Aitch

Harrison Armstrong (born 9 December 1999), though he is more commonly known as Aitch, is a British rapper and songwriter from Manchester. Aitch began rapping in school; after uploading his first video to YouTube, he gained 100,000 views in three months. His first track "Straight Rhymez" garnered over 12 million views and brought him to the attention of London rapper Stormzy.

Aitch has released three singles that have charted within the top 40 in the UK, including a feature on the Young T & Bugsey track "Strike a Pose" which peaked at #9, "Taste (Make It Shake)", which peaked at #2 and "Buss Down" featuring ZieZie which peaked at #8 on the UK Singles Chart. He also featured on the chart topping Sir Spiro remix of Take Me Back to London with Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, and Jaykae. He has supported rappers such as Cadet and Wiley on tour. The name "Aitch" derives from the pronunciation of the letter 'H' which is the first letter of his given name Harrison. On Friday 22nd November 2019 he featured on ZieZie's single entitled French Kisses marking the second time that the pair had collaborated with one another, as well as the second time during the year 2019 that they had done the above. Surprisingly the first collaboration was a song of Aitch's whereas the second collaboration was a song of ZieZie's. On Friday 29th November 2019 French Kisses entered the UK Singles Chart at #35. The following week on Friday 6th December 2019 the song departed from the chart. Additionally in 2019 he appeared upon Chicken Shop Date as a guest, Soccer AM as himself for an episode, and appeared as a guest upon an episode of Don't Hate The Playaz. On Saturday 11th January 2020 he appeared as a guest performer on The BRITs Are Coming!. On Thursday 16th January 2020 Aitch featured on DigDat's new single Ei8ht Mile, which entered the Official Chart Top 40 at #9 on Friday 24th January 2020. On Friday 21st February 2020 he released a new freestyle track entitled MICE. On Tuesday 10th March 2020 he featured on the AJ Tracey and Tay Keith song Rain. On Friday October 2nd 2020 he featured upon D-Block Europe's new single entitled UFO alongside Young Adz & Dirtbike LB. He later featured on Headie One's new single entitled Parlez-Vous Anglais. In 2020 he appeared upon Best of BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2020 as himself, served as a beats & visuals mentor upon The Rap Game UK, wrote the episode of Michaela Coel's I May Destroy You entitled 'Happy Animals' and also acted as writer and performer of a song feature in the show entitled Strike a Pose. On Friday 25th December 2020 Aitch performed 'Rain' on the Top Of The Pops Christmas Special alongside AJ Tracey.

On Friday 31st January 2020 Ei8ht Mile fell down eight places from #9 to #17. On Friday 7th February 2020 Ei8ht Mile fell down a further eleven places from #17 to #28. On Friday 14th February 2020 Ei8ht Mile went up two places from #28 to #26. On Friday 21st February 2020 Ei8ht Mile fell down seven places from #26 to #33. On Friday 28th February 2020 Ei8ht Mile fell down three places from #33 to #36, whereas elsewhere Aitch's new freestyle MICE entered the chart at #34. On Friday March 13th 2020 his Rain entered the charts at #3. In May 2020 he released a single entitled 30 alongside Tion Wayne. On Friday June 5th 2020 30 entered the Official Chart Top 40 at #36, and his EP entitled Polaris entered The Official UK Albums Chart at #7. On Friday 9th October 2020 UFO entered the chart at #11. The following week on Friday 16th October 2020 Parlez-Vous Anglais entered the chart at #24 & UFO fell down three places from #11 to #14. The following week on Friday 23rd October 2020 Parlez-Vous Anglais departed from the chart & UFO remained at #14. The following week on Friday 30th October 2020 UFO fell down six places from #14 to #20. The following week on Friday 6th November 2020 UFO fell down two places from #20 to #22. The following week on Friday 13th November 2020 UFO fell down three places from #22 to #25. The following week on Friday 20th November 2020 UFO fell down two places from #25 to #27. The following week on Friday 27th November 2020 UFO fell down five places from #27 to #32. The following week on Friday 4th December 2020 UFO departed from the chart. On Friday 2nd July 2021 Aitch's new single Learning Curve entered the Official Chart Top 40 at #27. The following week on Friday 9th July 2021 Learning Curve fell down four places from #27 to #31. The following week on Friday 16th July 2021 Learning Curve departed from the chart. In Early September 2021 Kennedy competed in Soccer Aid for UNICEF upon the England Team. In late September 2021 he released a new single entitled Party Round My Place which featured both Avelino & Toddla T. On Friday 15th October 2021 he appeared upon C4's 'Celebrity Gogglebox for Stand Up To Cancer' specials alongside footballer Kalvin Phillips.

