| Bibi Bourelly | |
| Birth Name: | Badriia Ines Bourelly |
| Birth Date: | 14 July 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Berlin, Germany |
| Years Active: | 2015–present |
Badriia Ines "Bibi" Bourelly (born 14 July 1994) is a German singer and songwriter signed to Def Jam Recordings.[1] [2] She has co-written several notable songs including Rihanna's "Bitch Better Have My Money" and "Higher", Demi Lovato's "Anyone" and Nick Brewer's "Talk to Me". Bourelly is featured on tracks such as Lil Wayne's "Without You", and Usher's "Chains".[3] She also released two singles in 2015 ("Riot" and "Ego"), and in 2018 she released her first single "Writer's Song" in preparation for the release of her debut studio album later in 2018.[4]
Badriia Ines Bourelly[5] was born on 14 July 1994 in Berlin, Germany,[6] and is of Haitian and Moroccan descent. Her father, Jean-Paul Bourelly, is a notable guitarist and her late mother was the head of the Art Department at Berlin's House of the World’s Cultures.[7] [8] Because her father was a professional musician, Bourelly often attended concerts and wrote songs as young as age four. Her mother died when Bourelly was six years old.[9] She first went on tour with her father when she was 11. She attended Blake High School in Maryland until the 12th grade, graduating in August 2013 after completing summer school.[10] [11] Bourelly stated she has German and American citizenship.[12]
While still living in Maryland, Bourelly began working with producer Paperboy Fabe. He would later arrange for her to have a session with Kanye West in Los Angeles. That session ultimately produced Rihanna's "Higher", which Bourelly wrote in about 30 minutes. Around the same time, Rihanna heard another of Bourelly's written songs, "Bitch Better Have My Money", and decided to make it the lead single off her 2016 album, Anti.[13]
In April 2015, Bourelly released her first single, "Riot", a song that discusses Bourelly's wish to be recognized as an "authentic" and legitimate musician.[14] In July 2015, she was featured on Lil Wayne's "Without You", which appeared on his Free Weezy Album.[15] A month later, she was featured in (and co-wrote) Nick Brewer's "Talk to Me".[16] She also co-wrote (with Chris Braide) Selena Gomez's "Camouflage" from her album Revival,[17] and was featured in Usher's single "Chains" alongside Nas. She performed the latter song with Usher and Nas at the Tidal X Concert in October 2015.[18]
In October 2015, Bourelly released another single, "Ego".[19] The song made it onto the Spotify Viral Charts for several nations, peaking at No. 2 in the US, No. 8 in the UK, and No. 4 on the overall global charts.[20] The song has been described as a "powerful, unapologetic ballad to self confidence".[8] The music video for "Ego" was filmed in Bourelly's hometown of Berlin and was directed by Branwen Okpako.[21]
In March 2016, the third single, "Sally", was released accompanied by an interactive video. She made her television debut on NBC's Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. In the summer of 2016, Bourelly toured with Haim and Rihanna prior to going on her solo "Free the Real" tour in North America.[22] [23] She was also featured in the well-known Women Who Dare campaign by Harper's Bazaar alongside Hillary Clinton, Iskra Lawrence, and Uma Thurman.[24]
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||
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| "Riot" | 2015 | — | Free the Real (Pt. #1) | ||||||||||||||||
| "Ego" | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Sally" | 2016 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "Perfect." (with Earl St. Clair) | — | Free the Real (Pt. #2) | |||||||||||||||||
| "Ballin" | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Writer's Song" | 2018 | — | rowspan="3" | ||||||||||||||||
