Dan Balan

Dan Balan (born 6 February 1979 in Chișinău) is a Moldovan musician, singer,

Dan Balan
songwriter, and record producer. He is the first and only Moldovan musician to be
nominated for a Grammy as co-writer of Rihanna and T.I.'s "Live Your Life". He is
the founder of Moldovan eurodance band O-Zone, and wrote and produced their
international hit single "Dragostea Din Tei", which topped the charts in over 30
countries and sold over 12 million copies worldwide. He is also the songwriter and
performer of European hit-singles "Chica Bomb", "Justify Sex" and "Freedom".

Contents
Early life
Career
1995–1998: Beginnings and Inferialis
1998–2005: Breakthrough and O-Zone
2006–2009 : Solo Career and Crazy Loop project
2010 – 2014: Continued success
2017—present: Other work
Balan performing in 2012
Discography
Studio albums Background information
Singles
Birth name Dan Bălan
Videography
Born February 6, 1979
Awards and nominations
Chișinău,
References Moldavian SSR,
External links Soviet Union
Origin Chișinău,
Moldova
Early life
Genres Pop rock, dance,
Balan was born on February 6, 1979 in Chișinău, to Mihai Balan, a diplomat who pop
now works as the Head of Information and Security Service of the Republic of
Occupation(s) Musician · singer
Moldova,[1] and Ludmila Balan, a popular TV presenter.[2] He has a sister, TV
· songwriter ·
presenter Sanda Bălan (born 1984).[1][3] His grandfather on maternal line, Boris
record producer
Vasiliev, in childhood was deported toSiberia.[4][5][6]
Instruments Vocals · keyboard
He was gifted his first instrument, a second-hand accordion, at age 11 and began · guitar · bass
pursuing music at a young age. Balan attended music school, but his parents urged guitar · piano
him to attend university to study law. After following their wishes for a short time, Years active 1995–present
he eventually left law school to play with his first band Inferialis, a gothic doom
Labels Sony Music,
metal band.[7]
Universal Music,
EMI, Gala
Career Records/Warner,
Media Pro Music,
First Music
1995–1998: Beginnings and Inferialis Publishing
After Balan formed the band, Inferialis held its first concert in 1995 in a concert hall Associated acts Inferialis, O-
in one of Chișinău's factories. His entire family was present at the concert, and his Zone, Crazy
parents having been impressed by the performance bought him an expensive Loop, Katie
synthesizer.[7] He spent the next two years performing with the band, taking several DiCicco, Jack
small gigs, and then decided to move to commercial-sounding music.[8] In an Joseph Puig,
interview, he explained that he had never considered himself a heavy metal musician Rihanna, Lady
and instead identified as a producer with an interest in working with varying musical Gaga, Bob
styles. He started experimenting and exploring a new, commercial pop sound, and Clearmountain,
[7]
recorded and released his first solo song, "De la Mine", in 1998. Chris Lord-Alge,
Tony Maserati,
Andrea Bertolini,
1998–2005: Breakthrough and O-Zone
Corey Gibson,
In 1998, Balan formed O-Zone, a new musical project, with Petru Jelihovschi, Jesse Dylan,
former vocalist in Inferialis. The duo released their first album entitled Dar unde Brasco, Chris
esti? later that year and it became a commercial hit with seven of the album's ten Elliott, Isobel
songs reaching number one on the charts of the main radio stations in Moldova.[9] Griffiths, Vera
At the same time, he became a producer of a new children's TV show called Tanti Brezhneva,
Ludmila Show, which was hosted by his mother. When the show needed a title song, Ekaterina Vilkova
the singer offered up a track he'd written when hewas younger.[7]
Website danbalan.com
Shortly afterwards, Jelihovschi left the band to take up his own career in television.
In order to continue the band, Balan announced auditions to select new band members. He auditioned several individuals but was
unable to find somebody who fit his concept for the music. Finally, Arsenie Todiraş, who he met through his vocal coach, was
selected. After the auditions were closed, Radu Sirbu heard about the selection and requested Balan to audition him. Subsequently,
Sirbu became the third member of the band.[10]

Throughout 2001, Balan wrote and recorded O-Zone's second album, Number 1.[11] Four Romanian record labels offered the band a
deal. O-Zone elected Cat Music and their album was released in 2002 by the label. Much to Balan's disappointment, the album did
not become an instant commercial success. However, O-Zone won Best Music Video Award at the MTV Romania Music Awards in
2002 for their single "Numai tu". The album's second single, "Despre Tine", was more experimental, driven by the singer's goal of
working in styles of music, which were completely dif [12] The song
ferent to those dictating the Romanian music industry at that time.
became a commercial success and reached number one on Romania Airplay Top 100, where it stayed for seventeen consecutive
weeks.[13] The next year, O-Zone won two more MTV Romania Music Awards, for Best Song and Best Dance. The band was also
nominated for Best Romanian Act at theMTV Europe Music Awards.[14]

