Dan Bălan (born 6 February 1979) is a
Moldova
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n musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the founder of Moldovan Eurodance band
O-Zone
O-Zone is a Moldovan Eurodance group and boy band produced by Dan Bălan; originating in 1999 as a duo, which consisted of Bălan, and Petru Jelihovschi before the latter's departure. Their official trio lineup in 1999 consisted of Bălan, ...
, and wrote their international hit single "
Dragostea Din Tei
"Dragostea din tei" (; Romanian: "Love From the Linden Tree") is a song recorded by Moldovan group O-Zone, released around July 2003 in Romania by Media Services as the lead single from their third studio album '' DiscO-Zone'' (2003). It was ...
", which topped the charts in 32 countries and sold 12 million copies worldwide.
Early life
Dan Bălan was born on 6 February 1979 in
Chișinău
Chișinău ( , , ; formerly known as Kishinev) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Moldova, largest city of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial centre, and is located in the middle of the coun ...
, to
Mihai Balan, a diplomat,
and Ludmila Balan, a TV presenter. He has a sister, TV presenter Sanda Bălan (born 1984).
His maternal grandfather, Boris Vasiliev, was deported to Siberia
Siberia ( ; , ) is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has formed a part of the sovereign territory of Russia and its predecessor states ...
as a child.
He was given his first instrument, a second-hand accordion, as a present at age 11 and began pursuing music. Bălan attended music school, but his parents urged him to attend university to study law. After following their wishes for a short time, he eventually left law school to play with his first band Inferialis, a gothic doom metal band.[
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Career
1996–1998: Inferialis
After Bălan formed the band, Inferialis held its first concert in 1995 in a concert hall in one of Chișinău
Chișinău ( , , ; formerly known as Kishinev) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Moldova, largest city of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial centre, and is located in the middle of the coun ...
's factories. His entire family was present at the concert, and his parents having been impressed by the performance bought him an expensive synthesizer.[ He spent the next two years performing with the band, taking several small gigs, and then decided to move to commercial-sounding music. In an interview, he explained that he had never considered himself a heavy metal musician and instead identified as a producer with an interest in working with varying musical styles. He started experimenting and exploring a new, commercial pop sound, and recorded and released his first solo song, "De la Mine", in 1998.]
1998–2005: Breakthrough with O-Zone
“Dar, Unde Esti?”
In 1998, Bălan formed O-Zone, a new musical project, with Petru Jelihovschi, former vocalist in Inferialis. The duo released their first album entitled '' Dar unde esti?'' later that year and it became a commercial hit with seven of the album's ten songs reaching number one on the charts of the main radio stations in Moldova. At the same time, he became a producer of a new children's TV show called ''Tanti Ludmila Show'', which was hosted by his mother. When the show needed a title song, the singer offered up a track he'd written when he was younger.[
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“Number 1”
Shortly afterwards, Jelihovschi left the band to take up his own career in television. In order to continue the band, Bălan 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 Todiraș
Arsenie Todiraș (sometimes spelt ''Toderaș''; born 22 July 1983) is a Moldovan singer, best known for representing Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. He grew up in Moldova with his mother, father and younger sister. He was once the ...
, who he met through his vocal coach, was selected. After the auditions were closed, Radu Sirbu heard about the selection and requested Bălan to audition him. Subsequently, Sirbu became the third member of the band.
Throughout 2001, Bălan wrote and recorded O-Zone's second album, '' Number 1''. 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 Bălan'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 different from those dictating the Romanian music industry at that time. The song became a commercial success and reached number one on Romania Airplay Top 100, where it stayed for seventeen consecutive weeks. 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 the MTV Europe Music Awards
The MTV Europe Music Awards (originally named MTV European Music Awards, commonly abbreviated as MTV EMA) are awards presented by Paramount International Networks to honour artists and music in pop culture. It was originally conceived as an al ...
.
