Allessandro Benassi

Alessandro Benassi
Also known as	Alle Benassi
Origin	Italy
Occupation(s)	DJ songwriter producer
Years active	1980s–present
Associated acts	Benassi Bros. Benny Benassi Chris Brown Madonna

Alessandro "Alle" Benassi is an Italian DJ, songwriter and producer, best known as a member of Benassi Bros. and as a co-writer of several hits for Chris Brown.

Career

Benassi and his cousin Benny Benassi began DJ'ing in their home town of Reggio Emilia in the 1980s. In the mid-1990s, they started working for Larry Pignagnoli's Off Limits production company. There, they produced music for several acts, including Whigfield. Allessandro Benassi did writing and arrangements for the 2002 album Whigfield 4.^[1]

Allessandro and Benny Benassi then released a number of albums under the name Benassi Bros.: Hypnotica (2003), Pumphonia (2004), and ...Phobia (2005).^[2]

He later went on to co-write a number of songs for Chris Brown, including "Beautiful People" (2011) and "Don't Wake Me Up" (2012).

Songwriting credits

Year	Artist	Song	Co-written with	U.S. peak position	U.K. peak position
2003	Benny Benassi	"Satisfaction"	—	—	2[3]
2003	Benny Benassi	"Able to Love"	Benny Benassi, Dhany	—	—
2011	Chris Brown	"Beautiful People"	Chris Brown, Benny Benassi, Jean Baptiste	43[4]	4[5]
2012	Chris Brown	"Don't Wake Me Up"	Chris Brown, Alain Whyte, Brian Kennedy, Jean Baptiste, Benny Benassi, Michael McHenry, Nick Marsh, Priscilla Hamilton, Ryan Buendia, William Orbit	9[6]	2[7]
2012	Madonna	"Girl Gone Wild"	Madonna, Benny Benassi, Jenson Vaughan	106	73
2012	Madonna	"I'm Addicted"	Madonna, Benny Benassi	—	—
2012	Madonna	"Best Friend"	Madonna, Benny Benassi	—	—

References

1. Profile at discogs.com
2. "Benassi Bros. - Phobia", About.com
3. ascharts.org
4. Billboard.com
5. Official Charts Company
6. Ryan Seacrst Top 40 list
7. Official Chart Company