The song "Dragostea Din Tei", also known as the "Numa Numa Song", which was released in 2003, brought the group to global
prominence.[15] The single, written and produced by Balan, reached the number one position on the charts of more than thirty
countries and was the third bestselling single in the U.K that year. It sold more than 12 million copies worldwide, receiving a gold
and multi-platinum certification in most of the countries of Europe, Asia and Latin America.[16][17] It became the bestselling track in
Europe and Japan in 2004 and 2005.[18] Over the years, more than two hundred artists have sung the song in fourteen different
languages. "Dragostea Din Tei" is one of the best-selling singles in the history of world music.[19]

In 2004, O-Zone won Best Dance Award again at MTV Romania Music Awards[20] and, for the second year in a row, they were
nominated for Best Romanian Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards.[21] Later that year, the band unveiled their third album, DiscO-
Zone, which became their best-selling release, certified gold and platinum in various countries. By the end of the year
, it was the best-
selling album in Japan, Europe and Latin America. In France, it was number fifteen but stayed for 36 weeks in the top 200. In Japan
it reached the number one position in its 24th week on the chart.[22][23] DiscO-Zone featured their hit singles "Dragostea Din Tei"
and "Despre Tine (About You)". The album was a commercial success in many European countries, particularly in Portugal where it
was hit number one for eight consecutive weeks and was ranked for 26 weeks in the top 30. It also reached the top ten in Wallonia
(Belgium),[24] Poland,[25] Norway,[26] Switzerland,[27] and Finland.[28]
By late 2004, O-Zone released another single "De Ce Plang Chitarele", which was a cover of a song by the Moldovan band Noroc.
Commenting on their songs and style, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty wrote that they have "breathed fresh air into European Pop
Music Scene."[29] O-Zone announced their breakup in 2005, right at the peak of their fame and popularity. Their last European
concert was held at the 2005Golden Stag music festivalin Romania.[30]

2006–2009 : Solo Career and Crazy Loop project

After O-Zone's break-up, Balan pulled together a new group of musicians and began working on new music. He moved to Los
Angeles in early 2006 to record at Ocean Way. There he recorded and co-produced his first solo rock album with Jack Joseph Puig.
[7][31]
Despite having recorded the album, the singer did not release it.

He returned from the U.S. in early 2007 and began working on a new experimental musical project. Balan performed the songs,
which were a deviation from his prior material, in a falsetto voice. These shifts led him to decide to release the music under the stage
name Crazy Loop, an alter ego that contrasted with his real personality. The musician described Crazy Loop as "funnier, crazier and
more ironic" than himself and said, "I'm not like that really but part of Crazy Loop lives inside me."[32][33] Balan officially launched
Crazy Loop in October 2007 with new single "Crazy Loop (Mm Ma Ma)", which landed on the charts in Germany,[34] Austria,[35]
[36]
Poland and Romania, as well as on European chart Euro Hot 200.

Crazy Loop's debut album, The Power of Shower was released in December, and included some of the songs Balan had created for
his unreleased album in Los Angeles, the previous year.[37] The album's second single, "Johanna, Shut Up!" was released in the
summer of 2008 along with a music video directed and shot in Los Angeles by Marc Klasfeld. The single was the final official track
released under the name Crazy Loop. The artist released a third single from The Power of Shower in October 2008 under his own
name, Dan Balan. The track, a rock ballad called "Despre Tine Cant (Part 2)," dropped in Romania and Moldova and was
accompanied by a music video directed by Greg Olive.[38] Crazy Loop was nominated for Best Romanian Act at the 2008 MTV
Europe Music Awards but lost to Morandi.[39]

In February 2009, he became the first Moldovan songwriter in history to be nominated for a Grammy Award, the most prestigious
award in the global music industry. He was nominated as co-writer of Rihanna and T.I.'s "Live Your Life"[40] The song stayed at
number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for six weeks following its release, jumping from number eighty to number one in just
one week. "Live Your Life" was certified 4x Platinum, with 4,532,000 copies sold in the U.S.[41]

