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Canadian musician (born 1995) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alexander Leon Gumuchian (/ɡəˈmuːtʃiən/ gə-MOO-chee-ən;[3] born June 30, 1995), known professionally as bbno$,[A] is a Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. He became widely known for his 2019 single "Lalala" (with record producer and songwriter Y2K), which peaked at No. 10 on the Canadian Hot 100. He achieved wider attention for his 2021 track "Edamame" (which was used in several film trailers and soundtracks) and for his collaborations with American rapper Yung Gravy. In 2025, he won the Juno Fan Choice Award.[6]
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Early life
Alexander Leon Gumuchian[7] was born in Vancouver[8] on June 30, 1995,[9][10] the son of an Armenian father and Danish-Swiss mother.[11] He was homeschooled before he began high school.[12][13] He was a competitive swimmer during high school.[14] While growing up, his mother had encouraged him to learn piano, but he struggled with music theory.[15] He has said that he was good with rhythm and enjoyed playing the djembe, but did not listen to music for fun until the age of 15.[15] In 2019, he received a degree in kinesiology from the University of British Columbia Okanagan in Kelowna.[16][15]
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Gumuchian started working with music after experiencing a back injury which prevented him from pursuing his dream as a professional swimmer.[4][17] He became interested in rapping and music production in 2014 when experimenting on GarageBand with a group of friends.[18] Gumuchian began simply making music for enjoyment with this group of friends who later deemed themselves Broke Boy Gang.[4] After five or six months of performing live as a group and releasing multiple tracks online, the group broke up.[4] He began posting tracks on SoundCloud in September 2016 under the moniker of "bbnomula" where he quickly gained millions of streams and followers.[19][4] He gained popularity in China where he sold out his first few "back-to-back" headlining tours.[8] He credited his overseas popularity to the Chinese dance crew TFBoys, after one of the members, Jackson Yee, danced to the track "Yoyo Tokyo" at his own birthday party.[20]
In 2017, bbno$ released his first EP, Baby Gravy, as a collaboration with Yung Gravy,[21] shortly before releasing his debut studio album, Bb Steps, and his second collaborative EP, Whatever, with So Loki in 2018.[22][23]
In late 2019, bbno$ released his second studio album, Recess, which draws inspiration from the Disney series of the same name, and includes features from Y2K and Trippy Tha Kid.[24][25] Many tracks off of Recess gained millions of streams on Spotify.[20] bbno$ and Y2K have been recognized for marketing their single "Lalala" online by using various websites and online apps, namely Tinder, Instagram, TikTok, and Craigslist.[26][20] The song peaked on over 20 charts around the world and gained over 1 billion streams worldwide. On March 17, 2023, the song was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for equivalent sales of three million units in the United States.[27][26][28]
Later in 2019, bbno$ would go on to release another album, I Don't Care at All. The album featured various pre-released singles, "Slop", "Pouch", and "Shining on My Ex", the latter of which featured frequent collaborator Yung Gravy. The album was solely produced by Y2K.[29]
On February 14, 2020, Baby Gravy 2 was released properly in collaboration with Yung Gravy. It serves as a sequel to the 2017 EP Baby Gravy.
The video for his single "Imma" features bbno$ in drag, travelling around Victoria with drag queen Jimbo.[30]
On January 29, 2021, "Help Herself" was released. The song, produced by Diamond Pistols, was the first single from a new bbno$ project.[citation needed]
Later in the year, on May 14, 2021, the five-song EP titled My Oh My was released. Three of the five songs, "Help Herself", "Bad to the Bone", and "Help Herself" (with Benee) had been released as singles prior to the EP.
On July 24, 2021, "Edamame" featuring Rich Brian was released. This song was the first single from bbno$'s mixtape Eat Ya Veggies, and was later used in a trailer for The Garfield Movie.
On October 8, 2021, bbno$ released Eat Ya Veggies. The sixth track in the album, "U Mad!", was included in the October 7, 2021 update of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.[31]
He released his first new single of 2022 on April 8, titled "Mathematics".
bbno$ released the studio album Bag or Die on October 21, 2022.[32] It includes the singles "Mathematics", "Piccolo", and "Sophisticated",[32] along with a collaboration with Yung Gravy, "Touch Grass".
In 2023, bbno$ and Yung Gravy released his seventh studio album Baby Gravy 3 and his third collaboration album with Yung Gravy. It includes the singles "Goodness Gracious",[33] "You Need Jesus",[34] and "Nightmare on Peachtree Street" featuring Freddie Dredd.[35]
In 2024, bbno$ released seven singles, "BPOT (Bills Paid on Time)"; "Pho Real" (with Vietnamese rappers Low G and Anh Phan), "Lil Freak" (featuring YouTuber-streamer Cr1TiKaL in the music video), "It Boy", "Two", "Meant to Be", and "Check". He has also collaborated with Smosh's Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla for the song "Submissive & Breedable", and VTuber Ironmouse for "1-800" (with the singer also cosplaying as Ironmouse following a challenge on social media).[36][37][38]
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Artistry
bbno$ has described his own music as "oxymoronic rap" that is "ignorant but melodic".[39] bbno$ grew up listening to straight bass dubstep and house music from names like Datsik and Excision, before listening to hip hop artists, namely Tupac Shakur, Gucci Mane, and Chief Keef.[15] He has cited Yung Lean and Pouya as his main rap inspirations.[18][16]
Personal life
bbno$ resides in Vancouver.[16][15] He has astigmatism.[14]
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Awards and nominations
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Notes
- "Slop" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 40 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[66]
- "Shining on My Ex" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 25 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[68]
- "Iunno" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 22 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[70]
- "Welcome to Chilis" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 40 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[71]
- "Help Herself" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 13 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[84]
- "Edamame" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 22 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[87]
- "Yoga" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number forty on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[90]
- "Mathematics" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 29 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[91]
- "Piccolo" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 26 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[92]
- "Touch Grass" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 28 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[93]
- "Goodness Gracious" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 36 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[94]
- "Lil' Freak" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 33 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[97]
- "It Boy" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 35 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[98]
- "Two" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 22 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[99]
- "Meant to Be" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 25 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[100]
- "Antidepressants" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 17 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[101]
- "Boom" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 23 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[103]
- "1-800" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 27 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[104]
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