On Thursday 3rd February 2022 he released a new single entitled 'War' alongside fellow British rapper ArrDee. The following week on Friday 11th February 2022 War entered The Official Chart Top 40 at #6. The following week on Friday 18th February 2022 War fell down six places from #6 to #12. The following week on Friday 25th February 2022 War fell down a further two places from #12 to #14. The following week on Friday 4th March 2022 War fell down a further three places from #14 to #17. On Thursday 10th March 2022 both Aitch & Ashanti released a new song entitled Baby. The following day on Friday 11th March 2022 War fell down a further nine places from #17 to #26. The following week on Friday 18th March 2022 War fell down a further six places from #26 to #32, & Baby entered the Official Chart Top 40 at #2. The following week on Friday 25th March 2022 War fell down a further three places from #32 to #35, & Baby remained at #2. The following week on Friday 1st April 2022 War departed from the chart & Baby remained at #2. The following week on Thursday 7th April 2022 Aitch appeared upon an episode of 'Celebrity Juice'. The following day on Friday 8th April 2022 Baby fell down a place from #2 to #3. Two days later on Sunday 10th April 2022 Aitch appeared upon an episode of Channel 4's 'Sunday Brunch'. Five days later on Friday 15th April 2022 Baby fell down a further place from #3 to #4. The following week on Friday 22nd April 2022 Baby rose back up a place from #4 to #3. the following week on Friday 29th April Baby fell back down a place from #3 to #4. On the same day he released his new single entitled 'Just Coz' which featured Giggs. The following week on Friday 6th May 2022 Baby fell down a further place from #4 to #5. The following week on Friday 13th May 2022 Baby fell down a further place from #5 to #6. The following week on Friday 20th May 2022 Baby fell down a further four places from #6 to #10. The same day he released his new single entitled '1989'. The following week on Friday 27th May 2022 Baby fell down a further twenty places from #10 to #30, whereas 1989 entered the Official Chart Top 40 at #23. The following week on Friday 3rd June 2022 Baby fell down a further five places from #30 to #35, whereas 1989 fell down thirteen places from #23 to #36. The following week on Friday 10th June 2022 Baby fell down a further place from #35 to #36 & 1989 fell down a further three places from #36 to #39. The following week on Friday 17th June 2022 both Baby & 1989 departed from the chart. On Saturday 13th August 2022, he appeared upon an episode of 'The Big Breakfast'. On Friday 19th August 2022, he released a new single alongside Ed Sheeran entitled 'My G'. On Friday 26th August 2022, My G entered the Official Chart Top 40 at #6 and his latest album 'Close To Home' entered the albums chart and peaked at #2. The following week on Friday 2nd September 2022, My G fell down seven places from #6 to #13. The following week on Friday 9th September 2022 The Official Chart Top 40 was not aired following the death of the Queen, however the Charts were still compiled by the Official Charts Company on their website and this displayed the fact that My G remained at #13. In the same week Aitch released a new single entitled 'Psycho' which featured Anne-Marie. The following week on Friday 16th September 2022 My G fell down two places from #13 to #15. The following week on Friday 23rd September 2022 Psycho entered the Official Chart Top 40 at #16 & My G rose up a place from #15 to #14. The following week on Friday 30th September 2022 My G fell down three places from #14 to #17 & Psycho rose up three places from #16 to #13. The following week on Friday 7th October 2022 My G rose back up a place from #17 to #16 & Psycho rose up a place from #13 to #12, the same day he also featured on Tion Wayne's new single 'Let's Go'. The following week on Friday 14th October 2022 Let's Go entered the Official Chart Top 40 at #30, My G rose up two places from #16 to #14 and Psycho rose up three places from #12 to #9. The following week on Friday 22nd October 2022 Let's Go departed from the chart, My G fell down five places from #14 to #19 and Psycho rose up a further three places from #9 to #6. The following week on Friday 29th October 2022 My G departed from the chart and Psycho fell down four places from #6 to #10. The following week on Friday 4th November 2022 Psycho remained at #10. The following week on Friday 11th November 2022 Psycho fell down four places from #10 to #14. The following week on Friday 18th November 2022 Psycho rose back up seven places from #14 to #7. The following week on Friday 25th November 2022 Psycho rose back up a place from #7 to #6. The following week on Friday 2nd December 2022 Psycho rose up a further place from #6 to #5. The following week on Friday 9th December 2022 Psycho fell down ten places from #5 to #15. The following week on Friday 16th December 2022 Psycho fell down a further thirteen places from #15 to #28. The following week on Friday 23rd December 2022 Psycho departed from the chart. On Friday 6th January 2023 Psycho re-entered the chart at #11. The following week on Friday 13th January 2023 Psycho fell down two places from #11 to #13. The following week on Friday 20th January 2023 Psycho fell down a further two places from #13 to #15. The following week on Friday 27th January 2023 Psycho fell down a further two places from #15 to #17. The following week on Friday 3rd February 2023 Psycho remained at #17. The following week on Friday 10th February 2023 Psycho fell down three places from #17 to #20. The following day on Saturday 11th February 2023, he won the Brit Award for 'Best Hip-Hop/Grime/Rap Act'. The following week on Friday 17th February 2023 Psycho fell down a further two places from #20 to #22. The following week on Friday 24th February 2023 Psycho departed from the chart. In April 2023, he released a new single entitled 'Round 2' which features his sister Gracie who lives with Down's Syndrome in the music video, thus marking the second time that some of her brother's music was meant for her in some kind of way as the song My G was written for her by her brother. In September 2023, he featured on Clavish's latest single entitled 'Tip Toes'. In October 2023, he presented Jack Rigby with the “Young Fundraiser of the Year Award” alongside Ben Shephard, Susanna Reid & Katarina Johnson Thompson at the Pride of Britain Awards and featured on hip-hop duo A1 x J1's new single entitled 'Scary'.