| "White House" | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Wet" | 2019 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||||
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| US | UK [27] | |||||||||||||||||
| "Talk to Me" | 2015 | — | 19 | Recreation | ||||||||||||||
| "Chains" | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "Stupid World"[29] | 2018 | — | — | Pollyanarchy | ||||||||||||||
| "Zulu Screams" [31] | 2019 | — | — | Diaspora | ||||||||||||||
| "One Day" | 2020 | — | — | Oasis Nocturno | ||||||||||||||
| "Don't Get Too Close" ) | 2023 | — | — | Don't Get Too Close | ||||||||||||||
| "Still Here (with the ones I came with)" ) | — | — | Quest for Fire | |||||||||||||||
| "Exhilarate" ) | 2024 | — | — | Sophie | ||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Other artist(s) | Album | ||
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| "Without You" | 2015 | Lil Wayne | Free Weezy Album | |
| "Faceshopping (Money Mix)" | 2019 | Sophie | Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides Non-Stop Remix Album | |
| "Bibi's Interlude" | 2021 | Roddy Ricch | Live Life Fast |
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits | Written with | |
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| "Bitch Better Have My Money" | 2015 | Rihanna | Co-writer | Robyn Fenty, Kanye West, Ebony Oshunrinde, Jacques Webster, Jamille Pierre | ||
| "Without You" | Lil Wayne | Free Weezy Album | Featured artist/co-writer | Dwayne Carter Jr., Jeroen Visscher, Vincent Schenck | ||
| "Talk to Me" | Nick Brewer | Nicholas Brewer, Tony Amadi, James Grant, Darius Forde, Crystal Waters, Neal Conway, Nathaniel Hardy Jr. | ||||
| "Camouflage" | Selena Gomez | Revival | Co-writer | Christopher Braide | ||
| "Chains" | Usher | Featured artist/co-writer | Usher Raymond IV, Paul Epworth, Juan Najera, Miguel Gandelman, Arthur Strong, Issiah J. Avila, Albert Bowman, Nasir Jones | |||
| "Yeah, I Said It" | 2016 | Rihanna | Anti | Co-writer | Robyn Fenty, Timothy Mosley, Evon Barnes, Daniel Jones, Chris Godbey, Jean-Paul Bourelly | |
| "Higher" | Robyn Fenty, Ernest Wilson, James Fauntleroy, Jerry Butler, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff | |||||
| "Pose" | Robyn Fenty, Chauncey Hollis, Jacques Webster | |||||
| "Hard II Love" | Usher | Hard II Love | Usher Raymond IV, Yonatan Ayal | |||
| "Bad to the Bone" | Little Simz | Stillness in Wonderland | Featured artist/co-writer | Simbiatu Abiola, Ebony Oshunrinde, Bryan "Eastbound" Anthony | ||
| "Interlude" | Age 101: Drop X | Simbiatu Abiola | ||||
| "I Have Questions" | 2017 | Camila Cabello | Crying in the Club | Co-writer | Camila Cabello, Jesse Shatkin | |
| "Customz" | Little Simz | Stillness in Wonderland | Featured artist/co-writer | Simbiatu Abiola, Mathieu Rakotozafy | ||
| "Cover Girls" | Hitimpulse | Thomas Baxter, Adam Midgley, Gerard O'Connell | ||||
| "Accelerate" | 2018 | Christina Aguilera | Liberation | Co-writer | Christina Aguilera, Kanye West, Michael Dean, Christopher Pope, Ernest Brown, Carlton Mays Jr., Ilsey Juber, Taylor Parks, Kirby Lauryen Dockery, Tyrone Griffin Jr., Tauheed Epps, Ronald Brown | |
| "Tie Me Down" | Gryffin | Gravity | Daniel Griffith, Aaron Forbes, Jussi Karvinen, Nathaniel Cyphert, Sarah Aarons | |||
| "GTFO" | Mariah Carey | Caution | Mariah Carey, Paul Jeffries, Jordan Manswell, Porter Robinson | |||
| "Kumbaya" | Jacob Banks | Village | Featured artist/co-writer | Jacob Banks, Ryan Vojtesak | ||
| "Stupid World" | Hermitude | Angus Stuart, Luke Dubber | ||||
| "Anyone" | 2020 | Demi Lovato | Dancing with the Devil... the Art of Starting Over | Co-writer | Demi Lovato, Dayyon Alexander, Eyelar Mirzazadeh, Jay Mooncie, Sam Roman | |
| "Thousand Miles (Featuring Brandi Carlile)" | 2023 | Miley Cyrus | Endless Summer Vacation | Co-writer |