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Mahmood, born Alessandro Mahmoud on September 12, 1992, in Milan, is an Italian singer-songwriter and recording artist. He performs in the genres of contemporary R&B and pop music, utilizing his voice as his primary instrument. His musical career began in 2012, and he is signed to Island Records. Mahmood speaks Italian, Sardinian, English, and Spanish, and he resides in both Milan and Madrid.
He has participated in the Sanremo Music Festival in 2019, 2022, and 2024, as well as the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. His work has been cataloged with five recorded works according to Crossref data. Additionally, he is identified in the acting department by TMDb.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Kings of Nightmare
- Wave
- Hardship
- Natural Coloring Book
- Paper Form an Spirit
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · 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
via TMDB
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
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 251,447
- Total plays
- 10,608,150
Tags
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
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,984x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,998x
- Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
· 2019 · cited 4,139x
- SMPL
· 2015 · cited 3,456x
- Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants
· 2021 · cited 3,164x
via Crossref · CC0
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
via Wikipedia infobox
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mahmood” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.