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Lead singer Jeffrey Jey and keyboardist Maurizio Lobina performing at Ethias Arena, Hasselt, in April 2013īliss Corporation confirmed that a new Eiffel 65 lineup would make their debut in the summer of 2007 but the debut was postponed. A self-titled album was released in 2003.Įiffel 65 also remixed, between 19, other artists' tracks, like " The Bad Touch" by Bloodhound Gang, Nek's hit single " La vita è,” and S Club 7's "Reach" and in early 2005 a remix of Yo Yo Mundi's "L'ultimo testimone.” Bloom 06

Their second album, Contact! was released in 2001, with "'80s Stars" peaking at #9 in Italy. " Blue (Da Ba Dee)" peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, got to 1 in UK and in Germany and to number 3 in Italian charts. Europop peaked in the top five on the Billboard 200 and in the Billboard Canadian Albums. The band achieved considerable success in Italy and the rest of Europe, in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Brazil. 1998–2005 Įiffel 65 became famous for their international chart-topping hits "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" and "Move Your Body." Both songs were featured singles on their debut album Europop, which was released on November 22, 1999. The graphic artist who received it assumed that it had been added afterwards so he just fused it to the band name for their first release. A computer chose the name Eiffel randomly from a group of words the three had selected but the number 65 was added to it by mistake: the producer had written a phone number on a piece of paper and two digits of it ended up on the label copy.

Randone, Ponte and Lobina met at Bliss Corporation, which was founded in 1992 by Massimo Gabutti. In 2010, the original group reunited although Ponte does not participate in record production and concerts, he never officially left the group. In 2005, DJ Gabry Ponte left the group to focus on his solo career, and later that year, the remaining members Jeffrey Jey and Maurizio Lobina formed their own duo called Bloom 06. With more than 20 million copies sold and many gold, platinum and diamond records, Eiffel 65 is one of Italy's most popular electronic groups. Įiffel 65 also composed 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. They were also nominated at the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for "Blue (Da Ba Dee)." Europop was crowned as the greatest album of the 1990s by Channel 4. Over the course of their career, the group won a World Music Award in 2000 for the World Best Selling Italian Group, and a B.M.I USA in Los Angeles, rewarding the most-broadcast song on radio in the United States. Their following two albums, Contact! (2001) and their 2003 self titled album did not gain as much success, but still managed to gain success in Italy.

The singles reached number one in many countries, while the album peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 chart. They gained global popularity with their singles " Blue (Da Ba Dee)" and " Move Your Body," from their 1999 studio album Europop. Eiffel 65 is an Italian music group that was formed in 1998 in the studios of the Turin record company Bliss Corporation, consisting of Jeffrey Jey, Maurizio Lobina and Gabry Ponte.