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Bibi Bourelly

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Vocalist and songwriter Bibi Bourelly is a bold and outspoken talent whose music -- a mix of pop, rock, and R&B -- is informed by a life that's been far from conventional. A Germany native who left home for the States at 16, she co-wrote Rihanna's Top 20 hit "Bitch Better Have My Money" and was featured on a Lil Wayne track before releasing a pair of solo EPs, Feel the Real, Pt. 1 and Feel the Real, Pt. 2, in 2016. After a third EP for Def Jam, she continued to rack up songwriting credits for the likes of Camila Cabello, Mariah Carey, and Demi Lovato before returning with the collaborative Solèy EP in 2022.

She was born in Berlin, Germany on July 14, 1994. Her father was Jean-Paul Bourelly, a guitarist who released 12 solo albums and collaborated with Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Cassandra Wilson, and Craig Harris, while her mother was the director of the art department in Berlin's House of the World's Cultures. Bourelly was a rebellious spirit from an early age, and after her mother succumbed to cancer when she was six, the youngster developed a keen sense of self-reliance.

Bourelly's reluctance to conform made her a poor fit for school. When she was 16, she left Germany and relocated to Washington, D.C. to strike out on her own. Three years later, she moved to Los Angeles and worked odd jobs while trying to get her foot in the door of the music business. Bourelly began working with producer Paperboy Fabe, whom she met online, and through him she met Kanye West, who brought her into the studio and put her in a vocal booth to see what she could come up with. The end product was the song "Higher," which was recorded by Rihanna, who was pleased enough with the tune that she turned to Bourelly for more material. Bourelly subsequently co-wrote "Bitch Better Have My Money," a number 15 pop hit for Rihanna. Additional co-compositions for Nick Brewer ("Talk to Me," a Top 20 U.K. hit) and Selena Gomez ("Camouflage") were out by the end of 2015, as was Lil Wayne's "Without You," on which Bourelly was featured.

That year, she also signed to major-label Def Jam as a recording artist and issued her first commercially released solo singles, "Riot" and "Ego." 2016 brought a handful of additional singles in support of two EPs, Feel the Real, Pt. 1 and Feel the Real, Pt. 2, that ranged from acoustic pop to trap-rooted R&B. The former release featured her father on "Guitar." Also in 2016, Bourelly co-wrote songs that appeared on Rihanna's Anti and Usher's Hard II Love, and she performed on Little Simz's "Bad to the Bone." She returned in 2017 with her third EP release, BOY, which featured stripped-down, unplugged versions of fan favorites as well as a new song, "Sunshine." The effort boasted accompanying videos of in-studio performances, with intros to each track in which Bourelly revealed her inspirations. As she closed out the 2010s with singles including "Writer's Song" and "Wet," and featured spots on tracks she co-wrote for Little Simz, Hitimpulse, and Jacob Banks, she continued to write for others, contributing to songs recorded by Camila Cabello ("I Have Questions"), Christina Aguilera ("Accelerate"), and Mariah Carey ("GTFO").

Another song Bourelly co-wrote was the Top 40 Demi Lovato single "Anyone," which Lovato performed on the 2020 Grammy Awards broadcast. That year, Bourelly was featured alongside Jean Deaux on the TOKiMONSTA song "One Day." When she eventually released music as a main artist, it was the collaborative 2022 EP Solèy, with poet Maureen Boyer and producer/songwriter Samtrax. ~ Mark Deming & Marcy Donelson, Rovi

Total plays

264.6 million
Updated on 2025-06-27

Monthly listeners

548,185

Followers

82,038

Top Cities

  1. Germany
    17,834 listeners
  2. Germany
    17,444 listeners
  3. Germany
    12,430 listeners
  4. Germany
    12,959 listeners
  5. Germany
    11,489 listeners

