The Kolors Explained

The Kolors
Origin:Naples, Italy
Years Active:2009–present
Current Members:
  • Stash Fiordispino
  • Alex Fiordispino
  • Dario Iaculli
Past Members:
  • Alessandro Tammaro
  • Daniele Mona

The Kolors is an Italian pop rock[1] [2] band founded in 2009 by lead vocalist Stash Fiordispino,[3] drummer Alex Fiordispino, and Daniele Mona who plays synthesizers. They are known for their hits "Everytime", lead single from their second studio album, and the collaboration "Pensare male" with Elodie.[4] Their 2023 song "Italodisco" peaked at number one in Italy and charted in several European charts.

After winning of the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi, coached by Elisa, the group has released three studio albums: I Want (2014), Out (2015) and You (2017), singing both in Italian and English. Since their debut the band has sold over 650.000 copies in Italy and won many accolades, including three Wind Music Awards, one MTV Italian Music Awards, one Kid's Choice Award and two participation at Sanremo Music Festival with "Frida (mai, mai, mai)" (2018) and "Un ragazzo una ragazza" (2024); they are scheduled to compete for a third time in 2025.

History

The band rose to prominence in 2010 when they became the resident band of Le Scimmie, a famous club in Milan. Since that they opened concerts for Gossip, Hurts and Paolo Nutini.[5] In 2014 the producer Vichi Lombardo and the singers and producers Elio and Rocco Tanica noticed the group, making their first album I Want and single "I Don't Give a Funk".[6]

During 2015 The Kolors participated in the TV program Amici di Maria De Filippi, in Elisa's team. In the finale on 5 June 2015 the band won the talent show and the Premio della Critica given by the journalists.[7] During the last month in the TV program they release the English language single "Everytime", which reaches the sixth position of the Italian singles chart, receiving the platinum certification.[8] On May 19, 2015, the band published their second studio album Out, which peaked at number one of FIMI's albums chart, selling over 200.000 copies since that.[9] The Kolors plays on 2015 MTV Italian Music Awards stage and released their second single from the album "Why Don't You Love Me?" earlier in September.[10] [11]

On April 15, 2017, the release of the single "What Happened Last Night", featuring Gucci Mane and Daddy's Groove, was announced as a preview of their third recording project, You.[12] [13] The album debuts at number four in the Italian charts, supported by the extracts "Crazy" and "Don't Understand".[14]

In February 2018 the band competed at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Frida (mai, mai, mai)", first completely in Italian language, which obtained a discarded success becoming their second single in the top ten of the Italian charts.[15] After the change of record label passing to Warner Bros Records, in May 2018 they release "Come le onde" with rapper J-Ax.[16] [17] From September 2018 the frontman Stash was chosen as professor and judge in the program Amici di Maria De Filippi.[18]

In May 2019 they released the collaboration with the Italian singer Elodie "Pensare male", which peaked at number 24 on Italian Singles Chart and received the platinum certification.[19] The song became also the most Italian language listened song on radio in 2019.[20] In September 2019 Stash was confirmed on the cast of Amici's nineteen serie.[21] In May 2020 the band was cast for the spin-off Amici Speciali with the new single "Non è vero".[22] In 2021 the band published the FIMI platinum certified's single "Cabriolet Panorama", which anticipated their compilation albun Singles.

In April 2023 the band departed from Island Records and signed with Warner Music Italy.[23] The first single with the label was "Italodisco",[24] which peaked at number one on Italian Singles Chart and charted in severals European charts, becoming a top-ten song in Switzerland and Poland. The Kolors competed in the Sanremo Music Festival 2024 with the song "Un ragazzo una ragazza".[25] [26] In December 2024, they were announced among the participants in the 2025 festival.[27]

Controversies

In 2016 at the MTV Italian Music Awards, the band was criticized for their behavior during the performance, during which Stash spat at the camera. Moreover, at the end of the song they got off the stage without listening to the presenter Francesco Mandelli who was about to give them the MTV History Award.[28] Afterwards the singer apologized to the presenter and the award ceremony.[29]

In 2018, after a guest performance at Amici, the host and producer of the format, Maria De Filippi, revealed a background of the band's entry into the talent show in 2016 by declaring: "When Stash and his band were chosen to be the challengers, the editorial staff told me they didn't exist: there were no documents proving who he was". The front-man replied, "I had falsified the documents: I said I was a year younger in the office because I thought I was too old to be in the school. That's the way it is in Naples: you always find the solution to the problem!"[30]

