Eduard Marian Ilie (; born 29 June 1986), better known by his stage name Edward Maya, is a Romanian DJ, musician, composer, record producer, performer, singer and songwriter, most famous for his 2009 smash hit single " Stereo Love".

Career

In and around 2006, Maya worked with many other Romanian artists such as

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and

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. He also worked on the song Tornerò, which was performed by

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in the

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. He added in an interview on Beat-Town.com that this song "was the beginning of my career" In the summer of 2009, Maya launched his first song as an artist, " Stereo Love", reaching No. 2 in the Romanian singles charts. Later that year, "Stereo Love" became an international hit in clubs. While this success was followed by concerts worldwide, the song entered the top-5 singles charts in Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK. "Stereo Love" has received over 539 million YouTube views as of November 2022. On 13 May 2010, Maya released his second single " This Is My Life". To help maintain control of his career and provide opportunities for other artists, Maya has formed his own record label, Mayavin Records. Maya released the song and video for his third single "

Desert Rain ''Desert Rain'' is the second album of Indian Ocean and the first live album ever to be released by any Indian band recorded by Vikram Mishra. It was recorded completely by accident from a concert played at the annual SAHMAT show at Mandi Hous ...

" on Christmas night worldwide. In an interview Edward Maya talked about his Desert Rain tour he mentions he'll start off with India and later he will be touring Europe, US, South Africa and Pakistan. His fourth single " Mono in Love" was released on 29 November 2012 also featuring

. He graduated from

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Music High School in

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 o ...

and is currently a final year student at the

Bucharest Conservatory The National University of Music Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea Naţională de Muzică București, UNMB) is a university-level school of music located in Bucharest, Romania. Established as a school of music in 1863 and reorganized as an academy in ...

. Maya was chosen to dub Grug voice in the animated movie ''Onward''.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

As lead artist

References

External links

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Mayavin Records website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maya, Edward 1986 births Living people Romanian dance musicians Musicians from Bucharest Progressive house musicians 21st-century Romanian male singers Romanian DJs Electronic dance music DJs