ProfJam

Mário Cotrim, mostly known by his stage name ProfJam (born 6 June 1991), is a Portuguese rapper and hip hop singer.

Career ProfJam started his career in 2008. His first exposition to the Hip Hop audience occurred when he participated in the Portuguese competition "Liga Knockout", where rappers had to make their own rhymes to defeat their opponent in a 1v1 punchlines battle.

Later on, after dropping out from a Computer Science and Information Systems class at Instituto Superior Técnico, he went to London to pursue a degree in audio production, in the SAE Institute.

In 2016, he created his own record label, Think Music Records. Think Music Records has signed Portuguese artists such as Yuzi, Sippinpurpp, Mike El Nite, Lon3r Johny, among others.

In January 2019, it was announced that ProfJam would perform on the main stage of Super Bock Super Rock 2019, on 20 July. In 2018, he performed at the same music festival but on the secondary stage.

After he released his album #FFFFFF in February 2019, almost every song on the album got to the top 100 of Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa singles charts. The song "Tou Bem" featuring Lhast, got to the number 1 spot on the Portuguese charts and on the main social media streaming services, like YouTube or Spotify. The records, "Água de Coco" and "Tou Bem" reached the platinum certification as they got over 20,000 sales registered by AFP. The album reached the number 1 spot on the Portuguese charts in March 2019.

Personal life On 10 October 2019, he was hospitalized after suffering from a psychosis due to drug abuse while he was writing his new song "'Anjos e Demónios'".

Discography

Mixtapes

TitleDetailsThe Bing Banger Theory Released: 6 June 2014 (POR) Label: ASTROrecordsMixtakes Released: 30 March 2016 (POR) Label: Think Music Records

Albums

Studio albums

TitleDetailsCertificationsPeak chart positionsPOR#FFFFFF Released: 23 February 2019 (POR) Labels: Think Music Records, Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streamingAFP: Gold1#000000 12 February 2020 (POR) Label: Think Music Records Formats: Audiovisual — —MDID 5 May 2023 (POR) Label: Virgin Music Portugal Formats: Digital download, streamingAFP: Gold 51

Collaborative albums

TitleDetailsCertificationsPeak chart positionsPORSystem 25 June 2020 (POR) Label: Think Music Records, Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download——

Singles

As lead artist +List of singles, with selected details and chart positionsTitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbumPOR"Xamã"2016—rowspan="4" "Mortalhas"2017— "Yabba" 2018— "Gwapo" — "Água de Côco"8 AFP: 2× Platinum #FFFFFF "Tou Bem" 1AFP: 3× Platinum "À Palavra" 2019 15 "À Vontade" 4AFP: Platinum "Caveira" 47 "Interlúdio" 65 "Malibu" 14AFP: Platinum "Minha" 20 "Na Zona" 38 "O Hino" 36 "Se Calhar" 50 "Badman Ting" — "Hei" 2020 7 L.S.D. "Love Songs Die" "Sistema" 27 System "Tribunal" 13 "Finais" 36 "Xpidi" 50 "Lutei" 62 "#24" 55 "Perfection" 56 "Crânio" 70 "Origami" 81 "Sempre" 78 "Imortais" 80 "Alguém Como Tu" 2021 16 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist +List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions and certificationsTitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbumPOR"Pensa Bem"201768AFP: PlatinumLado a Lado"Havana"201968—3880"Damn / Sky" 2020 18—"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Awards YearAwardNomineeCategoryResult2019PLAY - Portuguese Music Awards"Água de Côco"Best Videoclip Vodafone Best Song 2019MTV Europe Music AwardProfJamBest Portuguese Act 2020PLAY - Portuguese Music Awards #FFFFFF Best Album "Hear From You" (featuring) Best Videoclip Fornova Melhores do Ano Awards"Tou Bem (feat. Lhast)"Best National Single 2021PLAY - Portuguese Music Awards"Tribunal"Vodafone Best Song

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