Born Charlton Kenneth Jeffrey Howard, the Kamilaroi musician made historical past in his homeland earlier this month when his mixtape F*ck Love (Savage) climbed to No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Because of this, he is now the youngest Australian solo artist to nab high spot on the survey, aged simply 17 years, 5 months and 22 days.
F*ck Love bowed at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 final 12 months, and he scored three ARIA Award nominations, for greatest male artist, breakthrough artist, and greatest hip-hop launch.
Extra lately, the mixtape hit No. 3 on the Billboard chart. In Australia, the set hasn’t left the ARIA Prime 40 for the reason that authentic model was launched final July, and it’s amassed greater than 1 billion international streams.
Have been it not for the domination of Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License,” Laroi’s “Without You” would have hit No. 1 within the U.Ok. It’s one among Laroi’s three platinum-certified singles in Australia.
“Signing with Sony Music Publishing this week, and I feel blessed,” he enthuses in an announcement. “If just one person out there connects with my journey and life experiences through my music, then I have achieved what I set out to do, and it is a privilege to have the fans that I have to share the journey ahead with me.”
