Julian Perretta

2011 in Paris

Julian Perretta (born January 13, 1989 in London ) is a British musician who is best known for his debut single Wonder Why and his collaboration with Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Moguai Body Talk (Mammoth) .

biography

In his youth he first learned to play the guitar and then the piano. At the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art he took classical acting lessons ( Shakespeare ).

His music career began with Mark Ronson on a European tour. He then also appeared as the opening act for Beyoncé and Girls Aloud and made a name for himself in the music scene. Eventually Universal Music signed him.

In 2010 he recorded his debut album Stitch Me Up . In France, where Perretta lives, he had a top ten hit with his debut single Wonder Why , and the album was also successful in the French charts. The other single releases were also able to achieve a placement in the French single charts.

At the beginning of 2011 he was in the opening act for James Blunt's European tour .

In the summer of 2014, a vocal version of their instrumental piece Mammoth was released in collaboration with the DJ duo Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike , which became a club hit in the summer of 2013 and was in the charts in Germany, among other places. The vocal version, entitled Body Talk , was also a success and reached number 2 in the Belgian singles charts. Furthermore, the song brought the instrumental version back into the French charts. Perretta was involved in the official music video, which was viewed several million times after just a few days.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	BE W	BE F	FR
2010	Stitch Me Up	-	-	-	BE W76 (2 weeks) BE W	-	FR30 (19 weeks) FR	First published: September 7, 2010
2016	karma	-	-	-	-	-	FR29 (17 weeks) FR	First published: June 17, 2016

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	BE W	BE F	FR
2010	Wonder Why Stitch Me Up	-	-	CH64 (4 weeks) CH	BE W11 (20 weeks) BE W	-	FR8 (15 weeks) FR	First published: June 7, 2010
	Stitch Me Up Stitch Me Up	-	-	-	-	-	FR81 (10 weeks) FR	First published: December 20, 2010
2011	If I Ever Feel Better Stitch Me Up	-	-	-	-	-	FR82 (3 weeks) FR	First published: July 11, 2011
2013	Generation X	-	-	-	-	-	FR159 (1 week) FR	First published: January 19, 2013
2014	Wildfire	-	-	-	-	-	FR24 (7 weeks) FR	First published: May 5, 2014
2015	Miracle Karma	DE19th gold (24 weeks)DE	AT12 (20 weeks) AT	CH13 platinum (23 weeks)CH	BE W5 gold (23 weeks)BE W	BE F21 (11 weeks) BE F	FR5 (47 weeks) FR	First published: November 27, 2015
2016	I cry karma	-	-	-	-	-	FR19th gold (22 weeks)FR	First published: April 15, 2016
	Karma karma	-	-	-	-	-	FR74 (11 weeks) FR	First published: September 23, 2016
2017	Tied up	-	-	-	-	BE F33 (11 weeks) BE F	-	First published: February 17, 2017 with The Magician
2018	On the line	-	-	-	BE W20 (12 weeks) BE W	-	-	First published: June 1, 2018

more publishments

• 2012: Naked
• 2013: That's All
• 2017: Private Dancer (with pen )
• 2019: Pony (with Lil Baby )
• 2019: Sweater Weather (with Gaullin )
• 2020: Your Favorite Song (with Younotus )
• 2020: Closer to You

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	BE W	BE F	FR
2014	Body Talk (Mammoth) Bringing the World the Madness	DE90 1 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	BE W25th gold (9 weeks)BE W	BE F2 (13 weeks) BE F	FR106 (7 weeks) FR	Vocal version of the track Mammoth First published: August 4th, 2014 Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike & Moguai feat. Julian Perretta
2015	Tales of Tomorrow Bringing the World the Madness	-	AT64 (1 week) AT	-	BE W21 (9 weeks) BE W	BE F2 (10 weeks) BE F	-	First published: January 12, 2015 Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike vs. Fedde Le Grand feat. Julian Perretta

¹The chart position refers to that of Mammoth , to which the sales of Body Talk (Mammoth) have been added.

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1. ↑ Chart statistics for "Mammoth". Bundesverband Musikindustrie / GfK, accessed on April 9, 2016 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: FR CH
3. ↑ ^{a b} gold / platinum databases: DE CH BE FR

Web links

• Julian Perretta at Allmusic (English)