Takagi & Ketra

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Takagi & Ketra
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Background information
GenresPop
Years active2014–present
Members
  • Alessandro Merli
  • Fabio Clemente

Takagi & Ketra is an Italian musical duo consisting of music producer Alessandro Merli (Takagi) and Fabio Clemente (Ketra).

Contents

The duo wrote and produced songs for various Italian artists, including Rocco Hunt, Fedez, Baby K, J-Ax, Boomdabash, Marco Mengoni, Fred De Palma and Marracash. [1] Since 2017, the duo has released ten singles as primary artist, topping the FIMI's singles chart three times, with "Amore e capoeira", "Jambo" and "Everyday". [1] [2]

Discography

Singles

As lead artists
List of singles, with chart positions and certifications
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertifications
ITA
[3] [4] 		SWI
[5]
"L'esercito del selfie"
(featuring Lorenzo Fragola and Arisa)		2017453
  • FIMI: 3× Platinum [6]
"Da sola/In the Night"
(featuring Tommaso Paradiso and Elisa)		201812—
  • FIMI: Platinum [6]
"Amore e capoeira"
(featuring Giusy Ferreri and Sean Kingston)		12
  • FIMI: 5× Platinum [6]
  • IFPI Switzerland: Platinum [7]
"La luna e la gatta"
(featuring Tommaso Paradiso, Jovanotti and Calcutta)		20199—
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum [6]
"Jambo"
(featuring Omi and Giusy Ferreri)		111
  • FIMI: 4× Platinum [6]
  • IFPI Switzerland: Platinum [7]
"Ciclone"
(featuring Elodie, Mariah and Gipsy Kings)		20209—
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum [6]
"Venere e Marte"
(featuring Marco Mengoni and Frah Quintale)		20212—
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum [6]
"Shimmy Shimmy"
(featuring Giusy Ferreri)		22—
  • FIMI: Platinum [6]
"Bubble"
(featuring Thasup and Salmo)		202210—
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum [6]
"Everyday"
(featuring Shiva, Anna and Geolier)		2023144
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum [6]
"—" denotes an item that did not chart in that country.
As featured artists
List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
ITA
[3] [4] 		SWI
[5]
"Oroscopo"
(Calcutta featuring Takagi & Ketra)		201680—
  • FIMI: 3× Platinum [6]
Non-album single
"Panico"
(Lazza featuring Takagi & Ketra)		20222—
  • FIMI: 5× Platinum [6]
Sirio
"Chiagne"
(Geolier featuring Lazza and Takagi & Ketra)		2—
  • FIMI: 3× Platinum [6]
Il coraggio dei bambini
"—" denotes an item that did not chart in that country.
As producers
List of songs as producers, with chart positions, certifications and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
ITA SWI
"Taxi sulla luna"
(Emma and Tony Effe)		20237—
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum [6]
Souvenir
"—" denotes an item that did not chart in that country.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Da sola/In the Night</span> 2018 song by Takagi & Ketra

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References

  1. 1 2 Silvia Gianatti (18 October 2023). "Takagi e Ketra in cima alle classifiche con "Everyday", ma «la canzone più bella sarebbe con Vasco»". Cosmopolitan .
  2. ↑ ""Everyday" di Takagi & Ketra è ancora il singolo più venduto". Radio Italia . 4 November 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Italian Charts – Takagi & Ketra". Italiancharts.com. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Database Top of the Music – Classifiche" (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry . Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Takagi & Ketra Charts". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Italian single certifications – Takagi & Ketra" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 4 December 2023. Select "Tutti gli anni" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Takagi & Ketra" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
  7. 1 2 "Edelmetall". Swiss Charts.
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