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O-zone
O-Zone was a Moldovan Eurodance group that was active from 1999 to 2019. Originating in 1998 as a duo consisting of Dan Bălan and Petru Jelihovschi before the latter's departure, their official trio lineup in 1999 consisted of Dan Bălan, Radu Sîrbu, and Arsenie Todiraș. The group gained global popularity with their song " Dragostea Din Tei" and their subsequent album '' DiscO-Zone''. The group re-united in 2017 for two concerts in Chișinău and Bucharest and in 2019 for one concert in Bucharest. History 1998–2001: Formation and early years O-Zone first formed as a duo of Dan Bălan and Petru Jelihovschi in 1998. They released their first album, '' Dar, Unde Ești...'', in 1999. However, Jelihovschi had not intended to make music his career, so he split from Bălan. Undaunted, Bălan held open auditions for new band members. At one such audition, he met Arsenie "Arsenium" Todiraș, who eventually won over the initially skeptical Bălan with his version of Elvis Presl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DiscO-Zone
''DiscO-Zone'' is the third and final album by the Moldovan band O-Zone. It was first released on June 6, 2004, in multiple countries throughout Europe. Produced by the band, the album features their hit singles " Dragostea Din Tei (Words of Love)" and " Despre Tine (About You)". It was a commercial success in many European countries, particularly in Portugal where it hit number one for eight consecutive weeks and was in the top 30 for 26 weeks, and it also reached the top ten in Wallonia, Belgium, Poland, Norway, Switzerland, and Finland. In France, it only reached number 15 but stayed in the top 200 for 36 weeks. In Japan it reached the number one position in its 24th week on the chart. Track listing Romanian version Japanese version Members * Dan Bălan – vocals *Arsenie Todiras – vocals *Radu Sîrbu Radu Sîrbu (also known as Radu Sârbu, RadU, Picasso and Radu Alexeevici Sîrbu (russian: Раду Алексеевич Сырбу, translit=Radu Alekseevich Syrb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Balan
Dan Mihai Bălan (born 6 February 1979) is a Moldovan artist, songwriter, and record producer. He is the founder of Moldovan eurodance band O-Zone, and wrote their international hit single " Dragostea Din Tei", which topped the charts in 32 countries and sold 12 million copies worldwide. The artist was chosen by Disney Channel Romania to sing the theme song from the series '' Brandy & Mr. Whiskers''. Early life Dan Mihai Balan was born on 6 February 1979 in Chișinău, to Mihai Balan, a diplomat, and Ludmila Balan, a TV presenter. He has a sister, TV presenter Sanda Bălan (born 1984). His maternal grandfather, Boris Vasiliev, was deported to Siberia as a child. He was given his first instrument, a second-hand accordion, as a present at age 11 and began pursuing music at a young age. Balan attended music school, but his parents urged him to attend university to study law. After following their wishes for a short time, he eventually left law school to play with his first band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Bălan
Dan Mihai Bălan (born 6 February 1979) is a Moldovan artist, songwriter, and record producer. He is the founder of Moldovan eurodance band O-Zone, and wrote their international hit single "Dragostea Din Tei", which topped the charts in 32 countries and sold 12 million copies worldwide. The artist was chosen by Disney Channel Romania to sing the theme song from the series '' Brandy & Mr. Whiskers''. Early life Dan Mihai Balan was born on 6 February 1979 in Chișinău, to Mihai Balan, a diplomat, and Ludmila Balan, a TV presenter. He has a sister, TV presenter Sanda Bălan (born 1984). His maternal grandfather, Boris Vasiliev, was deported to Siberia as a child. He was given his first instrument, a second-hand accordion, as a present at age 11 and began pursuing music at a young age. Balan attended music school, but his parents urged him to attend university to study law. After following their wishes for a short time, he eventually left law school to play with his first band I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragostea Din Tei
