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bbno$
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bbno$ in 2020
Background information
Birth name Alexander Leon Gumuchian
Born (1995-06-30) June 30, 1995 (age 29)[1]
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[2]
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active 2014–present
Labels IMPERIAL Republic Records
Associated acts
Website bbnomula.com

Alexander Leon Gumuchian (/ɡʊˈmuːtʃiːɛn/; born June 30, 1995), known professionally as bbno$ (pronounced "baby no money"),[5] is a Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for his 2019 single "Lalala" with producer Y2K, which has reached over 900 million plays on the streaming service Spotify as well as his collaborations with rapper Yung Gravy.

Early life

Gumuchian was born in Vancouver, British Columbia,[2] into an Armenian family. He was homeschooled before he began high school.[6][7] While growing up, his mother had encouraged him to learn piano, but he had always struggled with music theory.[8] Gumuchian claims that he was good with rhythm and that he enjoyed playing the djembe, but did not listen to music for recreation until the age of 15.[8]

Career

2014–2016: Broke Boy Gang and SoundCloud

Gumuchian started working with music after experiencing a back injury which prevented him from pursuing his dream as a professional swimmer.[5][9] He became interested in rapping and music production in 2014 when experimenting on GarageBand with a group of friends.[10] Gumuchian began simply making music for enjoyment with this group of friends who later deemed themselves Broke Boy Gang.[5] After five or six months of performing live as a group and releasing multiple tracks online, the group broke up.[5] He began posting tracks on SoundCloud in September 2016 under the moniker of "bbnomula" where he quickly gained millions of streams and followers.[11][5] He gained popularity in China where he sold out his first few "back-to-back" headlining tours.[2] He credited his overseas popularity to the Chinese dance crew TFBoys, after one of the members, Jackson Yee, danced to the track "Yoyo Tokyo" at his own birthday party.[12]

2017–present

In 2017, bbno$ released his first EP, Baby Gravy, as a collaboration with Yung Gravy,[13] shortly before releasing his debut studio album, Bb Steps, and his second collaborative EP, Whatever, with So Loki in 2018.[14][15]

In late 2019, bbno$ released his second studio album, Recess, which draws inspiration from the Disney series of the same name, and includes features from Y2K and Trippy Tha Kid.[16][17] Many tracks off of Recess gained millions of streams on Spotify.[12] bbno$ and Y2K have been recognized for marketing their single "Lalala" online by using various websites and online apps, namely Tinder, Instagram, TikTok, and Craigslist.[18][12] The song was able to peak on over 20 charts around the world and gain over 400 million streams and 500,000 sales in the United States.[19][18][20]

Later in 2019, bbno$ would go on to release another album, I Don't Care at All. The album featured various pre-released singles, "Slop", "Pouch", and "Shining on My Ex", the latter of which featured frequent collaborator Yung Gravy. The album was solely produced by Y2K.[21]

On February 14, 2020, Baby Gravy 2 was released properly in collaboration with Yung Gravy. It serves as a sequel to the 2017 EP Baby Gravy.

The video for his single "Imma" features bbno$ in drag, travelling around Victoria with drag queen Jimbo.[22]

On January 29, 2021, "Help Herself" was released. The song, produced by Diamond Pistols, served as the first single from a new bbno$ project.[23]

Later in the year, on May 14, 2021, the five-song EP titled My Oh My was released. Three of the five songs, "Help Herself", "Bad to the Bone", and "Help Herself" (with Benee) had been released as singles prior to the EP releasing.

On July 24, 2021, "Edamame" featuring Rich Brian was released. This song was the first single from bbno$'s mixtape Eat Ya Veggies.

Shortly after the release of "Edamame", bbno$ started teasing a new album on Twitter.[24][25] Following that, bbno$ released the second single from the project, titled "I Remember", on September 22, 2021.[26]

On October 8, 2021, bbno$ released Eat Ya Veggies. The sixth track in the album, "u mad!", was included in the October 7, 2021 update of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.[27]

He released his first new single of 2022 on April 8, titled "Mathematics". The song was performed in March 2022 at his European shows,[28] and the music video was teased during the Vancouver Canucks hockey game on April 4.

"Piccolo" was also first performed in March 2022 in Europe and in May 2022 during the Canada tour. The song is also known as "Dragon Ball Z" due to the lyric in the chorus "Dragon Ball Z dick, blow me like a piccolo". The song was teased on bbno$'s TikTok account on May 18, two days before it was released.

His single "Pogo" was released on June 24, 2022, and was produced by Diplo. Various snippets were teased on social media and the song title was confirmed during a Twitch live stream in April.[29]

Bag or Die, bbno$'s most recent studio album, was released on October 21, 2022.[30] It includes the singles "Mathematics", "Piccolo", and "Sophisticated",[30] along with a collaboration with Yung Gravy, "touch grass".[31]

In 2023, bbno$ and Yung Gravy released his 7th studio album Baby Gravy 3 and his 3rd collaboration album with Yung Gravy. It includes the singles "Goodness Gracious",[32] "You Need Jesus",[33] and "Nightmare on Peachtree Street" featuring Freddie Dredd.[34]

Artistry

bbno$ has described his own music as "oxymoronic rap" that is "ignorant but melodic".[35] bbno$ grew up listening to straight bass dubstep and house music from names like Datsik and Excision, before listening to hip hop artists, namely Tupac Shakur, Gucci Mane, and Chief Keef.[8] He has cited Yung Lean and Pouya as his main inspirations as a rapper.[10][36]

