Ali Gatie

Ali Gatie is an Iraqi–Canadian rapper, singer and songwriter. His 2019 song "It's You" charted worldwide, charting on the US Billboard Hot 100[1] and reaching the top 40 in Australia, Canada, Ireland and Sweden and the top 10 in New Zealand and in Germany.

Ali Gatie
Background information
Born (1997-05-31) May 31, 1997
Aden, Yemen
Genres
Occupation(s)
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2018–present
Labels
Websitewww.aligatie.com

Early life

Ali Gatie was born to Iraqi parents in Yemen in 1997. His family moved to Abu Dhabi before settling in Mississauga, Ontario. He grew up listening to Ed Sheeran, J. Cole and Frank Ocean, who influenced his music.[2]

Career

Gatie, who is 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.[2] In 2017, he won an online RhymeStars competition hosted by Joe Budden. After releasing a string of singles in 2018, he was signed by Warner Records.[4] The song "Moonlight" would turn out to be his first commercial success, garnering 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 first album, You. A 12-minute film accompanied the release, which included seven new songs.[8] Gatie's snippet of his next single "What If I Told You That I Love You," released on the video-sharing social networking app TikTok, went viral, amassing over 20 million engagements. Released in January 2020, the single was described by Rolling Stone as "a breezy, springtime-fresh midtempo track" and peaked at number 36 on Billboard's Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales Chart.

Discography

Albums
Title Details Peak chart positions
CAN
[9]		 NOR
[10]		 US
[11]
You
  • Released: 8 November 2019
  • Label: Lisn, Warner
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
 3240123

Charted singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
CAN
[12]		 AUS
[13]		 GER
[14]		 IRE
[15]		 NOR
[16]		 NZ
[17]		 SWE
[18]		 SWI
[19]		 UK
[20]		 US
[21]
"It's You" 2019 25157224171027214570 You
"What If I Told You That I Love You"[27] 2020 3446849
[28]		16
[29]		—[upper-alpha 1]29
[31]		45795 Non-album singles
"Running on My Mind" 92—89————47——

Notes
  1. "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.[30]

References
  1. "Ali Gatie Shows the Different Forms of Love in Tender 'It's You' Video: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  2. Chatterjee, Uppy (5 August 2019). "INTERVIEW: How Ali Gatie Went From Sending Voice Memo Songs To Girls To Having A Top 20 Single". coolaccidents.com. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  3. "CAA Signs Singer/Songwriter Ali Gatie". www.pollstar.com. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  4. Saponara, Michael (11 July 2019). "Ali Gatie Talks "It's You" and Why He Wants to Be 'the Perfect Mixture of Ed Sheeran and J. Cole'". Billboard. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  5. "Ali Gatie – Artist Profile". eventseeker.com. n.d. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  6. "HITS Daily Double". HITS Daily Double. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  7. Kayla (1 October 2019). "Ali Gatie Is This Month's 'One To Watch' Artist!". Kiss 102.7. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  8. Mahadevan, Tara (8 November 2019). "Ali Gatie Marks His Debut with You EP". Complex. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  9. "Chart Search: Ali Gatie, Canadian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  10. "VG-lista – Topp 40 Album uke 5, 2020". VG-lista. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  11. "Chart Search: Ali Gatie, Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  12. "Chart Search: Ali Gatie, Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  13. "Discography Ali Gatie". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  14. "Discographie von Ali Gatie". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  15. "Discographie Ali Gatie". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  16. "Discography Ali Gatie". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  17. "Discography Ali Gatie". charts.nz. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  18. "Discography Ali Gatie". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  19. "Discographie Ali Gatie". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  20. "Ali Gatie | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  21. "Chart Search: Ali Gatie, Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  22. "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2020 Singles". ARIA. 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  23. "Awards". Swiss Hitparade. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  24. "Gold/Platinum". Music Canada. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  25. "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  26. "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  27. "What If I Told You That I Love You – Single by Ali Gatie on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  28. "IRMA – Irish Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  29. "VG-lista – Topp 20 Single uke 6, 2020". VG-lista. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  30. "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  31. "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 5". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
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