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Mahmood, born Alessandro Mahmoud on September 12, 1992, in Milan, is an Italian singer-songwriter and recording artist. He is also known as a pop singer and songwriter. His musical genres include contemporary R&B, pop music, and alternative R&B. He performs using his voice and is signed to Island Records. His work period began in 2012.
Mahmood has participated in the Sanremo Music Festival in 2019, 2022, and 2024, as well as the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. He speaks Italian, Sardinian, English, and Spanish. He is of Italian Egyptian ethnicity and practices Catholicism. He resides in Milan and Madrid. His name in his native language is Alessandro Mahmood.
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Milano, Italy
Alessandro Mahmoud, known professionally as Mahmood, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence after competing on the sixth season of the Italian version of The X Factor. He has won the Sanremo Music Festival twice, in 2019 with the song "Soldi" and in 2022 alongside Blanco with the song "Brividi". His Sanremo victories allowed him to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest in…
Known for
- Andando dove non so - Mauro Pagani, una vita da fuggiasco2025
- Sanremo 2023. Tra Palco e realtà — Self2023
- Sanremo 72. Il Festival da dove non l’avete mai visto — Self2022
- Caro Battiato — Self2022
- Mahmood — Self2022
- Note di viaggio: Il film — Self2021
- Basement Café — Self2018
- Emigratis2016
- The Voice of Poland — Self - Special Guest2011
- Tu cara me suena — Self - Guest2011
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Italy
- Active from
- 1992
Discography
- Dimentica2016
- Pesos2017
- Gioventù bruciata2018
- Milano Good Vibes2018
- Uramaki2018
- Barrio2019
- Gioventù bruciata2019
- Soldi2019
- Soldi2019
- Soldi (Benny Benassi RMX)2019
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 251,447
- Total plays
- 10,608,150
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Alessandro Mahmoud (born 12 September 1992 in Milan), known by the stage name Mahmood, is an Italian singer-songwriter. His mother is Italian while his father is Egyptian. He won the 2019 Sanremo Music Festival on 9 February 2019 with the song "Soldi". He had earned a spot at the Sanremo Music Festival by winning the second night of the standalone Sanremo Giovani 2018 competition on 21 December 2018 with the song "Gioventù bruciata". He previously competed on the sixth series of the Italian real
Key facts
- Born
- Alessandro Mahmoud , ( 1992-09-12 ) 12 September 1992 (age 33) , Milan , Italy
- Genres
- Pop R&B hip hop
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter
- Years active
- 2012–present
- Label
- Universal Music
- Website
- mahmood .it
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alessandro
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Milan
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 2019
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Island Records
- Official website
- mahmood.it
- Image
- Mahmood (Feb 2024; 02) (cropped).png
- Height
- 1.82
- Residence
- Madrid
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- birth name
- Alessandro Mahmoud
- date of birth
- 1992-09-12
- start of work period
- 2012-00-00
- pseudonym
- Mahmood
- ethnic group
- Italian Egyptians
- described at URL
- www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2019/02/17/news/nella_periferia_di_mahmood_e_il_mio_mondo_io_resto_qui_-219405683
- Commons category
- Mahmood
- social media followers
- 120283
- name in native language
- Alessandro Mahmood
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Encyclopedic overview
Alessandro Mahmoud (born 12 September 1992), known professionally as Mahmood, is an Italian singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence after competing on the sixth season of the Italian version of The X Factor. He has won the Sanremo Music Festival twice, in 2019 with the song "Soldi" and in 2022 alongside Blanco with the song "Brividi". His Sanremo victories allowed him to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest in those respective years, finishing in second place in 2019 and, as the host entrant, in sixth place in 2022.
Mahmood has released three studio albums, Gioventù bruciata (2019), Ghettolimpo (2021), and Nei letti degli altri (2024). Amazon Music Italy listed him as one of the most streamed artists in Italy in 2023.
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