Olly (singer)
Italian singer-songwriter and rapper
Federico Olivieri (born 5 May 2001), known professionally as Olly, is an Italian singer-songwriter and rapper.
He first achieved national recognition after being selected as one of the six winners of Sanremo Giovani 2022 with the song "L'anima balla", afterwards competing in the Sanremo Music Festival 2023 with the song "Polvere". He later won the Sanremo Music Festival 2025 with the song "Balorda nostalgia".
Early life
Olivieri was born in Genoa to a father who worked as a lawyer and a mother who was a judge. His family later settled in the Foce district. He played rugby in his youth. During his early musical studies, he enrolled at the Genoa Conservatory, where he studied music and singing. He later moved to Milan and graduated from the University of Milan with a degree in business and management in 2022.
Career
Olly's musical career began in 2016, when he formed the music collective Madmut Branco, with which he released his first musical project, Piacere Mixtape. In 2017, he released his first solo project, an EP titled Namaste, in collaboration with Matsby.
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