Shiva (rapper)
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 |
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IT | |||
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
IT | CH | |||
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 |
- | |
Car blu |
IT1
platinum
(… Where.)IT |
CH96 (1 week) CH |
||
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 |
- | |
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 |
---|---|---|---|
IT | |||
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 |
||
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 |
|
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 | |
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SURNAME | Shiva |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arrigoni, Andrea (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian rapper |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1999 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Legnano , province of Milan |