Ison & Fille

Ison & Fille
Origin Sweden
Genres Rap, hip hop
Years active 1994-present
Labels Hemmalaget
Associated acts Highwon, Sabo, Gurmo, Petter, Grillat & Grändy
Website www.isonfille.se
Members Ison Glasgow ("Ison")
Felipe Leiva Wenger ("Fille")

Ison and Fille more commonly Ison & Fille is a Swedish hip hop duo consisting of Ison Glasgow ("Ison") and Felipe Leiva Wenger ("Fille").

The two met in 1994 in JKS basketball club in Bredäng, Sweden.[1] Their initial songs were included in a 2000 compilation album Den svenska underjorden (meaning the Swedish underground), after Fille's younger brother Sabo, a hip hop artist in his own right met The Latin Kings[2] (TLK), a successful Swedish hip hop groups with roots in Venezuela and Chile. Media attention on the duo came with ZTV, a Swedish television channel putting out Ison & Fille 2006 release "När vi glider" featuring Sabo & Ju-mazz.

The duo have cooperated with various artists like Swedish rapper Petter, Dekan Ahmed and the rap crew Highwon (that includes Fille's brother Sabo).

Members

In popular culture

The duo also took part in the Swedish TV series Leende guldbruna ögon broadcast on Sveriges Television (SVT) where they played the roles of Carlos and Mike. This was followed by appearances in another television series, Lilla Al-Fadji & Co broadcast on Kanal 5 and in comedy series Sverige dansar och ler.

Ison and Fille has toured Sweden extensively since the early 2000s.

Ison served as one of four judges in the inaugural season of the Swedish The X Factor in 2012 broadcast on TV4. He coached the "Boys" category.

Ison & Fille took part in the Music Aid 2013 event with their songs "Vår sida av stan" and "Galen".

Grillat & Grändy

Fille and Sabo also run the hip hop musical project Grillat & Grändy with occasional collaborations with Ison as well. In 2015, Grillat & Grändy released the album Kör vi tills att dör vi. The album charted on Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish albums chart.

Awards

In 2012, Ison & Fille won the P3 Gold Award in the category "Best Hip Hop / Soul Act of the Year".[3]

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak positions Certification
SWE
[4]
2002 Vår sida av stan 49
2006 Stolthet 39
2011 För evigt 12
2014 Länge leve vi 9

EPs

Singles

Year Single Peak positions Album
SWE
[4]
2014 "Länge leve vi" 21
2015 "Tänd ett Ljus" 30
"Nu har jag fått den jag vill ha" 63
"Allt hon vill ha" 75
"Handens fem fingrar" 66[5]
Other releases
Collaborations
Year Single Peak positions Album
SWE
[4]
2009 "För alla dom"
(Petter, Ison & Fille and Mogge)
21

References

  1. Matilda Gustavsson (March 2, 2014). "Ison & Fille – Vänskap & respekt" (in Swedish). Retrieved 221 March 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. Adam Svanell (24 February 2014). "Ison & Fille visar sin sida av stan" (in Swedish). SvD. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  3. Sverige Radio: Ison & Fille gjorde årets Hiphop/Soul (Swedish)
  4. 1 2 3 "Ison & Fille discography". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  5. http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/

External links

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