Rock Mafia

American record production/songwriting duo

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Rock Mafia is an American record production team, consisting of Tim James and Antonina Armato[1] who have been active since the early 2000s. They have written and produced 38 top ten singles, and have sold over 50 million records worldwide. They have worked with artists such as Eminem, Marshmello, Quavo, Diplo, Illenium, Zedd, Gwen Stefani, Young Thug, Tiesto, No Doubt, Wyclef Jean, Green Day, Mariah Carey, Justin Bieber, Hoku, Flo Rida, Ellie Goulding, Aura Dione, Tokio Hotel, Bebe Rexha and Armin van Buuren. In the 2000s, they worked extensively with Disney stars signed to Hollywood Records, mainly Miley Cyrus, Vanessa Hudgens, Demi Lovato, and Selena Gomez.

Aside from their production work, the duo have released one mixtape and a string of singles, most notably "The Big Bang" and "Morning Sun" featuring Miley Cyrus.

## Career[edit]

In 2008, Rock Mafia's remix of Miley Cyrus' "See You Again" was released as a single.[2] late 2010, Rock Mafia released a song featuring James' own vocals entitled "The Big Bang".[citation needed] The song was used as the theme song for the VH1 reality show Mob Wives.[citation needed] "The Big Bang" music video featured Miley Cyrus and Kevin Zegers and currently has more than 41.2 million views on YouTube.[3] Rock Mafia were reportedly in talks with potential writers and producers to bring the music video for "The Big Bang" to the big screens as a feature film, with Armato revealing on her Twitter that she had been meeting with Tish Cyrus (Miley Cyrus' mother) and Jennifer Todd (producer of Alice in Wonderland and Memento) to work on creating the movie.[4]"The Big Bang" is featured on the video game FIFA 12, which launched in September 2011, and their song "Fly or Die" is part of the soundtrack in FIFA 13.[5] Their song "I Am" featuring Wyclef Jean, Bill Kaulitz and David Correy featured as soundtrack on EA Sports game, FIFA 14.[6]

Rock Mafia scored a hit in Europe with Aura Dione's hit single "Friends," a song written and produced together with David Jost.[7] A clip showing Miley Cyrus recording vocals over the "Pimps and Hos" track, which has now been renamed "Morning Sun" and has been posted online.[8]

## Discography[edit]

### Mixtapes[edit]

List of albums  Title  | Album details

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Mixtape Vol. 1[9] |

* Released: 4 March 2012
* Format: CD, digital download
* Label: Self-release

### Singles[edit]

#### As lead artist[edit]

Year  | Song  | Peak chart
positions  | Album

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Heat

2010  | "The Big Bang"  | 91 | 7  | Mixtape Vol. 1
2012  | "Morning Sun"
(featuring Miley Cyrus) | — | —
"Fly or Die"  | — | —
2014  | "I Am" (featuring Wyclef Jean, Tokio Hotel, David Correy) | — | —  | FIFA 14
"Good Life"
(featuring Lauriana Mae) | — | —  | Non-album single
2019  | "Miles to Your Heart"[10]
(with Sultan & Shepard and Bahari) | — | —  | Echoes of Life: Day

#### As featured artist[edit]

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

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AUT
[11] | GER
[12] | POL
[13]
"I'm on a Roll"
(Stefano Langone featuring New Boyz & Rock Mafia) | 2012  | — | — | —  |  | Non-album single
"Friends"
(Aura Dione featuring Rock Mafia) | 3 | 4 | 1  |

* DEN: Gold[14]
* AUT: Gold[15]
* GER: Gold[16]
* SWI: Gold[17]

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "Downtown Inks Producer/Writer Armato". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
2. ^ "See You Again (2008 Edit) by Miley Cyrus: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
3. ^ "Rock Mafia - The Big Bang Featuring Miley Cyrus (Official Music Video)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
4. ^ "Miley Cyrus Working on Big Bang Film". MTV. 2011-01-11. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
5. ^ Arts, Electronic (2012-09-05). "FIFA 13 | Soundtrack". Electronic Arts Inc. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
6. ^ "FIFA 14 Soundtrack Reveal". 20 July 2022.
7. ^ ""Friends" hat Platz 1 der deutschen Radiocharts erobert". Universal Music Press Release (in German). Retrieved 2013-01-31.
8. ^ "Miley Cyrus And Rock Mafia Collaborate On New Song, 'Morning Sun'". MTV Buzzworthy. January 12, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
9. ^ "Mixtape Vol. 1". iTunes. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
10. ^ "Miles to Your Heart - Single by Sultan + Shepard, Rock Mafia & Bahari on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
11. ^ "Discographie Miley Cyrus". austriancharts.at. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
12. ^ "Chartverfolgung Aura Dione Single". Musicline.de (in German). Retrieved December 25, 2017.
13. ^ "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". ZPAV (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2012-09-24.
14. ^ "Danish single certifications – Aura Dione – Friends". IFPI Danmark.
15. ^ "Austrian single certifications – Aura Dione – Friends" (in German). IFPI Austria.
16. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Aura Dione feat. RockMafia; 'Friends')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
17. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Aura Dione; 'Friends')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.

## External links[edit]

* Official Website of Rock Mafia Official Website

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