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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 rapper and singer.
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, 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]
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions |
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| ITA [16] | ||
| Namaste (with Matsby) |
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| Cry4U |
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| Io sono |
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| Il mondo gira / Gira, il mondo gira (with Jvli) |
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| Title | Mixtape details |
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| Piacere Mixtape [lower-alpha 1] |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
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| ITA [17] | ||||
| "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 | Gira, il mondo gira | |
| "Tutto con te" | — | |||
| "A squarciagola" | 94 | TBA | ||
| "Devastante" (with Jvli) | 2024 | 10 [19] |
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| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | ||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
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| ITA [17] | ||||
| "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 |
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