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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Ali Gatie
Person · male · Canada · Aden · born 1997 · recording since 2017
Iraqi-born Canadian songwriter and rapper
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Also known as 阿里·加蒂
Timeline
6 events▣ Album 4◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1990s
2010s
· Debut release
Debut release: Only One
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2020s
Biography
English biography249 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1371028936
Biography
Ali Gatie (Arabic: علي غاتي; born May 31, 1997) is an Iraqi–Canadian singer and songwriter managed by SAL&CO. In 2019, his song "It's You" achieved worldwide success, charting on the US Billboard Hot 100 peaked at number 70 and reaching the top 30 in Australia, Canada, Ireland and Sweden, as well as the top 10 in New Zealand and in Germany.
Early life
Ali Gatie was born in Yemen in 1997 to Iraqi parents. His family moved to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates before settling down outside of Toronto, Canada. He grew up listening to Ed Sheeran, J. Cole and Frank Ocean, who influenced his music.
Career
Ali Gatie, who has been managed by SAL&CO since May 2020 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 where he was studying business. In 2017, he won an online RhymeStars competition hosted by Joe Budden. After releasing several singles in 2018, he was signed by Warner Records. His first commercial success came with the release of "Moonlight
MoonlightSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Moonlight3:49," which received nearly 14 million views on YouTube. However, the release of "It's You" in June 2019 would become his mainstream breakthrough; an "explosive streaming story", as of December 2019, it had exceeded 650 million streams. On 8 November 2019, Gatie released his debut EP, "You," which was accompanied by a 12-minute film that included seven new songs.
Charted and certified singles
Other releases
"I See the Dream (Badna Salam)" (with Massari) (2020)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 12 | 64.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | 6,970,386 | 9.8th |
| Release groups in DB | 30 | 90.4th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 8 | 22.9th |
| Genres | 8 | 94.5th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (30 release groups · 4 studio albums)
Albums · 4
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 26:02
1It’s You3:332Moonlight3:493Used to You2:144Say to You3:145Love You Like That2:066Sunshine2:487How Things Used to Be2:418Holding On2:189Lost My Lover3:192021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 31:06
1Bigger Person3:522Can’t Let You Go3:243Stay Up3:254Do You Believe2:365Lie to Me2:576What If I Told You That I Love You3:147Running on My Mind2:378Sunrise3:059Helpless3:0510The Idea of Her2:512022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 51:47
1The Look3:362Million Miles Apart2:483Thinkin Bout You3:014Over You2:495Can’t Give Up2:446Light My World2:227Fallout2:568MMM3:099Somebody Else3:2710I’ll Be There for You2:4511Perfect2:4812Crying in the Rain2:3613Honest2:5914Butterflies3:1115It’s You3:3316What If I Told You That I Love You3:1417Moonlight3:492024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 31:20
1Does He Know3:522What If We Met?2:233Wrong2:374I’m Sorry3:245Do You Know?2:216Nobody Like Us3:017Assumptions2:088Find Our Way3:029Lying Anyway3:0010Everything I Wanted3:1411Trying2:18
Single · 26
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Only OneSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:191Only One3:19 | 9 July 2017 | ||
| 2017 | WhySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:471Why2:47 | 5 August 2017 | ||
| 2017 | Make You MineSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:501Make You Mine2:50 | 17 October 2017 | ||
| 2018 | Can't LieSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:151Can't Lie3:15 | 17 January 2018 | ||
| 2018 | ShadySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:491Shady2:49 | 18 March 2018 | ||
| 2018 | Without YouSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:031Without You3:03 | 15 April 2018 | ||
| 2018 | LiesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:131Lies3:13 | 29 April 2018 | ||
| 2019 | MoonlightSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:491Moonlight3:49 | 22 February 2019 | ||
| 2019 | RemedySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:071Remedy3:07 | 1 March 2019 | ||
| 2019 | Losing YouSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:441Losing You2:44 | 1 March 2019 | ||
| 2019 | It’s YouSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:331It’s You3:33 | 14 June 2019 | ||
| 2019 | Used to YouSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:141Used to You2:14 | 4 October 2019 | ||
| 2019 | Say to YouSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:141Say to You3:14 | 18 October 2019 | ||
| 2020 | What if I Told You That I Love YouSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:141What If I Told You That I Love You3:14 | 24 January 2020 | ||
| 2020 | What If I Told You That I Love You (Don Diablo Remix)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:381What If I Told You That I Love You (Don Diablo Remix)2:38 | Remix | 2 April 2020 | |
| 2020 | Running On My MindSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:371Running on My Mind2:37 | 28 May 2020 | ||
| 2021 | Turning Me UpSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:241Turning Me Up2:24 | 9 April 2021 | ||
| 2021 | BUTTERFLIESSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:111BUTTERFLIES3:11 | 25 June 2021 | ||
| 2021 | BUTTERFLIES (Jean Tonique remix)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:071BUTTERFLIES (Jean Tonique remix)2:56 2BUTTERFLIES3:11 | Remix | 26 July 2021 | |
| 2021 | Butterflies (Party Pupils remix)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:331Butterflies (Party Pupils remix)3:22 2BUTTERFLIES3:11 | Remix | 27 August 2021 | |
| 2021 | Butterflies (Snakehips remix)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 5:501Butterflies (Snakehips remix)2:39 2BUTTERFLIES3:11 | Remix | 10 September 2021 | |
| 2021 | When I CrySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 4:281When I Cry2:14 2Wenn ich wein2:14 | 26 November 2021 | ||
| 2022 | IDKSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:421IDK2:42 | 20 May 2022 | ||
| 2023 | All Comes Back To YouSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:161All Comes Back To You3:16 | 12 February 2023 | ||
| 2024 | Rent FreeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:371Rent Free2:37 | 22 May 2024 | ||
| 2025 | HopefulSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 5:321Hopeful2:46 2Hopeful (instrumental)2:46 | 11 April 2025 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Ali Gatie head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 12 | 64.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | 6,970,386 | 9.8th |
| Release groups in DB | 30 | 90.4th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 8 | 22.9th |
| Genres | 8 | 94.5th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ali_Gatie_during_an_interview_in_2021.pngpopularity—kworb.net · no licence published · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://kworb.net/spotify/listeners.htmlaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c5d8019c-fe79-4968-9329-f7af6cdc26f3discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c5d8019c-fe79-4968-9329-f7af6cdc26f3core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65962050genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65962050seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Gatiebiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Gatie
Why this artist is in the database
- Spotify monthly listeners (kworb.net) — rank #2075 · 6,970,386
Ali Gatie
- List of Canadian musicians
Tier rule: notable long tail (listeners 6,970,386, 12 language versions)
Image: Warner Music New Zealand · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q65962050 · MusicBrainz: c5d8019c-fe79-4968-9329-f7af6cdc26f3
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