David Franj

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David Franj

Birth name| David Frangiosa
Also known as| David Franciosa
Born|  (1975-09-23) 23 September 1975 (age 48)
Melbourne, Australia
Genres| Pop, pop rock
Occupation| Singer-songwriter
Years active| 2002–present
Labels| Shock, Standard Publishing

Musical artist

David Franj (born 23 September 1975) is the performance name of David Frangiosa (also seen as David Franciosa), who is an Australian singer-songwriter-author. Frangiosa had three singles on the ARIA Singles Chart top 40: "Oxygen" (March 2002), "Never Be Amazing" (August) and "God Only Knows" (February 2003). All appeared on his debut album, Wrong Place, Wrong Time (March 2003), which reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 60\.

He co-wrote the song "Perfect" (April 2008) with its performer, Vanessa Amorosi, which reached No. 4 on the ARIA Charts and is certified double platinum. It was nominated as the Most Played Australian Work at the APRA Music Awards of 2009.

## Biography

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David Franj, was born as David Frangiosa,[1] and was raised in Melbourne.

### 2003: Solo career

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Franj's first single, "Oxygen", was released to radio in early 2002 and peaked at No. 25 on the ARIA Singles Chart in April.[2] It was followed by "Never Be Amazing", which reached the Top 40 in August.[2] His third single, "God Only Knows", also reached the top 40, in February 2003. His debut album, Wrong Place, Wrong Time,[3] reached No. 53 on the ARIA Albums Chart.[4]

In December 2003 Franj provided "I Want to Wake Up with You" for the soundtrack for the Australian comedy film, The Wannabes.[5]

### Writing career

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Vanessa Amorosi released "Perfect" in April 2008, the second single from her second studio album, Somewhere in the Real World. It was co-written by Franj with Amorosi and peaked at No. 4.[6][7] By the end of that year it was certified platinum for shipment of 70,000 units.[8] At the APRA Music Awards of 2009 "Perfect" was nominated for Most Played Australian Work.[7]

## Discography

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### Albums

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List of albums, with selected chart positions  Title  | Album details  | Peak chart
positions

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AUS
[9]
Wrong Place, Wrong Time... |

* Released: March 2003
* Format: CD
* Label: Standard (STD1203)

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### Singles

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List of singles, with selected chart positions  Title  | Year  | Peak chart positions  | Album

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AUS
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"Oxygen"  | 2002  | 25  | Wrong Place, Wrong Time...
"Never Been Amazing"  | 33
"God Only Knows"  | 2003  | 37
"Teresa"/"Yellow Flowers"  | —
"I Want to Wake Up with You"  | —  | The Wannabes

## Awards and nominations

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### APRA Awards

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The APRA Awards have been presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters".[10]

Year  | Nominee / work  | Award  | Result

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2009[11] | Most Played Australian Work  | "Perfect" (Vanessa Amorosi, David Franciosa)  | Nominated

## References

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1. ^ "'Oxygen' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015. Note: User may have to click 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:' e.g Oxygen; or at 'Performer:' David Franj
2. ^ a b Hung, Steffen. "Discography David Franj". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 11 July 2015.
3. ^ "Melodic Net - We Rock, do you?".[dead link]
4. ^ "The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 24 March 2003. pp. 2, 5–6, 8, 10, 13, 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2003. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
5. ^ "I want to wake up with you [sound recording] / David Franj. – Version details – Trove". Trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
6. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Vanessa Amorosi – 'Perfect'". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 11 July 2015. Note: Gives songwriters as Vanessa Amorosi and David Franciosa.
7. ^ a b "Most Played Australian Work". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 11 July 2015. Note: Gives songwriters as Vanessa Amorosi and David Frangiosa.
8. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2008 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
9. ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 108.
10. ^ "APRA History". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
11. ^ Most Played Australian Work – 2009. apra-amcos.com.au, Archived from the original on 3 June 2009.

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