Aram Quartet
{{Short description|Italian musical group winner of the first Italian edition of the X Factor}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| origin = Italy
| genre = Pop
| years_active = 2006–2010
| label = Sony BMG
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| current_members = Antonio Ancora
Raffaele Simone
Antonio Maggio
Michele Cortese
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Aram Quartet was an Italian musical group that won the title after taking part in the first Italian edition of the talent show X Factor. The band split in 2010.
The group was composed of:
- Antonio Ancora b. 11 April 1981 in Galatina
- Raffaele Simone b. 4 May 1974 in Lecce
- Antonio Maggio b. 8 August 1986 in San Pietro Vernotico
- Michele Cortese b. 27 September 1985 in Gallipoli.
The name Aram comes from the first letter of the names of the members of the "quartet". They were mentored during the series by Morgan and their vocal coach was Gaudi. They won a contract from Sony BMG estimated at 300,000 Euros.
Their first EP ChiARAMente was released on 18 July 2008 and reached FIMI (Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana) Albums charts at #9.{{cite web |url= http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Aram+Quartet&titel=Chiaramente&cat=a |title= ChiARAMente on italiancharts.com |date=2008-07-30}} Their first single was "Chi (Who)" reaching position 5 in the Italian Singles Chart.{{cite web |url= http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Aram+Quartet&titel=Chi+%28Who%29&cat=s |title=Chi (Who) on italiancharts.com |date=2010-12-02}} A cover of "Per Elisa" was released by Aram Quartet and reached position 6 in the Italian Singles Chart.{{cite web |url= http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Aram+Quartet&titel=Per+Elisa&cat=s|title= Per Elisa on italiancharts.com |date=2009-04-23}}
In 2009 they realised their first long album, Il pericolo di essere liberi.{{cite web |url= http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Aram+Quartet&titel=Il+pericolo+di+essere+liberi&cat=a |title= Il pericolo di essere liberi on italiancharts.com |date=2010-12-02 }}
Discography
=Albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"| Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications |
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| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| ITA |
| 2009
! scope="row"| Il pericolo di essere liberi | |
=EPs=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"| Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| ITA |
| 2009
! scope="row"| ChiARAMente | |
=Singles=
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| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"| Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album or EP |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| ITA |
| 2008
! scope="row"| "Chi (Who)" | |ROWSPAN=2|ChiARAMente |
| 2009
! scope="row"| "Per Elisa" | 5 | |
| 2009
! scope="row"| "Il pericolo è il mio mestiere" | 39 | |Il pericolo di essere liberi |
;Other songs
- 2009: "Un'Emozione da Poco"
References
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Category:X Factor (Italian TV series) contestants