Personal life

bbno$ lives in Vancouver but has previously lived in Kelowna, where he received a degree in kinesiology at the University of British Columbia Okanagan in 2019.[36][8]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with release date, label and selected chart positions shown
Title Details Peak chart positions
CAN
[37]		 FIN
[38]		 LIT
[39]		 NOR
[40]		 US
[41]
Baby Gravy 3[42]
(with Yung Gravy)		 — — — — —
BB Steps
  • Released: July 12, 2018[14]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
 — — — — —
Recess
  • Released: January 25, 2019[16]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
 — — — — —
I Don't Care at All
  • Released: November 7, 2019[43]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
 88 — — — —
Baby Gravy 2
(with Yung Gravy)
  • Released: February 14, 2020[44]
  • Label: Republic
  • Format: LP, Digital download, streaming, vinyl
 — — — — 188
Good Luck Have Fun
  • Released: October 9, 2020[45]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
 — — — — —
Eat Ya Veggies
  • Released: October 8, 2021[46]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
 36 19 17 32 —
Bag or Die
  • Released: October 21, 2022[30]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
 — — 83 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with release date and label shown
Title Details
Baby Gravy
  • Released: 2017[13]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Whatever
(with So Loki)
  • Released: 2018[15]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Babydrip
(with SwuM)
  • Released: 2018[47]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
My Oh My
  • Released: 2021[48]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles

List of singles, with year released, selected chart positions and certifications shown
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
CAN
[49]		 AUS
[50]		 FIN
[38]		 NOR
[40]		 NZ
[51]		 SWE
[52]		 UK
[53]		 US
[54]		 US
R&B
[55]		 WW
[56]
"Money Conversation"
(with Y2K)[57]		 2018 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Thankful"
(with Y2K and Lewis Grant)[58]		 — — — — — — — — — — Recess
"Pouch"
(with Y2K)[59]		 2019 — — — — — — — — — — I Don't Care At All
"Cheesy"
(with Warhol.SS and Dilip)[60]		 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Lalala"
(with Y2K or with Carly Rae Jepsen and Enrique Iglesias)		 10 16 16 23 16 58 32 55 22 —
"Bad Boy"
(with Yung Bae and Billy Marchiafava)[64]		 84 — — — — — — — — — Bae 5
"Slop" — — — — —[upper-alpha 1] — — — — — I Don't Care at All
"Shining on My Ex"
(with Yung Gravy)[66]		 — — — — —[upper-alpha 2] — — — — — I Don't Care at All and Baby Gravy 2
"Iunno"
(with Yung Gravy)[68]		 — — — — —[upper-alpha 3] — — — — — Baby Gravy 2
"Welcome to Chilis"
(with Yung Gravy)		 2020 — — — — —[upper-alpha 4] — — — — —
"Off the Goop"
(with Yung Gravy and Cuco)[71]		 — — — — — — — — — —
"Out of Control"
(with ceo@business.net and Lentra)[72]		 — — — — — — — — — — Incentivize Unpaid Overtime
"Mememe"
(with Lentra)[73]		 — — — — — — — — — — Good Luck Have Fun
"Quarantine Freestyle"
(with Lentra)[74]		 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"What Would Baby Do?"
(with Lentra)[75]		 — — — — — — — — — —
"Bad Boy"
(with Yung Bae and Max)[76]		 — — — — — — — — — —
"Astrology"
(with Lentra)[77]		 — — — — — — — — — — Good Luck Have Fun
"Jack Money Bean"
(with Yung Gravy and Lentra)[78]		 — — — — — — — — — — Good Luck Have Fun and Gasanova
"Imma"
(with Lentra)[79]		 — — — — — — — — — — Good Luck Have Fun
"Backwards"
(with Lentra)[80]		 — — — — — — — — — —
"WaWaWa"
(with Y2K)[81]		 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Help Herself"
(with Diamond Pistols or with Diamond Pistols and BENNE)[82]		 2021 — — — — —[upper-alpha 5] — — — — — My Oh My
"Bad to the Bone"
(with Lentra)[84]		 — — — — — — — — — —
"Wussup"
(with Yung Gravy)[85]		 — — — — — — — — — — Eat Ya Veggies
"Edamame"
(featuring Rich Brian)		 13 23
[86]		 8 24 21
[87]		 — 89 —[upper-alpha 6] — 165
"Take a Trip"
(with ceo@business.net and Jungle Bobby)[89]		 — — — — — — — — — — non-album single
"Yoga"
(featuring Rebecca Black)[90]		 — — — — —[upper-alpha 7] — — — — — Eat Ya Veggies
"Mathematics" 2022 — — — — —[upper-alpha 8] — — — — — Bag or Die
"Piccolo" — — — — —[upper-alpha 9] — — — — —
"Sophisticated"[30] — — — — — — — — — —
"C'est la Vie"
(with Yung Gravy and Rich Brian)		 — — — — — — — — — — Marvelous
"Touch Grass"
(with Yung Gravy)		 — — — — —[upper-alpha 10] — — — — — Bag or Die
"Still" 2023 — — — — — — — — — — non-album single
"Goodness Gracious"
(with Yung Gravy)		 — — — — —[upper-alpha 11] — — — — — Baby Gravy 3
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2020 Juno Award Fan Choice Award Nominated [96]
Breakthrough Artist of the Year Nominated

Notes

  1. ↑ "Slop" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 40 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[65]
  2. ↑ "Shining on My Ex" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 25 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[67]
  3. ↑ "Iunno" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 22 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[69]
  4. ↑ "Welcome to Chilis" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 40 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[70]
  5. ↑ "Help Herself" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 13 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[83]
  6. ↑ "Edamame" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 22 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.[88]
  7. ↑ "Yoga" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number forty on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[91]
  8. ↑ "Mathematics" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 29 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[92]
  9. ↑ "Piccolo" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 26 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[93]
  10. ↑ "Touch Grass" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 28 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[94]
  11. ↑ "Goodness Gracious" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 36 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[95]

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