The Kolors
{{Short description|Italian pop rock band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = The Kolors
| image = The Kolors (Feb 2025).png
| caption = The Kolors during the Sanremo Music Festival 2025
| origin = Naples, Italy
| genre = {{hlist|Pop rock|funk rock}}
| years_active = 2009–present
| label = {{hlist|Baraonda Edizioni Musicali|Island|Warner}}
| current_members =
- Antonio Stash Fiordispino
- Alex Fiordispino
- Dario Iaculli
| past_members =
- Alessandro Tammaro
- Daniele Mona
| website =
}}
The Kolors is an Italian pop rock{{cite news |url = https://www.ilpost.it/2018/02/06/kolors-chi-sono-sanremo |title= Chi sono i The Kolors, in gara a Sanremo |publisher = Il Post |accessdate= 19 April 2018}}{{cite news |author= Francesco Primerano |title= Instagram collection. La società di oggi tra 1000 Selfie, didascalie, Love Story e Pop Rock Revolution (Speciale Sanremo 2018), Volume 2 |publisher= Youcanprint |year= 2018 |p= 23}} band founded in 2009 by lead vocalist Antonio Stash Fiordispino,{{Cite web |date=2024-01-09 |title=Stash e i The Kolors, dopo il successo di Italodisco, tornano a Sanremo nel 2024 |url=https://www.elle.com/it/showbiz/musica/a46275464/stash-the-kolors/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=ELLE |language=it-IT}} drummer Alex Fiordispino, and Daniele Mona who plays synthesizers. They are best known for their 2023 hit "Italodisco", which peaked at number one in Italy and charted in several European charts. https://www.allmusicitalia.it/news/the-kolors-warner-music-italia-italodisco.html#:~:text=Ad%20oggi%20sono%20oltre%2015,ad%20oggi%20alla%20posizione%20%2330.
The group won season 14 of the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi, coached by Elisa, and 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, and one Kid's Choice Award. They have been selected to compete at Sanremo Music Festival three times with "Frida (mai, mai, mai)" (2018), "Un ragazzo una ragazza" (2024), and "Tu con chi fai l'amore" (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.{{Cite web|url=http://newgeneration.mtv.it/blog/i-the-kolors-apriranno-lunica-data-italiana-dei-gossip/|title=I The Kolors apriranno l'unica data italiana dei Gossip!|date=2016-05-16|access-date=2020-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516171551/http://newgeneration.mtv.it/blog/i-the-kolors-apriranno-lunica-data-italiana-dei-gossip/|archive-date=2016-05-16}} 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".{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.it/cinema/interviste-cinema/the-kolors-elio-e-le-storie-tese-dicono-che-siamo-belli-come-loro/401562/|title='The Kolors', "Elio e Le Storie Tese dicono che siamo belli come loro"|date=2018-02-09|website=Rolling Stone Italia|language=it|access-date=2020-02-01}}
In 2015, The Kolors participated in season 14 of the TV program Amici di Maria De Filippi, on 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2015/06/06/spettacoli/amici-vince-the-kolors-DLLfb9izwCz7qhRLCx6j7H/pagina.html|editor=La Stampa |author=Luca Dondoni| title=Stash & The Kolors trionfano ad Amici 14|date= June 6, 2015|access-date=December 1, 2015}} While competing on the show, they released the English language single "Everytime", which reached the sixth position of the Italian singles chart and was certified platinum.{{Cite web|url=https://allsongs.tv/classifiche-canzoni/classifica-itunes/classifica-canzoni-9-maggio-2015-everytime-the-kolors-prima-itunes/|title=Classifica canzoni 9 maggio 2015, Everytime dei The Kolors prima su iTunes|website=AllSongs|access-date=2020-02-01}} On May 19, 2015, the band released its second studio album Out, which peaked at number one on FIMI's albums chart and went on to sell over 200,000 copies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/certification-form.kl|title=Richiedi targhetta|website=www.fimi.it|language=it-IT|access-date=2020-02-01}} Later that year, The Kolors performed at the 2015 MTV Italian Music Awards and released their second single from the album "Why Don't You Love Me?".{{Cite web|url=https://www.optimagazine.com/2015/09/18/la-fidanzata-di-stash-nel-video-why-dont-you-love-me-dei-the-kolors-ecco-il-mini-film/220897|title=La fidanzata di Stash nel video Why Don't You Love Me dei The Kolors: ecco il mini-film|last=Gagliardi|first=Claudia|date=2015-09-18|website=Optimagazine: ultime news, video e notizie italiane e dal mondo|access-date=2020-02-01}}{{Cite web|title=Mtv Awards 2015, The Kolors: "Grazie Elisa, abbiamo fatto tesoro dei tuoi consigli"|url=https://music.fanpage.it/mtv-awards-2015-the-kolors/|access-date=2020-02-01|website=Music Fanpage|language=it}}
