Rocco Hunt
Rocco Hunt | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Rocco Pagliarulo |
Born | Salerno, Italy | 21 November 1994
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Occupation | Rapper |
Years active | 2005–present |
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Rocco Pagliarulo (born 21 November 1994), known professionally as Rocco Hunt, is an Italian rapper from Salerno. He rose to fame after winning the Newcomers section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2014 with the song "Nu juorno buono"[1]
Career
[edit]In 2014 he participated in and won the Newcomers section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2014 with the song "Nu juorno buono", for which he also won the Emmanuele Luzzati Prize and the Assomusica Prize.[1][2][3] Both the title of the song, and several verses of the lyrics were written in the Neapolitan dialect.
He took part in the Big artists section of the 2016 festival with "Wake Up", a second song featuring the Neapolitan dialect, eventually placing 9th.[4] On the third night of the festival he performed a cover of the classic Neapolitan song "Tu vuò fà l'americano" by Renato Carosone.
Hunt participated for a third time in Sanremo Music Festival in 2025.[5] He placed 15th with the song "Mille vote ancora". Hunt participated for a third time with a song written partially in Neapolitan dialect. [6][7] On the fourth night of the festival, alongside rapper Clementino, he performed a cover of the song Yes I Know My Way by Pino Daniele.[8]
He has released five studio albums to date, with tracks including collaborations from other notable artists such as Noyz Narcos, Clementino, Gemitaiz, Eros Ramazzotti, Tiromancino, Annalisa, and Neffa.[9]
On 8 April 2025, he announced the title and tracklist of his upcoming his sixth album, Ragazzo di giù, which is due to be released on 25 April 2025.[10]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]Title | Details | Peak position | Certification |
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ITA [11] | |||
Poeta urbano |
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5 | |
'A verità |
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1 | |
SignorHunt |
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2 |
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Libertà |
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1 |
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Rivoluzione |
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1 |
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Ragazzo di giù |
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2 [13] |
Mixtapes
[edit]Title | Details |
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Spiraglio di periferia |
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Extended play
[edit]Title | Details |
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A' music è speranz |
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Singles
[edit]Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||
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ITA [14] |
SWI [15] |
SPA [16] | ||||
"Io posso" | 2013 | — | — | — | Poeta urbano | |
"Fammi vivere" | — | — | — | |||
"L'ammore overo" | — | — | — | |||
"Nu juorno buono" | 2014 | 5 | — | — |
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'A verità |
"Vieni con me" | 56 | — | — |
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"Ho scelto me" | — | — | — |
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'A verità 2.0 | |
"Vene e vvà" | 2015 | 63 | — | — |
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SignorHunt |
"Se mi chiami" (featuring Neffa) |
69 | — | — |
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"Wake Up" | 2016 | 11 | — | — |
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SignorHunt – Wake Up Edition |
"Sto bene così" | — | — | — | |||
"Stella cadente" (featuring Annalisa) |
— | — | — |
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"Kevvuo'" | 2017 | — | — | — | / | |
"Niente da bere" | — | — | — | |||
"Invece no" | — | — | — | |||
"Arrivano i prof" | 2018 | — | — | — | ||
"Fammi scendere | — | — | — | |||
"Tutte 'e parole" | — | — | — | |||
"Ngopp' a luna" (featuring Nicola Siciliano) |
2019 | 44 | — | — |
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Libertà |
"Cuore rotto" (featuring Gemitaiz) |
97 | — | — | |||
"Benvenuti in Italy" | — | — | — |
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"Ti volevo dedicare" (featuring J-Ax and Boomdabash) |
2 | — | — |
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"Se tornerai" (featuring Neffa) |
64 | — | — |
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"Stu core t'apparten" | 2020 | 4 | — | — |
