Alessandro Alfonso Fortunato Gaudino (Italian pronunciation: [alesˈsandro alˈfɔnso fortuˈnaːto ɡauˈdiːno]; born 23 January 1970 in Salerno, Campania), better known by his stage name Alex Gaudino, is an Italian DJ and record producer.
Alex Gaudino | |
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 DJ Alex Gaudino at Pacha London. (2009) | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Alessandro Alfonso Fortunato Gaudino |
| Also known as | Gaudino da Costa |
| Born | 23 January 1970 Salerno, Campania, Italy |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
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| Website | soundcloud |
Biography
editEarly career (1993–2006)
editAlessandro Alfonso Fortunato Gaudino was born in Salerno, Italy. He first began his music career working for Flying Records and UMM.[citation needed]
In 1998, with the support of the well-known Italian record company Time, Alex founded his own label, Rise Records, which quickly produced a string of hit records by artists such as The Tamperer, Black Legend and Robbie Rivera's "Bang", which earned him a nomination for Best European A&R at the 2000 European Music Awards, held in London.
Alex Gaudino is also well known for being a member of the trio Lil' Love with Jerma and Sharon May Linn.
In 2005, Lil' Love's track "Little Love" was exclusively played by Pete Tong at Nikki Beach in Miami during WMC 2005. The record produced by Jerma was released on Positiva in the UK and reached the top of the UK Dance Chart. In 2006, Alex remixed with Jerma for Pete Tong & Chris Cox, Moussu T and James Kakande. Later in 2006, Gaudino signed a record deal with Ministry of Sound label in the UK. He later released "Reaction", and "Head over Heels" on the label.[citation needed]
Chart success, My Destination and Doctor Love (2006–present)
editIn December 2006, Gaudino released his second single "Destination Calabria" featuring vocals from Crystal Waters 2004 track "Destination Unknown" and elements of the saxophone. The song was hugely popular across Europe reaching top ten in nine countries and top twenty in many others. It also managed to peak eight on the U.S Hot Dance Club Songs. Later on, in 2008 he released his third single "Watch Out" Featuring vocals from English singer, Shèna. It achieved moderate success across Europe and peaked sixteen on the UK Singles Chart.
On 6 October 2008, he released his debut studio album, My Destination. As well as working with Crystal Waters and Shena on the album, Gaudino also worked with Hardwell.
In late 2009, he began work on his second album, which is pre-titled "Magnificent". In October 2010, he released his first single from his second studio album, "I'm in Love (I Wanna Do It)" featuring vocals from Maxine Ashley. It peaked ten on the UK Singles Chart and the Dutch Top 40. It also marked Gaudino's first number one in the U.S, peaking number one on the U.S Hot Dance Airplay Chart. The album later was changed to Doctor Love.
The following year, 2011, he released his second single from his second album, "What a Feeling", featuring American R&B singer, Kelly Rowland. It peaked six on the UK Singles Chart[1] and top forty in many European countries. It also peaked 26 on the US Hot Dance Club Songs. The second album, Doctor Love, was released in 2013.
Discography
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details |
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| My Destination[2] |
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| Doctor Love[3] |
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Singles
editAs lead artist
edit| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA [4] |
AUS [5] |
BEL [6] |
FRA [7] |
IRE [8] |
NL [9] |
SVK [10] |
SWE [11] |
UK [12] | |||||||||||
| 2006 | "Reaction" (featuring Jerma) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 200 | My Destination | ||||||||
| 2007 | "Destination Calabria" (featuring Crystal Waters) |
12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 31 | 10 | 4 | |||||||||
| "Que Pasa Contigo" (featuring Sam Obernik) |
— | — | 50 | — | — | 66 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2008 | "Watch Out" (featuring Shèna) |
31 | — | 52 | — | 23 | 12 | 43 | — | 16 | |||||||||
| 2010 | "I'm in Love (I Wanna Do It)" | — | — | 25 | — | 44 | 46 | 52 | — | 10 | Doctor Love | ||||||||
| 2011 | "What A Feeling" (featuring Kelly Rowland) |
47 | — | 32 | — | 38 | 66 | 21 | — | 6 | |||||||||
| 2012 | "I Don't Wanna Dance" (featuring Taboo) |
— | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 2013 | "Playing with My Heart" (featuring JRDN) |
— | — | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Is This Love" (featuring Jordin Sparks) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Beautiful"[13] (featuring Mario) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2015 | "Lights Go Out"[14] (with Manufactured Superstars featuring Zak Waters) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||
| 2020 | "Remember Me"[15] (with Bottai featuring Moncrieff & Blush) |
— | — | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 2021 | "Do It Again"[16] (with Bottai featuring Stevie Appleton) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 2022 | "Rely on Me" (with Sigala and Gabry Ponte) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Every Cloud – Silver Linings | ||||||||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||||||
Promotional singles
edit| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||
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| BEL (Wa) [17] |
NL [9] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (with Jason Rooney) |
60 | — | Non-album singles | |||||||||||||||
| 2012 | "Chinatown" | — | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | "Missing You" (featuring Nicole Scherzinger) |
87 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||||||
Remixes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "My Destination". Amazon.co.uk. 6 October 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Doctor Love by Alex Gaudino". Music.apple.com. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "italiancharts.com - Alex Gaudino feat. Crystal Waters - Destination Calabria". Italiancharts.com. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Alex Gaudino – Australian Charts". Australian-charts.com.
- ^ "Alex Gaudino – Belgium (Flanders) Charts". Ultratop.be/nl.
- ^ "Alex Gaudino – French Charts". Lescharts.com.
- ^ "Alex Gaudino – Irish Charts". Irish-charts.com.
- ^ a b "Alex Gaudino – Dutch Charts". Dutchcharts.nl.
- ^ "RADIO TOP100 Oficiálna: Alex Gaudino". Ifpicr.cz.
- ^ "Alex Gaudino – Swedish Charts". Swedishcharts.com.
- ^ "The Official Charts Company – Alex Gaudino". Official Charts. 3 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014.
- ^ "Beautiful (feat. Mario) - Single by Alex Gaudino". Music.apple.com. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Lights Go Out (feat. Zak Waters) - EP by Alex Gaudino on Apple Music". Music.apple.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Remember Me (feat. Moncrieff & Blush) - Single by Alex Gaudino on Apple Music". Music.apple.com. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Do It Again (feat. Stevie Appleton) - Single by Alex Gaudino & Bottai on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Alex Gaudino – Belgium (Wallonia) Charts". Ultratop.be.
- ^ "Remember Me (feat. Moncrieff & Blush) [Remixes Vol. I] - Single by Alex Gaudino & Bottai on Apple Music". Music.apple.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ "Change the World (Alex Gaudino & Teo Mandrelli Remix) by D3fai on Spotify". Open.spotify.com. Retrieved 28 June 2020.