Most popular tracks

Track Plays Duration Release date
Best of Us
Best of Us
75,382,334 3:17 2020-06-25
Zulu Screams (feat. Maleek Berry & Bibi Bourelly)
Zulu Screams (feat. Maleek Berry & Bibi Bourelly)
41,732,130 2:58 2019-05-12
Ballin
Ballin
20,465,226 3:40 2016-09-29
Talk To Me
Talk To Me
15,725,502 3:26 2015-08-07
My Luv (feat. Bibi Bourelly)
My Luv (feat. Bibi Bourelly)
10,321,097 2:32 2023-02-03
Stupid World
Stupid World
10,269,053 3:35 2018-11-02
Ego
Ego
10,114,739 3:25 2016-05-06
Still Here (with the ones that I came with)
Still Here (with the ones that I came with)
8,544,180 5:12 2023-02-17
Sally
Sally
4,851,975 2:53 2016-05-06
Chains (feat. Nas & Bibi Bourelly)
Chains (feat. Nas & Bibi Bourelly)
4,842,803 3:36 2015-10-16
Kumbaya (feat. Bibi Bourelly)
Kumbaya (feat. Bibi Bourelly)
4,808,327 4:02 2018-11-02
Tunnel Vision
Tunnel Vision
4,539,045 3:38 2023-08-18
Distracted
Distracted
4,348,972 3:46 2023-08-18
Perfect.
Perfect.
4,036,725 3:43 2016-11-11
Oasis
Oasis
4,028,127 3:10 2023-08-18
Don’t Get Too Close
Don’t Get Too Close
3,578,760 4:04 2023-02-18
Take It Off
Take It Off
2,900,917 2:41 2021-07-23
Cover Girls (feat. Bibi Bourelly)
Cover Girls (feat. Bibi Bourelly)
2,862,557 3:37 2017-09-08
Painting Rainbows
Painting Rainbows
2,625,303 3:15 2023-02-18
Riot
Riot
2,179,301 2:11 2016-05-06
Phew
Phew
1,904,551 3:19 2019-09-27
Bricks
Bricks
1,837,086 3:47 2024-07-01
Trial by Fire
Trial by Fire
1,822,589 2:34 2019-09-27
One On 5
One On 5
1,716,647 2:11 2022-07-22
HOLLOW.
HOLLOW.
1,195,664 4:45 2022-02-25
Bad To the Bone
Bad To the Bone
1,190,116 3:16 2016-12-16
One Day
One Day
1,172,688 3:30 2020-03-20
Untitled - In Studio
Untitled - In Studio
1,071,066 2:28 2017-08-17
The Studio
The Studio
1,051,469 4:44 2020-07-03
Exhilarate (feat. Bibi Bourelly)
Exhilarate (feat. Bibi Bourelly)
955,083 4:23 2024-08-28
Guitar
Guitar
896,174 3:09 2016-05-06
Poet
Poet
660,340 3:10 2016-11-11
What If
What If
644,072 3:12 2016-05-06
What If I Told You
What If I Told You
644,072 3:12 2016-05-06
Wet
Wet
583,316 2:15 2019-08-23
Customz
Customz
564,487 4:01 2017-11-03
Stupid World - Daktyl Remix
Stupid World - Daktyl Remix
535,695 3:44 2019-01-01
Sunshine - In Studio
Sunshine - In Studio
525,563 3:59 2017-08-17
Flowers
Flowers
489,231 2:39 2016-11-11
No More Maybes (feat. Bibi Bourelly & India Shawn)
No More Maybes (feat. Bibi Bourelly & India Shawn)
457,395 3:19 2024-07-12
Cindy's Daughter (feat. Bibi Bourelly)
Cindy's Daughter (feat. Bibi Bourelly)
450,629 2:19 2021-06-18
White House
White House
434,924 3:30 2018-12-07
Untitled
Untitled
427,068 2:05 2016-11-11
Fool
Fool
409,291 3:31 2016-11-11
Faceshopping - Money Mix
Faceshopping - Money Mix
317,071 3:54 2019-09-06
Ballin - Branchez and Arnold Remix
Ballin - Branchez and Arnold Remix
309,560 2:52 2017-04-21
Cover Girls (feat. Bibi Bourelly) - R I T U A L Remix
