Gabriele "Gabry" Ponte (Italian pronunciation: [ɡabriˈɛːle ˈɡaːbri ˈponte]; born 20 April 1973)[1] is an Italian musician, DJ and producer, also known for his membership in the Italian dance band Eiffel 65.
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.jpg) Ponte performing in 2024 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Gabriele Ponte |
| Born | 20 April 1973 Turin, Piedmont, Italy |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | |
| Website | www |
Career
edit1998–2003
editIn 1998 he produced Blue (Da Ba Dee), the debut single with his band Eiffel 65, which topped the worldwide charts and sold over 8 million copies; their first album Europop sold another 4 million copies. In the year 2000, they won the European Music Award as the "Best Italian Artist In The World".
He later went on to produce the 2001 Italian hit single "Geordie" (a cover of Fabrizio De André's song by the same name, sung by Italian vocalist Stefania Piovesan), which was rewarded with gold record for selling over 25,000 copies,[2] as well as the 2001 hit "Got to Get", the 2002 hit "Time to Rock", and the 2003 hit "La Danza delle Streghe" (English: "The Dance of the Witches"). Also to his credit are a number of remixes of popular songs such as the 2003 singles for Gianni Togni's "Giulia" and O-Zone's "Dragostea Din Tei", among others.
2005–2009
editIn 2005, Ponte announced he would be separating from Eiffel 65 to pursue solo work. In 2006 he founded and still manages record label Dance and Love, nowadays one of the most important Italian dance independent labels. He would release a song called "Vivi Nell'Aria" featuring Miani to Zooland Records. The song samples "The Moon" by ItaloBrothers.
2012–2014
editIn 2012, Ponte released his single "Beat on My Drum" featuring Pitbull and Sophia del Carmen, which peaked at No. 11 on the US Hot Dance Club Songs. In January 2012, he also produced the international hit "Tacata'" by dance music trio Tacabro.
Meanwhile, Ponte starts his solo projects and his first singles and remixes storm the European charts. In 2014, his single "Buonanotte Giorno" became a summer hit in Italy, reaching the top 10. In the same year, he entered the Top 100 DJs chart from DJ Mag at No. 61, also as the highest-ranked Italian.[3]
2021–present
editHis most successful collaborations include the 2021 singles "Thunder" with LUM!X and Prezioso and "Can't Get Over You" with Aloe Blacc. The 2022 singles "Call Me" with Timmy Trumpet and R3HAB, "The Finger" with Georgia Ku, and the summer hit "We Could Be Together" together with LUM!X and Daddy DJ, already GOLD record in Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium and France.
In 2022, he represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 as a co-writer and producer of the song "Halo", performed by Lumix and Pia Maria. Among the last club releases we find collaborations with artists such as: Blasterjaxx, Justus, DJs From Mars,Vini Vici and official remixes for Sigala, Sam Feldt and David Guetta with his last global hit "I’m Good".
On the 6th of December Ponte released a dedicated to Spotify Wrapped 2023: "Losing You – Spotify Singles", celebrating the Police track "Every Breath You Take" 40 years since its release. From a live perspective, in 2023, Ponte performed 90 shows in 11 countries, in front of over 700,000 people dancing.[citation needed]
Discography
editAlbums
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| ITA | ||
| Gabry Ponte | 2002 | 16 |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. DJ | 2004 | 17 |
| Gabry2o | 2008 | 34 |
Other albums
- Modern Tech Noises According to Gabry Ponte (2007)
- Love Songs in the Digital Age According to Gabry Ponte (2007)
- Tunes from Planet Earth According to Gabry Ponte (2007)
- Gabry Ponte – Gabry2o Vol. 2 (2009)
- Dance & Love albums series:
- Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love Selection Vol. 1 (2010)
- Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love Selection Vol. 2 (2010)
- Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love Selection Vol. 3 (2010)
- Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love Selection Vol. 4 (2011)
Extended plays
edit- 2006: Modern Tech Noises According to Gabry Ponte
- 2007: Love Songs in the Digital Age according to Gabry Ponte Containing: "Now & Forever" / "The Point of No Return" / "The Point of No Return (Bufalo & D-Deck Remix)" / "La Libertà" (Hard Love Remix) / "Geordie" (Eurotrance Remix)
- 2007: Tunes from Planet Earth According to Gabry Ponte
- 2018: Dance Lab
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA [citation needed] |
AUT [4] |
BEL (Wa) [5][6] |
FRA [7] |
GER [8] |
NLD [9] |
NOR [10] |
SWE [11] |
SWI [12] | |||
| "Time to Rock" | 2002 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Gabry Ponte |
| "Geordie" | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "De musica tonante" | 2003 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Music" (with Fargetta) |
75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Man in the Moon" | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Giulia" (with DJ Lhasa) | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "La danza delle streghe" | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dr. Jekyll & Mister DJ | |
| "Figli di Pitagora" (featuring Little Tony) |
2004 | 13 | — | — | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Sin pararse" (with Ye Man) |
20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Depends on You" | 2005 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dr. Jekyll & Mister DJ |
