Meduza (producers)

Italian electronic music group

For other uses, see Meduza (disambiguation).

Meduza

Background information
Origin| Milan, Italy
Genres| House
Years active| 2018–present
Labels|

* Virgin
* Polydor
* Defected

Members|

* Luca de Gregorio (Luke Degree)[1]
* Mattia Vitale (Madwill)[2]
* Simone Giani (Simon de Jano)[3]

Meduza (stylized in all capitals) is an Italian house music production group consisting of three members: Luca de Gregorio, Mattia Vitale and Simone Giani. They are best known for their 2019 breakthrough songs "Piece of Your Heart", which was a collaboration with British production trio Goodboys and "Lose Control" which was also a collaboration with Goodboys and British singer Becky Hill.[4] "Piece of Your Heart" reached number two on the UK Singles Chart upon release,[5] and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.[6]

On November 11, 2020, Meduza performed a live set in Cava dei Balestrieri in San Marino. The performance was streamed on Twitch, in conjunction with Live Nation and the Fuser video game.

Meduza was nominated and won Best Dance Song in 2020 at the International Dance Music Awards. Meduza’s song “Paradise” has over 750 million streams on Spotify. Their song “Lose Control” has close to one billion streams, currently at 989 million streams. Meduza’s #1 hit song “Piece Of Your Heart” has over 1 billion streams on Spotify. They come up with a total of over 5 billion streams in all their records combined.

## Discography

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### Extended plays

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List of EPs, with selected details  Title  | Details

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Introducing Meduza |

* Released: 25 February 2021
* Label: UMG Recordings

Meduza |

* Released: 13 October 2023
* Label: UMG Recordings

### Singles

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List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, certifications and album name  Title  | Year  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications | Album

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ITA
[7] | AUS
[8] | AUT
[9] | BEL (FL)
[10] | CAN
[11] | DEN
[12] | GER
[13] | POL
[14] | SWE
[15] | UK
[16]
"Piece of Your Heart"
(with Goodboys) | 2019  | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 2  |

* FIMI: 3× Platinum[17]
* ARIA: 5× Platinum[18]
* BEA: 2× Platinum[19]
* BPI: 3× Platinum[20]
* BVMI: 3× Gold[21]
* GLF: 2× Platinum[22]
* IFPI DEN: 2× Platinum[23]
* MC: 4× Platinum[24]
* RIAA: Platinum[25]
* ZPAV: 4× Platinum[26]

| Introducing Meduza
"Lose Control"
(with Becky Hill and Goodboys) | 37 | 11 | 52 | 6 | 46 | — | 30 | 11 | 75 | 11  |

* FIMI: Platinum[17]
* ARIA: 4× Platinum[27]
* BEA: Platinum[19]
* BPI: 2× Platinum[20]
* BVMI: Platinum[21]
* GLF: Platinum[22]
* IFPI AUT: Gold[28]
* IFPI DEN: Platinum[29]
* MC: 3× Platinum[24]
* RIAA: Platinum[25]
* ZPAV: 3× Platinum[26]

| Introducing Meduza and Get to Know
"Born to Love"
(featuring Shells)[30] | 2020  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |  | Introducing Meduza
"Paradise"
(featuring Dermot Kennedy) | 19 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 50 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 77 | 5  |

* FIMI: Platinum[17]
* ARIA: Platinum[27]
* BEA: Gold[31]
* BPI: Platinum[20]
* BVMI: Platinum[21]
* GLF: Platinum[22]
* IFPI AUT: Platinum[28]
* IFPI DEN: Platinum[32]
* MC: 3× Platinum[24]
* RIAA: Platinum[25]
* ZPAV: 2× Platinum[26]

"Headrush"[33]
(featuring Elroii) | 2021  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |  | Non-album single
"Tell It to My Heart"
(featuring Hozier) | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | 26 | 97 | 46  |

