Gabriele"Gabry"Ponte(Italian pronunciation:[ɡabriˈɛːleˈɡaːbriˈponte];born 20 April 1973)[1]is an Italian musician, DJ and producer, also known for his membership in the Italian dance bandEiffel 65.
Gabry Ponte | |
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 Ponte in February 2025 | |
| 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 producedBlue (Da Ba Dee),the debut single with his band Eiffel 65, which topped the worldwide charts and sold over 8 million copies; their first albumEuropopsold 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 ofFabrizio De André's song by the same name, sung by Italian vocalist Stefania Piovesan), which was rewarded withgold recordfor 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 ofremixesof popular songs such as the 2003 singles forGianni Togni's "Giulia" andO-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 labelDance and Love,nowadays one of the most important Italian dance independent labels. He would release a song called "Vivi Nell'Aria" featuring Miani toZooland Records.The song samples "The Moon" byItaloBrothers.
2012–2014
editIn 2012, Ponte released his single "Beat on My Drum"featuringPitbulland Sophia del Carmen, which peaked atNo.11 on the USHot Dance Club Songs.In January 2012, he also produced the international hit "Tacata'"by dance music trioTacabro.
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 theTop 100 DJs chartfromDJ Magat No. 61, also as the highest-ranked Italian.[3]
2021–present
editHis most successful collaborations include the 2021 singles "Thunder"withLUM!XandPreziosoand "Can't Get Over You" withAloe Blacc.The 2022 singles "Call Me" withTimmy TrumpetandR3HAB,"The Finger" withGeorgia Ku,and the summer hit "We Could Be Together"together with LUM!X andDaddy DJ,already GOLD record in Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium and France.
In 2022, he representedAustriain theEurovision Song Contest 2022as a co-writer and producer of the song "Halo",performed byLumixandPia Maria.Among the last club releases we find collaborations with artists such as:Blasterjaxx,Justus,DJs From Mars,Vini Viciand official remixes forSigala,Sam FeldtandDavid Guettawith 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 [4] | ||
| 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 & Lovealbums 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 PonteContaining: "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 [5] |
AUT [6] |
BEL (Wa) [7][8] |
FRA [9] |
GER [10] |
NLD [11] |
NOR [12] |
SWE [13] |
SWI [14] | |||
| "Time to Rock" | 2002 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Gabry Ponte |
| "Geordie" | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "De musica tonante" | 2003 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Music" (withFargetta) |
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" (featuringLittle 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" (featuringPitbulland 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" (withLum!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"[16] (withBlasterjaxxfeaturing Riell) |
2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Oh La La"[17] (withMotifeaturing Mougleta) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Going Down"[18] (with Lucky Luke and Kevin Palms) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Thunder" (with Lum!x andPrezioso) |
42 [19] |
36 | 5 | 18 | 79 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 20 | ||
| "The Portrait (Ooh La La)"[20] (withR3hab) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Superman"[21] (with Roberto Molinaro) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Feeling"[22] (withHenri PFR) |
— | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Can't Get Over You"[23] (featuringAloe Blacc) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Call Me"[24] (withR3habandTimmy Trumpet) |
2022 | — | — | — | — | — | 80 | — | — | — | |
| "Hasta La Vista"[25] (with Blasterjaxx) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "We Could Be Together"[26] (with Lum!x andDaddy DJ) |
93 | — | — | 96 | — | 34 | — | — | — | ||
| "Rely on Me" (withSigalaandAlex Gaudino) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Every Cloud – Silver Linings | |
| "Dance Dance" (with Alessandra) |
2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Let You Down"[27] (withDvbbsfeaturing Sofiloud) |
2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Born to Love Ya" (withSean PaulandNatti Natasha)[28] |
— | — | — | — | — | 76 | — | — | — | ||
| "Tutta l'Italia" | 2025 | 40 [29] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" 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"fromPascal Letoublon,itself a remix of Letoublon's 2017instrumentalrelease "Friendships".[30]
Notes
edit- ^"Monster" did not enter theSwedish Singellista Chart,but peaked at number nine on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[15]
References
edit- ^"Gabry Ponte Discography at Discogs".Discogs.Retrieved2010-12-11.
- ^"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.Retrieved2014-10-20.
- ^"Gabry Ponte albums".italiancharts.com.Retrieved22 February2025.
- ^"Gabry Ponte singles".italiancharts.com.Retrieved22 February2025.
- ^"Discographie Gabry Ponte".austriancharts.at.Retrieved29 April2020.
- ^"Discographie Gabry Ponte".Ultratop(in French).Retrieved7 November2021.
- ^"Gabry Ponte & Henri PFR – The Feeling"(in French). Ultratop.Retrieved7 November2021.
- ^"Gabry+Ponte".lescharts.com(in French).Retrieved22 July2022.
- ^"Discographie von Gabry Ponte".Offizielle Deutsche Charts.Retrieved27 March2020.
- ^"Discografie R3HAB".Dutch Charts Portal.Hung Medien.Retrieved11 January2025.
- ^"Discographie Gabry Ponte".norwegiancharts.com.Retrieved10 October2021.
- ^"Veckolista Singlar, vecka 32".Sverigetopplistan(in Swedish).Retrieved13 August2021.
- ^"Discographie Gabry Ponte".hitparade.ch.Retrieved28 June2021.
- ^"Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 33".Sverigetopplistan.Retrieved20 August2021.
- ^"Golden (feat. RIELL) - Single by Blasterjaxx & Gabry Ponte on Apple Music".Apple Music.Retrieved27 January2021.
- ^"Oh La La (feat. Mougleta) - Single by Gabry Ponte & MOTi on Apple Music".Apple Music.Retrieved24 March2021.
- ^"Going Down - Single by Gabry Ponte, Lucky Luke & Kevin Palms on Apple Music".Apple Music.Retrieved30 April2021.
- ^"Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 36"(in Italian).Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana.Retrieved11 September2021.
- ^"The Portrait (Ooh La La) - Single by R3HAB & Gabry Ponte on Apple Music".Apple Music.Archived fromthe originalon 2 September 2021.Retrieved2 September2021.
- ^"Superman - Single by Gabry Ponte, Roberto Molinaro on Spotify".Apple Music.Retrieved30 March2022.
- ^Dancing Astronaut Staff (27 September 2021)."Gabry Ponte, Henri PFR join forces to give Cindy Lauper a modern disco flip".Dancing Astronaut.Archived fromthe originalon 27 September 2021.Retrieved10 October2021.
- ^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.Retrieved15 January2022.
- ^"Gabry Ponte, R3HAB And Timmy Trumpet Team Up For 'Call Me' | UFO Network".UFO Network.17 January 2022.Retrieved26 January2023.
- ^"Hasta La Vista - Single by Gabry Ponte & Blasterjaxx on Apple Music".Apple Music.Retrieved30 March2022.
- ^"We Could Be Together - Single".Apple Music.Retrieved9 June2022.
- ^"Let You Down (feat. Sofiloud) - Single by DVBBS & Gabry Ponte".Apple Music.RetrievedJanuary 27,2025.
- ^"Born To Love Ya - Single by Gabry Ponte, Sean Paul & Natti Natasha".Apple Music.October 4, 2024.RetrievedNovember 23,2024.
- ^"Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 8"(in Italian).Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana.Retrieved22 February2025.
- ^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.Retrieved2023-07-03.