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Oliver Tree Nickell (born June 29, 1993) is an American singer, record producer, and comedian. Born in Santa Cruz, California, Tree signed to Atlantic Records in 2017 after his song "When I'm Down" went viral[7] and released his debut studio album Ugly Is Beautiful in 2020. He achieved further success with his song "Life Goes On" in 2021, which has since gone on to amass more than 400 million streams on Spotify.[8] He released his second studio album Cowboy Tears on February 18, 2022.
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| Born | Oliver Tree Nickell June 29, 1993 Santa Cruz, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
| Partner | Melanie Martinez (2019–2021)[1] |
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| Website | olivertreemusic |
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Early life
Oliver Tree Nickell was born on June 29, 1993,[5] in Santa Cruz, California,[9] where he was also raised. He has said he took "piano lessons at three years old, [began] songwriting the next year, and [had] an album written by age six."[10] In high school, Tree took an interest in hip hop and electronic music, becoming a DJ and recording with the rap group Mindfuck.
Tree studied business at San Francisco State University for two years[11] and Music Technology at the California Institute of the Arts.[citation needed]
Career
2010–16: Early career and hiatus
Oliver launched his solo recording career as "Tree" in 2010. By then, he had made presentations for performances such as Skrillex and Zeds Dead. He initially self-released his music but signed with R&S Records in 2011. He sang and played guitar in a ska band called Irony, which was his first experience performing.[12] Under the pseudonym Kryph, Tree produced dubstep for a brief period of time and performed at festivals such as Wobbleland 2011 in San Francisco. He performed shows opening for acts such as Tyler, the Creator, Nero, and Frank Ocean, and released music under his pseudonym, Tree.[13][9]
At age 18, Tree signed up with London-based R&S Records and released his debut EP, Demons. The EP gained some recognition after Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke approved of his cover of their song "Karma Police".[14] Tree eventually found himself on hiatus as he went back to school, studying music technology at the California Institute of the Arts.[15][11]
2016–18: Return to music and Alien Boy
In November 2016, he returned to music with his television debut, performing with Getter on Last Call with Carson Daly.[16]
Shortly after the release of "When I'm Down", Tree signed to Atlantic Records, and a month later, graduated from the California Institute of the Arts.
Tree often writes, acts, and directs sketches in comedy videos, and has worked with companies such as Fuck Jerry.[17]
In February 2018, Tree released his major-label debut EP, Alien Boy, along with the double music video for "All That x Alien Boy". Tree wrote and directed the debut, which took over nine months to create.[15][18] He spent five months practicing freestyle monster truck jumping at the Perris Auto Speedway and performed all his stunts in the music video.
Oliver Tree has played major festivals such as Lollapalooza and Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, and performed as a special guest at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and EDC, most notably at Coachella, where he was subsequently named on LA Weekly's "The Best (and Weirdest) Fashion at Coachella" list in 2017.[19][20]
He was the supporting act on Louis the Child's 2017 Last to Leave Tour (2017) and[21] Skizzy Mars' Are You OK? Tour (2018),[22] and was scheduled to join Lil Dicky and DJ Mustard on the Life Lessons Tour Fall 2018 before it was canceled.[19] Tree toured North America and Europe with Hobo Johnson in 2018.
2018–20: Ugly Is Beautiful and singles
Throughout 2018 and 2019, Tree released singles that would make an appearance on his debut album, Ugly Is Beautiful. On December 7, 2018, Tree released his second music video, "Hurt", a single from the album. He travelled to Ukraine to film the video, which he wrote and co-directed with Brendan Vaughan, an up-and-coming music video director.[23] In the first week, the music video for "Hurt" reached one million views while the song received significant radio play. On April 11, 2019, Tree released a standalone single, "Fuck", with the music video being released on the same day.[24]
His fourth music video and single, "Miracle Man", was released on June 7, 2019, with the video reaching 1.3 million views on the first day of release.[25] Tree released his second EP, Do You Feel Me? on August 2, 2019, to generally positive reviews.[26]
On December 6, 2019, Tree released "Cash Machine", a single accompanied by a music video. Together with the single, Tree announced his debut album, Ugly Is Beautiful, and announced that the album would be released on March 27, 2020.[27] On March 25, 2020, Tree posted a message to his Twitter page, stating that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ugly Is Beautiful would not be released on time.[28] However, on May 19, the album's official release date was revealed to be June 12.[29]
On May 16, 2020, Tree set the Guinness World Record for the world's largest kick scooter, which he later uploaded a video of himself riding on July 17, 2020.[30][31]
On June 8, 2020, Tree announced his decision to delay Ugly Is Beautiful yet again, this time to July 17. He stated that, because of the issues of racism and police violence against black people going on during that time after the murder of George Floyd, he "did not believe it was an appropriate time" to release the album when "much bigger things" deserved attention.[32] On July 17, 2020, Ugly Is Beautiful was released.
2021–present: Deluxe version of Ugly Is Beautiful and Cowboy Tears
Despite claiming that he was retired, he released the single "Out of Ordinary" on February 4, 2021, announcing the deluxe edition of Ugly Is Beautiful.[33][34]
On May 28, 2021, Tree released a deluxe version of his debut album named Ugly Is Beautiful: Shorter, Thicker & Uglier.
He would later collaborate with Russian rave band Little Big and release the single "Turn It Up", featuring Tommy Cash, from their collaborative EP Welcome to the Internet, which was later released on September 30, 2021.