Later in 2009, the singer re-released The Power of the Shower album as Crazy Loop Mix, an exclusive release with four new tracks,
which included "Friday Night," "My Best Summer," "Judy's Love Line" and new single "Chica Bomb." This release marked the
beginning of a new phase in his solo career.[42] In November 2009 acting President of Moldova Mihai Ghimpu, awarded him
honorific title of Master in Art for successes in creative activity, contributions to propagation of musical art and high performing
artistry.[43][44]

2010 – 2014: Continued success

Balan's solo single "Chica Bomb" which featured vocals from American singer Katie DiCicco and production from Italian DJ Andrea
Bertolini, was officially released in 2010. The song became a hit in Europe and made it into the top ten charts in several European
countries, including Germany,[45] Denmark, Austria,[46] Romania, Russia, Greece, and the U.K., where it reached No. 7 on the U.K.
Dance Chart.[47] The track received positive reviews from music critics. Nick Levine, from Britain's Digital Spy described "Chica
Bomb" as "a sleek and reasonably sexy electro-house track with a nice bit of synthy bounce to it." It became one of the five most
played songs on Radio in Bulgaria[48] and Romania.[49] The video for the song was directed byHype Williams.[50]

Balan re-recorded the single in Greece as a duet with Greek pop star Eleni Foureira. The duo launched the new Greek version at the
MAD Video Music Awards in Athens in May 2010.[51] The song continued its global dominance and Balan was invited as a special
guest to the Russian music industry's annual awards ceremony, the Muz-TV Awards, on June 11, 2010, where he performed the
single.[52] The singer unveiled his next single, "Justify Sex" in July 2010 at the Europa Plus Live festival in Moscow. It reached
number one on the Russian charts, where it remained for 43 weeks. A video for the song was directed by Jesse Dylan, who shot the
video in Los Angeles and based its concept around the movieFriday the 13th.[53][54]

Following the success of two consecutive singles reaching number one on the charts, Balan decided to shift his focus to the Eastern
European market. In the summer of 2010 he recorded lyrical song "Lepestkami Slez" as a duet with Vera Brezhneva, who he had met
in New York. The song, Balan's first in Russian, was released on October 29 and became his third consecutive number one single in
Russia.[55] Its music video was shot by Ukrainian video director Sergei Solodky and earned over 24 million views on YouTube,
becoming the most watched Russian-language music video in the history of Russian music.[56] The song was nominated for Best
Duo at the awards for Russian music channel RU.TV in 2011.[57] He won a Golden Gramophone Award, Russia's most prestigious
music prize, for his single "Lepestkami Slez" at the 16th Golden Gramophone awards ceremony in the State Kremlin Palace in
Moscow.[58] The artist was nominated for the Best Romanian Act for the fourth time at the
2010 MTV Europe Music Awards.[59]

Balan released a new English single "Freedom", which featured American singer Corey Gibson and DJ Andrea Bertolini, in the
spring of 2011. The song reached the Top 30 in Russia and the Ukraine, and eventually bowed at number two on the charts. In
Romania, the single went to number four on the Romanian Top 100 in 2011. The song remained on the charts for a total of 49
weeks.[60][61] Balan started recording the video for "Freedom", which was directed by Pavel Hudeakov in May 2011 in southern
France. While recording for the song, the singer climbed up and stood on a steep cliff without protective equipment. In an interview
after the official video was released, he said that he .[62][63]
t video was one of the most dangerous shootings of his career

He released his second Russian single, "Lish do Utra," on September 26, 2011. The song was recorded in studios in several countries,
including Romania, the U.K., Russia and the U.S. In an interview, Balan explained that upon thinking the concept of the song, he had
an immediate notion that the song would be best presented in the Russian language.[64] The single reached number one position on
the Russian digital sales chart. He wrote the concept for the song's music video himself and enlisted French director Steven Ada to
direct the video.[65] The singer selected Ada because he wanted a director with a very particular, photographic eye for composition
and light, who could convey the natural beauty of the waking day and contrast it with the two lovers sharing their last morning
together. The video was filmed in Corsica Island, with Balan starring opposite Ioana Raicu. The video premiered on October 25,
2011.[66]

In April 2012, Balan released another Russian single, pop-rock song "Lyubi". The song reached number one on the Top Hit Weekly
[67] The music video for the song was
Audience Choice, number thirteen on the Russian chart and number two on the Ukrainian chart.
directed by Alan Badoev and starred Russian theater and film actress Ekaterina Vilkova.[68] Later that year, he was nominated for the
best male singer award by the music channel Muz-TV.[69] and was named as Russia's sexiest singer by online magazine Woman.ru at
the RU.TV Russian music awards ceremony. He was also nominated for Best Singer and Best Song for "Lish do Utra". On December
1, 2012, the singer won a Golden Gramophone award for the second year in a row for "Lish do Utra".[70] Balan was also awarded the
Krasnaya Zvezda award in nomination Best Songs of the Year for his single, which was one of the top twenty most popular songs of
2012 in Russia.[71]

