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Oliver Anthony

オリヴァー・アンソニー　/　おりゔぁー・あんそにー

Singer

June 30, 1992 (age 33)　・　United States

singer
songwriter

My Take

Oliver Anthony fascinates me less as a musician than as a cultural event. A complete unknown from Farmville, Virginia, self-releases a song in August 2023 and watches it debut at number one on the Hot 100 — the first artist ever to do so with no prior charting history. That is the kind of thing the industry insists cannot happen. Whatever you make of the noise around Rich Men North of Richmond, the rawness of that voice clearly hit a nerve that millions in marketing never could. My real curiosity is the second act: viral lightning is easy to romanticize, but building a lasting songbook is the harder, more interesting test.

Overview

Christopher Anthony Lunsford (born 30 June 1992), known professionally as Oliver Anthony, is an American singer-songwriter from Farmville, Virginia. In August 2023, he released the single "Rich Men North of Richmond" independently, which debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 and made him the first artist to achieve this without any prior charting history in any form.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Oliver Anthony
Name (Japanese): オリヴァー・アンソニー
Reading: おりゔぁー・あんそにー
Born: June 30, 1992 (age 33)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Monkey
Origin: United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: singer / songwriter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	Rich Men North of Richmond	—

6. Links

Official sitehttps://oliveranthonymusic.com/
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/oliver_anthony_music_/
Xhttps://x.com/AintGottaDollar
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver%20Anthony

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