In the summer of 2018 Stash was involved in a fight to defend a girl who had been beaten in public by her partner. The singer says, "When you see an injustice, when you see that someone needs your kindness and someone else deserves your violence, act. Help, help yourselves."[31]

Members

Current members

Former members

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
ITA
[33]
I Want 54
Out
  • Released: 19 May 2015
  • Label: Baraonda Edizioni Musicali
  • Format: CD, digital download
1
  • ITA: 4× Platinum[34]
You
  • Released: 19 May 2017
  • Label: Baraonda Edizioni Musicali
  • Format: CD, digital download
4

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
ITA
[36] 		AUT
[37] 		BLR
[38] 		LIT
[39] 		POL
[40] 		SMR
[41] 		SWI
[42]
"Everytime"20156 — colspan="2" rowspan="7" — — —
  • FIMI: Platinum
Out
"Me Minus You"62 — — — —
  • FIMI: Gold
"Why Don't You Love Me?"67 — — — —
"OK"64 — — — —Out – Deluxe Edition
"What Happened Last Night?"
201776 — — — —You
"Crazy"— — — — —
"Don't Understand"— — — — —
"Frida (mai, mai, mai)"201810 — rowspan="9" — — — —rowspan="2"
"Come le onde"
45 — — — — —
"Pensare male"
201924 — — — 45 —
  • FIMI: Platinum
Singles
"Los Angeles"
96 — — — 23 —
"Non è vero"rowspan2020— — — — 20 —
"Mal di gola"2021— — — — — —
"Cabriolet Panorama"45 — — — 33 —
  • FIMI: Platinum
"Leoni al sole"— — — — 44 —rowspan="5"
"Blackout"2022— — — — 32 —
"Italodisco"20231 8 1 6 4 1 4
"Un ragazzo una ragazza"20247 — 58 — — 1 37
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum
  • ZPAV: Gold
"Karma"17
[46] 		— — — — 1 —
  • FIMI: Platinum
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.
"*" denotes the chart did not exist at that time.

As featured artist

TitleYearAlbum or EP
"Nella pancia della balena"
(Samuel Heron featuring The Kolors)		2020rowspan="2"
"Solero"
(Lorenzo Fragola featuring The Kolors)		2021

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryNominee(s)Result
Golden Headphones Radio Award2016Best Radio ArtistThe Kolors[47]
Kids' Choice Awards2016Favorite Italian Music Artist[48]
2024[49]
Lunezia Award2016Italian International Breakthrough
MTV Europe Music Awards2023Best Italian Act[50]
MTV Italian Music Awards2016Best Italian Band[51] [52]
Best Live Performance
MTV History Award
Music Awards2015Goldend Disc AwardOut
2016Platinum Single Award"Everytime"
Multi Platinum Disc AwardOut
2023Multi Platinum Single Award"Italodisco"
TIM Summer Hits Award
Earone Radio AwardThe Kolors