Fame with “Dragostea Din Tei”
The song "Dragostea Din Tei", also known as the "Numa Numa Song", which was released in 2003, brought the group to global prominence. The single, written and produced by Bălan, 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 8 million copies worldwide, receiving a gold and multi-platinum certification in most of the countries of Europe, Asia and Latin America. It became the bestselling track in Europe and Japan in 2004 and 2005. 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.
“DiscO-Zone”
In 2004, O-Zone won Best Dance Award again at MTV Romania Music Awards and, for the second year in a row, they were nominated for Best Romanian Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards. 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. ''DiscO-Zone'' featured their hit singles "Dragostea Din Tei" and "Despre Tine
"Despre tine" () is the second single release from O-Zone's second album '' Number 1'', and came back in their last album, '' DiscO-Zone''. Following up their 2003 summer hit "Dragostea Din Tei", "Despre tine" proved to be a smaller hit than its ...
(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
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(Belgium), Poland, Norway, Switzerland, and Finland.
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
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wrote that they have "breathed fresh air into European Pop Music Scene." O-Zone announced their breakup in 2005, right at the peak of their fame and popularity. Their last European concert was held at the 2005 Golden Stag music festival in Romania.
2006–2009: Unreleased Solo Album and Crazy Loop project
Unreleased Album with “Balan”
After O-Zone's break-up, Bălan started the eponymous rock group “Balan” and began working on new music. He moved to Los Angeles in early 2006 to record at Ocean Way
Ocean Way Recording was a series of recording studios established by recording engineer and producer Allen Sides with locations in Los Angeles, Nashville, and Saint Barthélemy. Ocean Way Recording no longer operates recording facilities, but Oc ...
. There he recorded and co-produced his first solo rock album with Jack Joseph Puig
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. Despite having recorded the album, the singer did not release it. However, some songs, such as “Cry Cry” and “The 24th Letter” were later released as part of his 2012 album “Freedom, Part 1”.
Crazy Loop
He returned from the U.S. in early 2007 and began working on a new experimental musical project. Bălan 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." Bălan officially launched Crazy Loop in October 2007 with new single " Crazy Loop (Mm Ma Ma)", which landed on the charts in Germany, Austria, Poland and Romania, as well as on European chart Euro Hot 200.
Crazy Loop's debut album, ''The Power of Shower
''The Power of Shower'' is the only full-length studio album from Dan Bălan's Crazy Loop act. The album was released on December 2, 2007. He is best known for being part of the O-Zone pop band.
The album is produced by himself and features his h ...
'', was released in December, and included some of the songs Bălan had created for his unreleased album in Los Angeles, the previous year. 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
Marc Klasfeld is an American music video director. He has directed over two hundred music videos for artists such as Slipknot, Sum 41, Katy Perry, Jay-Z, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Britney Spears, Kid Rock, Michael Bublé, Nelly, Foo Fighters, Kelly ...
. 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 Bălan. 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. Crazy Loop was nominated for Best Romanian Act at the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards but lost to Morandi.
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. In November 2009 acting President of Moldova Mihai Ghimpu
Mihai Ghimpu (born 19 November 1951) is a Moldovan politician who served as Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament, President of the Moldovan Parliament and President of Moldova#Republic of Moldova (1991–present), Acting President of Moldova from 2 ...
, awarded him the honorary title of Master in Art for successes in creative activity, contributions to propagation of musical art and high performing artistry.
Nomination for Grammy Award
In 2008, Bălan was contacted by producers to become co-writer of Rihanna and T.I.'s " Live Your Life", since the song sampled and was extensively based on the melody of “Dragostea Din Tei”. 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 4× Platinum, with 4,532,000 copies sold in the U.S. In 2009, his co-writing of the song lead to Bălan being nominated for a Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious ...
, the first and only Moldovan ever to do so.
Disney voice acting
The artist was chosen by Disney Channel Romania to sing the theme song from the series '' Brandy & Mr. Whiskers''.