In November 2012, he announced that he was working on his latest albumFreedom (Part 1) He recorded the album in several studios
in the U.S., the U.K., Italy and Romania. The album was launched in the Arena Moscow Concert Hall[62] as part of a solo concert
and included "Chica Bomb", "Justify Sex", "Lepestkami Slyoz" and "Freedom". The album became popular in Russia and was
certified gold.[72]

In May 2013, Balan released "Lendo Caledo", a bilingual single with lyrics in Spanish and English.[73] The track featured Tany
Vander and French rapper Brasco. He sang his part in Spanish, which he had studied in Barcelona. The words Lendo Calendo were
coined by Balan himself who thought of them as magic words like Abracadabra.[74] The song topped the iTunes Chart and reached
number one in Russia and also peaked the charts in Romania and other CIS countries. The music video of the song, directed by Alan
Badoev, was released on July 9, 2013.[75][76] The song received positive reviews and the singer received several awards for "Lendo
Calendo". On May 25, he was nominated for the best singer award at the annual Russian music awards RU.TV.[77] Later he won the
.[78]
award for The Best Singer at the Real Musicbox awards ceremony

yubi".[79]
On November 30, 2013, Balan received his third Golden Gramophone award for the song "L
In January 2014, Balan began recording a new studio album in London in the Abbey
Road Studios, AIR Studios, RAK Studios, Strongroom Studios and Sarm Studios. He
wrote the music and lyrics and produced all of the tracks on the album. The recordings
featured the Symphony Orchestra of the British Musicians' Union, the London
Community Gospel Choir, London Voices led by Terry Edwards and Ben Parry, as well
as Massive Attack drummer Julien Brown, guitarist Seton Daunt, and percussionist
[80]
Andy Duncan. Chris Elliott worked on the arrangement for the symphony orchestra.

The album's first single "Domoy" was released in September 2014. In contrast to Dan's
previous work, "Domoy" was quite experimental, moving away from his typical style
and appealing to an older audience. According to Dan, the track also differs from the
[81]
other songs on the new album, which will have a more commercial sound.

[82]
October 14, 2015, is the date when "Funny Love", the next new single was released.

2017—present: Other work

Dan Balan decided to re unite O-Zone in 2017 to have 2 concerts on May 9, 2017 in
Chisinau and Bucharest.

In March 2018, Dan Balan released a new single called "Allegro Ventigo", featuring Matteo. Successful in the likes of Romania,
Ukraine, Russia, and Bulgaria, there was much talk around the language the lyrics are written in. Balan joked in an interview that this
is "Old Moldavian", but the settled view is that the lyrics are written in a fictional language that combines elements of Spanish,
Italian, Greek and Romanian. On September 12 2018, Dan Balan released a new single called "Numa Numa 2" in association with
Marley Waters. After a few days, the song reached #1 in the Japan Charts and was a great success. He then had a small show/concert
over there singing Numa Numa 2. The song still remains very popular but the other 2 members of the old band O-Zone was not
happy with the song at all since that was the group's song and he decided to remake it. Arsenie (Arsenium) and Radu (RadU) thought
that Dan Balan was being a little selfish in an interview in Romania.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details

The Power of Shower Released: 2 December 2007[83]

(as Crazy Loop) Label: MediaPro
Format: CD, digital download

Released: 1 December 2009[84]

Crazy Loop Mix Label: Orange S.A.
Format: CD

Released: 13 December 2012[85]

Freedom, Part 1 Label: Gala
Format: CD, digital download

Singles
 Peak chart positions
Single Year RUS AUT CZR DEN GER GRE JPN SCO UK
Album
[86] [87] [88] [89] [90] [91] [92] [93] [94]

Non-album
"De la mine" 1998 — — — — — — — — — single

The Power of
"Mm-ma-ma" Shower /
2006 — 49 — — 18 — — — —
(as Crazy Loop) Crazy Loop Mix /
Freedom, Part 1
The Power of
"Johanna (Shut Up!)"
2007 — — — — — — — — — Shower /
(as Crazy Loop)
Crazy Loop Mix
"Despre tine cânt" 2008 — — — — — — — — — Crazy Loop Mix /
"Chica Bomb" 2009 1 64 6 36 37 3 — 32 44 Freedom, Part 1

"Justify Sex" 1 — — — — — — — —
"Лепестками слез" 2010
1 — — — — — — — —
(featuring Vera Brezhneva)

