''Chosen'' is the debut

extended play An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.

by Italian rock band

Måneskin Måneskin are an Italian Rock music, rock band formed in Rome in 2016. The band are composed of vocalist Damiano David, bassist Victoria De Angelis, guitarist Thomas Raggi, and drummer Ethan Torchio. Performing in the streets in their early days, ...

. It was released on 8 December 2017 and peaked at number 3 on the

Italian Albums Chart The Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy. It was established in 1992, when major corporate labels left the previously exist ...

. The EP includes the single with the same name and another original song ("Recovery"), both in English, and various cover songs performed during the eleventh season of '' X Factor Italia''. The EP was certified platinum and in addition its tracks collected two platinum and four gold certifications by

FIMI The Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy. It was established in 1992, when major corporate labels left the previously exist ...

. Outside Italy and post-

Eurovision The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

success, the band's rock cover of " Beggin'" by The Four Seasons became the most popular song from the record.

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Damiano David Damiano David (; born 8 January 1999) is an Italian singer. He is the frontman of the rock band Måneskin, which won the Sanremo Music Festival 2021 and subsequently the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 representing Italy with the song "Zitti e buo ...

– vocals *

Victoria De Angelis Victoria De Angelis (; born 28 April 2000) is an Italian bassist. She founded the rock band Måneskin in 2015 alongside vocalist Damiano David, guitarist Thomas Raggi, and Ethan Torchio, with whom she won the Sanremo Music Festival 2021 and subs ...

– bass guitar * Thomas Raggi – guitar * Ethan Torchio – drums Production and design * Måneskin – production (tracks 1 and 2) *

Lucio Fabbri Lucio Fabbri (born 25 March 1955) is an Italian composer, conductor, arranger, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Born in Crema, Lombardy, Fabbri graduated in violin and then in the early 1970s he was a member of the progressive rock groups Il ...

– production (tracks 3-7) * Donato Romano – engineering (track 1) * Antonio Baglio – mastering (track 1) * Alessandro Marcantoni – recording (tracks 3-7) * Pietro Caramelli, Claudio Giussani – mastering (tracks 3-7) * Cirasa – artwork * Riccardo Ambrosio – photography

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