Michael Ian Olmo (born March 25, 1999), known professionally as Iann Dior (stylized in all lowercase), is a Puerto Rican rapper and singer based in Texas. He is most notably well-known for his 2020 hit single " Mood", a collaboration with 24kGoldn. The song peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and became his first and highest-charting song to date.

Early life

Olmo was born on March 25, 1999, in Arecibo, Puerto Rico to Tommy and Anabelle Olmo. He graduated high school in May 2017. Growing up, Olmo listened mostly to rap, and through his mother, some Spanish music, including Marc Anthony. He recalls how his father would listen to

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and introduce him to rock bands such as

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Career

2019: Career beginnings and ''Industry Plant''

Fired from a job at

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in 2019, Olmo started recording his songs on

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. Olmo's first song was "cutthroat", which has been played over 5 million times. He subsequently released 7 other songs, one of which was "emotions". Although it failed to chart, "emotions" has gone on to become Olmo's second most popular and most streamed song to date. These 8 songs would make up his debut

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''nothings ever good enough'', released on May 22, 2019. Soon after, Olmo began working on his debut

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''Industry Plant''. He released "what is real" on July 3, the album's lead single. The next day, he released "gone girl" featuring

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, the album's second single. Although it did not chart on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, it peaked at number 13 on the

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, becoming his third most popular song to date. On October 25, he released the third single, "Strings" featuring Gunna. ''Industry Plant'' was published on November 8, peaking at number 44 on the US ''Billboard'' 200.

2020: Breakthrough and rise to fame

Olmo started off 2020 by releasing "Good Day" on January 24; the first single for his upcoming

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''I'm Gone''. It charted at number 33 on the

. On April 17, Olmo released the

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track "Sick and Tired" featuring

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and

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, the EP's second single. This was a notable change of style by Olmo, with previous releases being mainly

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and

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. Although it did not chart on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, it did peak at number 15 on the US

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, as well as number 3 the US

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. It also charted at number 9 on the

. Olmo released the EP's third single, "Prospect" featuring

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on May 22. Although again not charting on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, "Prospect" peaked at number 8 on the US

, number 50 on the US

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, and number 27 on the

. ''I'm Gone'' was published on June 12, peaking at number 45 on the US ''Billboard'' 200. The biggest breakthrough in Olmo's career came on July 24 when he was featured on the

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single " Mood" by fellow American rapper 24kGoldn. The song became a commercial success after earning popularity on the video-sharing app

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. It peaked at number 1 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, where it spent eight non-consecutive weeks, and also topped the charts in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. To date, " Mood" has amassed over 1.35 billion

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streams and 326 million views on its official music video. On August 27, Olmo collaborated with

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, as well as

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and

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, on "Lost Me", a song off Internet Money's debut

'' B4 the Storm''. The song reached number 28 on the

. Olmo was then featured on the track "nothing inside" from

album ''

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'', on September 25. "nothing inside" peaked at number 20 on the US

. This follows the success of their previous collaboration on "Sick and Tired". On October 21, Olmo collborated with American

personality and singer

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on "Tonight", the third single from

's debut

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''. "Tonight" charted at number 29 on the US

. On October 30, Olmo was featured on "Like Me" from $NOT's second album ''Beautiful Havoc''. A remix of " Mood" was released on November 6, featuring singers

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and

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. To end off 2020, Olmo released a non-album single "Holding On" on November 20, coming in at number 14 on the

2021–present: ''On to Better Things''

On January 29, Olmo was the lead vocalist for the single " Higher" by British electronic music group

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. Although not charting on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the song peaked at number 67 on the

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and number 66 on the

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. He then collaborated with American DJ and

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on another single "First Time" on March 12, from

's fourth

''Fallen Embers''. Although again not reaching the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, "First Time" charted at number 23 on the US

and number 21 on the

. Two weeks later, Olmo was featured on the remix of the 2020 hit song "

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" by British

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band

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. On April 16, Olmo released the 2-track EP ''Still Here'', containing "shots in the dark" featuring

, and "don't wanna believe". Both songs managed to chart on the

, coming in at number 8 and number 34 respectively, while "shots in the dark" also peaked at number 81 on the

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. In addition, "shots in the dark" served as a follow-up to the two artists' previous collaboration, "gone girl" in 2019. On August 27, Olmo was featured on the track "Seaside" from

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's second

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''. It charted at number 38 on the

. Olmo released his highly anticipated single "V12" featuring

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on September 14, the lead single for his second

'' On to Better Things''. "V12" peaked at number 20 on the US

as well as number 22 on the

. The album's second single, "Let You", was released on November 12, reaching number 18 on the

. Olmo's first single of 2022 came on January 18; he released "Thought It Was" featuring previous collaborators

and

, as the album's third single. This came three days before the album's release on January 21. With this album, he experimented with "smooth pop-punk beats and rap-rock crossovers", working with Barker and Taz Taylor, among others. He described the album as more "personal" than his previous, and also directed his own music videos. Throughout 2022, Olmo will embark on the Better Things Tour.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Mixtapes

Compilations

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other charted and certified songs

Guest appearances

Collaborative

Filmography

Audio

Tours

Headlining * Better Things Tour (2022) Supporting *

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(2022)

Notes

References

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