2010–2012: Freedom, Part 1
“Chica Bomb”
Bălan'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, Denmark, Austria, Romania, Russia, Greece, and the U.K., where it reached No. 7 on the U.K. Dance Chart. The track received positive reviews from music critics. Nick Levine, from Britain's ''Digital Spy
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'' 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 and Romania. The video for the song was directed by Hype Williams
Harold "Hype" Williams (born August 1, 1970) is an American music video and film director, film producer, and screenwriter.
Early life
Williams was born in Queens. He is of mixed African-American and Honduran descent. He attended Adelphi Univ ...
.
Bălan re-recorded the single in Greece as a duet with Greek pop star Eleni Foureira
Eleni Foureira (; born Entela Fureraj, ; 7 March 1987) is an Albanian-born Greek singer. She began her music career in 2007 as a member of the Greek girl group Mystique, pursuing a solo career after the group disbanded in 2009. She has released ...
. The duo launched the new Greek version at the MAD Video Music Awards
The MAD Video Music Awards is a Greek award show presented by the MAD TV. The awards honor the year's biggest achievements in music, voted by the viewers of the station. Winners receive an authentic Mad designed award with the graphics of that ye ...
in Athens in May 2010. The song continued its global dominance and Bălan was invited as a special guest to the Russian music industry's annual awards ceremony, the Muz-TV Awards, on 11 June 2010, where he performed the single.
“Justify Sex”
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
Jesse Byron Dylan (born January 6, 1966) is an American film director and production executive. He is the founder of the media production company Wondros and Lybba, a non-profit organization. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relat ...
, who shot the video in Los Angeles and based its concept around the movie ''Friday the 13th
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.''
“Lepestkami Slez”
Following the success of two consecutive singles reaching number one on the charts, Bălan decided to shift his focus to the Eastern European market. In the summer of 2010 he recorded lyrical song "Lepestkami Slez", translated as “Petals of Tears”, as a duet with Vera Brezhneva, who he had met in New York. The song, Bălan's first in Russian, was released on 29 October and became his third consecutive number one single in Russia. 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. The song was nominated for Best Duo at the awards for Russian music channel RU.TV in 2011. He won a Golden Gramophone Award
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, 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. The artist was nominated for the Best Romanian Act for the fourth time at the 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards.
“Freedom”
Bălan 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 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. Bălan 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 the video was one of the most dangerous shootings of his career.
“Lish do Utra”
He released his second Russian single, "Lish do Utra," on 26 September 2011. The song was recorded in studios in several countries, including Romania, the U.K., Russia and the U.S. In an interview, Bălan 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. 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. 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 Bălan starring opposite Ioana Raicu. The video premiered on 25 October 2011.
In April 2012, Bălan released another Russian single, pop-rock song "Lyubi". The song reached number one on the Top Hit Weekly Audience Choice, number thirteen on the Russian chart and number two on the Ukrainian chart. The music video for the song was directed by Alan Badoev and starred Russian theater and film actress Ekaterina Vilkova. Later that year, he was nominated for the best male singer award by the music channel Muz-TV. 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 1 December 2012, the singer won a Golden Gramophone award for the second year in a row for "Lish do Utra". Bălan 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.
In November 2012, he announced that he was working on his latest album ''Freedom (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[ 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.
]
2013–2021: Freedom, Part 2
Lendo Calendo
In May 2013, Bălan released "Lendo Calendo", a bilingual single with lyrics in Spanish and English. The track featured Tany Vander and French rapper Brasco
Brasco is a French rapper, originally from Guadeloupe
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. He sang his part in Spanish, which he had studied in Barcelona. The words Lendo Calendo were coined by Bălan himself who thought of them as magic words like Abracadabra
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. The song topped the iTunes Chart and reached number one in Russia and also peaked the charts in Romania and other CIS countries
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. The music video of the song, directed by Alan Badoev, was released on 9 July 2013. The song received positive reviews and the singer received several awards for "Lendo Calendo". On 25 May, he was nominated for the best singer award at the annual Russian music awards RU.TV. Later he won the award for The Best Singer at the Real Musicbox awards ceremony.
