Fred De Palma

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Fred De Palma
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Background information
Birth nameFederico Palana
Also known asDe Palma, Palma
Born (1989-11-03) 3 November 1989 (age 34)
Turin, Italy
Genres Reggaeton
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • singer
Years active2008–present
LabelsTrumen Records (2010)
The Saifam Group (2011–2013)
Roccia Music (2013–2014)
Warner Music Italy (2014–present)

Federico Palana (born 3 November 1989), better known by the stage name Fred De Palma, is an Italian rapper and singer.

Contents

Biography

Royal Rhymes

Fred De Palma began his musical career in 2007 in Turin, with freestyling skills. Many freestyle contests in Turin and Milan put him in attention of the industry, and in 2010 he collaborated with Dirty C, creating the band Royal Rhymes, and started to experiment in the studio. [1] At the beginning of 2010, the group signed a recording contract with the independent record label Trumen Records, and collaborated with producers Jahcool and Double H Groovy. Around the same time, Fred De Palma continued with the participation in various freestyle competitions, achieving a victory at Zelig Urban Talent 2011 and third place in 2012 at the MTV television program Spit, behind Nitro and Shade. On November 23, 2011, Royal Rhymes released their eponymous debut album, released through the Saifam Group. This was followed by the EP God Save the Royal, released on 10 July 2012. [2]

Solo career

During 2012, Fred De Palma started a solo career, recording his first album FDP released on 6 November of the same year. In June 2013 the video clip for "Passa il microfono" was published, which he produced together with rappers Moreno, Clementino, Shade and Marracash, [3] . In September 2013, he joined the collective Roccia Music alongside Marracash, creating the album Genesi with the artists belonging to the collective, released on October 18, 2013. [4] that contained four tracks by De Palma, including "Lettera al successo", which gave the title to his second studio album released in June 2014 as Lettera al successo. [5]

On 17 December 2014, he announced his withdrawal from the Roccia Music collective due to reasons he defined as private. [6] Later, on 10 February 2015, he revealed that he had signed a recording contract with Warner Music Italy, [7] with which he released his third album BoyFred, released on 2 October 2015. [8]

In September 2017 he released his fourth album Hanglover, with pre-release singles "Adiós", "Il cielo guarda te" and "Ora che". On the album the artist collaborated with several producers including Takagi & Ketra, Davide Ferrario, Mace and others. On 15 June 2018, he released the single "D'estate non vale", in collaboration with Ana Mena. A year later, he renewed his collaboration with the Spanish singer, with the summer single "Una volta ancora".

De Palma competed in the Sanremo Music Festival 2024 with the song "Il cielo non ci vuole". [9] [10]

Discography

Soloist

With Royal Rhymes

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
ITA
[11] 		SWI
[12] 		SPA
[13]
"Il cielo guarda te"201636——
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum [14]
Hanglover
"D'estate non vale"
(with Ana Mena)		20186——
  • FIMI: 3× Platinum [15]
Uebe
"Sincera"70——
"Dio benedica il reggaeton"
(with Baby K)		201976——
"Una volta ancora / Se iluminaba"
(with Ana Mena)		1616
  • FIMI: 7× Platinum [17]
  • PROMUSICAE: 5× Platinum [18]
"Il tuo profumo"
(with Sofía Reyes)		35——
  • FIMI: Platinum [19]
"Paloma"
(with Anitta)		20204——
  • FIMI: 3× Platinum [20]
Unico
"Ti raggiungerò / Tú y Yo"20216——
  • FIMI: 3× Platinum [21]
"Un altro ballo"
(with Anitta)		10——
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum [22]
"Romance"
(with Justin Quiles)		202236
[23] 		——Non-album singles
"Extasi"2
[25] 		——
"Il cielo non ci vuole"202427
[26] 		——
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

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References

  1. ↑ FDP svela titolo e data d'uscita del nuovo album, MondoRap
  2. ↑ "Passa Il Microfono" con Moreno, Clementino, Shade, Fred De Palma e Marracash, MTV
  3. ↑ "Passa Il Microfono" con Moreno, Clementino, Shade, Fred De Palma e Marracash, MTV, 19 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Marracash: al via Roccia Music insieme a Shablo e il 18 Ottobre esce il primo disco 'Genesi', MTV, 27 September 2013.
  5. ↑ Matteo Politanò, La lettera al successo di Fred De Palma, Panorama, 10 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Oriana Meo, Fred De Palma Dice Addio A Roccia Music, aLLMusicItalia, 17 December 2014.
  7. ↑ Lorenzo Spigarelli, Fred De Palma firma con la Warner Music, Mondo Rap, 10 February 2014.
  8. ↑ FDP svela titolo e data d'uscita del nuovo album, MondoRap.
  9. ↑ "Italy 2024: 'Sanremo' lineup revealed". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
  10. ↑ "Sanremo 2024: i cantanti e le canzoni, gli ospiti e i conduttori. Tutto sul Festival" [Sanremo 2024: the singers and the songs, the guests and the hosts. Everything about the Festival]. TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). 2023-12-20. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  11. ↑ "Italian Charts – Fred De Palma – Singles". Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  12. ↑ "Fred De Palma Swiss Charts". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "Search: Fred De Palma (Songs)". El Portal de Música. Productores de Música de España . Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "Il cielo guarda te". FIMI. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  15. ↑ "D'estate non vale". FIMI. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  16. ↑ "Sincera". FIMI. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  17. ↑ "Una volta ancora". FIMI. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
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  20. ↑ "Paloma". FIMI. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  21. ↑ "Ti raggiungerò". FIMI. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  22. ↑ "Un altro ballo". FIMI. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
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  24. ↑ "Romance". FIMI. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
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