David Franj


David Franj is the performance name of David Frangiosa, who is an Australian singer-songwriter-author. Frangiosa had three singles on the ARIA Singles Chart top 40: "Oxygen", "Never Be Amazing" and "God Only Knows". All appeared on his debut album, Wrong Place, Wrong Time, which reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 60.
He co-wrote the song "Perfect" with its performer, Vanessa Amorosi, which reached No. 4 on the ARIA Charts and is certified double platinum. It was nominated as the Most Played Australian Work at the APRA Music Awards of 2009.
Some of David's other prominent co-writes include the song "All on your own" with Rick Price, which features on the "Best of Rick Price",
and the Jon Stevens performed single "Just a man" from his album "Changing times".

Biography

David Franj, was born as David Frangiosa, and was raised in Melbourne.
Franj's first single, "Oxygen", was released to radio in early 2002 and peaked at No. 25 on the ARIA Singles Chart in April. It was followed by "Never Be Amazing", which reached the Top 40 in August. His third single, "God Only Knows", also reached the top 40, in February 2003. His debut album, Wrong Place, Wrong Time, reached No. 53 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
In December 2003 Franj provided "I Want to Wake Up with You" for the soundtrack for the Australian comedy film, The Wannabes.
Vanessa Amorosi released "Perfect" in April 2008, the second single from her second studio album, Somewhere in the Real World. It was co-written by Franj with Amorosi and peaked at No. 4. By the end of that year it was certified platinum for shipment of 70,000 units. At the APRA Music Awards of 2009 "Perfect" was nominated for Most Played Australian Work. The single has also recently been given the title of Most Played Song on Radio by an Australian artist in the past decade, an accolade only beaten internationally by two other artists – Coldplay and Kings of Leon.