| "Sono già solo (Remix)" | 2010 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dance and Love – The Selection Vol. 3 |
| "Beat on My Drum" (featuring Pitbull and Sophia Del Carmen) |
2012 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "La fine del mondo" (featuring Two Fingerz) |
2014 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Buonanotte giorno" | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Che ne sanno i 2000" (featuring Danti) |
2016 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Tu sei" (featuring Danti) |
2017 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Monster" (with Lum!x) |
2019 | — | 52 | 37 | 41 | 20 | — | — | —[A] | 55 | |
| "The Passenger (LaLaLa)" (with Lum!x and Mokaby and D.T.E) |
2020 | — | 47 | — | 128 | 58 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Lonely" (with Jerome) |
— | — | — | — | 77 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Golden"[14] (with Blasterjaxx featuring Riell) |
2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Oh La La"[15] (with Moti featuring Mougleta) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Going Down"[16] (with Lucky Luke and Kevin Palms) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Thunder" (with Lum!x and Prezioso) |
42 [17] |
36 | 5 | 18 | 79 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 20 | ||
| "The Portrait (Ooh La La)"[18] (with R3hab) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Superman"[19] (with Roberto Molinaro) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Feeling"[20] (with Henri PFR) |
— | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Can't Get Over You"[21] (featuring Aloe Blacc) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Call Me"[22] (with R3hab and Timmy Trumpet) |
2022 | — | — | — | — | — | 80 | — | — | — | |
| "Hasta La Vista"[23] (with Blasterjaxx) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "We Could Be Together"[24] (with Lum!x and Daddy DJ) |
93 | — | — | 96 | — | 34 | — | — | — | ||
| "Rely on Me" (with Sigala and Alex Gaudino) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Every Cloud – Silver Linings | |
| "Born To Love Ya" (with Sean Paul and Natti Natasha)[25] |
2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||
Other releases
- 2009: "U.N.D.E.R.G.R.O.U.N.D."
- 2009: "Electro Muzik is Back"
- 2010: "Sexy DJ (In da Club)" (featuring Maya Days)
- 2020: "Opera" (with La Diva)
- 2020: "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (Gabry Ponte edit) (by Harris & Ford)
In 2022 Ponte released "Friendships (Lost My Love) ft. Leony", a remix of "Friendships (Lost My Love) ft. Leony" from Pascal Letoublon, itself a remix of Letoublon's 2017 instrumental release "Friendships".[26]
Notes
edit- ^ "Monster" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number nine on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Gabry Ponte Discography at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
- ^ "Gabry Ponte Al Subway... e il Sabato Sera diventa Leggenda". Subwayviterbo.it (in Italian). 20 March 2016.
- ^ "Top 100 DJs 2014 - DJMag.com". DJ Mag. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
- ^ "Discographie Gabry Ponte". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Discographie Gabry Ponte". Ultratop (in French). Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Gabry Ponte & Henri PFR – The Feeling" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Gabry+Ponte". lescharts.com (in French). Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Discographie von Gabry Ponte". Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ "Discografie R3HAB". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "Discographie Gabry Ponte". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 32". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Discographie Gabry Ponte". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 33". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Golden (feat. RIELL) - Single by Blasterjaxx & Gabry Ponte on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Oh La La (feat. Mougleta) - Single by Gabry Ponte & MOTi on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ "Going Down - Single by Gabry Ponte, Lucky Luke & Kevin Palms on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 36" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "The Portrait (Ooh La La) - Single by R3HAB & Gabry Ponte on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Superman - Single by Gabry Ponte, Roberto Molinaro on Spotify". Apple Music. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ Dancing Astronaut Staff (27 September 2021). "Gabry Ponte, Henri PFR join forces to give Cindy Lauper a modern disco flip". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ EDM.com Staff (29 November 2021). "Gabry Ponte and Aloe Blacc—legends behind 'Blue' and 'Wake Me Up'—join forces for intoxicating dance-pop anthem, 'Can't Get Over You'". EDM.com. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Gabry Ponte, R3HAB And Timmy Trumpet Team Up For 'Call Me' | UFO Network". UFO Network. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "Hasta La Vista - Single by Gabry Ponte & Blasterjaxx on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "We Could Be Together - Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "Born To Love Ya - Single by Gabry Ponte, Sean Paul & Natti Natasha". Apple Music. October 4, 2024. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
- ^ Gogovski, Metodi (2022-06-06). "Gabry Ponte delivers his own re-work of the Pascal Letoublon single 'Friendships' (Lost My Love) ft. Leony". Rave Jungle. Retrieved 2023-07-03.