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Smiley (singer)
Andrei Tiberiu Maria (; born 27 July 1983), better known by his stage name Smiley, is a Romanian singer, songwriter, record producer, and internet vlogger. He was part of the band Simplu and since then he developed a solo career. With more than 1 million singles sold from 2001, certified gold, he is the best-selling male artist and the most successful pop star in Romania. In 2013, he won " Best Romanian Act" during the MTV Europe Music Awards held in Amsterdam. He had been nominated as a solo act three times for the same award in 2008, 2009 and 2011 and twice in 2006 and 2007 as part of Simplu. He is part of the Romanian Euro-House project Radio Killer where he is known as Killer 1. As of November 2013, he is the new Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF Romania. He is a television personality, having hosted ''Românii au talent'' for eleven consecutive seasons (2011–present) and being a coach in ''Vocea României'' also for nine consecutive seasons (2011–2019). History He start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitești
Pitești () is a city in Romania, located on the river Argeș. The capital and largest city of Argeș County, it is an important commercial and industrial center, as well as the home of two universities. Pitești is situated in the historical region of Muntenia. It lies on the A1 freeway connecting the city directly to the national capital Bucharest, being an important railway junction, with a classification yard in nearby Bălilești. The city houses the Arpechim oil refinery, and is a marketing center for the automotive industry, in particular, Automobile Dacia. Inhabited since prehistoric times but first mentioned in the 14th century, it developed as a trading town in northern Wallachia, serving as an informal residence for various Wallachian Princes until the 18th century. From the 19th century and until the interwar period, it was an important political center for the National Liberal Party and the main residence of the Brătianu family of politicians. During the early s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Voice (TV Series)
''The Voice'' is an international reality television singing competition franchise. It is based on the reality singing competition ''The Voice of Holland'', which was originally created by Dutch producer John de Mol and Dutch singer Roel van Velzen. It has become a rival to the '' Idols'' franchise, '' The Four'', '' Rising Star'' and ''The X Factor''. Up until 2020, the franchise was owned by Talpa Network. The current owner is ITV Studios. Originated in the Netherlands, many other countries adapted the format and began airing their own versions starting in 2010. Up till now, seven different versions of ''The Voice'' have been produced by countries/regions all around the world. Some programs still stick to the original format of the show while most of them are produced with twists of the format added. The franchise maintains official YouTube channels called ''The Voice Global'' and ''La Voz Global'' (as the Spanish version). The channels upload compilation videos of perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanian Songwriters
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English-language Singers From Romania
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smallfoot
Smallfoot was the name of both a rapid application development toolkit and an embedded operating system designed and released by Caldera Systems/Caldera International/The SCO Group in both UnixWare and Linux formats. Created for use in embedded environments such as point of sale systems and video gaming, the toolkits were intended to create specifically tailored operating systems geared towards the desired use. These customized and stripped down versions of the operating systems made less of a footprint, hence the names ''Smallfoot embedded UNIX'' and ''Smallfoot embedded Linux'' respectively. Smallfoot is also notable in that it was a key Linux product of The SCO Group, developed for both the UNIX and Linux platforms and distributed by SCO and Caldera Systems/Caldera International after its purchase of SCO. In the '' SCO v. IBM'' lawsuit, SCO denied distribution of Linux kernel code, however SCO Smallfoot is based on both 2.4.10 and 2.6.1 Linux kernel versions. History Smallfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selfie (2014 Film)
''Selfie'' (stylized as ''#selfie'') is a 2014 Romanian teen comedy film directed by Cristina Jacob and produced bZazu Film The plot revolves around three 18-year-old girls (played by Crina Semciuc, Flavia Hojda and Olimpia Melinte) who decide to spend their last days before the final exam on a trip to the beach, rather than keep studying. The film is catching attention upon the selfie phenomenon, famous among the young generation in 2014. The action of the movie is immortalising the protagonists using their mobile phones and posting selfie photos and videos on social media. Plot Yasmine, Roxi and Ana are willing to have fun and forget about the stress of the last 2 days before the Baccalaureate exam. For them, having fun means a final big adventure, breaking the rules and never thinking about any possible consequences. In their seek for freedom, love and adrenaline they meet three young men they hang out with at sea. Cast * Crina Semciuc as Yasmine Necsulescu * Flavi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guess Who (rapper)
