gurmo)
• 2006: "Lägg ner ditt vapen" (with Ismail Skalli El Hachimi)
• 2006: "Hela dan varje dag" (with Sabo)
• 2007: "Vad e det för mode"
• 2009: "Jag skrattar idag"
• 2009: "Ikväll är vi kungar"
• 2009: "För alla dom" (with Petter & Mogge)
• 2010: "Från hjärtat" (with Highwon)
• 2010: "Stationen" (with Stor & Aleks)
• 2011: "Galen"
• 2011: "Sena nätter, tomma glas" (with Veronica Maggio)
• 2013: "Vår sida av stan"

Collaborations

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
		SWE [4]
2009	"För alla dom" (Petter, Ison & Fille and Mogge)	21

References

1. Gustavsson, Matilda (2 March 2014). "Ison & Fille – Vänskap & respekt". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 18 January 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
2. ""SÅ MYCKET BÄTTRE"-PREMIÄR MED ISON & FILLE PÅ LÖRDAG – HÄR ÄR DATUMEN & ARTISTERNA DUON TOLKAR!". KingSizeMag. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
3. Sverige Radio: Ison & Fille gjorde årets Hiphop/Soul Archived 2020-02-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)
4. "Ison & Fille discography". swedishcharts.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
5. "Veckolista Album, vecka 22". Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 31 May 2019.
6. "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Archived from the original on 15 January 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
7. "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 15 January 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
8. "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 32". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
9. "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 43". Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 29 October 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Ison & Fille discography at Discogs