Shiva (rapper)

Shiva

Shiva (* 1999 in Legnano , Milan province , as Andrea Arrigoni ) is an Italian rapper .

Career

Shiva, who grew up in Tuscany but eventually moved back to Lombardy, started doing freestyle rapper in high school . He took his pseudonym from a Florentine graffiti artist. He drew attention to himself on the Internet with the song Cotard Delusion and in 2015 he signed his first recording contract with the independent Roman label Honiro . As a result, he dropped out of school. In the following years he released a number of singles until his debut album Tempo e anima was released in 2017 . The young rapper then worked with colleagues like Mostro or Cranio Randagio . In the same year he could be heard on Mostro's new album.

In 2018 Shiva released his second album Solo . The following year he stepped up his activities and worked with countless other hip-hoppers, including Night Skinny , Fabri Fibra , Noyz Narcos , Guè Pequeno , Achille Lauro , Lazza , Emis Killa and Ernia . On the successful Machete Mixtape 4 of machete crew he was with Dani Faiv and Salmo on song Walter Waltz involved. The song Soldi in nero in collaboration with Sfera Ebbasta was also a great success , in 2020 Shiva finally reached the top of the chart with Calmo (together with Tha Supreme ). His new EP Routine was released at the end of January . In collaboration with Eiffel 65 , he released the song Auto blu in the same year , which is based on a sample by Blue (Da Ba Dee) .

Discography

Albums and EPs

Tempo anima (Honiro, 2017)
Solo (Honiro, 2018)

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
year	title	IT	Remarks
2020	routine	IT2 (19 weeks) IT	Honiro / Sony

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	Title album	IT	CH	Remarks
2019	Mon fri	IT24 platinum (30 weeks)IT	-	feat. Emis Killa Sales: + 50,000
	Bossoli	IT12 platinum (23 weeks)IT	-	Sales: + 50,000
	Non sto più in zona	IT14th gold (7 weeks)IT	-	with Pyrex sales: + 25,000
	Tuta Black	IT53 (2 weeks) IT	-	with Paky
	Soldi in nero	IT2 platinum (20 weeks)IT	-	with Sfera Ebbasta Sales: + 70,000
2020	Calmo routine	IT1 gold (13 weeks)IT	-	Initial release: January 23rd, 2020 with Tha Supreme Sales: + 35,000
	Car blu	IT1 platinum (… Where.)IT	CH96 (1 week) CH	First published: March 20, 2020 with Eiffel 65 sales: + 70,000
	In piazza	IT72 (2 weeks) IT	-	with Paky & Kermit
	Take 2	IT82 (1 week) IT	-
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	Walter Walzer Machete Mixtape 4	IT21st gold (8 weeks)IT	-	with machete and Dani Faiv Sales: + 25,000
2020	Chance routine	IT1 gold (9 weeks)IT	-	feat. Capo Plaza sales: + 35,000
	Milano ovest routine	IT5 (4 weeks) IT	-	feat. Marracash
	Domani routine	IT10 (2 weeks) IT	-
	Scarabeo routine	IT20 (1 week) IT	-
	Diario di noel routine	IT28 (1 week) IT	-
	Figlio della calle Routine	IT29 (1 week) IT	-
	Rari Vita Vera mixtape	IT7 (5 weeks) IT	-	with Tedua , Paky & Chris Nolan

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
year	Title album	IT	Remarks
2019	RIP Rmx	IT86 (4 weeks) IT	Side Baby feat. Shiva
	MC Drive Arte	IT62 (2 weeks) IT	Mambolosco feat. Shiva
	Taste (Make It Shake) (Remix)	IT17 (4 weeks) IT	Aitch feat. Shiva
	Holly & Benji	IT5 gold (9 weeks)IT	Ava feat. Capo Plaza & Shiva sales: + 35,000
2020	Gange feat	IT61 (1 week) IT	Francesca Michielin feat. Shiva
	Chic	IT41 (1 week) IT	Giaime & Andry the Hitmaker feat. Shiva
	Ancora left	IT71 (1 week) IT	Cancun feat. Shiva
	Weekend a Miami	IT68 (1 week) IT	Dani Faiv feat. Shiva
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	Mattoni Mattoni	IT11 gold (3 weeks)IT	Night Skinny feat. Noyz Narcos , Shiva, Speranza & Guè Pequeno Sales: + 35,000
2019	Fumo 1etto Mattoni	IT28 (1 week) IT	Night Skinny feat. Shiva
2020	Meryxsempre Gemelli	IT21 (2 weeks) IT	Ernia feat. Shiva
	Mon amour J	IT30 (3 weeks) IT	Lazza feat. Shiva
	Friend J	IT32 (3 weeks) IT	Lazza feat. Shiva & Geolier

Web links

Shiva at Rockit.it

supporting documents

↑ Chiara Lauretani: Shiva: il rapper che piace a tutta la scena. In: Rockit.it. October 7, 2019, accessed February 2, 2020 (Italian).
↑ Albums of Shiva. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed April 5, 2020 .
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Chart sources:
- Archivio classifiche Top Singoli. FIMI , accessed February 2, 2020 (Italian).
- Songs from Shiva. In: hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed on April 5, 2020 (CH).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Certificazioni. FIMI, accessed August 17, 2020 (Italian).
^ Archivio classifiche Top Singoli. FIMI , accessed February 2, 2020 (Italian).

personal data
SURNAME	Shiva
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Arrigoni, Andrea (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian rapper
DATE OF BIRTH	1999
PLACE OF BIRTH	Legnano , province of Milan

[1] Chiara Lauretani: Shiva: il rapper che piace a tutta la scena. In: Rockit.it. October 7, 2019, accessed February 2, 2020 (Italian).

[2] Albums of Shiva. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien, accessed April 5, 2020 .

[charts-3] Chart sources:

Archivio classifiche Top Singoli. FIMI , accessed February 2, 2020 (Italian).

Songs from Shiva. In: hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed on April 5, 2020 (CH).

[4] Archivio classifiche Top Singoli. FIMI , accessed February 2, 2020 (Italian).

[5] Songs from Shiva. In: hitparade.ch . Hung Medien, accessed on April 5, 2020 (CH).

[certificazioni-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Certificazioni. FIMI, accessed August 17, 2020 (Italian).

[5] Archivio classifiche Top Singoli. FIMI , accessed February 2, 2020 (Italian).