Mihai Răzvan Preda
(in Romanian) (; born in

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on 30 September 1986), better known by his

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Career

In 2006 he finished his first album-length demo, together with producer F.Charm. He collaborated very early on with Romanian artist

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in "Lonely Girl". He also collaborated with well-known names like

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in "Summer Days", DJ Chris Mayer in "Confused" and Mossano in "Indianotech".MusicaBuna.ro: Red Clover prezinta noul val de artisti
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(in Romanian) This culminated in signing with Red Clover, a young Romanian label where F.Charm is A&R Manager. His first official single on Red Clover was "Top of the World" with DJ Chris Mayer. It was licensed through ToCo International and released in France, Sweden, Denmark, Norwege, Netherlands, Russia as well. The single reached #3 on Romanian Vibe FM charts. He was featured in

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hit "Havana Lover". In 2011, he was the opening act for

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in his tour in Romania. In 2012 he had a hit with "Sole el sol" which enjoys huge popularity in night clubs and online. It is also Sonny Flame's first

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hit.

In popular culture

*In March 2010, he took in the Romanian National Selection contest in a bid to represent Romania in the

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with the song "Come Along" as a duo with Lora. The song was written by Lora and Sonny and music by F.Charm and Pol. The song came 6th in Romanian eliminations "Selecţia Naţională 2010" on

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. *Sonny Flame became well known in the United States due to two of his songs. His song "Glamity" was featured on

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's weekly radio show to battle with other entries and brought in a very high 82.8% on the DHS (Dynamic Hit Scoring) scale of Hitlab.Hitlab: Sonny Flame scores
The song was also featured in Toronto's Virgin 99.9 FM that broadcast the program "Akon's Hitlab" naming Sonny Flame as its "featured artist" for four days. "Jump Up" was also featured in Akon's Hitlab, and in its second week faced in an all-Romanian battle with another Romanian hit "Asesina" by F.Charm. "Jump Up" scored even a higher 93% on the DHS scale. He also submitted yet a third hit "I Gotta Find You" which scored 76.4%. *In its September 2010 issue, the influential lifestyle magazine ''Revista COSMOPOLITAN Romania'' ran an exclusive interview with him calling him "Sonny Flame, noua senzatie din muzica romaneasca" (meaning "Sonny Flame, the new sensation of Romanian music" in English). *In 2013, he took part in the Romanian version of the TV reality show ''

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'' and broadcast on

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reaching the final of the show in its first season. * Also dubbed in Romanian Jim voice in the animated movie - Treasure Planet.

Discography

Albums

Songs

*2010: "Top of the World" (feat. Chris Mayer) *2010: "Come Along" (with Lora) (at Selecţia Naţională Eurovision 2010) *2010: "Glamity" *2010: "Jump Up" (feat. DJ Dark) *2011: "I Gotta Find You" *2011: "Summer Days" (with

) *2011: "Get Your Cloths Off" *2012: "African Sun" *2012: "Sale el sol" *2012: "Like a Breeze" *2012: "Boom Boom Room" (feat. Kenno) *2012: "Get in my Bed" *2012: "Another Day" *2012: "It's My Life" *2012: "Lady" *2012: "Woman" *2012: "Miami Day" *2013: "Vin" *2013: "Loca Pasion" *2014: "Colac de salvare" *2014: "Pune-mă-n cap" *2015: "Contigo" *2017: "Rumba" *2018: "Print si cersetor" (feat. Connect-R) *2019: "Da-le"

Featured in

*2009: "Confused" ( Chris Mayer) feat. Sonny Flame) *2009: "Havana Lover" (

feat. Sonny Flame) *2010: "Lonely Girl" (

feat. Sonny Flame) *2011: "Around the World" (Claudette feat. Sonny Flame) *2012: "Like That" (Style Da Kid feat. Mike Diamondz, Sonny Flame, Johnny King, OneShot, Violet & Anda D) *2013: "IUBI" (

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feat. Sonny Flame) *2014: "POC" (Tara feat. Sonny Flame) *2015: "Alt Inceput" (

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feat. Sonny Flame) *2016: "Booty Clap" (LLP feat. Sonny Flame) *2016: "Criminal" (Mario Morreti feat. Sonny Flame)

References

External links

Sonny Flame Official websiteSonny Flame Facebook
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