Bazzi
Bazzi (* 28 August 1997 as Andrew Bazzi in Dearborn , Michigan ) is an American singer-songwriter .
biography
Andrew Bazzi was born in Dearborn , Michigan . His father is of Lebanese origin. Bazzi learned to play guitar in early childhood, and later also drums and bass , among other things . From 2012 he started uploading cover versions of various pop songs to the video platform YouTube . After graduating from high school, he moved to Los Angeles .
He achieved greater awareness for the first time through the Vine platform , on which he had over 1.5 million followers in September 2015. Several single releases followed in 2016 and 2017, including the song Mine , which was released in October 2017 and achieved international fame , with great success . At the beginning of 2018 the song developed into an internet phenomenon on Snapchat , then by February it reached over 72 million streams worldwide on Spotify and entered the charts in many countries around the world and later reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as the Top 10 Swedish , Norwegian and New Zealand music charts .
On April 12, 2018, Bazzi released his debut album Cosmic . For this he played instruments on all tracks himself. The album rose to number 14 on the US album charts .
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
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UK | US | |||
2018 | Cosmic |
UK65 (1 week) UK |
US14th
gold
(111 weeks)US |
First published: April 12, 2018
Sales: + 565,000 |
Mix tapes
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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US | |||
2019 | Soul Searching |
US20 (14 weeks) US |
First published: August 9, 2019
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Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2017 | mine |
DE25th
gold
(15 weeks)DE |
AT27 (11 weeks) AT |
CH27
gold
(16 weeks)CH |
UK21st
gold
(11 weeks)UK |
US11 × 4
(34 weeks)US |
First published: October 12, 2017
Sales: + 5,130,000 |
2018 | Beautiful (Remix) |
DE79 (6 weeks) DE |
- |
CH92
gold
(5 weeks)CH |
UK33
gold
(12 weeks)UK |
US26th × 3
(27 weeks)US |
First published: August 2nd, 2018
feat. Camila Cabello ; Sales: + 3,655,000 |
2019 | Paradise | - | - | - |
UK64 (7 weeks) UK |
US91
platinum
(3 weeks)US |
First published: April 4th, 2019
Sales: + 1,000,000 |
More singles
- 2016: Alone
- 2017: Sober
- 2017: Beautiful
- 2018: Why? (US:gold)
- 2018: Gone
- 2018: Honest
- 2018: 3:15 (US:gold)
- 2018: Myself (US:gold)
- 2019: Caught in the Fire
- 2019: Focus (feat. 21 Savage )
- 2019: IFLY (US:gold)
- 2020: Young & Alive
- 2020: Renee's Song
- 2020: I Got You
As a guest musician
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Australia (ARIA) | - | 7 × platinum7th | 490,000 | aria.com.au |
Denmark (IFPI) | 2 × gold2 | platinum1 | 145,000 | ifpi.dk |
Germany (BVMI) | gold1 | - | 200,000 | musikindustrie.de |
France (SNEP) | gold1 | - | 100,000 | snepmusique.com |
Italy (FIMI) | 2 × gold2 | - | 50,000 | fimi.it |
Canada (MC) | gold1 | 4 × platinum4th | 360,000 | musiccanada.com |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | gold1 | 2 × platinum2 | 60,000 | nztop40.co.nz |
Poland (ZPAV) | 2 × gold2 | - | 20,000 | bestsellery.zpav.pl |
Portugal (AFP) | gold1 | - | 5,000 | see individual evidence |
Sweden (IFPI) | - | platinum1 | 40,000 | sverigetopplistan.se |
Switzerland (IFPI) | 2 × gold2 | - | 20,000 | hitparade.ch |
United States (RIAA) | 5 × gold5 | 8 × platinum8th | 10,500,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 2 × gold2 | - | 800,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 20 × gold20th | 23 × platinum23 |
swell
- ↑ a b c Bazzi on Apple Music
- ↑ a b Everything you need to know about Bazzi, the voice behind viral sensation 'Mine' , USA Today
- ↑ Andrew Bazzi Is First Artist to Debut a Song as a Vine 'Featured Track': Watch , Billboard
- ↑ Who is Bazzi? Five facts about the rising star behind emerging hit Mine , Official Charts Company
- ↑ BAZZI - MINE (SONG) , swedishcharts.com
- ↑ COSMIC on Apple Music
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ^ Gold for mine in Portugal
Web links
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bazzi |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bazzi, Andrew (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer-songwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1997 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dearborn , Michigan , United States |