"Freedom" 2 — — — — — — — — Freedom, Part 1

2011
"Лишь до утра" 2 — — — — — — — —
"Люби" 13 — — — — — — — —
2012
"Не любя" 10 — — — — — — — —
"Lendo Calendo"
(featuring Tany Vander and 2013 3 — — — — — — — —
Brasco)

"Домой" 2014 50 — — — — — — — —
"Funny Love" — — — — — — — — —
2015
"Плачь" — — — — — — — — —
"Мало малины"
2016 154 — — — — — — — — Non-album
(with Romanovskaya) singles
"Hold On Love" 81 — — — — — — — —
"Наше Лето" 2017
57 — — — — — — — —
(with Вера Брежнева)

"Allegro Ventigo"
— — — — — — — — —
(featuring Matteo)
2018
"Numa Numa 2"
115 — — — — — 64 — —
(featuring Marley Waters)

"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory
.

Videography
 "Crazy Loop (Mm-ma- The Power of
2007 Crazy Loop Marc Klasfeld
ma)" Shower
The Power of
2008 "Johanna (Shut Up!)" Crazy Loop Marc Klasfeld
Shower
"Despre Tine Cânt (Part The Power of
2008 Dan Balan Greg Olive
2)" Shower
2009 "Chica Bomb" Dan Balan Hype Williams Crazy Loop Mix
2010 "Justify Sex" Dan Balan Jesse Dylan Freedom (Part 1)
Serghei
2010 "Лепестками слёз" Dan Balan feat Vera Brezhneva Freedom (Part 1)
Solodki
2011 "Freedom" Dan Balan Pavel Hudiakov Freedom (Part 1)
2011 "Лишь до утра" Dan Balan Steven ADA Freedom (Part 1)
2012 "Люби" Dan Balan Alan Badoev Freedom (Part 1)
Dan Balan feat Tany Vander &
2013 "Lendo Calendo" Alan Badoev Single
Brasco
2015 "Funny Love" Dan Balan Alan Badoev Single
2015 "Плачь" Dan Balan Alan Badoev Single
2017 "Hold on Love" Dan Balan Alan Badoev Single
Sergey
2017 "Наше Лето" Dan Balan & Вера Брежнева Single
Solodkiy
Sergey
2018 "Allegro Ventigo" Dan Balan feat. Matteo Single
Solodkiy
Sergey
2018 "Numa Numa 2" Dan Balan feat. Marley Waters Single
Solodkiy

Awards and nominations

 Year Recipient Category Award Nomination Result
MTV Romania Music
2002 O-Zone Best Video "Numai Tu" Won
Awards
MTV Romania Music
O-Zone Best Song "Despre Tine" Won
Awards
MTV Romania Music
2003 O-Zone Best Dance "Despre Tine" Won
Awards
MTV Europe Music Best Romanian
O-Zone O-Zone Nominated
Awards Act
MTV Romania Music "Dragostea din
O-Zone Best Dance Won
Awards Tei"
2004
MTV Europe Music Best Romanian
O-Zone O-Zone Nominated
Awards Act
"Dragostea din
2005 O-Zone Echo Awards Single of the year Won
tei"
MTV Europe Music Best Romanian
2008 Crazy Loop Crazy Loop Nominated
Awards Act
2009 Dan Balan Grammy Awards Best Rap Album "Live Your Life" Nominated
MTV Europe Music Best Romanian
2010 Dan Balan Dan Balan Nominated
Awards Act
Dan Balan feat Vera Golden Gramophone Golden "Лепестками
Won
Brezhneva Award Gramophone слёз"
2011
Dan Balan feat Vera "Лепестками
RU TV Awards Best Duo Nominated
Brezhneva слёз"
Sexiest male
Dan Balan RU TV Awards Dan Balan Won
singer
Dan Balan RU TV Awards Best Song "Лишь до утра" Nominated
2012
Dan Balan RU TV Awards Best male artist Dan Balan Nominated
Golden Gramophone Golden
Dan Balan "Лишь до утра" Won
Award Gramophone
Dan Balan Krasnaya Zvezda Best Song "Лишь до утра" Won
Dan Balan RU TV Awards Best male artist Dan Balan Nominated
2013 Dan Balan Musicbox Awards Best male artist Dan Balan Won
Golden Gramophone Golden
Dan Balan "Люби" Won
Award Gramophone

Other honours

Honorary title "Maestru în Artă" (Master of Arts) - 17 November 2009, awarded by the then Interim President of
Moldova Mihai Ghimpu[95]

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