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Wassabi
Wassabi were a Romanian musical girl group established in 2006 under the management of Marius Moga, who also wrote many of their songs. The band was made up of Laura Petrescu, Veronica Tecaru, Ramona Sora, and Luisa Luca. Career The group launched its series of hits with the album ''Și m-am îndrăgostit de tine''. The album contained "Have Some Fun with Radio 21" that was used as the signature song for the Romanian radio station Radio 21. The band also released the title song from the album "Și m-am îndrăgostit de tine" as well as "Lonely Girl". Their biggest hit was "Don't Go Baby" written by Marius Moga. The band also took part in Selecţia Naţională Eurovision 2007 to represent Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest. The song was "Do the Tango with Me". Wassabi also presented another song "Crazy" in collaboration with band Morandi, but the song was withdrawn prior to the final to allow better chances for "Do the Tango with Me". After the split-up The band continued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minelli (Romanian Singer)
Luisa Ionela Luca (born 22 August 1988), known professionally as Minelli, is a Romanian Singing, singer and songwriter. Upon being part of the girl group Wassabi from 2006 to 2009, she rose to fame with her 2019 single "Mariola", which topped the Romanian Romanian music charts, Airplay 100 chart. Subsequently, in 2021, "Rampampam" became a hit in multiple territories. Life and career Minelli was born as Luisa Ionela Luca on 22 August 1988, and began singing at the age of 11, when she formed a band in her hometown. In 2004, she moved to Bucharest, and between 2006 and 2009, she was a member of the band Wassabi. They attempted to represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007, submitting the songs "Crazy" with Morandi (band), Morandi and "Do the Tango with Me" to that year's national final. After Wassabi disbanded, Minelli focused on her solo career and began working as a singer and songwriter. In 2019, Minelli released her first number-one single in Romania, "Mariola", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selecţia Naţională Eurovision 2007
Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest, Romania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. They selected their entry, "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" by Romanian group Todomondo through the national selection competition ''Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest#Selection process and accolades, Selecția Națională 2007'' in February 2007. Controversy surrounded the event, as Romanian Television (TVR) disqualified several entries over the course of the competition. Prior to the 2007 contest, Romania had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nine times since its first entry in Eurovision Song Contest 1994, 1994. Its highest placing in the contest had been third place, which the nation achieved in Eurovision Song Contest 2005, 2005. In Eurovision Song Contest 2006, 2006, Romania finished in fourth place. Prior to Eurovision, "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" was promoted by a music video and a promotional tour in Belarus. Todomondo ultimately achieved 13th plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lora (singer)
Laura Petrescu, better known as Lora (born in Vaslui, Romania on 23 July 1982) is a Romanian pop singer, model, judge on ''The Next Star'' show, and TV personality. Before her solo career, she was part of the Romanian band Wassabi. Beginnings Lora graduated from Sfânta Maria high school in Galați and applied for Prima TV's ''Star Factory'' in 2004, she studied Sociology at college but her music career didn't allow her to finish it. In 2006, she became a founding member of Wassabi with a launching song named "Have Some Fun with Radio 21" becoming the signature tune of Radio 21 that year and taking part in the Selecţia Naţională Eurovision 2007 to represent Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest. The songs were "Do the Tango with Me" and "Crazy", the latter with band Morandi. Solo career On 1 April 2009, Lora withdraws from the band for a solo career. After 8 months, Lora tried her hand at qualifying for Eurovision but now as a duo with Sonny Flame in the song "Come Along", c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronica Tecaru
Veronica Alexandra Tecaru (born January 14, 1984), known by her stage name Veronika, is a Romanian singer. Born in Galați, Tecaru turned to singing after giving up a career as a basketball player. She began her music career in Bucharest as a member of Wassabi in 2006. Following the disbandment of Wassabi in 2009, Tecaru pursued a solo career under the name Veronika. Associated acts include Brad Vee Johnson (national tour) and Julian M (2011-2012). References {{reflist External links Veronikaat Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin M ... Veronikaat Media Pro Music 1984 births 21st-century Romanian singers Romanian rhythm and blues singers Romanian soul singers Romanian dance musicians Romanian electronic musicians Romanian hip hop musicians Romani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny Flame
Mihai Răzvan Preda (in Romanian) (; born in , on 30 September 1986), better known by his Sonny Flame, is a reggae, dance hall, and R&B Romanian singer. He is signed by Pink Elephant. Career In 2006 he finished his first album-length demo, together with producer F.Charm. He collaborated very early on with Romanian artist ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rampampam
