Ghali (rapper)
Ghali Amdouni (born May 21, 1993 in Milan ), known as Ghali , is an Italian rapper of Tunisian descent. In 2016 he achieved his commercial breakthrough.
Career
Ghali began his work as a rapper in 2011 together with Maite, Fawzy and Er Nyah as part of the Troupe d'Elite collective . Guè Pequeno then signed him to his label Tanta Roba , where Ghali released the single Non capisco una mazza . The rapper Tanta left Roba in 2014 and released songs with producer Charlie Charles from 2015 . The music videos made it more popular on the internet, but none of the songs were available for purchase or streaming . On October 14, 2016 the single Ninna nanna was released on Spotify , which set new streaming records and immediately reached the top of the Italian single charts .
In the summer of 2017, Ghali released his debut album, Album, after further top 10 hits . This was followed by the compilation Lunga vita a Sto , which contained his older songs. At the beginning of 2018 he returned to the top of the single charts with Cara Italia .
Discography
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
IT | CH | |||
2017 | album |
IT2 × 3
(81 weeks)IT |
CH24 (1 week) CH |
Sales: + 150,000
|
2018 | Lunga vita a Sto |
IT97 (3 weeks) IT |
- | |
2020 | DNA |
IT1
platinum
(… Where.)IT |
CH19 (... wk.) CH |
Sales: + 50,000
|
Mix tapes
- 2013: Leader Mixtape
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
IT | CH | |||
2016 | Ninna nanna album |
IT1 × 4
(58 weeks)IT |
- |
Sto Records
Sales: + 200,000 |
2017 | Pizza kebab album |
IT3 × 2
(29 weeks)IT |
- |
Sales: + 100,000
|
Happy Days album |
IT4th × 4
(33 weeks)IT |
- |
Sales: + 200,000
|
|
Habibi album |
IT10 × 4
(42 weeks)IT |
- |
Sales: + 200,000
|
|
2018 | Cara Italia |
IT1 × 3
(31 weeks)IT |
CH73 (1 week) CH |
Sales: + 150,000
|
Peace & Love |
IT1 × 3
(27 weeks)IT |
CH31 (1 week) CH |
||
Zingarello |
IT4th
gold
(… Where.)IT |
- |
feat. Sick Luke
Sales: + 25,000 |
|
2019 | Ich liebe dich |
IT10
platinum
(24 weeks)IT |
- |
Sales: + 50,000
|
Hasta la vista |
IT44 (1 week) IT |
- | ||
Turbococco |
IT45
gold
(9 weeks)IT |
- |
Sales: + 25,000
|
|
Goku Machete Mixtape 4 |
IT30 (2 weeks) IT |
- |
Machete , Ghali & Sick Luke
|
|
Flashback DNA |
IT30th
gold
(2 weeks)IT |
- |
Sales: + 35,000
|
|
2020 | Boogieman DNA |
IT1
platinum
(23 weeks)IT |
- |
feat. Salmo
sales: + 70,000 |
Good Times DNA |
IT1 × 2
(… Where.)IT |
- |
Sales: + 140,000
|
|
Cacao |
IT9 (7 weeks) IT |
- |
feat. Pyrex
|
|
Defuera |
IT46 (... weeks) IT |
- |
with DRD & Marracash feat. Madame
|
|
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | ||||
2017 | Ricchi dentro album |
IT6th × 2
(28 weeks)IT |
- |
Sales: + 100,000
|
Lacrime album |
IT14th
platinum
(15 weeks)IT |
- |
Sales: + 50,000
|
|
Milano album |
IT20th
gold
(5 weeks)IT |
- |
Sales: + 25,000
|
|
Boulevard album |
IT23
platinum
(5 weeks)IT |
- |
Sales: + 50,000
|
|
Vida album |
IT28
platinum
(5 weeks)IT |
- |
Sales: + 50,000
|
|
Liberté album |
IT30th
gold
(4 weeks)IT |
- |
Sales: + 25,000
|
|
Oggi no album |
IT32
platinum
(5 weeks)IT |
- |
Sales: + 50,000
|
|
Ora d'aria album |
IT37
gold
(2 weeks)IT |
- |
Sales: + 25,000
|
|
2020 | Marymango DNA |
IT6th
gold
(11 weeks)IT |
- |
feat. Tha Supreme
Sales: + 35,000 |
DNA DNA |
IT19 (3 weeks) IT |
- | ||
22:22 DNA |
IT20 (5 weeks) IT |
- | ||
Jennifer DNA |
IT23 (2 weeks) IT |
- |
feat. Soolking
|
|
Fast Food DNA |
IT28 (2 weeks) IT |
- | ||
Barcellona DNA |
IT40 (2 weeks) IT |
- | ||
Giù x Terra DNA |
IT45 (1 week) IT |
- | ||
Cuore a destra DNA |
IT47 (1 week) IT |
- | ||
Extasy DNA |
IT55 (1 week) IT |
- | ||
Combo DNA |
IT57 (1 week) IT |
- |
feat. Mr. Eazi
|
|
Scooby DNA |
IT62 (1 week) IT |
- | ||
Fallito DNA |
IT63 (1 week) IT |
- | ||
MILF DNA |
IT30 (... weeks) IT |
- |
feat. Taxi B
|
More singles
- 2011: Non capisco una mazza
- 2014: Come Milano
- 2015: Optional
- 2015: Cazzo Mene
- 2015: mom
- 2015: Non lo so ( feat.Izi )
- 2015: Semper me
- 2015: Marijuana
- 2016: Vai tra
- 2016: Dende - IT:gold (25,000+)
- 2016: Wily Wily
Guest Posts
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
---|---|---|---|---|
IT | CH | |||
2017 | Bimbi |
IT3 × 2
(25 weeks)IT |
- | |
Tristi Force & Honneur |
- |
CH91 (1 week) CH |
Lacrim feat. Ghali
|
|
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | ||||
2019 | Boogie Nights Dove gli occhi non arrivano |
IT15th
gold
(7 weeks)IT |
- |
Rkomi feat. Ghali
sales: + 25,000 |
2020 | Pour toujours Vita Vera Mixtape |
IT14 (2 weeks) IT |
- |
Tedua , Dargen D'Amico & Chris Nolan feat. Ghali
|
Scat men 1990 |
IT23 (... weeks) IT |
- |
Achille Lauro feat. Ghali & Gemitaiz
|
Awards for music sales
|
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
---|---|---|---|---|
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
||||
France (SNEP) | gold1 | - | 75,000 | snepmusique.com |
Italy (FIMI) | 9 × gold9 | 36 × platinum36 | 2,105,000 | fimi.it |
All in all | 10 × gold10 | 36 × platinum36 |
Web links
- Ghali's channel on YouTube
- Ghali at Rockol.it
Individual evidence
- ^ Chi è Ghali, il rapper rivelazione di “Ninna nanna”. In: Rockol.it. October 22, 2016, accessed November 3, 2016 (Italian).
- ↑ Ghali e la sua “Ninna nanna” rap primi nella classifica FIMI dei singoli con il solo streaming. In: AllMusicItalia. October 23, 2016, accessed November 3, 2016 (Italian).
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↑ Chart sources (albums):
- Albums by Ghali. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed April 4, 2018 (IT).
- Albums by Ghali. In: Hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed on April 4, 2018 (CH).
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↑ a b chart sources:
- Archivio classifiche Top Singoli. FIMI , accessed April 4, 2018 (Italian, IT).
- Singles by Ghali. In: Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien, accessed on April 4, 2018 (CH).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ghali |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Amdouni, Ghali (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian rapper of Tunisian descent |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1993 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |