Edoardo D'Erme (born 19 April 1989), better known as Calcutta, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He debuted with the album ''Forse…'' (''Maybe...''), released by Geograph Records in 2012. Its follow-up, ''Mainstream'', was released by Bomba Dischi on 30 November 2015, preceded by the single "Cosa mi manchi a fare". Initially ignored by Italian media, the album started to achieve success after a few months, when its lead single received airplay by Italian radio networks. The song " Oroscopo", produced by

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, was released as a stand-alone single in May 2016. Since its release, Calcutta considered the song as something which did not represent himself; despite this, it became his first commercial success and his first single to be certified gold by the

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. In 2018, Calcutta's third studio album, ''Evergreen'', became his first number-one on the

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. The album spawned singles including "Orgasmo", "Paracetamolo" and "Pesto". The album was re-released in 2019, with the singles "Punto" and "Sorriso (Milano Dateo)". In 2019, Calcutta recorded the single " La luna e la gatta" with producers Takagi & Ketra and fellow singer-songwriters

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and

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. During his career, he also appeared as a featured artist on the singles " Se piovesse il tuo nome", released in 2018 with

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, and "Blue Jeans" (2020), recorded as a duet with

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. He also penned songs for other Italian recording artists, including

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's " Io non abito al mare",

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's "Come mai", Emma's "Latina",

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's "Mi hai fatto fare tardi" and

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's "Io non voglio". In 2021,

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and Calcutta released the song "Laurea ad honorem" by

, from the album ''

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''. The song was certified Gold by

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. In May 2023, Calcutta announced his new album "Relax" on his

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account, also promoting an 8 date tour in Italy. It came out in October 2023, the fourth record in his discography.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other charted or certified songs

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{authority control 1989 births Living people Italian male singer-songwriters 21st-century Italian singer-songwriters People from Latina, Lazio 21st-century Italian male singers