Ghemon
Ghemon (* 1. April 1982 in Avellino as Gianluca Picariello ) is an Italian rapper .
Career
Picariello recorded his first demo in 2000 under the name Sangamaro . After moving to Rome , he joined the rap collective of Soulville Records and released his first EP in 2006 as Ghemon for free download, Ufficio immaginazione . With the DJ Fester Tarantino he released the mixtape Qualcosa cambierà in 2007 . Ghemon's actual debut album La rivincita dei buoni was released at the end of the year. For the next album E poi, all'improvviso, impazzire he worked with Love 4Tet (DJ Tsura and Fid Mella).
Under the pseudonym Gilmar , the rapper released the EP Embrionale in 2010 , which is dedicated to Jon Brion . In 2012, Qualcosa è cambiato, the continuation of the mixtape from 2007, was released. In the same year, he contributed the title song Come non detto to the film Was du nicht sagst in a duet with Syria and worked with Bassi Maestro and Marco Polo (EP Per la mia gente ) as well with Fabri Fibra (in the song Teoria e pratica RMX ). After a duet with Neffa ( Dove sei ) and the free mixtape Aspetta un minuto (2013), the next album Orchidee was released in 2014 .
The album Mezzanotte followed in 2017 . At the Sanremo Festival 2018 he supported Diodato and Roy Paci on the duet evening . In 2019 he himself entered the race for the first time in Sanremo and presented the song Rose viola .
Discography
Mix tapes
- Qualcosa cambierà (2007)
- Aspetta and Minuto (2013)
Albums and EPs
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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IT | |||
2012 | Qualcosa è cambiato - Qualcosa cambierà Vol. 2 |
IT50 (1 week) IT |
|
Per la mia gente - For My People |
IT34 (1 week) IT |
EP
Marco Polo / Ghemon Gilmar / Bassi Maestri |
|
2014 | orchid |
IT7 (7 weeks) IT |
|
2017 | Mezzanine |
IT3 (7 weeks) IT |
|
2020 | Scritto nelle stelle |
IT2 (... weeks) IT |
More albums
- Ufficio immaginazione (EP; 2006)
- La rivincita dei buoni (2007)
- E poi, all'improvviso, impazzire (2009)
- Embrionale (EP; 2010)
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
IT | |||
2014 | Adesso sono qui orchid |
IT97 (1 week) IT |
|
2019 | Rose Viola |
IT19th
gold
(3 weeks)IT |
Sales: + 25,000
|
More singles
- La stella più fragile dell'universo (2017) -gold Gold (25,000+)
Web links
- Official website
- Ghemon at Rockol.it
supporting documents
- ↑ Ghemon's albums. In: Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien , accessed January 27, 2018 (Italian).
- ^ Ghemon, classifiche. FIMI , accessed January 27, 2018 (Italian).
- ^ Ghemon, certificazioni. FIMI, accessed December 2, 2019 (Italian).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ghemon |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Picariello, Gianluca (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian rapper |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Avellino |