J-Ax

J-Ax (2009)

J-Ax (* 5 August 1972 in Milan ; bourgeois Alessandro Aleotti ) is an Italian rapper and rock musician . With his group Articolo 31 he was one of the pioneers of Italian hip-hop and has been a solo musician since 2005.

biography

From 1990 Alessandro Aleotti alias J-Ax was one half of Articolo 31 , which first brought Italian hip-hop into the charts in 1993. Ten years later, he and his partner DJ Jad released their last studio album together. J-Ax had already taken over the lead of the project and almost single-handedly produced the pop-rock-heavy album. From 2005 he and DJ Jad went their separate ways without officially dissolving Articolo 31.

J-Ax produced his first solo album with the title Di sana pianta in Los Angeles with well-known US support: Samantha Maloney from Hole , Brian O'Connor from the Eagles of Death Metal and Troy Van Leeuwen from the Queens of the Stone Age . It was released in late 2006 and reached number 2 in Italy. Next, he teamed up with Italian musicians and recorded two shorter albums, which were released six months apart in 2009. Rap n 'Roll is a rap rock album in which J-Ax targets the current situation with his usual socially critical lyrics. Guè Pequeno and Space One are featured as guests on the album. Deca Dance , on the other hand, uses Eurodance and also deals thematically with the late 80s and early 90s. Jovanotti , Marracash and Pino Daniele worked here, among others . The albums reached number 2 and number 3 in the Italian charts and were each awarded platinum .

With the album Meglio prima (?) , In German "earlier better", he followed up on both previous albums thematically and musically in 2011. The success also remained and both the studio album and the live version Meglio live! a year later came to number 2 on the charts.

J-Ax and Fedez during the 2016 Wind Music Awards

In the following years he founded the Newtopia label together with Fedez . In 2014 he was the first coach for the talent show The Voice of Italy and won the season with his candidate, sister Cristina Scuccia . Shortly before the beginning of the next season, the fifth solo album by J-Ax was released with the title Il bello d'esser brutti . In addition to well-known rappers such as Max Pezzali , Neffa and Club Dogo , his label partner Fedez and two of his team candidates from The Voice are also represented. For the first time he made it to number 1 in the charts with this album and for the first time he was also able to place himself in Switzerland . With the album song Maria Salvador he came to number 2 on the Italian single charts. The album and single went platinum several times.

With Fedez he started the new project J-Ax & Fedez in 2016 , from which the two number one singles Vorrei ma non posto and Assenzio emerged . The collaboration album Comunisti col Rolex was released in 2017, followed by the next number one hit Senza pagare . In April 2018 it was announced that the duo will split up and Italiana will be their last single together. After the separation, J-Ax released solo the best of Il bello di essere J-Ax and the single Tutto tua madre . In 2019 he worked with other musicians, including Ermal Meta and Chiara , and delivered one of the summer hits of the year with the song Ostia lido produced by Takagi & Ketra .

Discography

See also : J-Ax & Fedez

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		IT	CH
2006	Di sana pianta	IT2 (19 weeks) IT	-
2009	Rap n 'roll	IT2 platinum (33 weeks)IT	-	Sales: + 50,000
	Deca dance	IT3 platinum (20 weeks)IT	-	Sales: + 50,000
	Le mie palle di Natale	IT55 (9 weeks) IT	-	Box with Rap n 'Roll , Deca Dance and bonus DVD
2011	Meglio great	IT2 platinum (31 weeks)IT	-	Sales: + 50,000
2012	Meglio live!	IT2 (26 weeks) IT	-	Live album
2015	Il bello d'esser brutti	IT1 × 3 Triple platinum (92 weeks)IT	CH24 (6 weeks) CH	Sales: + 150,000
2018	Il bello di essere J-Ax - 25 anni di successi 1993–2018	IT8 (22 weeks) IT	-	Best of album
2020	Real	IT1 gold (… Where.)IT	CH17 (2 weeks) CH	Sales: + 25,000

