David Vendetta
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = David Paparusso
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| birth_date = {{b-da|25 August 1968}}
| birth_place = Longwy, Lorraine, France
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| genre = house, electro house
| occupation = Record producer, DJ
| label = DJ Center Records
| associated_acts = Haifa Wehbe, Ajda Pekkan, Rachael Starr, Akram, Audrey Valorzi, Tara McDonald, Alim Qasimov
| website = [http://www.davidvendetta.com/ www.davidvendetta.com]
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David Paparusso ({{IPA|it|papaˈrusso}}), better known by his stage name David Vendetta (born 25 August 1968 in Longwy[http://dirigeant.societe.com/dirigeant/David.PAPARUSSO.05942468.html societe.com: SARL AVE MIX accessed May 6, 2010]), is a French dance producer and DJ.
Biography
David Paparusso's career as a professional DJ only starts in 2002. At that time, he meets Antoine Clamaran, another popular French DJ, who produces Vendetta's first three maxi singles "Fiction – No Sex", "She Loves Me – Party People" and "Alicante – Cleopatra". He also starts working as a producer when American DJ Roger Sanchez asks him to remix some of his songs.[http://musique.ados.fr/David-Vendetta.html Biography on musique.ados.fr (French) accessed May 7, 2010]
In 2006, Paparusso releases the song "Love to love you baby", which samples Donna Summer, and manages to peak at No. 20 at the French Singles Chart.[http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=David+Vendetta&titel=Love+To+Love+You+Baby&cat=s Love to love you baby on various European Singles Charts] The follow-up single "Unidos para la música" even reaches the Top 5 in France and the Top 30 in Belgium-Wallonia.[http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=David+Vendetta+feat%2E+Akram&titel=Unidos+para+la+m%FAsica&cat=s Unidos para la música on various European Singles Charts]
In addition to his work as a producer, Vendetta also animates a weekly radio show on FG DJ Radio and organizes parties in Ibiza, New York City, Moscow, Marrakech and many other cities.[http://www.musicme.com/David-Vendetta/biographie/ Biography on musicme.com (French) accessed May 7, 2010]
In April 2010, he returned with his second album Vendetta. It includes collaborations with artists such as Haifa Wehbe, Tara McDonald and Alim Qasimov.
=Lawsuit against Mickaël Vendetta=
In the beginning of 2010, David Paparusso filed a lawsuit against French internet phenomenon Mickaël Vendetta for unfair business practices, saying: "This guy is an impostor, a troublemaker. He only used my name to become popular". He asked for 100.000 euros in damages; however, he lost and was condemned to pay Mickaël Vendetta's 3,000 euro lawyer fees.{{Cite web |url=http://www.voici.fr/potins-people/les-potins-du-jour/dj-vendetta-a-perdu-son-proces-contre-mickael-vendetta-343370 |title=voici.fr: "DJ Vendetta a perdu" - accessed May 7, 2010 |access-date=7 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506041354/http://www.voici.fr/potins-people/les-potins-du-jour/dj-vendetta-a-perdu-son-proces-contre-mickael-vendetta-343370 |archive-date=6 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}
Discography
=Studio albums=
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!width="210" rowspan="2"| Album details !colspan="10"| Peak chart positions |
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| style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|FRA {{cite web | url=http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=David+Vendetta&cat=a | title=David Vendetta French discography | publisher=lescharts.com. Hung Medien | accessdate=7 May 2010}} !style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|BEL (Wal) | url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/search.asp?search=DAVID+VENDETTA&cat=a | title=David Vendetta Belgian Wallonia discography | publisher=austriancharts.at Hung Medien | accessdate=7 May 2010}} !style="width:3em;font-size:75%"|SWI |url=http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=DAVID+VENDETTA&cat=a |title=David Vendetta Swiss discography |publisher=swisscharts.com Hung Medien |accessdate=7 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110205657/http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=DAVID%2BVENDETTA&cat=a |archivedate=10 November 2012 |df=dmy }} |
| 2007
|align="left"| Rendez-vous
| 16 | 15 | — |
| 2010
|align="left"| Vendetta
| — | — | — |
=Singles=
- 2003: Party People
- 2003: She Loves Me
- 2004: No Sex
- 2004: Fiction
- 2004: Alicante
- 2004: Cleopatra
- 2006: Love To Love You Baby (FR: No. 20 / Be-Wa: No. 30 / NL: #65)
- 2007: Unidos Para La Musica (FR: No. 5 / Be-Wa: #30)
- 2007: Break 4 Love (FR: No. 17 / Be-Wa: No. 17 / Fi: #14)
- 2007: Bleeding Heart
- 2008: Hold That Sucker Down (FR: No. 17 / Be-Wa: #12)
- 2008: Freaky Girl
- 2009: Anticipation (with Barbara Tucker)
- 2009: I Hope She Turns Around to see me (feat. Brian Lucas)
- 2010: I Am Your Goddess (feat. Tara McDonald & Alim) (Produced by Boris Abdul of [http://www.mamedia.eu.com www.mamedia.eu.com])
- 2010: Can You Feel It (feat. Brian Lucas)
- 2010: Make Boys Cry (feat. Luciana)
- 2010: She Turns Around To See Me
- 2010: Yama Layali (Many Nights) (feat. Haifa Wahbi)
References
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External links
- [http://www.davidvendetta.com/ Official homepage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217000319/http://www.davidvendetta.com/ |date=17 December 2008 }}
- [http://www.myspace.com/djdavidvendetta Official myspace site]
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