On 30 November 2013, Bălan received his third Golden Gramophone award for the song "Lyubi".
In January 2014, Bălan began recording a new studio album, Freedom, Part 2 in London in the Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios (formerly EMI Recording Studios) is a music recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, London, Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of ...
, AIR Studios
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, RAK Studios
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History
The RAK complex res ...
, Strongroom Studios and Sarm Studios
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. 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 Andy Duncan. Chris Elliott worked on the arrangement for the symphony orchestra.
“Domoy”
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 other songs on the new album, which will have a more commercial sound.
“Funny Love”
In 2015, Bălan returned from his creative break to release another experimental single, “Funny Love”. The music video was directed by acclaimed Ukrainian director Alan Badoev, who has recorded hundreds of music videos, and several of Bălan's songs. The music video took a whole 4 months to film, involving 20 different scenes. 13 models and 16 dancers had in total 120 costumes and 300 kg of luggage. Badoev used “unusual graphics” and novel editing techniques in the video, and was impressed by Bălan's dedication to his music. The singer admitted he wanted to take his songs to a new level after Lendo Calendo, and worked more than any other on the sound design for Funny Love.
“Plach”
Bălan also released a version of his song “Cry Cry”, originally written for his unreleased rock album in 2006, with different, experimental and complex sound, and new Russian lyrics, differing somewhat from the English, to appeal to an Eastern European audience.
“Hold on Love”
In 2017, Bălan decided to return from his three-year creative break, in which he had been working on experimental music styles, to return with a more commercial sounding single which would not be featured on Freedom, Part 2. Bălan felt that before releasing the new album he should return to the stage with a dance hit such as “Hold on Love”. To that end, he was invited performed the song at the popular M1 (Ukraine) Music Awards in 2017. The music video, Bălan's fifth collaboration with Ukrainian director Alan Badoev was described by Badoev as a dark and mysterious David Fincher
David Andrew Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an American film director. Often described as one of the preeminent directors of his generation, David Fincher filmography, his films, of which most are psychological thrillers, have collectiv ...
-style clip. Badoev decided on a theme of “do not be afraid of what is inside of you”, casting Bălan as a Pastor
A pastor (abbreviated to "Ps","Pr", "Pstr.", "Ptr." or "Psa" (both singular), or "Ps" (plural)) is the leader of a Christianity, Christian congregation who also gives advice and counsel to people from the community or congregation. In Lutherani ...
tempted by his desires, and filmed in a district of Los Angeles
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. The director's team had to close off one quarter of the city to complete filming.
“Nashe Leto” with Vera Brezhneva
Dan Bălan decided to re unite O-Zone in 2017 to have 2 concerts on 9 May 2017 in Chisinau and Bucharest.
In March 2018, Dan Bălan 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. Bălan 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 12 September 2018, Dan Bălan 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 in Japan singing Numa Numa 2.
In 2019, Dan Bălan created an audio and video production company Monarda Studios, that deals with managing and developing music artists and internet celebrities. The company's offices are located in Kyiv
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, Ukraine
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, and Bucharest
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, Romania
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.
Discography
Studio albums
Singles
Videography
Awards and nominations
;Other honours
*Honorary title "Maestru în Artă" (Master of Arts) - 17 November 2009, awarded by the then Interim President of Moldova Mihai Ghimpu
Mihai Ghimpu (born 19 November 1951) is a Moldovan politician who served as Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament, President of the Moldovan Parliament and President of Moldova#Republic of Moldova (1991–present), Acting President of Moldova from 2 ...
Notes
See also
* List of music released by Moldovan artists that has charted in major music markets
References
External links
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Romanian people of Moldovan descent
1979 births
Living people
English-language singers from Moldova
Moldovan expatriates in Romania
20th-century Moldovan male singers
Musicians from Chișinău
Russian-language singers
O-Zone members
20th-century Romanian male singers
20th-century Romanian singers
21st-century Romanian male singers
21st-century Romanian singers
21st-century Moldovan male singers
Winners of the Golden Gramophone Award
Moldovan pop singers