On January 12, 2022, Tree released the single "Cowboys Don't Cry" from his second album Cowboy Tears.[35] Cowboy Tears was released on February 18, 2022. On May 20, 2022, Tree released a single, "I Hate You" along with "Cowboys Don't Cry". He also announced a tour to accompany the album Cowboy Tears.[36]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||
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| US [37] |
US Alt. [38] |
US Rock [39] |
AUS [40] |
AUT [41] |
CAN [42] |
IRE [43] |
NZ [44] |
UK [45] | ||
| Ugly Is Beautiful |
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14 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 51 | 47 | 38 | 28 | 32 |
| Cowboy Tears[46] |
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60 | 7 | 7 | 67 | — | 91 | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
Independent albums
| Title | Album details |
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| Splitting Branches (as Tree) |
Track listing
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Extended plays
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||
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| US Alt. [47] |
US Heat. [48] | |||
| Demons (as Tree) |
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| Alien Boy EP |
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| Do You Feel Me? |
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21 | 16 | |
| Welcome to the Internet[49] (with Little Big) |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | ||||
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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| US [50] |
US Alt. [51] |
US Rock [19] |
AUS [52] |
BEL (FL) Tip [53] |
IRE [43] |
NOR [54] |
SWE [55] |
UK [56] |
WW [57] | ||||
| "When I'm Down" (with Whethan) |
2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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non-album singles |
| "All You Ever Talk About" (with Whethan) |
2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "All I Got" / "Welcome to LA" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Alien Boy | ||
| "Cheapskate" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | ||
| "Enemy" (with Whethan) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Alien Boy | ||
| "Upside Down" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Alien Boy" | — | — | — | — | 45 | — | — | — | — | — |
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Alien Boy, Do You Feel Me?, & Ugly Is Beautiful | |
| "Movement" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | ||
| "Hurt" | — | 4 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Do You Feel Me? & Ugly Is Beautiful | |
| "Fuck" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |
| "Miracle Man" | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Do You Feel Me? & Ugly Is Beautiful | ||
| "Cash Machine" | — | — | 13 | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | Ugly Is Beautiful | ||
| "Let Me Down" | 2020 | — | 26 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Bury Me Alive" | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Let Me Down" (featuring Blink-182) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | ||
| "Out of Ordinary" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ugly Is Beautiful: Shorter, Thicker & Uglier | |
| "Life Goes On" | 71 | 27 | 7 | 34 | — | 33 | 14 | 63 | 33 | 26 |
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| "Turn It Up"[60] (with Little Big featuring Tommy Cash) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Welcome to the Internet | ||
| "Cowboys Don't Cry" | 2022 | — | 28 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cowboy Tears | |
| "Freaks & Geeks" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Swing & a Miss" | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "I Hate You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak positions | Album |
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| FRA [61] | |||
| "My Mind Is" (NVDES featuring Oliver Tree) |
2016 | — | Life with Lobsters |
| "Forget It" (Getter featuring Oliver Tree) |
— | Radical Dude! | |
| "Running" (NVDES featuring Oliver Tree) |
2018 | — | Vibe City Utah |
| "Pumpidup" (Lorenzo featuring Oliver Tree) |
2019 | 62 | Sex in the City |
| "Freefall"[62] (Whethan featuring Oliver Tree) |
2020 | — | Fantasy |
| "Asshole" (Lil Yachty featuring Oliver Tree) |
— | Lil Boat 3.5 | |
| "Mr Regular" (What So Not featuring Oliver Tree and Killer Mike) |
2022 | — | Anomaly |
| "Sick of U" (BoyWithUke featuring Oliver Tree) |
2022 | — | Sick of U (single) |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref(s) |
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| 2022 | Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Social Music Star | Nominated | [63] |
References
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- "Here's what you need to know about the Oliver Tree album you can't hear". Alternative Press. March 27, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Life Goes On, May 28, 2021, retrieved October 1, 2022
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- Oliver Tree Crashes The World's Biggest Scooter, retrieved October 1, 2021
- "Instagram".
- Diymag. "Oliver Tree releases new track 'Out Of Ordinary' | News". diymag.com. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- "Oliver Tree Concocts A Belter For All The Outcasts With "Out Of Ordinary"". This Song Is Sick. February 5, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
- "Oliver Tree | Official Website | "Cowboys Don't Cry" Out Now!". olivertreemusic.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
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- Peaks in Australia:
- All except noted: "Discography Oliver Tree". australian-charts.com.
- Cowboy Tears: "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 28 February 2022". The ARIA Report. No. 1669. Australian Recording Industry Association. February 28, 2022. p. 6.
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- Powell, Karlie (September 20, 2020). "Whethan pulls Oliver Tree out of retirement for one last collab 'Freefall'". Your EDM. Archived from the original on September 30, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
- Gajewski, Ryan (April 10, 2022). "Kids' Choice Awards: 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Wins Big; Dr. Jill Biden Speaks". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Oliver Tree at IMDb
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Oliver Tree Nickell (Santa Cruz, California; 29 de junio de 1993) es un cantante, productor, humorista, rapero y cineasta estadounidense.[ru] Три, Оливер
Оливер Три Никелл (англ. Oliver Tree Nickell; род. 29 июня 1993) — американский певец, продюсер и режиссёр из города Санта-Круз[1]. Артист подписал контракт с Atlantic Records в 2017 году, после того как его песня «When I’m Down» стала вирусной[2]. Наиболее высокое место в чартах из его песен заняла «Life goes on».Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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