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Ali Gatie
Iraqi-born Canadian singer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ali Gatie (Arabic: علي غاتي; born May 31, 1997) is an Iraqi–Canadian singer and songwriter managed by SAL&CO. In 2019, his song "It's You" achieved worldwide success, charting on the US Billboard Hot 100 peaked at number 70[1] and reaching the top 30 in Australia, Canada, Ireland and Sweden, as well as the top 10 in New Zealand and in Germany.
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Early life
Ali Gatie was born in Yemen in 1997 to Iraqi parents.[1] His family moved to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates before settling down outside of Toronto, Canada.[1] He grew up listening to Ed Sheeran, J. Cole and Frank Ocean, who influenced his music.[2]
Career
Ali Gatie, who has been managed by SAL&CO since May 2020 [3] started pursuing a music career at the age of 18 and started to record in 2016. This decision later caused him to drop out of university where he was studying business.[2] In 2017, he won an online RhymeStars competition hosted by Joe Budden. After releasing several singles in 2018, he was signed by Warner Records.[4] His first commercial success came with the release of "Moonlight," which received nearly 14 million views on Youtube. However, the release of "It's You" in June 2019 would become his mainstream breakthrough;[5] an "explosive streaming story", as of December 2019, it had exceeded 650 million streams.[6][7] On 8 November 2019, Gatie released his debut EP, "You," which was accompanied by a 12-minute film that included seven new songs.[8]
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Charted and certified singles
Other releases
- "I See the Dream (Badna Salam)" (with Massari) (2020)
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- "Say to You" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 27 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[31]
- "What If I Told You That I Love You" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number three on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[32]
- "Running on My Mind" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 16 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[34]
- "Welcome Back" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 21 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[35]
- "Welcome Back" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but reached number 31 on the Digital Song Sales component chart.[36]
- "Lie to Me" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[37]
- "Can't Let You Go" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 19 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[38]
- "Do You Believe" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 32 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[40]
- "Butterflies" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 22 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[42]
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