Rockstar (Sfera Ebbasta album)

Rockstar
Studio album by Sfera Ebbasta
Released	19 January 2018
Genre	Trap pop[1]
Length	34:41
Label	Universal Music Italy Def Jam
Producer	Sfera Ebbasta Charlie Charles Davide Covino Rvssian
Sfera Ebbasta chronology
Sfera Ebbasta (2016) Rockstar (2018) Famoso (2020)
Singles from Rockstar
"Rockstar" Released: 19 January 2018 "Cupido" Released: 6 April 2018 "Ricchi x sempre" Released: 13 July 2018 "Happy Birthday" Released: 30 November 2018

Rockstar is the second studio album by Italian rapper Sfera Ebbasta. The album was released by Def Jam Recordings on 19 January 2018.^[2] The album peaked at number one on the Italian Albums Chart and it stayed on top of the chart for four weeks.^[3] Rockstar received 35 million streams on its first week on Spotify,^[4] and Sfera Ebbasta was the first Italian artist to appear on the streaming platform's Top 100 global chart.^[5] All of its 11 tracks entered on the first twelve positions of the Italian Singles Chart simultaneously.^[6] A deluxe edition (titled Popstar Edition) was released on 30 November 2018.^[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gionata Boschetti and Paolo Alberto Monachetti, except where noted. All songs produced by Charlie Charles and Sfera Ebbasta, except where noted.

Rockstar – Standard edition^[2]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rockstar"	3:15
2.	"Serpenti a sonagli"	3:14
3.	"Cupido" (featuring Quavo; writers: Boschetti, Quavious Marshall)	3:30
4.	"XNX"	2:23
5.	"Ricchi x sempre"	3:43
6.	"Uber"	3:07
7.	"Leggenda"	3:09
8.	"Bancomat"	3:08
9.	"Sciroppo" (featuring DrefGold; writers: Boschetti, Elia Specolizzi; producers: Charlie Charles; Davide Covino)	3:25
10.	"20 collane"	2:08
11.	"Tran Tran"	3:39
Total length:		34:41

Rockstar – International edition^[8]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rockstar"	3:15
2.	"Serpenti a sonagli"	3:14
3.	"Cupido" (featuring Quavo; writers: Boschetti, Marshall)	3:30
4.	"XNX"	2:23
5.	"Ricchi x sempre"	3:43
6.	"Uber" (featuring Miami Yacine; writers: Boschetti, Yassine Baybah)	3:10
7.	"Leggenda"	3:09
8.	"Bancomat" (featuring Tinie Tempah; writers: Boschetti, Patrick Okogwu)	2:58
9.	"Sciroppo" (featuring DrefGold; writers: Boschetti, Elia Specolizzi; producers: Charlie Charles; Davide Covino)	3:25
10.	"20 collane" (featuring Rich the Kid; writers: Boschetti, Dimitri Roger)	2:40
11.	"Tran Tran" (featuring Lary Over; writers: Boschetti, Raymond Guevara)	4:12
Total length:		35:06

Popstar Edition^[9]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Popstar"	3:03
2.	"Uh Ah Hey"	2:56
3.	"Happy Birthday"	2:50
4.	"Cupido RMX" (Sfera Ebbasta, Khea & Duki featuring Gué Pequeno & Elettra Lamborghini; writers: Boschetti, Cosimo Fini, Lamborghini, Mauro Lombardo, Ivo Serue)	3:31
5.	"XNX RMX" (featuring Gué Pequeno; writers: Boschetti, Fini)	2:31
6.	"Serpenti a sonagli RMX" (featuring Lacrim; writers: Boschetti, Karim Zenoud)	3:14
7.	"Pablo" (Rvssian & Sfera Ebbasta; writers: Boschetti, Tarik Johnston; producer: Rvssian)	2:46

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (2018) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] 38 French Albums (SNEP)[11] 133 Italian Albums (FIMI)[12] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2018) Position Italian Albums (FIMI)[14] 1 Chart (2019) Position Italian Albums (FIMI)[15] 19 Chart (2020) Position Italian Albums (FIMI)[16] 57 Chart (2021) Position Italian Albums (FIMI)[17] 66 Chart (2022) Position Italian Albums (FIMI)[18] 53 Chart (2023) Position Italian Albums (FIMI)[19] 31 Chart (2024) Position Italian Albums (FIMI)[20] 40

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[21]	8× Platinum	400,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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9. "Rockstar (Popstar Edition)". Apple Music. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
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16. "Top Of The Music 2020: 'Persona' Di Marracash È L'album Piú Venduto" (Download the attachment and open the albums file) (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
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21. "Italian album certifications – Sfera Ebbasta – Rockstar" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 21 January 2025.