* FIMI: Gold[17]
* BPI: Silver[20]
* MC: Platinum[24]
* ZPAV: Gold[26]

| Meduza EP
"Bad Memories"
(with James Carter featuring Elley Duhé and Fastboy)[34] | 2022  | — | 8 | 6 | 7 | — | — | 13 | 1 | —[A] | 80  |

* FIMI: Gold[17]
* BEA: Platinum[36]
* BPI: Gold[20]
* BVMI: Gold[21]
* IFPI AUT: Gold[28]
* MC: Gold[24]
* ZPAV: 3× Platinum[26]

"Under Pressure"
(with Vintage Culture featuring Ben Samama)[37] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |  | Non-album singles
"Just a Feeling"
(with Metador and Artche) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
"Sparks"
(with DEL-30 featuring Mali-Koa) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
"Pegasus"
(with Eli & Fur) | 2023  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
"Upside Down"
(featuring Poppy Baskcomb)[38] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |  | Meduza EP
"Friends"[39] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
"Phone"
(featuring Em Beihold and Sam Tompkins) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
"Musica"[40] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |  | Non-album singles
"I Got Nothing"
(with Ferreck Dawn and Clementine Douglas)[41] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
"Dola re Dola"
(with Varun Jain) | 2024  | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |
"Fire (Official UEFA Euro 2024 Song)"
(with OneRepublic and Leony) | — | — | 49 | 45 | — | — | 29 | — | — | —  |  | Artificial Paradise (deluxe)
"Another World"
(featuring Hayla) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —  |  | Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

### Remixes

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* Friendly Fires – "Heaven Let Me In" (2018)
* Ferreck Dawn – "In My Arms" (2019)
* MK – "Body 2 Body" (2019)
* Ritual and Emily Warren – "Using" (2019)
* R Plus and Dido – "My Boy" (2019)
* Dermot Kennedy – "Power Over Me" (2020)[42]
* Lifelike and Kris Menace – "Discopolis 2.0" (2020)[43]
* John Legend featuring Gary Clark Jr. – "Wild" (2020)[44]
* Faithless – "Innadadance" (feat. Suli Breaks & Jazzie B) (2021)
* Ed Sheeran – "Bad Habits" (2021)
* Florence and the Machine – "My Love" (2022)
* Mahmood and Blanco – "Brividi" (2022)
* Supermode \- Tell Me Why (2022)
* GENESI \- Everything You Have Done (2023)
* Calvin Harris and Sam Smith – "Desire" (2023)

## Awards and nominations

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### Grammy Awards

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Year  | Category  | Work  | Outcome  | Ref.

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2020 | Best Dance Recording | "Piece of Your Heart"  | Nominated  | [45]

### International Dance Music Awards

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Year  | Category  | Work  | Outcome  | Ref.

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2020  | Best Dance Song  | "Piece of Your Heart"  | Won  | [46][47]
Breakthrough Artist of the Year  | —  | Won
Best House Artist (Male)  | —  | Nominated

## Notes

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1. ^ "Bad Memories" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number four on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[35]

