Group

Eiffel 65

Italian Italo-dance/Euro-dance group

From: Torino, Italy
Since: 1998–present
Releases: 45

europop
italo dance
eurodance
bubblegum dance
bubblegum pop
edm
euro house
italo house

About

Eiffel 65 are an Italian Eurodance group formed in 1997 in the studios of the Turin-based record company Bliss Corporation. The group consists of Jeffrey Jey, Maurizio Lobina, and formerly Gabry Ponte. They gained global popularity with their singles "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" and "Move Your Body" from their 1999 debut studio album Europop. The singles reached number one in many countries, while the album peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 chart. Their following two albums, Contact! (2001) and their self-titled Eiffel 65 (2003), did not gain international success, but still managed to gain success in Italy.

Throughout their career, the group won a World Music Award in 2000 for the World Best Selling Italian Group, and a BMI USA in Los Angeles, rewarding the most-broadcast song on radio in the United States. They were also nominated at the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for "Blue (Da Ba Dee)".
Eiffel 65 also produced remixes of numerous popular songs, and they recorded "One Goal", one of the official songs of the UEFA Euro 2000, and "Living in My City" for the 2006 Winter Olympics. With more than 20 million copies sold and many gold, platinum and diamond records, it is one of Italy's most popular electronic groups.
In 2005, Ponte focused on his solo career, while Jey and Lobina collaborated as a duo called Bloom 06. In 2010, the original group reunited, although Ponte no longer participates.

From Eiffel 65 on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.