Charlie Charles

Charlie Charles
Charlie Charles 2025
Charlie Charles 2025
Background information
Born
Paolo Alberto Monachetti

(1994-03-24) 24 March 1994 (age 32)
Milan, Italy
Genres
Occupation
  • Record producer
Years active2015–present
Labels

Paolo Alberto Monachetti (born 24 March 1994), known professionally as Charlie Charles, is an Italian record producer.

Career

Monachetti began his career listening to and producing electronic music, also dedicating himself to composing soundtracks. After changing schools several times, he dropped out of high school to dedicate himself solely to music, starting his own recording studio in Seguro. He soon after met the rapper Sfera Ebbasta, starting a musical collaboration that culminated in 2015 with the studio album XDVR. The year 2015 also marked his collaboration with Marracash for the independent record label Roccia Music, producing various songs and albums with Ghali, Tedua, Izi, Guè and Dark Polo Gang, alongside Sfera Ebbasta.

In 2017, Charlie Charles released the single "Bimbi" in collaboration with Izi, Rkomi, Sfera Ebbasta, Tedua and Ghali, which achieved third place on the Top Singles chart, remaining there for 25 consecutive weeks and becoming a certified double platinum record. That same year, he released the single "Rap" with Izi; the following year, he released "Peace & Love" (with Sfera Ebbasta and Ghali). In 2018, he founded the Billion Headz Music Group together with Sfera Ebbasta.

In 2019, together with Dardust and Mahmood he produced the song "Soldi", which won in the Sanremo Music Festival 2019. The collaboration with the two artists was renewed in April with the release of the single "Calipso", which also featured rappers Sfera Ebbasta and Fabri Fibra. In the same year, he collaborated with singer Francesca Michielin on the song "Cheyenne".

In 2022, he produced the single "Siri" together with Thasup, Lazza and Sfera Ebbasta. The following year, he returned with the single "Obladi oblada" in collaboration with rappers Ghali, Thasup and Fabri Fibra. On 23 October 2025, he released his first solo studio album La bella confusione.

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions
ITA
La bella confusione 6

Collaborative albums

List of collaborative albums, with chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
ITA
XDVR (with Sfera Ebbasta)
  • Released: 11 June 2015
  • Label: BillionHeadz Music Group, Roccia Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 38

Singles

List of singles with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
ITA
 SWI
"Niagara"
(with Izi)		 2016 —— Non-album singles
"Bimbi"
(featuring Izi, Rkomi, Sfera Ebbasta, Tedua and Ghali)		 2017 3—
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum
"Rap"
(featuring Izi)		 15—
  • FIMI: Gold
"Peace & Love"
(with Sfera Ebbasta and Ghali)		 2018 131
  • FIMI: 3× Platinum
"Calipso"
(with Dardust featuring Sfera Ebbasta, Mahmood and Fabri Fibra)		 2019 1—
  • FIMI: 4× Platinum
 TBA
"Obladi oblada"
(with Ghali and Thasup featuring Fabri Fibra)		 2023 43
— Non-album single
"Attacchi di panico"
(with Blanco)		 2025 28
— La bella confusione

References

  1. ↑ "Charlie Charles: "Mi sono licenziato"". Rolling Stone Italia. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Il Giorno (11 August 2015). "Sfera Ebbasta e Charlie Charles, la musica (t)rap che conquista Marracash arriva dai "quartieri"". Il Giorno. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Chi è Charlie Charles e quali sono i suoi pezzi migliori". Onstage. May 23, 2018. Archived from the original on February 23, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "Ghali, Sfera Ebbasta e Charlie Charles: ecco 'Peace & Love'". Rolling Stone Italia. May 3, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Sfera Ebbasta e Charlie Charles hanno fondato una loro etichetta". Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Il nuovo pop: Charlie Charles e Dardust, ecco chi c'è dietro il successo di Soldi di Mahmood". Fanpage.it. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "'Calipso', ascolta il nuovo singolo di Charlie Charles". Rolling Stone Italia. April 26, 2019. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Francesca Michielin parla di Cheyenne: "In un mondo in cui si urla, ho lavorato per sottrazione". Fanpage.it. November 29, 2019. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Charlie Charles, il Producer che ha rivoluzionato il sound italiano torna con Obladi Oblada insieme a Fabri Fibra, Ghali e thasup". All Music Italia. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "Charlie Charles annuncia il suo primo disco in uscita il 24 ottobre". Il Messaggero. 16 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  12. ↑ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 44 (dal 24.10.2025 al 30.10.2025)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  13. ↑ "Sfera Ebbasta discography". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "Italian album certifications – Sfera Ebbasta" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  15. ↑ "Discographie Charlie Charles (Singles)". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  16. ↑ "Charlie Charles on hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  17. ↑ "Niagara - Single by Izi". iTunes. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  18. ↑ "Bimbi (feat. Izi, Rkomi, Sfera Ebbasta, Tedua and Ghali) - Single by Charlie Charles". iTunes. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  19. ↑ "Italian single certifications – Charlie Charles feat. Izi, Rkomi, Sfera Ebbasta, Tedua & Ghali – Bimbi" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  20. ↑ "RAP (feat. izi) - Single by Charlie Charles". iTunes. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  21. ↑ "Italian single certifications – Charlie Charles feat. Izi – Rap" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  22. ↑ "Peace & Love - Single by Charlie Charles". iTunes. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  23. ↑ "Italian single certifications – Charlie Charles, Sfera Ebbasta & Ghali – Peace & Love" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  24. ↑ "Calipso (feat. Sfera Ebbasta, Mahmood & Fabri Fibra) - Single di Charlie Charles". iTunes. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  25. ↑ "Italian single certifications – Charlie Charles with Dardust feat. Sfera Ebbasta, Mahmood & Fabri Fibra – Calipso" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  26. ↑ "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 25" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  27. ↑ "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 44 (dal 24.10.2025 al 30.10.2025)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 1 November 2025.