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| Single by Mahmood | ||||
| from the album Gioventù bruciata | ||||
| English title | "Money" | |||
| Released | 6 February 2019 | |||
| Genre | Contemporary R&B | |||
| Length | 3:15 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
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| Final result | 2nd | |||
| Final points | 472 | |||
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| ◄ "Non mi avete fatto niente" (2018) | ||||
| "Fai rumore" (2020) ► | ||||
"Soldi" (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsɔldi]; transl. "Money") is a song recorded by Italian singer Mahmood. It was released on 6 February 2019, as the fifth single from his debut studio album, Gioventù bruciata (2019).[1] Mahmood co-wrote the song with Dario "Dardust" Faini and Charlie Charles, who also produced it.[2][3]
Mahmood performed the song for the first time at the 69th Sanremo Musical Festival in February 2019 and won the competition, receiving the right to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.[4][5] "Soldi" was later confirmed as his Eurovision entry,[6] eventually reaching second place in the final. The song is predominantly in Italian, with one line in Arabic, making it the fourth time that a Eurovision song features the Arabic language after entries by Morocco in 1980, Israel in 2009 and Bulgaria in 2012. "Soldi" topped the charts in Greece, Israel, Italy and Lithuania and reached the top 10 in five more countries. The song became the most-streamed Eurovision song ever on Spotify, a record held until late January 2021 when it was surpassed by the 2019 Eurovision winner, "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence.[7][8]
- ^ "Mahmood ha anticipato l'uscita del suo album" (in Italian). Rockol. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "Chi è Mahmood, il rapper vincitore del Festival di Sanremo 2019". Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Mahmood: Videointervista Sanremo 2019. Porto una canzone con un tema forte... e Charlie Charles" (in Italian). AllMusicItalia.it. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ Farren, Neil (10 February 2019). "Italy: Mahmood to Eurovision 2019". Eurovoix.com.
- ^ Castagneri, Alice; Pavanello, Roberto (10 February 2019). "Mahmood vince il Festival di Sanremo". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ^ "Mahmood rappresenterà l'Italia all'Eurovision Song Contest con la canzone Soldi" (in Italian). Rockol.it. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Italy: Mahmood's "Soldi" is now the most-streamed Eurovision song on Spotify". Wiwibloggs. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ ""Arcade" passes "Soldi" as the most-streamed Eurovision entry on Spotify". ESCXTRA. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.