Notes and References

  1. News: Chi sono i The Kolors, in gara a Sanremo . Il Post . 19 April 2018.
  2. News: Francesco Primerano . Instagram collection. La società di oggi tra 1000 Selfie, didascalie, Love Story e Pop Rock Revolution (Speciale Sanremo 2018), Volume 2 . Youcanprint . 2018 . 23.
  3. Web site: 2024-01-09 . Stash e i The Kolors, dopo il successo di Italodisco, tornano a Sanremo nel 2024 . 2024-05-03 . ELLE . it-IT.
  4. Web site: The Kolors – Official site – The Kolors . Italian.
  5. Web site: I The Kolors apriranno l'unica data italiana dei Gossip!. 2016-05-16. 2020-02-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20160516171551/http://newgeneration.mtv.it/blog/i-the-kolors-apriranno-lunica-data-italiana-dei-gossip/. 2016-05-16.
  6. Web site: 'The Kolors', "Elio e Le Storie Tese dicono che siamo belli come loro". 2018-02-09. Rolling Stone Italia. it. 2020-02-01.
  7. Web site: Stash & The Kolors trionfano ad Amici 14. La Stampa . Luca Dondoni. June 6, 2015. December 1, 2015.
  8. Web site: Classifica canzoni 9 maggio 2015, Everytime dei The Kolors prima su iTunes. AllSongs. 2020-02-01.
  9. Web site: Richiedi targhetta. www.fimi.it. it-IT. 2020-02-01.
  10. Web site: La fidanzata di Stash nel video Why Don't You Love Me dei The Kolors: ecco il mini-film. Gagliardi. Claudia. 2015-09-18. Optimagazine: ultime news, video e notizie italiane e dal mondo. 2020-02-01.
  11. Web site: Mtv Awards 2015, The Kolors: "Grazie Elisa, abbiamo fatto tesoro dei tuoi consigli". 2020-02-01. Music Fanpage. it.
  12. Web site: Il ritorno dei The Kolors: ecco il nuovo singolo di Stash e soci – Velvet Music – VelvetMusic. velvetmusic.it. it. 2020-02-01.
  13. Web site: √ Kolors, il nuovo album si intitola 'You' e esce il 19 maggio. Rockol. it. 2020-02-01.
  14. Web site: Classifica settimanale WK 21 (dal 2017-05-19 al 2017-05-25). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. 28 March 2017.
  15. Web site: √ Sanremo 2018, i Kolors al Festival con 'Frida (Mai, mai, mai)': 'Sarà un'esperienza che ci farà crescere' – LA VIDEOINTERVISTA. s.r.l. Rockol com. Rockol. it. 2020-02-01.
  16. Web site: I The Kolors hanno firmato con Universal Music Italia. IT. Billboard. 2018-05-15. Billboard Italia. it-IT. 2020-02-01.
  17. Web site: The Kolors: "Come le onde" è il nuovo singolo estivo con J-Ax. 2018-07-06. TV Sorrisi e Canzoni. it-IT. 2020-02-01.
  18. Web site: Stash – Amici Witty TV. www.wittytv.it. it-IT. 2020-02-01.
  19. Web site: italiancharts.com – Italian charts portal. italiancharts.com. 2020-02-01.
  20. Web site: Le 10 canzoni più trasmesse in radio nel 2019. 2019-12-17. TV Sorrisi e Canzoni. it-IT. 2020-02-01.
  21. Web site: Tutto su "Amici 19". La classe, i professori e il regolamento. 2020-01-26. TV Sorrisi e Canzoni. it-IT. 2020-02-01.
  22. Web site: Stash and The Kolors con il nuovo brano Non è vero – Amici Speciali Clip. Witty Tv. it-IT. 2020-05-21.
  23. Web site: August 19, 2023 . I The Kolors pronti a portare "Italodisco" in Europa. Stash: "Mi avevano proposta la carriera solista ma..." . August 22, 2023 . All Music Italia . it.
  24. Web site: July 30, 2023 . The Kolors, il boom di Italodisco. Stash: "E' come se una sola canzone avesse avuto l'effetto di vent'anni di carriera" . August 22, 2023 . . it.
  25. Web site: Italy 2024: 'Sanremo' lineup revealed. Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 2023-12-03. 2023-12-03.
  26. Web site: Sanremo 2024: i cantanti e le canzoni, gli ospiti e i conduttori. Tutto sul Festival. Sanremo 2024: the singers and the songs, the guests and the hosts. Everything about the Festival. it. TV Sorrisi e Canzoni. 2023-12-20. 2023-12-20.
  27. Web site: Laffranchi. Andrea. Sanremo 2025, i cantanti in gara: la lista dei big del Festival, da Giorgia ed Elodie a Fedez e Achille Lauro. Sanremo 2025, the competing singers: the list of the Festival's "Bigs", from Giorgia and Elodie to Fedez and Achille Lauro. Corriere della Sera. it. 2024-12-01. 2024-12-01.
  28. Web site: Mtv Awards, Stash sputa alla telecamera e se ne va: lite con Mandelli. 2016-06-20. Repubblica Tv – la Repubblica.it. it. 2020-02-01.
  29. Web site: Perché tutti parlano dei The Kolors agli Mtv Awards – Grazia.it. 2016-06-20. Grazia. it-IT. 2020-02-01.
  30. Web site: Maria De Filippi svela retroscena sui The Kolors. Stash: "Ho falsificato i documenti, a Napoli si fa così". 2018-03-03. Il Fatto Quotidiano. it-IT. 2020-02-01.
  31. Web site: Gli spaccano la faccia: l'assurda notte di terrore, chi è la star italiana ridotta così (e perché) / Guarda. www.liberoquotidiano.it. 2020-02-01.
  32. Web site: Sanna . Andrea . 2024-03-17 . No, Stash non è un nome d’arte! Il frontman dei The Kolors si chiama davvero così . 2024-03-20 . Novella 2000 . it-IT.