On April 15, 2017, the band announced that it would be releasing a new song, "What Happened Last Night", featuring Gucci Mane and Daddy's Groove. The track served as the lead single for their third studio album, You, which was released on May 19, 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://velvetmusic.it/2017/04/15/the-kolors-il-ritorno-nuovo-singolo/|title=Il ritorno dei The Kolors: ecco il nuovo singolo di Stash e soci – Velvet Music – VelvetMusic|website=velvetmusic.it|language=it|access-date=2020-02-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockol.it/news-672680/kolors-ad-amici-annunciano-il-nuovo-album-you-quando-esce-video|title=√ Kolors, il nuovo album si intitola 'You' e esce il 19 maggio|website=Rockol|language=it|access-date=2020-02-01}} The album debuted at number four in the Italian charts, supported by the singles "Crazy" and "Don't Understand".{{Cite web|url = http://fimi.it/classifiche#/category:album/id:2480|title = Classifica settimanale WK 21 (dal 2017-05-19 al 2017-05-25)|publisher = Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|access-date = 28 March 2017}}
In February 2018 the band competed at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Frida (mai, mai, mai)", their first strictly italian language record. Frida became their second single to reach the top ten of the Italian charts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockol.it/news-684796/kolors-sanremo-2018-frida-canzone-video-testo-intervista|title=√ Sanremo 2018, i Kolors al Festival con 'Frida (Mai, mai, mai)': 'Sarà un'esperienza che ci farà crescere' – LA VIDEOINTERVISTA|last=s.r.l|first=Rockol com|website=Rockol|language=it|access-date=2020-02-01}} After signing with Universal Music Italia in May 2018, they released "Come le onde" with rapper J-Ax.{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.it/business/i-the-kolors-firma-universal-music-italia/2018/05/157607/|title=I The Kolors hanno firmato con Universal Music Italia|last=IT|first=Billboard|date=2018-05-15|website=Billboard Italia|language=it-IT|access-date=2020-02-01}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sorrisi.com/musica/canzoni/kolors-come-le-onde-e-il-nuovo-singolo-estivo-con-j-ax/|title=The Kolors: "Come le onde" è il nuovo singolo estivo con J-Ax|date=2018-07-06|website=TV Sorrisi e Canzoni|language=it-IT|access-date=2020-02-01}} In September 2018 the band's frontman, Stash, was chosen to be a singing coach and judge for season 18 of Amici di Maria De Filippi.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wittytv.it/protagonisti/stash/|title=Stash – Amici {{!}} Witty TV|website=www.wittytv.it|language=it-IT|access-date=2020-02-01}}
In May 2019 they released the collaboration with the Italian singer Elodie "Pensare male", which peaked at number 24 on the Italian Singles Chart and was certified platinum.{{Cite web|url=https://italiancharts.com/search.asp?search=the+kolors&cat=s|title=italiancharts.com – Italian charts portal|website=italiancharts.com|access-date=2020-02-01}} Pensare would become the most listened-to italian language song on the radio in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sorrisi.com/musica/playlist/le-10-canzoni-piu-trasmesse-in-radio-nel-2019/|title=Le 10 canzoni più trasmesse in radio nel 2019|date=2019-12-17|website=TV Sorrisi e Canzoni|language=it-IT|access-date=2020-02-01}} In September 2019, it was confirmed that Stash would return as a singing coach and judge for season 19 of Amici.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sorrisi.com/tv/reality-e-talent/tutto-su-amici-19-la-classe-i-professori-e-il-regolamento/|title=Tutto su "Amici 19". La classe, i professori e il regolamento|date=2020-01-26|website=TV Sorrisi e Canzoni|language=it-IT|access-date=2020-02-01}} In May 2020 the band was cast for the spin-off Amici Speciali released a new single, "Non è vero".{{Cite web|title=Stash and The Kolors con il nuovo brano Non è vero – Amici Speciali Clip|url=https://www.wittytv.it/amici-speciali/stash-and-the-kolors-con-il-nuovo-brano-non-e-vero/F310459601001C33/|website=Witty Tv|language=it-IT|access-date=2020-05-21}} In 2021 the band published the FIMI platinum single "Cabriolet Panorama", which anticipated their compilation album Singles.
