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Career

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

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and Vika Jigulina. He also worked on the song Tornerò, which was performed by Mihai Trăistariu 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, "

", reaching No. 2 on the Romanian singles chart. 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 629 million YouTube views as of August 2024. 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" on Christmas night worldwide. In an interviewm Maya talked about his Desert Rain tour, where he mentioned he would begin in India and later Europe, the US, South Africa and Pakistan. His fourth single "

Mono in Love "Mono in Love" is a song by Romanian singers Edward Maya and Vika Jigulina. It was released as a single on 2012 and as a digital download EP on 9 July 2013. Unlike Edward's previous singles, "Mono in Love" did not chart. Track listing *Digit ...

" was released on 29 November 2012 also featuring Vika Jigulina. He graduated from

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Music High School in

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and is currently a final year student at the Bucharest Conservatory. Maya was chosen to dub Grug's voice in the animated movie ''Onward''.

Copyright controversy

In the autumn of 2009, during his stay in

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i composer Eldar Mansurov heard the song "Stereo Love" and contacted the Romanian Police, claiming the melody in the chorus was taken from his popular 1989 composition " Bayatılar". In the music video, the composer of "Stereo Love" was only listed as anonymous. The office confirmed with Edward Maya that he had in fact copied Mansurov's work. He admitted to have been fascinated by an accordion version of "Bayatılar" which he had come across online in early 2009 and claimed to have tried to contact the author but had been unable to due to his busy schedule. On 19 January 2010, Edward Maya signed an agreement with Eldar Mansurov in

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, confirming their co-authorship of "Stereo Love".

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

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 21st-century Romanian singers Romanian DJs Electronic dance music DJs