TheCommonUnknown
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Anthoney (Born 27 April 1993), better known by his stage name TheCommonUnknown (Formerly known as Young A.B.B.Y or Abby), is a Middle-eastern based musician, singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer.
Anthoney first found success with the release of his single "That Girl", which peaked at number 3 on the Sri Lankan & Local Charts and followed his Second Mixtape "Bulletproof" which was heavily hip-hop influenced due to TheCommonUnknown (Formerly known as Young A.B.B.Y) only knowing a hip-hop record producer at the time. The Mixtape had two top 100 singles, "Shootings" and "Tell em" which was later taken down due to controversial content.
His first album 'Lustxlogy' was released on 22 January 2019. The album topped the charts with two number one singles, "Lost" (produced by Tristan) and "Staring at the Darkness" (produced by TheCommonUnknown) that peaked at number 6 on the Sri Lankan Albums Chart, This song also peaked at number 7 on the iTunes R&B Chart.
Anthoney then Released a single "Move on (Can't let go)" featuring a Dubai-based Bangladeshi Singer ILLEMAINEY that peaked at Number one on the Yes.Fm Homegrown Top 15 charts - Sri Lanka that maintained the Number one spot for 10 consecutive weeks also peaked at number 2 on the Local Dance Charts reaching millions of listeners on sound-cloud in a period of one week.
His recently re-release 'All outta love' featuring a Syrian based rapper Baselio Raw. An Original soundtrack that was released in 2014, Initially on Reverbnation, The track later was placed at No.25 of the Coast to Coast mix-tapes in the Indie Top 50 (Volume263) Hosted by Freeway & Sean Kingston. The track was aired on a few local radio stations. However the track was later remastered in 2016 for another Radio Airplay which didn't work it's way through, ever since this version remained unreleased.
Anthoney's work has been categorized as alternative R&B & Dance Music.
Anthoney first found success with the release of his single "That Girl", which peaked at number 3 on the Sri Lankan & Local Charts and followed his Second Mixtape "Bulletproof" which was heavily hip-hop influenced due to TheCommonUnknown (Formerly known as Young A.B.B.Y) only knowing a hip-hop record producer at the time. The Mixtape had two top 100 singles, "Shootings" and "Tell em" which was later taken down due to controversial content.
His first album 'Lustxlogy' was released on 22 January 2019. The album topped the charts with two number one singles, "Lost" (produced by Tristan) and "Staring at the Darkness" (produced by TheCommonUnknown) that peaked at number 6 on the Sri Lankan Albums Chart, This song also peaked at number 7 on the iTunes R&B Chart.
Anthoney then Released a single "Move on (Can't let go)" featuring a Dubai-based Bangladeshi Singer ILLEMAINEY that peaked at Number one on the Yes.Fm Homegrown Top 15 charts - Sri Lanka that maintained the Number one spot for 10 consecutive weeks also peaked at number 2 on the Local Dance Charts reaching millions of listeners on sound-cloud in a period of one week.
His recently re-release 'All outta love' featuring a Syrian based rapper Baselio Raw. An Original soundtrack that was released in 2014, Initially on Reverbnation, The track later was placed at No.25 of the Coast to Coast mix-tapes in the Indie Top 50 (Volume263) Hosted by Freeway & Sean Kingston. The track was aired on a few local radio stations. However the track was later remastered in 2016 for another Radio Airplay which didn't work it's way through, ever since this version remained unreleased.
Anthoney's work has been categorized as alternative R&B & Dance Music.