"Dragostea Din Tei" (; official English title: "Words of Love", also informally known as "Maya Hi" and "Numa Numa") is a song by Moldovan pop group O-Zone, released as the second single from their third studio album, ''DiscO-Zone'' (2004). The song's title is Romanian for "Love from the linden tree". The song received positive reviews from critics and shot to number one on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles, where it remained for 12 weeks between June and early September 2004. It topped the single charts in France, Germany and Austria for over three months, reached number 3 in the United Kingdom and number 72 on the US Pop 100. The song became the fourth best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 1.17 million units sold. The original song was popularised in the United States via the viral video " Numa Numa" in which vlogger Gary Brolsma dances to the song. A remix entitled "Numa Numa 2" by Dan Balan (from O-Zone) featuring Marley Waters was posted on YouTube on 12 Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Despre Tine
"Despre tine" ( en, "About You") is the second single release from O-Zone's second album '' Number 1'', and came back in their last album, ''DiscO-Zone''. Following up their 2003 summer hit " Dragostea Din Tei", "Despre tine" proved to be a smaller hit than its predecessor, but a big enough one to make number one in several European countries. Song information The single was not released in the United Kingdom and did not benefit from large-scale promotion like " Dragostea Din Tei". "Despre tine" reached number four on the Eurochart Hot 100 The European Hot 100 Singles was compiled by '' Billboard'' and ''Music & Media'' magazine from March 1984 until December 2010. The chart was based on national singles sales charts in 17 European countries: Austria, Belgium (two charts separately .... On ''DiscO-Zone'', the track features a similar sound to O-Zone's previous hit, originally circulating on the Internet as an allegedly 'original version' of the "Dragostea din tei" song, due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radu Sîrbu
Radu Sîrbu (also known as Radu Sârbu, RadU, Picasso and Radu Alexeevici Sîrbu (russian: Раду Алексеевич Сырбу, translit=Radu Alekseevich Syrbu; born 14 December 1978 in Peresecina) is a Moldovan singer and music producer. He was part of the pop music trio O-Zone whom received international success for their single Dragostea Din Tei. He currently lives and works in Bucharest, Romania. Biography Radu Sîrbu was born on 14 December 1978 in Peresecina village and lived there during his early childhood. For a portion of his youth, he lived in the cities of Orhei and Bălți. He would later return to Peresecina to finish high school and work as a DJ at his father's nightclub. He also organized musical theatre shows through his studio, "Artshow," which he created for children and teenagers. In 1996, after graduating, he began his studies at the Chișinău Music Conservatory and taught vocal classes for children on the side. In 2001, Sîrbu was selected to be a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsenie Todiraș
Arsenie Todiraș (sometimes spelt ''Toderaș'', also iterated ''Arseni Ivanovici Todiraș'' after the former Soviet and modern Russian form of the name) (born 22 July 1983 in Chișinău) is a Moldovan singer, best known for representing Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. He grew up in Moldova with his mother, father and younger sister. He was once the youngest member of former boyband O-Zone. He now pursues a solo career in Russia and Romania, under the mononym Arsenie or at times the stage name Arsenium. Arsenie represented Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song " Loca" (Crazy in Spanish) with Natalia Gordienco featuring Connect-R, finishing in 20th place with 22 points. He took part in the '' Dansez pentru tine'' dance contest, the Romanian version of ''Dancing with the Stars'', and took the second place, while the first was given to the Romanian singer Andra. His first solo album, ''The 33rd Element'', was released in Romania in the summer of 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cat Music