Cover Girls (feat. Bibi Bourelly) - R I T U A L Remix
307,739 3:29 2017-10-13
No Trust (Feat. Bibi Bourelly & Kiah Victoria)
No Trust (Feat. Bibi Bourelly & Kiah Victoria)
293,324 3:29 2020-04-24
Talk To Me - Rude Kid Remix
Talk To Me - Rude Kid Remix
291,136 3:17 2015-08-28
Poet - In Studio
Poet - In Studio
270,731 4:11 2017-08-17
Xmas Trees
Xmas Trees
239,721 2:35 2018-12-14
Ballin - Brooke Evers Remix
Ballin - Brooke Evers Remix
229,988 2:47 2017-04-21
Diary of a Mad Bitch (feat. Bibi Bourelly)
Diary of a Mad Bitch (feat. Bibi Bourelly)
227,508 3:24 2024-05-17
Writer's Song
Writer's Song
226,206 1:58 2018-10-12
Flowers - In Studio
Flowers - In Studio
215,277 3:09 2017-08-17
Separate (feat. Bibi Bourelly)
Separate (feat. Bibi Bourelly)
188,758 3:18 2023-10-27
Ballin - Tua Remix
Ballin - Tua Remix
166,294 3:26 2017-05-26
My Luv (feat. Bibi Bourelly) - Sped Up
My Luv (feat. Bibi Bourelly) - Sped Up
139,597 2:49 2023-07-28
Come Thru
Come Thru
138,365 4:53 2021-04-09
Stupid World - Machinedrum Remix
Stupid World - Machinedrum Remix
134,525 3:39 2019-01-01
Ballin - Deadly Zoo Remix
Ballin - Deadly Zoo Remix
116,272 3:28 2017-04-21
Talk To Me
Talk To Me
102,421 5:53 2015-08-21
Take It Off - TEK.LUN Remix
Take It Off - TEK.LUN Remix
93,156 4:08 2022-09-14
No More Maybes (feat. Bibi Bourelly & India Shawn) - Acoustic Version
No More Maybes (feat. Bibi Bourelly & India Shawn) - Acoustic Version
90,683 2:37 2024-08-09
One Day - Instrumental
One Day - Instrumental
85,937 3:29 2020-12-04
Pull Up (feat. Bibi Bourelly)
Pull Up (feat. Bibi Bourelly)
80,489 2:19 2018-03-28
OPPORTUNITIES.
OPPORTUNITIES.
60,230 2:44 2022-02-25
Talk To Me
Talk To Me
58,234 5:30 2015-08-21
SUN.
SUN.
47,821 3:41 2022-02-25
Warzone (feat. Bibi Bourelly)
Warzone (feat. Bibi Bourelly)
44,786 3:42 2021-06-10
CLUBHOPPERS.
CLUBHOPPERS.
40,011 3:09 2024-09-12
Ballin - Eva Shaw Remix
Ballin - Eva Shaw Remix
39,057 2:18 2017-04-21
NOTORIETY.
NOTORIETY.
35,936 4:25 2022-02-25
Booze Right
Booze Right
33,736 3:43 2019-10-28
Talk To Me
Talk To Me
31,288 4:19 2015-08-21
KIDS.
KIDS.
29,532 4:03 2022-02-25
Binaural Trip (feat. Bibi Bourelly & ISHMAEL)
Binaural Trip (feat. Bibi Bourelly & ISHMAEL)
25,774 4:41 2020-09-11
CLOUDS PRAYER.
CLOUDS PRAYER.
24,613 1:21 2022-02-25
That's What All Boys Do
That's What All Boys Do
15,818 2:10 2020-08-07
No Trust - Projexx Version
No Trust - Projexx Version
14,285 2:59 2020-04-24
No More Maybes (feat. Bibi Bourelly & India Shawn) - Original Sped Up Version
No More Maybes (feat. Bibi Bourelly & India Shawn) - Original Sped Up Version
10,000 2:37 2024-07-26
No Games
No Games
4,195 3:38 2024-09-02
Goin' Up
Goin' Up
< 1000 3:42 2021-06-04
Diary of a Mad Bitch (feat. Bibi Bourelly) - 89 BPM
Diary of a Mad Bitch (feat. Bibi Bourelly) - 89 BPM
< 1000 3:22 2024-12-12