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Libertà Repack |
"Sultant' a mia" | 41 | — | — | Rivoluzione | ||
"A un passo dalla luna / A un paso de la luna" (featuring Ana Mena) |
1 | 31 | 4 | |||
"Che me chiamme a fa?" (featuring Geolier) |
2021 | 8 | — | — |
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"Un bacio all'improvviso / Un beso de improviso" (featuring Ana Mena) |
4 | — | 55 | |||
"Fantastica" (featuring Boomdabash) |
48 | — | — |
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"Caramello" (featuring Elettra Lamborghini and Lola Indigo) |
2022 | 3 | — | — |
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"A' vita senz' e te (Me fa paura)" | 67 | — | — |
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"Non litighiamo più" | 2023 | 11 | — | — |
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Non-album singles |
"Musica italiana" | 2024 | 63 | — | — |
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"Mille vote ancora" | 2025 | 24 [19] |
— | — | Ragazzo di giù |
Featured in
[edit]Title | Year | Album |
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"Giungla" (Clementino feat. Rocco Hunt) |
2014 | Mea culpa (Clementino) |
"Seven" (Caneda feat. Fedez, J-Ax, Gemitaiz, Rocco Hunt, Baby K e Emis Killa) |
2015 | |
"Candela" (NIA feat. Rocco Hunt and Lennis Rodriguez) |
2022 |
Other songs
[edit]Title | Year | Peak position | Certification | Album | |
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ITA [11] |
FRA [20] | ||||
"Tutto resta" | 2014 | 94 | — | 'A verità | |
"The Show" | 57 | — | |||
"Nisciun'" (feat. Geolier) |
2019 | 24 | — |
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Libertà |
"Buonanotte amò" | 53 | — |
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"Mai più" (feat. Achille Lauro) |
77 | — | |||
"A un paso de la luna (remix)" (feat. Reik and Ana Mena) |
2021 | — | 11 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Rocco Hunt, le feste a Salerno e a Napoli e le verità sulla squadra del suo cuore". www.ilmattino.it (in Italian). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ "Sanremo 2014, Rocco Hunt e il calcio: 'Io non tifo per nessuno'". Blasting News (in Italian). 24 February 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ "Il rapper della Terra dei Fuochi Rocco Hunt vince Sanremo per le Nuove proposte". Il Sole 24 ORE (in Italian). Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ "Sanremo 2016, la classifica completa e gli altri premi". www.ilmessaggero.it (in Italian). 14 February 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ Laffranchi, Andrea (1 December 2024). "Sanremo 2025, i cantanti in gara: la lista dei big del Festival, da Giorgia ed Elodie a Fedez e Achille Lauro" [Sanremo 2025, the competing singers: the list of the Festival's "Bigs", from Giorgia and Elodie to Fedez and Achille Lauro]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Salzano, Giovanni (4 February 2025). "Rocco Hunt riporta il napoletano al Festival di Sanremo". www.ilroma.net (in Italian). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "Sanremo 2025: vince Olly! Classifica finale e premi assegnati" [Sanremo 2025: Olly wins! Final ranking and prizes awarded] (in Italian). Radio 105. 16 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ^ TG24, Sky (14 February 2025). "Rocco Hunt con Clementino a Sanremo 2025, duetto e testo della cover". tg24.sky.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 April 2025.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Rocco Hunt, chi è: età, moglie, figlio, significato canzone Sanremo 2025". www.libero.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ "Rocco Hunt: la tracklist del nuovo album "Ragazzo di giù", fuori il 25 aprile". Radio Italia. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Rocco Hunt discography". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Certificazioni". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 18 (dal 25.04.2025 al 01.05.2025)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ^ "Italian Charts – Rocco Hunt – Singles". Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "Rocco Hunt Charts". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "Search: Rocco Hunt (Songs)". El Portal de Música. Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "A un paso de la luna". elportaldemusica.es. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "Un beso de improviso". elportaldemusica.es. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 8" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ "REIK & ROCCO HUNT X ANA MENA - A UN PASO DE LA LUNA REMIX". lescharts. Retrieved 27 June 2021.