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		IT	CH
2006	Piccoli per semper Di sana pianta	IT36 gold (2 weeks)IT	-	Sales: + 10,000
2007	+ styles Di sana pianta (riedizione)	IT7 (22 weeks) IT	-	with The Styles
2009	I vecchietti fanno O Rap n 'Roll	IT22 (7 weeks) IT	-
	Deca Dance Deca Dance	IT20 (9 weeks) IT	-
2011	Domenica da coma Meglio prima (?)	IT34 (12 weeks) IT	-
	Meglio prima Meglio prima (?)	IT38 (10 weeks) IT	-
	I Love My Bike Meglio great (?)	IT93 (1 week) IT	-
2012	Brillo ma da lucido Meglio live!	IT88 (2 weeks) IT	-
	Se il mondo fosse	IT3 platinum (14 weeks)IT	-	Charity single: Emis Killa , Club Dogo , J-Ax & Marracash Sales: + 50,000
2015	Uno di quei giorni Il bello d'esser brutti	IT26th platinum (30 weeks)IT	-	feat. Nina Zilli Sales: + 50,000
	Intro (Il bello d'esser brutti) Il bello d'esser brutti	IT64 × 4 Quadruple platinum (36 weeks)IT	-	Sales: + 200,000
	Il bello d'esser brutti Il bello d'esser brutti	IT58 platinum (29 weeks)IT	-	Sales: + 50,000
	Maria Salvador Il bello d'esser brutti	IT2 × 6 Six-fold platinum (32 weeks)IT	CH44 (6 weeks) CH	feat. Il Cile Sales: + 300,000
	Intro Il bello d'esser brutti (Multiplatinum Edition)	IT33 (39 weeks) IT	-	feat. Bianca Atzei
2018	Tutto tua madre	IT8th platinum (19 weeks)IT	-	Sales: + 50,000
2019	Ostia lido	IT1 × 3 Triple platinum (27 weeks)IT	CH79 (7 weeks) CH	Sales: + 150,000
2020	Mainstream (La scala sociale del Rap)	IT77 (1 week) IT	-
	La mia hit	IT22nd gold (14 weeks)IT	-	feat. Max Pezzali Sales: + 35,000
	Supercalifragili	IT84 (6 weeks) IT	-	feat. Annalisa & Luca di Stefano
	Una voglia assurda	IT29 gold (… Where.)IT	-	Sales: + 35,000

More singles

• Ti amo o ti ammazzo (2006, IT:gold [25,000+])
• Limonare al multisala (2008)
• Tre paperelle (with Irene Viboras, 2009)
• Anni amari (with Pino Daniele , 2009)
• Immorale (2009, IT:gold [25,000+])
• Altra vita (2011)
• Tutta scena (2012)
• Io non sono partito (with Steve Forest, 2012)
• Caramelle (2015, IT:platinum [50,000+])
• Bimbiminkia4life (2015, IT:gold [25,000+])
• Hai rotto il catso (2015, IT:gold [25,000+])
• Ribelle e basta (2015, IT:gold [25,000+])
• Miss & MrHyde (2015, IT:gold [25,000+])
• L'uomo col cappello (2015, IT:gold [25,000+])

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		IT	CH
2009	Il sole dentro di me	IT13 (8 weeks) IT	-	Pino Daniele feat. J-Ax
2012	Semper noi Hanno ucciso l'uomo ragno 2012	IT20th gold (15 weeks)IT	-	Max Pezzali feat. J-Ax sales: + 25,000
2013	Desolato L'artista	IT33 (10 weeks) IT	-	Enzo Jannacci feat. J-Ax
2017	Freud Unici	IT59 platinum (10 weeks)IT	-	Nek feat. J-Ax sales: + 50,000
2018	Come le onde	IT45 (1 week) IT	-	The Kolors feat. J-Ax
2019	Un'altra volta da rischiare	IT27 (3 weeks) IT	-	Ermal Meta feat. J-Ax
	Acqua su marte	IT81 (3 weeks) IT	-	Tormento feat. J-Ax
	Senza pensieri	IT22nd platinum (16 weeks)IT	-	Fabio Rovazzi feat. Loredana Bertè & J-Ax sales: + 50,000
	Ti volevo dedicare Libertà	IT2 × 3 Triple platinum (… Where.)IT	-	Rocco Hunt feat. J-Ax & Boomdabash sales: + 210,000
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2013	A cena dai tuoi Mercurio	IT86 gold (5 weeks)IT	-	Emis Killa feat. J-Ax sales: + 25,000
	Sembra semplice Sig. Brainwash - L'arte di accontentare	IT88 gold (1 week)IT	-	Fedez feat. J-Ax sales: + 25,000

Further guest contributions

• Il solito italiano ( Boomdabash feat. J-Ax, 2015, IT:gold [25,000+])

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1. ↑ Rap n 'Roll (album), Review by Mariano Prunes on Allmusic, accessed on January 26, 2016
2. ↑ Deca Dance (album), Review by Mariano Prunes on Allmusic, accessed on January 26, 2016
3. ↑ Fedez e J-Ax si separano, e la colpa è della cannabis legal . In: TPI . June 16, 2018 ( tpi.it [accessed July 29, 2018]).
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: Italy1 , Italy2 / Switzerland ; Guido Racca & Chartitalia: Top 100 FIMI Singoli . Lulu , 2013, p. 84; 105; 108; 133 .
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad} Certificazioni. FIMI, accessed August 10, 2020 (Italian). 

Web links

Commons : J-Ax  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Homepage (Italian)
• J-Ax at Allmusic (English)