## Track Discography

* Blitzed (Aitch featuring Kay Rico)
* Vibrising (Aitch)
* Daily Duppy (Aitch featuring GRM Daily)
* Trust Me (Aitch)
* Straight Rhymez (Aitch)
* Miss Me with It (Aitch)
* Wait (Aitch)
* On the Way Home (Aitch with Jaykae featuring Bowser Boss)
* Taste (Make It Shake) [Aitch]
* Buss Down (Aitch featuring ZieZie)
* Strike a Pose (Young T & Bugsey featuring Aitch)
* Kilos (Bugzy Malone featuring Aitch)
* AitcH2O Freestyle (Aitch)
* Already (Aitch featuring Tyreezy)
* Know Better (Remix) (Kay Rico)
* Keisha & Becky (Remix) (Russ splash, Tion Wayne, Swarmz, Savo, JAY1, Aitch)
* Take Me Back to London (Sir Spyro Remix) (Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, Jaykae)
* French Kisses (ZieZie featuring Aitch)
* Ei8ht Mile (DigDat featuring Aitch)
* MICE (Aitch)
* Rain (AJ Tracey featuring Tay Keith and Aitch)
* 30 (Aitch featuring Tion Wayne)
* UFO (D-Block Europe, Young Adz, Dirtbike LB, & Aitch)
* Parlez-Vous Anglais (Headie One featuring Aitch)
* Learning Curve (Aitch)
* Party Round My Place (Aitch, Avelino, & Toddla T)
* War (Aitch & ArrDee)
* Baby (Aitch & Ashanti)
* Just Coz (Aitch & Giggs)
* 1989 (Aitch)
* My G (Aitch & Ed Sheeran)
* Psycho (Aitch & Anne-Marie)
* Let's Go (Tion Wayne & Aitch)
* Round 2 (Aitch)
* Tip Toes (Clavish & Aitch)
* Scary (A1 x J1 featuring Aitch)