Alle Benassi

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

Alle Benassi
Birth name	Alessandro Benassi
Origin	Reggio Emilia, Italy
Occupations	DJ songwriter record producer
Years active	1980s–present
Member of	Benassi Bros.

Career

Benassi and his cousin Benny Benassi began DJing 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. Alessandro Benassi did writing and arrangements for the 2002 album Whigfield 4.^[1]

Alessandro 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 produce the album “Rock the Dog” (2008)[under the name Mobbing] and 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]
		"Able to Love"	Benny Benassi, Dhany		—
2011	Chris Brown	"Beautiful People"	Chris Brown, Benny Benassi, Jean Baptiste	43[4]	4[5]
2012		"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]
	Madonna	"Girl Gone Wild"	Madonna, Benny Benassi, Jenson Vaughan	106	73
		"I'm Addicted"	Madonna, Benny Benassi	—	—
		"Best Friend"