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 Olly in 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.
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]
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| Gira, il mondo gira (with Jvli) |
| 13 | |
| Tutta vita (with Jvli) |
| 1 |
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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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| Title | Mixtape details |
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| Piacere Mixtape [a] |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
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| 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 |
| Gira, il mondo gira |
| "Tutto con te" | — | |||
| "A squarciagola" | 77 | Tutta vita | ||
| "Devastante" (with Jvli) | 2024 | 10 |
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| "Ho voglia di te" (with Jvli and Emma) | 20 |
| Non-album single | |
| "Per due come noi" (with Angelina Mango and Jvli) | 1 |
| Tutta vita | |
| "Quei ricordi là" | 15 |
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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 [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 |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| ITA [19] | |||
| "È festa" | 2024 | 59 | Tutta vita |
| "I cantieri del Giappone" | 57 | ||
| "Noi che" | 60 | ||
| "A noi non serve far l'amore" | 66 | ||
| "Sopra la stessa barca" (featuring Enrico Nigiotti) | 62 | ||
| "Scarabocchi" | 6 |
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