"Rampampam" is a song by Romanian singer and songwriter Minelli, released for digital download and streaming by Global Records on 18 March 2021 as a single. A house track, it was written by Minelli and produced by Viky Red. Lyrically, Minelli discusses a toxic relationship and the other partner's eventual revengeful feelings. Manuel Probst of Dance Charts gave the song a positive review upon release, praising its catchiness and Minelli's vocal delivery. Commercially, "Rampampam" topped the official rankings in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Lithuania and Russia. The song has been further certified double platinum by the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry (ZPAV). To promote "Rampampam", an accompanying music video was uploaded to the singer's YouTube channel simultaneously with the single's digital release. Directed by Kobzzon, it portrays Minelli and two other women pouring gasoline on a car which features a man trapped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a predominantly Temperate climate, temperate-continental climate, and an area of , with a population of around 19 million. Romania is the List of European countries by area, twelfth-largest country in Europe and the List of European Union member states by population, sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, followed by Iași, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați. The Danube, Europe's second-longest river, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows in a southeasterly direction for , before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akcent
Akcent () is a Romanian dance pop group whose members sing in Romanian, English and Spanish. Their name originated as a wordplay on ''accent''. The group was created by Adrian Sînă, and Ramona Barta. Their first single "" ("I don't care about anyone") received positive reactions from critics and became the reason Catalin Muraru signed them to Roton in 1999. They released their debut album in 2000. Except for the first track, "", which received some airplay, the album was a commercial failure and the band disbanded. Soon after, Sînă brought Marius Nedelcu, Mihai Gruia and Sorin Brotnei into the group, changing it from a duo to a boyband. They came to prominence once with the release of their hit single "". The climax of the group's career was the international release of their breakthrough single "Kylie", the English version of their internal hit "" ("Love for rent"). The song reached the peak position in many European charts and fared well enough in countries such as the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flashbacks (song)
"Flashbacks" is a song recorded by Romanian singer Inna for her seventh studio album, ''Heartbreaker'' (2020). It was written by Inna and Minelli alongside its producers Sebastian Barac, Marcel Botezan, David Ciente and Alexandru Cotoi. On 20 January 2021, the song was serviced as the lead single of the album to Romanian radio stations. An electropop and EDM-inspired electro dance and dance-pop track, it is driven by a piano loop and slap bass. Lyrically, the song talks about a woman struggling to let go of her love interest who is far away. Two music critics gave positive reviews of "Flashbacks" upon release, with one singling it out as his favorite track on ''Heartbreaker''. An accompanying music video was directed by Bogdan Păun and uploaded to the singer's YouTube channel on 26 February 2021. Filmed at the Palazzo Versace Dubai and at Domeniul Manasia in Romania, it portrays Inna in various settings, wearing a sparkling silver outfit. Commercially, the song experienced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonia Iacobescu
Antonia Clara Iacobescu (born April 12 1989), known professionally as Antonia, is a Romanian singer. Early life Antonia Clara Iacobescu was born on April 12, 1989, in Bucharest, but moved with family to the United States at the age of five. She spent her childhood in Utah, singing at the age of ten, and American culture strongly influenced her musical style. She finished high school in Las Vegas, Nevada and entered the modelling world. She has participated in hundreds of photoshoots for catalogues and has collaborated with American agencies such as Lenz and Ford Models. In 2013, she also launched her clothing line called ''MOJA''. At the age of 18, Antonia returned to Romania with her family. Career In 2009 she met the Romanian producer Tom Boxer through a friend who had heard her singing. After the two met, Antonia and Tom created their first song known as "Roses on Fire". They also created a music video for the song, directed and filmed by Boxer. In 2011, she released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andra (singer)
Alexandra Irina Măruță ( Mihai; born 23 August 1986), better known by her stage name Andra, is a Romanian singer, songwriter and television personality. Andra began her career at the age of seven, where she had her first performance in TVR's musical competition Tip Top Minitop, singing "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston. In 2001, at 14 years old, Andra released her first single, "În noapte mă trezesc" ("I Wake Up in the Night"). In both 2004 and 2007, she attempted to represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest with the songs "Just a Little Love" and "Dracula, My Love", respectively. Since then, she has issued several hits, including the number ones "K la meteo" ("Like the Weather Forecast"; 2012), "Inevitabil va fi bine" ("It Will Inevitably Be Fine"; 2013), "Avioane de hârtie" ("Paper Airplanes"; 2015), "Niciodată să nu spui niciodată" ("Never Say Never"; 2015) and "Jumătatea mea mai bună" ("My Better Half"; 2021). Andra's 2007 album ''De la frate la so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyricist
A lyricist is a songwriter who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment. Royalties A lyricist's income derives from royalties received from original songs. Royalties may range from 50 per cent of the song if it was written primarily with the composer, or less if they wrote the song in collaboration. Songs are automatically copyrighted as soon as they are in tangible forms, such as a recording or sheet music. However, before a song is published or made public, its author or publisher should register it with the Copyright Office at the US Library of Congress to better protect against copyright infringement. Collaborations Collaboration takes different forms. Some composers and lyricists work closely together on a song, with each having an input into both words and tune. Usually a lyricist fills in the words to a tune already fully written ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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