Laurenţiu Mocanu (born June 2, 1986), better known by his stage name Guess Who is a Romanian rapper. Early life and career Guess Who (Laurenţiu Mocanu) was born in Bucharest, Romania in 1986. As a child, he enjoyed sports and even played football for the Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...-based club Steaua. Mocanu was also chosen by Disney to provide the Romanian voice of one of Ratigan acolytes from the animated movie ''The Great Mouse Detective''. Discography *Hai Să Vorbim (Let's Talk) (with Anonim) (2005) * Probe Audio (Sound Check) (2009) *Tot Mai Sus (Higher) (2011) *Un Anonim Celebru (A Famous Anonymous) (2017) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Guess Who 1986 births Living people Romanian rappers Musicians from Bucharest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia Pavel
Claudia Pavel (born October 19, 1984, in Mangalia), also known as Claudia Cream or simply Cream, is a Romanian pop singer and dancer. Pavel has had a string of hit music albums and music singles in Romania and is considered one of Romania's most successful and popular singers of the 2000s. Pavel speaks fluent Romanian, Greek, and English, along with some Turkish. Claudia Pavel was vying to represent Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany with the entry "I Want U to Want Me", in the national final on December 31, 2010 she came in 10th place. Pavel has also been a member of popular pop group "Candy". Music albums (with Candy) *''Candy'' (2000) Music albums (as solo singer) *''Crede în mine'' (2002) *''Aștept'' (2003) *''Te vreau'' (2005) *''48 de ore'' (2006) *''Wrong Girl for That'' (2009) Music singles (in selection) * ''Mai aproape'' (2002) * ''Cânt pentru tine'' (2002) * ''Închide ochii'' (feat. Marius Moga) (2003) * ''Jumătatea mea'' (feat. Simplu) ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connect-R
Ștefan Relu Mihalache (born on June 9, 1982 in Bucharest, Romania), better known by his stage name Connect-R, is a Romanian roma rapper, singer, producer and occasional actor, best known for his association with Romanian hip hop group R.A.C.L.A. early in his career and the successful solo career that followed his leaving of the group. He has been noted as having a baritone-range singing voice and an eclectic musical style. Biography Early life and career Mihalache was born in mid-1982 in Bucharest and, by the age of 8, was a professional dancer as a member of the dance group Primăvara. By the age of 15, he had become involved with hip hop music and in 1997 recorded "Observ", the first track in his professional career. His ex-wife and him had a child together. He was chosen by Disney Channel Romania to sing "Sunt legat în lanț" song from the animated series ''Phineas and Ferb ''Phineas and Ferb'' is an American animated musical-comedy television series created by Dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delia Matache
Delia Matache (born 7 February 1982), commonly referred to as simply Delia, is a Romanian singer and songwriter. She has established herself as one of the most successful Romanian artists, releasing multiple hit singles on native record charts, including "Nu e vina mea" ("It Is Not My Fault"; 2002; as part of the duo N&D), "Parfum de fericire" ("Perfume of Happiness"; 2003), "Pe aripi de vânt" ("On Wind's Wings"; 2014), "Da, mamă" ("Yes, Mother"; 2015), "Cum ne noi" ("How We Us"; 2015) and "Ne vedem noi" ("We'll See Each Other"; 2020), "Cum am știut" ("How I knew"; 2022) Life and career Matache was born in Bucharest, Romania and graduated from the Dinu Lipatti music high school after having taken piano and flute studies for five years. She has a brother Eduard and a sister Oana; her mother's name is Gina. Matache's music career started in 1999, in 11th grade, after being approached by Nick (Nicolae Marin) to be part of the duo N&D. Until their disbandment in 2002, they release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiss FM (Romania)
Kiss FM is a Top40/Hit Radio station from Romania, owned by ANT1 Group. The station was rebranded from the old Radio Contact, after being purchased by a Belgian radio network. The rebranding came with a number of "on air" personalities, such as Șerban Huidu and Mihai Găinușă, the new network quickly got to be one of the most popular hit stations in Romania where it covers the main cities. Kiss FM Romania also has a branch in Chişinău, the capital of Moldova, that broadcasts a mix between Kiss FM in Bucharest and local radio programmes. On 23 December 2013 Kiss FM was bought by ANT1 Group after ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG sold its operations in Romania. On 15 January 2014 Șerban Huidu left the radio station. He was replaced as Programs Director by Raluca Opreanu. The station's playlist manager is Andreea Berghea. On 10 September 2014 Sergiu Floroaia Sergiu Floroaia (born December 1, 1984), known professionally by the mononym Sergiu, is a Romanian stand-up comedian and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uniunea Producătorilor De Fonograme Din România
Uniunea Producătorilor de Fonograme din România ( Ro for ''Romanian Phonographic Industry'' is the Romanian record industry's trade association A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association, sector association or industry body, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific Industry (economics), industry. An industry tra .... It also measure the number of physical and digital sales of records in Romania. Sales certificates Music charts References {{DEFAULTSORT:Uniunea Producatorilor de Fonograme din Romania Romanian music Music industry associations Music organizations based in Romania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