  33. Web site: Italian Charts – The Kolors – Albums. Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. 24 May 2019.
  34. Web site: Certificazioni – The Kolors . Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . 22 June 2018.
  35. Web site: Italian Charts – The Kolors – Vinyl -WK 25. 25 June 2021.
  36. Peak positions for The Kolors' singles on the Italian FIMI Singles Chart:
  37. Web site: Austrian Charts – The Kolors – Discography. 20 September 2023. austriancharts.at.
  38. Web site: Listen to all The Kolors songs, tracks, music for free Tophit – Highway To Airplay. TopHit. May 3, 2024. Click the song you're interested in and select "Belarus" option above the graph..
  39. Peak chart positions for singles in Lithuania:
  40. Peak chart positions for singles in Poland:
  41. Peak chart positions for singles in San Marino:
    • "Los Angeles": Web site: Top 50 – Radio San Marino RTV – 16/11/2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191116111211/https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/radio/radio-san-marino/top-50-ascoltare . 16 November 2019 . it . . 16 November 2019 . 24 August 2024.
    • "Pensare male": Web site: Top 50 – Radio San Marino RTV – 08/09/2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190908212632/https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/radio/radio-san-marino/top-50-ascoltare . 8 September 2019 . it . . 8 September 2019 . 24 August 2024.
    • "Non è vero": Web site: Top 50 – Radio San Marino RTV – 15/08/2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200815203815/https://sanmarinortv.sm/radio/radio-san-marino/top-50-ascoltare . 15 August 2020 . it . . August 15, 2020 . 23 August 2024.
    • "Cabriolet Panorama": Web site: Top 50 – Radio San Marino RTV – 25/05/2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210525200934/https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/radio/radio-san-marino/top-50-ascoltare . 25 May 2021 . it . . May 25, 2021 . 18 August 2024.
    • "Leoni al sole": Web site: Top 50 – Radio San Marino RTV – 14/11/2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211114181610/https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/radio/radio-san-marino/top-50-ascoltare . 14 November 2021 . it . . November 14, 2021 . 15 August 2024.
    • "Blackout": Web site: Top 50 – Radio San Marino RTV – 12/05//2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220512231606/https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/radio/radio-san-marino/top-50-ascoltare . 12 May 2022 . it . . 12 May 2022 . 4 August 2024.
    • "Italodisco": Web site: Top 50 – Radio San Marino RTV – 29/06/2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230629055931/https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/radio/radio-san-marino/top-50-ascoltare . 2023-06-29 . it . . 29 June 2023 . 20 July 2024.
    • "Un ragazzo una ragazza": Web site: Top 50 – Radio San Marino RTV – 05/04/2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240405040856/https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/radio/radio-san-marino/top-50-ascoltare . 2024-04-05 . it . . 5 April 2024 . 12 July 2024.
    • "Karma": Web site: Top 50 – Radio San Marino RTV – 10/07/2024. https://archive.today/20240711225538/https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/radio/radio-san-marino/top-50-ascoltare . 2024-07-11 . it . . 10 July 2024 . 12 July 2024.
  42. Web site: Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade – The Kolors – Song. 17 September 2023. Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien.
  43. Austria. The Kolors. 2 August 2024.
  44. Switzerland. The Kolors. 2 August 2024.
  45. Poland. The Kolors. 7 August 2024.
  46. Web site: Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 31. Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. it. 3 August 2024.
  47. Web site: 9 November 2016 . Cuffie d’oro, a Trieste torna l’Oscar delle radio . 10 June 2024 . . it.
  48. Web site: 15 March 2016 . Kid's Choice Awards, The Kolors vincono nella categoria italiana . 10 June 2024 . . it.
  49. Web site: 5 June 2024 . Guarda le nomination ai Kids' Choice Awards 2024 e scopri come votare i tuoi preferiti . 10 June 2024 . . it.
  50. Web site: 6 November 2023 . I Maneskin vincono ancora, è loro il Best Rock agli Mtv Ema 2023: tutti i vincitori . 10 June 2024 . . it.
  51. Web site: 20 June 2016 . Kolors, Stash e lo sputo in telecamera: il playback, i voti truccati, la lite con Mandelli. E se fosse solo un trovata pubblicitaria? . 10 June 2024 . . it.
  52. Web site: 20 June 2016 . MTV Awards 2016: tutti i vincitori della quarta edizione . 10 June 2024 . . it.

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