«Five cell phones in the gold suit»: a few days after Mahmood presented his song at the Sanremo festival, Gold suit has already turned into a hit, and on social media fans are performing the dance that accompanies the baile funk of the piece. No wonder the song already has climbed the Spotify charts, becoming the most streamed Italian song in the world todaythe first of all the artists competing at the Sanremo festival in Daily Top Songs Global at position #51 and the second in Top 50 Italy. Mahmood is also the only singer in the competition to have generated more streams on his second day of release, totaling 5.14 million across all digital platforms.
Two years after the last victory at the Sanremo festival, with Chillsin a duet with Blanco, Mahmood once again manages to win applause and consensus by singing about his life as a child and boy, with a difficult father and the torment of bullies. Also the video clip of Gold suit is increasingly viral: it has reached 1.38 million views.
Mahmoud, born in 1992, is also a good author: he wrote songs for Elodie (Black Bali, Andromeda), Michele Bravi (Taken Badly), Marco Mengoni (Hola – I say) and many others, and has signed refrains for Fabri Fibra (moon), Gue Pequeno (Double Whiskey) and Marracash (I'm not Marra).
Passionate about pop, urban and R&B music, he studied singing, piano and solfeggio. Eight years ago he participated in the Sanremo festival for the first time with the song Forget, placing fourth, and two years later his first official EP was released, Wasted Youthfollowed by the album of the same name, which was certified platinum. In 2019 he won the Sanremo Festival with the song Money, which becomes an international success, included in 1,400 playlists around the world and in over 42 charts Spotify Top 50 Viralsand in the summer it became the most listened to Italian song ever on Spotify and Apple Music.
After Sanremo, Mahmood will leave forEuropean Tour, 17 dates in 10 European countries and two final stages at the Fabrique in Milan, scheduled for 17 May (which is already sold out) and 18 May. The summer tour at the main Italian festivals will follow.
Source: Vanity Fair
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