Persona (Marracash album)

Persona
Studio album by
Marracash
Released31 October 2019
Genre
Label
Producer
Marracash chronology
Santeria
(2016) 		Persona
(2019) 		Noi, loro, gli altri
(2021)

Persona is a studio album by Italian rapper Marracash, released on 31 October 2019 by Island Records and Universal Music Italia.[2] The album originally consisted of 15 tracks. The song "Neon – Le ali", written and performed with Italian singer Elisa, was also composed for the album, but it was not completed on time. Despite not being included on Persona, the track was released as a single in March 2020, and added to the track listing of Persona's streaming version.[3]

Praised by Italian music critics, the album placed at number one on Rolling Stone Italia's list of the Best Albums of 2019. It also became a commercial success, spending six non-consecutive weeks atop the FIMI Italian Albums Chart.[4] After placing at number five on the Italian year-end albums chart of 2019, it also became the top-selling record of 2020 in Italy.[5] As of January 2021, all its 15 original tracks, as well as "Neon - Le ali", were certified platinum in Italy, while the album was certified quadruple platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry, denoting 200,000 equivalent album units.[5]

  1. ^ Carlotta Fiandaca (31 October 2019). "Marracash − Recensione − Persona (Rap, Hip-Hop, Trap)" (in Italian). Rockit.it. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Marracash, esce il 31 ottobre il nuovo lp Persona". Il Messaggero (in Italian). 15 October 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  3. ^ Giulia Ciavarelli (6 March 2020). "Marracash: Neon – Le ali è il nuovo singolo con Elisa". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Italiancharts was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b "Marracash: Persona è il disco più venduto del 2020 con un bottino di 16 dischi di platino e 7 oro" (in Italian). AllMusicItalia.it. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.