Meduza (stylized in all capitals) is an Italian
house music
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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
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. "Piece of Your Heart" reached number two on the
UK Singles Chart upon release, and was nominated for the
Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording
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.
On November 11, 2020, Meduza performed a live set in Cava dei Balestrieri in
San Marino
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. The performance was streamed on
Twitch
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, 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
Extended plays
Singles
Remixes
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Friendly Fires
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– "Heaven Let Me In" (2018)
* Ferreck Dawn – "In My Arms" (2019)
*
MK – "Body 2 Body" (2019)
*
Ritual
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and
Emily Warren
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Warren had her first hit as a songwriter in 2016 as a co-writer on the Chainsmokers song "Don ...
– "Using" (2019)
* R Plus and
Dido
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– "My Boy" (2019)
* Dermot Kennedy – "Power Over Me" (2020)
* Lifelike and
Kris Menace
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History
Christophe Hoeffel began to work as a producer and writer in the mid-1990s for different projects and started using the pseudonym "Kris Menace" in 2005.
Mena ...
– "Discopolis 2.0" (2020)
*
John Legend
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featuring
Gary Clark Jr. – "Wild" (2020)
* Faithless – "Innadadance" (feat. Suli Breaks & Jazzie B) (2021)
*
Ed Sheeran
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– "
Bad Habits" (2021)
*
Florence and the Machine
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– "
My Love" (2022)
*
Mahmood and
Blanco
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– "
Brividi
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"" broke the record for the most str ...
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Supermode - Tell Me Why (2022)
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GENESI
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- Everything You Have Done (2023)
*
Calvin Harris
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and
Sam Smith
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– "
Desire
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" (2023)
Awards and nominations
Grammy Award
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s
International Dance Music Awards
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References
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Musical groups established in 2018
Italian musical trios
Italian DJs
Italian electronic music groups
Record production trios
Polydor Records artists
Virgin Records artists
Italian house music groups
Musical groups from Milan