New releases

CLUBHOPPERS.
CLUBHOPPERS.
2024-09-12
[MANNA RECORDINGS]
No More Maybes (feat. Bibi Bourelly & India Shawn) [Acoustic Version]
No More Maybes (feat. Bibi Bourelly & India Shawn) [Acoustic Version]
2024-08-09
[TAVE]
No More Maybes (feat. Bibi Bourelly & India Shawn)
No More Maybes (feat. Bibi Bourelly & India Shawn)
2024-07-26
[TAVE]
No More Maybes (feat. Bibi Bourelly & India Shawn)
No More Maybes (feat. Bibi Bourelly & India Shawn)
2024-07-12
[TAVE]
Bricks
Bricks
2024-07-01
[44 LABEL GROUP]
Take It Off (TEK.LUN Remix)
Take It Off (TEK.LUN Remix)
2022-09-14
[Last Gang]
Take It Off (TEK.LUN Remix)
Take It Off (TEK.LUN Remix)
2022-09-14
[Last Gang]
Solèy
Solèy
2022-02-25
[ARJOUNI inc]
Take It Off
Take It Off
2021-06-04
[Last Gang]
Stupid World Remixes
Stupid World Remixes
2020-10-30
[Elefant Traks]
Wet
Wet
2019-08-23
[Def Jam Recordings]
Wet
Wet
2019-08-23
[Def Jam Recordings]
Zulu Screams (feat. Maleek Berry & Bibi Bourelly)
Zulu Screams (feat. Maleek Berry & Bibi Bourelly)
2019-05-13
[Squaaash Club/RCA Records]
Zulu Screams (feat. Maleek Berry & Bibi Bourelly)
Zulu Screams (feat. Maleek Berry & Bibi Bourelly)
2019-05-12
[Squaaash Club/RCA Records]
Xmas Trees
Xmas Trees
2018-12-14
[Def Jam Recordings]
Xmas Trees
Xmas Trees
2018-12-14
[Def Jam Recordings]
White House
White House
2018-12-07
[Def Jam Recordings]
Writer's Song
Writer's Song
2018-10-12
[Def Jam Recordings]
Writer's Song
Writer's Song
2018-10-12
[Def Jam Recordings]
BOY (In Studio)
BOY (In Studio)
2017-08-17
[Circa 13 / Def Jam - Bibi]
Ballin (Tua Remix)
Ballin (Tua Remix)
2017-05-26
[Circa 13 / Def Jam - Bibi]
Free The Real (Tour Edition)
Free The Real (Tour Edition)
2017-05-17
[Circa 13 / Def Jam - Bibi]
Ballin (Remixes)
Ballin (Remixes)
2017-04-21
[Circa 13 / Def Jam - Bibi]
Ballin (Remixes)
Ballin (Remixes)
2017-04-21
[Circa 13 / Def Jam - Bibi]
Free The Real (Pt. #2)
Free The Real (Pt. #2)
2016-11-11
[Circa 13 / Def Jam - Bibi]
Free The Real (Pt. #2)
Free The Real (Pt. #2)
2016-11-11
[Circa 13 / Def Jam - Bibi]
Ballin
Ballin
2016-09-29
[Circa 13 / Def Jam - Bibi]
Free The Real (Pt. #1)
Free The Real (Pt. #1)
2016-05-06
[Circa 13 / Def Jam - Bibi]
Free The Real (Pt. #1)
Free The Real (Pt. #1)
2016-05-06
[Circa 13 / Def Jam - Bibi]