Chosen (EP)

Chosen is the debut extended play by Italian rock band Måneskin. It was released on 8 December 2017 and peaked at number 3 on the Italian Albums Chart.^[2]

Chosen
EP by Måneskin
Released	8 December 2017 (2017-12-08)
Studio	L'Isola Studios, Metropolis Recording Studio, Milan[1]
Genre	Rock
Length	20:49
Language	Italian • English
Label	Sony RCA
Producer	Måneskin Lucio Fabbri
Måneskin chronology
Chosen (2017) Il ballo della vita (2018)
Singles from Chosen
"Chosen" Released: 24 November 2017

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.^[3] The EP was certified platinum and in addition its tracks collected two platinum and four gold certifications by FIMI.^[4]

Outside Italy and post-Eurovision success, the band's rock cover of "Beggin'" by The Four Seasons became the most popular song from the record.^[5]

Track listing

Chosen track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Chosen"	Damiano David	Victoria De Angelis Thomas Raggi Ethan Torchio	2:42
2.	"Recovery"	Damiano David	Victoria De Angelis Thomas Raggi Ethan Torchio	2:55
3.	"Vengo dalla Luna" (Caparezza cover)			3:04
4.	"Beggin'" (The Four Seasons cover)			3:31
5.	"Let's Get It Started" (Black Eyed Peas cover)			2:26
6.	"Somebody Told Me" (The Killers cover)			2:41
7.	"You Need Me, I Don't Need You" (Ed Sheeran cover)			3:30

Personnel

Group

• Damiano David – vocals
• Victoria De Angelis – bass guitar
• Thomas Raggi – guitar
• Ethan Torchio – drums

Production and design

• Måneskin – production (tracks 1 and 2)
• Lucio Fabbri – 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

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Chosen Chart (2017–2023) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 20 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 9 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] 33 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9][10] 21 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[11] 6 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] 2 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 93 Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn)[14] 15 Italian Albums (FIMI)[15] 3 Latvian Albums (LAIPA)[16] 6 Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[17] 2 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[18] 11 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[19] 8 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 7 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 49 US Billboard 200[22] 103 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[23] 14 US World Albums (Billboard)[24] 2

Year-end charts 2017 year-end chart performance for Chosen Chart (2017) Position Italian Albums (FIMI)[25] 66 2018 year-end chart performance for Chosen Chart (2018) Position Italian Albums (FIMI)[26] 24 2021 year-end chart performance for Chosen Chart (2021) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[27] 114 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[28] 76 Icelandic Albums (Tónlistinn)[29] 73 Italian Albums (FIMI)[30] 32 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[31] 78 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[32] 59 2022 year-end chart performance for Chosen Chart (2022) Position Italian Albums (FIMI)[33] 73 Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[34] 19

Certifications

Certifications for Chosen

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[35]	Gold	40,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[36]	Gold	10,000‡
France (SNEP)[37]	Gold	50,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[38]	3× Platinum	150,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[39]	Gold	7,500‡
Poland (ZPAV)[40]	Platinum	20,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.