In April 2023 the band departed from Island Records and signed with Warner Music Italy.{{Cite web |last= |date=August 19, 2023 |title=I The Kolors pronti a portare "Italodisco" in Europa. Stash: "Mi avevano proposta la carriera solista ma..." |url=https://www.allmusicitalia.it/news/stash-the-kolors-italodisco-solista.html |access-date=August 22, 2023 |website=All Music Italia |language=it}} Their first single with the label, "Italodisco",{{Cite web |date=July 30, 2023 |title=The Kolors, il boom di Italodisco. Stash: "E' come se una sola canzone avesse avuto l'effetto di vent'anni di carriera" |url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/musica/2023/07/30/news/the_kolors_boom_italodisco_stash-409475397/ |access-date=August 22, 2023 |website=la Repubblica |language=it}} peaked at number one on the Italian Singles Chart and charted in several other 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".{{cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/italy-2024-sanremo-lineup|title=Italy 2024: 'Sanremo' lineup revealed|work=Eurovision.tv|publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU)|date=2023-12-03|access-date=2023-12-03}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sorrisi.com/musica/sanremo/sanremo-2024-cantanti-canzoni-ospiti-conduttori-serate-giurie/|title=Sanremo 2024: i cantanti e le canzoni, gli ospiti e i conduttori. Tutto sul Festival|trans-title=Sanremo 2024: the singers and the songs, the guests and the hosts. Everything about the Festival|language=it|work=TV Sorrisi e Canzoni|date=2023-12-20|access-date=2023-12-20}} In December 2024, they were announced among the participants in the 2025 festival with "Tu con chi fai l'amore",{{cite web|last=Laffranchi|first=Andrea|url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/24_dicembre_01/sanremo-2025-cantanti-lista-big-082a891e-b434-456e-8abf-5ee5c698axlk.shtml|title=Sanremo 2025, i cantanti in gara: la lista dei big del Festival, da Giorgia ed Elodie a Fedez e Achille Lauro|trans-title=Sanremo 2025, the competing singers: the list of the Festival's "Bigs", from Giorgia and Elodie to Fedez and Achille Lauro|work=Corriere della Sera|language=it|date=2024-12-01|access-date=2024-12-01}} finally placing 13th.{{cite web|url=https://www.105.net/news/music-biz/1382182/olly-vince-festival-sanremo-2025-classifica-e-premi.html|title=Sanremo 2025: vince Olly! Classifica finale e premi assegnati|trans-title=Sanremo 2025: Olly wins! Final ranking and prizes awarded|language=it|publisher=Radio 105|date=2025-02-16|access-date=2025-02-16}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://video.repubblica.it/spettacoli-e-cultura/mtv-awards-the-kolors-non-ritirano-il-premio-la-lite-tra-mandelli-e-stash/243776/243823|title=Mtv Awards, Stash sputa alla telecamera e se ne va: lite con Mandelli|date=2016-06-20|website=Repubblica Tv – la Repubblica.it|language=it|access-date=2020-02-01}} Afterwards the singer apologized to the presenter and the award ceremony.{{Cite web|url=https://www.grazia.it/stile-di-vita/hot-topics/the-kolors-mtv-awards-cos-e-successo|title=Perché tutti parlano dei The Kolors agli Mtv Awards – Grazia.it|date=2016-06-20|website=Grazia|language=it-IT|access-date=2020-02-01}}
In 2018, after a guest performance on 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!"{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/03/03/maria-de-filippi-svela-retroscena-sui-the-kolors-stash-ho-falsificato-i-documenti-a-napoli-si-fa-cosi/4200888/|title=Maria De Filippi svela retroscena sui The Kolors. Stash: "Ho falsificato i documenti, a Napoli si fa così"|date=2018-03-03|website=Il Fatto Quotidiano|language=it-IT|access-date=2020-02-01}}
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."{{Cite web|url=https://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/spettacoli/13356681/stash-the-kolors-instagram-foto-volto-tumefatto-lividi-violenza-difeso-ragazza.html|title=Gli spaccano la faccia: l'assurda notte di terrore, chi è la star italiana ridotta così (e perché) / Guarda|website=www.liberoquotidiano.it|access-date=2020-02-01}}
Members
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Current members
- Antonio Alex Stash Fiordispino{{Cite web |last=Sanna |first=Andrea |date=2024-03-17 |title=No, Stash non è un nome d’arte! Il frontman dei The Kolors si chiama davvero così |url=https://www.novella2000.it/stash-nome-darte-completo-curiosita-the-kolors/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Novella 2000 |language=it-IT}} – vocals, guitars, piano, synthesizer, drums (2009–present)