Cat Music is a record label based in Bucharest, Romania, that holds 30% of the market share and a catalog of more than 8,500 songs. Its YouTube channel is the most popular of a Romanian label, with over 6.2 million subscribers and 6.2 billion views. Dan Gheorghe Popi, CEO of Cat Music, was the president of the Union of Phonogram Producers in Romania and was listed in 2004 in ''Billboards Top 20 Best Independent Artist and Repertoire Managers. It was founded in 1991 by Dan Popi and has a market share of 30 percent in Romania. Internationally successful artists of Cat Music were O-Zone (Dragostea din tei), Cleopatra Stratan (Ghiță) and Edward Maya feat. Vika Jigulina (Stereo Love). In 2019, Cat Music opened its first international branch in Madrid, Spain. Major artists * 3rei Sud Est * Andreea Bănică * Lidia Buble * Faydee * Feli * Elena Gheorghe * Havana * Jo * Kamelia * Anna Lesko * Delia Matache * Alex Mica * MIRA * DJ Project * Randi * Ruby * DJ Sava * Adrian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnistria lies across the Dniester river on the country's eastern border with Ukraine. Moldova's capital and largest city is Chișinău. Most of Moldovan territory was a part of the Principality of Moldavia from the 14th century until 1812, when it was ceded to the Russian Empire by the Ottoman Empire (to which Moldavia was a vassal state) and became known as Bessarabia. In 1856, southern Bessarabia was returned to Moldavia, which three years later united with Wallachia to form Romania, but Russian rule was restored over the whole of the region in 1878. During the 1917 Russian Revolution, Bessarabia briefly became an autonomous state within the Russian Republic, known as the Moldavian Democratic Republic. In February 1918, the Moldavian D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haiducii
Paula Mitrache (born 14 June 1977), known by the stage name Haiducii (), is a Romanian- Italian singer, model and actress. She released her debut single " Dragostea din tei" in 2004, a cover of O-Zone's homonymous single of the previous year. A copyright infringement lawsuit followed on the matter and resulted in Haiducii paying fees for this confirmed charge. Commercially, "Dragostea din tei" reached widespread commercial success, reaching number 1 in Austria, Italy, Portugal and Sweden, as well as the top ten in eight other countries. It was also certified Gold and Platinum in several territories. In late 2004, Haiducii released "Mne s Toboy Horosho" and, in late 2005, "More 'N' More (I Love You) "More 'N' More (I Love You)" is Haiducii's fourth single, released in Italy in December 2005. This was her second single in English. The single contains two versions of the song, four Dragostea Din Tei versions (two already released and two new ...", her last singles that managed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Stag Festival
The Golden Stag Festival ( ro, Cerbul de Aur) is the most popular Romanian song contest and awards, held annually in the town of Braşov, Romania. History The Golden Stag was first held in 1968, but after 1971 it was banned by the Communist leadership. After the fall of Communism, new editions were organised starting from 1992. Between 2010 and 2017 the festival wasn't held due to lack of funds. It returned in 2018. The Golden Stag Festival takes place during the summer and is broadcast live by Romanian TV station TVR1 TVR 1 (; spelled out as ''Televiziunea Română 1'', "Romanian Television 1") is the main channel of the Romanian public broadcaster TVR. The most important show of the channel is Jurnalul TVR, whose motto is ("The news journal as it should .... Competition References External links Official website{{in lang, ro, en Music festivals in Romania Tourist attractions in Brașov Piața Sfatului ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Dance Airplay
Dance/Mix Show Airplay (formerly Hot Dance Airplay) is a monitored electronic dance music radio chart that is published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. History The chart came about as a result of the small but influential impact of electronic dance music on the radio in the United States and the stations that program it. Debuting as Hot Dance Radio Airplay in the issue dated October 25, 2003, it initially ranked the 25 most-played songs over eight radio stations playing mainly dance music and monitored by Nielsen BDS. When published for the first time, " Just the Way You Are" by Milky was ranked as the number-one song, but that was following after a ten-week unpublished chart history. " Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé featuring Jay Z spent the first seven weeks of the chart at number one, which ''Billboard'' recognizes retroactively. With the issue dated November 19, 2011, ''Billboard'' changed the name of the chart to Dance/Mix Show Airplay to reflect a change in its methodology. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |