Ali Gatie
Ali Gatie | |
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Born | May 31, 1997 |
Genres | |
Occupations |
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Instrument | Vocals |
Years active | 2018–present |
Labels | LISN/Warner Records |
Website | www |
Ali Gatie (born May 31, 1997 in Yemen) is a Toronto-based songwriter and rapper. His 2019 song "It's You" charted worldwide, charting on the US Billboard Hot 100 [1] and reaching the top 40 in Australia, Canada, Ireland and Sweden and the Top 10 in New Zealand.
Early life
Ali Gatie was born to Iraqi parents in Yemen in 1997. His family moved to Abu Dhabi before settling in Mississauga, Ontario. He grew up listening to Ed Sheeran, J. Cole and Frank Ocean, which influenced his music. [2]
Career
Gatie started pursuing a music career at the age of 18 and started to record in 2016. This decision later caused him to drop out of university.[2] In 2017, he won an online RhymeStars competition hosted by Joe Budden. After releasing a string of singles in 2018, he was signed by Warner Records.[3] The song "Moonlight" would turn out to be his first commercial success, garnering nearly 8 million views on YouTube. However, the release of "It's You" in June 2019 would become his mainstream breakthrough; an "explosive streaming story", as of December 2019, it had exceeded 650 million streams. [4][5] On November 8, 2019, Gatie released his first EP, You. A 12-minute film accompanied the release, which included seven new songs. [6]
Discography
Albums
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
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CAN [7] |
US [8] | ||
You |
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32 | 123 |
Charted singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
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CAN [9] |
AUS [10] |
GER [11] |
IRE [12] |
NOR [13] |
NZ [14] |
SWE [15] |
SWI [16] |
UK [17] |
US [18] | |||
"It's You" | 2019 | 25 | 15 | 72 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 21 | 45 | 70 | You |
References
- ^ "Ali Gatie Shows the Different Forms of Love in Tender 'It's You' Video: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ a b Chatterjee, Uppy (August 5, 2019). "INTERVIEW: How Ali Gatie Went From Sending Voice Memo Songs To Girls To Having A Top 20 Single". coolaccidents.com. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ Saponara, Michael (July 11, 2019). "Ali Gatie Talks "It's You" and Why He Wants to Be 'the Perfect Mixture of Ed Sheeran and J. Cole'". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ "HITS Daily Double". HITS Daily Double. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ Kayla (October 1, 2019). "Ali Gatie Is This Month's 'One To Watch' Artist!". Kiss 102.7. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ Mahadevan, Tara (November 8, 2019). "Ali Gatie Marks His Debut with You EP". Complex. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ "Chart Search: Ali Gatie, Canadian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Chart Search: Ali Gatie, Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Canadian Hot 100: November 2, 2019". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Discography Ali Gatie". australian-charts.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Discographie von Ali Gatie". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Discographie Ali Gatie". hitparade.ch. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Discography Ali Gatie". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Discography Ali Gatie". charts.nz. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Discography Ali Gatie". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Discographie Ali Gatie". hitparade.ch. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Ali Gatie | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Chart Search: Ali Gatie, Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2019.