## References

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1. ^ "Luca De Gregorio - Discography - Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
2. ^ "Mattia Vitale - Discography - Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
3. ^ "Simone Giani - Discography - Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
4. ^ "Goodboys", Wikipedia, 2023-04-08, retrieved 2023-04-29
5. ^ "Billboard Dance Chart Upstarts: Meduza, Hilary Roberts & Matmos". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2019-06-29.
6. ^ "Meduza". Grammy.com. The Recording Academy. 24 January 2020.
7. ^ Peaks in Italy:
* "Piece of Your Heart": "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 31" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
* "Lose Control": "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 2" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
* "Paradise": "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 8 (dal 19.02.2021 al 25.02.2021)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
* "Tell It to My Heart": "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 7" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
8. ^ Peaks in Australia:
* All except noted: "Discography Meduza". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
* "Paradise": "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
9. ^ "Meduza Austrian chart history". Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
10. ^ "Meduza Belgian chart history". Ultratop.be. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
11. ^ "Meduza Canadian Hot 100 chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
12. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Denmark:
* "Piece of Your Heart": "Track Top-40 Uge 24, 2019". Hitlisten. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
* "Paradise": "Track Top-40 Uge 5, 2021". Hitlisten. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
13. ^ "Discographie von Meduza". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
14. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Poland:
* "Piece of Your Heart": "AirPlay Top: 22.06. – 28.06.2019" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
* "Lose Control": "AirPlay Top: 07.12. – 13.12.2019" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
* "Paradise": "AirPlay Top: 23.01. – 29.01.2021" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
* "Tell It to My Heart": "AirPlay Top: 25.12. – 31.12.2021" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
* "Bad Memories": "AirPlay Top: 08.10. – 14.10.2022" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
15. ^ Peak positions for singles in Sweden:
* "Piece of Your Heart": "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 28". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
* "Lose Control": "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 7". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
* "Paradise": "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 2". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
* "Tell It to My Heart": "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 44". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
16. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
17. ^ a b c d e "Italian certifications – Meduza" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 11 June 2023. Select "Tutti gli anni" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Meduza" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Tutte le sezioni" under "Sezione".
18. ^ "ARIA Dance Singles Chart" (PDF). ARIA. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
19. ^ a b "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – singles 2020". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
20. ^ a b c d e "British certifications – Meduza". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 10 December 2024. Type Meduza in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
21. ^ a b c d "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Meduza)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
22. ^ a b c "Sverigetopplistan – Meduza" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
23. ^ "MEDUZA Feat. Goodboys "Piece Of Your Heart" | IFPI". Ifpi.dk.
24. ^ a b c d e "Music Canada: Meduza". Music Canada. May 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
25. ^ a b c "American certifications – Meduza". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
26. ^ a b c d e "OLiS - oficjalna lista wyróżnień" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 11 September 2024. Click "WYKONAWCA" and enter Meduza in the search box.
27. ^ a b "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2021 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
28. ^ a b c "Austrian certifications – Meduza" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
29. ^ "Meduza Feat. Goodboys & Becky Hill "Lose Control"". IFPI Denmark. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
30. ^ "Born to Love (feat. SHELLS) – Single by Meduza on Apple Music". iTunes. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
31. ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – singles 2021". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
32. ^ "Meduza Feat. Dermot Kennedy "Paradise"". IFPI Denmark. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
33. ^ Masim, Austria (15 May 2021). "Meduza's 'Headrush' featuring Elroii lands on Insomniac Records". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
34. ^ "Bad Memories (feat. Elley Duhé & FAST BOY) - Single by Meduza & James Carter on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
35. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 7, 2023". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
36. ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – singles 2023". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
37. ^ "MEDUZA unite with Vintage Culture on new collaboration "Under Pressure"". We Rave You. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
38. ^ "MEDUZA share first AETERNA Records original, 'Upside Down'". Dancing Astronaut. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
39. ^ "MEDUZA bring out the energy with irresistible single 'Friends': Listen". We Rave You. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
40. ^ "Meduze Drop Hotly Anticipated Setlist Staple Musica". EDM. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
41. ^ "MEDUZA X Ferreck Dawn X Clementine Douglas – 'I Got Nothing'". EDM Tunes. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
42. ^ "Power Over Me EP by Dermot Kennedy on Apple Music". Music.apple.com. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
43. ^ Flores Chong, Sebastian (8 June 2020). "Meduza remixes iconic dance track 'Discopolis 2.0'". EDM Tunes. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
44. ^ "Wild (MEDUZA Remix) – Single by John Legend on Apple Music". Apple Music. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
45. ^ "62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. November 19, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
46. ^ "IDMA 2020 winners announced: Avicii's 'Tim' named as the best album". April 2020.
47. ^ "WMC - 34th Annual International Dance Music Awards".

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