- Alessandro "Alex" Fiordispino – drums, percussion (2009–present)
- Dario Iaculli – bass (2018–present)
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Former members
- Alessandro Tammaro – bass (2009–2012)
- Daniele Mona – synthesizer, bass, percussion (2011–2022)
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Discography
= Studio albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| ITA {{Cite web|url=https://italiancharts.com/search.asp?search=the+kolors&cat=a|publisher=Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien|accessdate=24 May 2019|title=Italian Charts – The Kolors – Albums}} |
| scope="row"| I Want
|
| 54 | |
| scope="row"| Out
|
| 1 | |
| scope="row"| You
|
| 4 | |
= Compilation albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:5em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Details ! scope="col" colspan="1" style="width:4em;"| Peak chart positions |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| ITA Vinyl {{Cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/1|accessdate=25 June 2021|title=Italian Charts – The Kolors – Vinyl -WK 25}} |
| scope="row"| Singles
|
| 11 |
= Singles =
== As lead artist ==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="6"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| ITA Peak positions for The Kolors' singles on the Italian FIMI Singles Chart:
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| AUT ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| BLR ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | LIT
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| POL
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | SWI |
| scope="row"|"Everytime"
|rowspan="4"|2015 | 6 || — || colspan="2" rowspan="7" {{n/a|*}} || — || — | |rowspan="3"|Out |
| scope="row"|"Me Minus You"
| 62 || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"|"Why Don't You Love Me?"
| 67 || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"|"OK"
| 64 || — || — || — | |Out – Deluxe Edition |
| scope="row"|"What Happened Last Night?" {{small|(featuring Gucci Mane and Daddy's Groove)}} |rowspan="3"|2017 | 76 || — || — || — | |rowspan="3"|You |
| scope="row"|"Crazy"
| — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"|"Don't Understand"
| — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"|"Frida (mai, mai, mai)"
|rowspan="2"|2018 | 10 || — || rowspan="9" {{n/a|*}} || — || — || — | |rowspan="2" {{n/a|Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row"|"Come le onde" {{small|(featuring J-Ax)}} | 45 || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"|"Pensare male" {{small|(with Elodie)}} |rowspan="2"|2019 | 24 || — || — || — || — | |rowspan="5"|Singles |
| scope="row"|"Los Angeles" {{small|(featuring Gué Pequeno)}} | 96 || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"|"Non è vero"
|rowspan|2020 | — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"|"Mal di gola"
|rowspan="3"|2021 | — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"|"Cabriolet Panorama"
| 45 || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"|"Leoni al sole"
| — || — || — || — || — | |rowspan="6" {{Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row"|"Blackout"
|2022 | — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"|"Italodisco"
|2023 | 1 || 8 || 1 || 6 || 4 || 4 |
|
| scope="row"|"Un ragazzo una ragazza"
|rowspan="2"|2024 | 7 || — || 58 || — || — || 37 | |
| scope="row"|"Karma"
| 17 || — || — || — || — || — | |
| scope="row"|"Tu con chi fai l'amore"
|2025 | 6 || — || — || — || — || — | |
| colspan="22" style="font-size:90%;" | "—" 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==
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! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Album or EP |
| scope="row"| "Nella pancia della balena" (Samuel Heron featuring The Kolors) | 2020 |rowspan="2" {{Non-album singles}} |
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| scope="row"| "Solero" (Lorenzo Fragola featuring The Kolors) | 2021 |
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
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Category:2009 establishments in Italy
Category:Italian musical quartets
Category:Italian pop rock music groups
Category:English-language singers from Italy
Category:Italian male singer-songwriters
Category:21st-century Italian singer-songwriters
Category:21st-century Italian male singers