Dan Balan

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Dan Balan (born in Chi?inau) is a Moldovan musician, singer, 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. "Live Your Life" is the narrator of "Live Your Life."

He is the founder of O-Zone, a Moldovan eurodance band, who wrote and produced their international hit song "Dragostea Din Tei," which hit the charts in over 30 countries and sold over 12 million copies worldwide.

He is also the composer and performer of the European hit-singles "Chica Bomb," "Justify Sex," and "Freedom."

Early life

Dan Mihai Balan, a diplomat, and Ludmila Balan, a television presenter, were born on February 6, 1979 in Chişinău. Sanda Bălan, a television presenter, has a sister (born 1984), who is also a writer. Boris Vasiliev, his grandfather on maternal line, was deported to Siberia in childhood.

He was given his first instrument, a second-hand accordion, as a child and began practicing music at a young age. Balan went to music school, but his parents advised him to study law at university. He eventually left law school to perform with Inferialis, a gothic doom metal band, after hearing their dreams for a short time.

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Career

Inferialis performed their first concert in 1995 in one of Chișinău's factories after Balan formed the group. His entire family was at the performance, and his parents, who were captivated by his appearance, bought him an expensive synthesizer. He spent the next two years with the band, playing many small shows, before deciding to go back to commercial-sounding music. He never considered himself a heavy metal performer in a chat with a producer who was interested in creating with a variety of musical styles. He began recording and releasing his first solo album, "De la Mine," in 1998, as he started experimenting and discovering a new, commercial pop sound.

Balan founded O-Zone, a new musical project involving Petru Jelihovschi, a former vocalist in Inferialis, in 1998. Darce estiesti, the duo's first album, was released. Seven of the album's ten songs debuted at number one on the charts of Moldova's key radio stations later this year, making it a commercial hit. He also became a producer of the Tanti Ludmila Show, a new children's television show hosted by his mother. When the show needed a title song, the singer performed a song he'd written when he was younger.

Jelihovschi left the band to pursue his own film career a few years after. Balan also announced auditions for new band members in order to keep the band alive. He auditioned many people but was unable to find someone who matched his style of music. Arsenie Todiraş, who he met through his vocal coach, was eventually selected. Radu Sirbu heard about the pick and begged Balan to audition him after the auditions were closed. Sirbu became the third member of the band later in the incarnation.

Balan wrote and recorded O-Zone's second album, Number 1. The band was offered a contract by four Romanian record labels. Cat Music was established by the brand in 2002, and their album was released by the label. The album was not meant to be a hit on the streets, much to Balan's dissatisfaction. However, O-Zone received the Best Music Video Award at the MTV Romania Music Awards in 2002 for their single "Numai tu." "Despre Tine," the singer's second single, was more experimental, reflecting the singer's aim of being in styles of music that were totally different from those dictating Romania's music industry at the time. The song became a commercial success and ranked as the top ten on Romania Airplay Top 100, where it stayed for seventeen weeks in a row. O-Zone also received two other MTV Romania Music Awards for Best Song and Best Dance this year. At the MTV Europe Music Awards, the band was also selected for Best Romanian Act.

The group "Dragostea Din Tei," also known as the "Numa Numa Song," was released in 2003, brought the group to international fame. Balan's single debuted at number one on the charts of more than 30 countries and was the third most popular single in the United Kingdom this year. In most of Europe's Asia-Pacific and Latin America countries, it has sold more than 8 million copies around the world, earning a gold and multiplatinum award. In 2004, and 2005, it became Europe and Japan's bestselling track. More than two hundred artists have performed the song in fourteen different languages over the years. "Dragostea Din Tei" is one of the best-selling singles in world music history.

O-Zone won Best Dance Award at MTV Romania Music Awards in 2004, and for the second year in a row, they were nominated for Best Romanian Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards. The band's third album, DiscO-Zone, which became the band's best-selling product, was certified gold and platinum in several countries later this year. It was the best-selling album in Japan, Europe, and Latin America at the end of the year. It was ranked as the 15th best-ranked nation in France, but it stayed in the top ranked for 36 weeks. In Japan, it reached its highest position in its 24th week on the charts. "Dragostea Din Tei" and "Despre Tine (About You) were two of DiscO-Zone's hit songs. The album was a commercial success in several European countries, particularly in Portugal, where it was ranked for eight weeks in a row and was ranked for 26 weeks in the top 30. It also reached the top ten in Wallonia (Belgium), Poland, Norway, Switzerland, and Finland.

O-Zone's "De Ce Plang Chitarele," a cover of a song by the Moldovan band Noroc, was released in late 2004. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said they had "breathed new air into the European Pop Music Scene," commenting on their music and style. O-Zone announced their dissolution in 2005, right at the height of their fame and acclaim. The last European concert at the 2005 Golden Stag music festival in Romania was held.

Balan formed the eponymous rock band "Balan" and began working on new music following O-Zone's break-up. He moved to Ocean Way in early 2006, beating him for the first time. Jack Joseph Puig produced and co-produced his first solo rock album. Despite having recorded the album, the singer did not reveal it. However, certain songs, such as "Cry Cry" and "The 24th Letter," were later released as part of his 2012 album "Freedom, Part 1."

In early 2007, he returned from the United States and started a new experimental musical project. Balan performed the songs, which were a departure from his previous work, in a falsetto voice. These shifts led him to produce the album under the stage name Crazy Loop, an alter ego that contrasted with his genuine self. The musician referred to Crazy Loop as "funnier, crazier, and more ironic" than himself, adding, "I'm not like that but a piece of Crazy Loop lives inside me." Balan introduced Crazy Loop in October 2007 with the single "Crazy Loop (Mm Ma Ma Ma)," which debuted on Germany, Austria, Poland, and Romania, as well as on the European chart Euro Hot 200.

The Power of Shower, Crazy Loop's debut album, was released in December and featured some of Balan's songs from his unreleased album in Los Angeles, the previous year. "Johanna, Shut Up," the album's second single, is released. Marc Klasfeld's music video directed and shot in Los Angeles in 2008 was released in the summer of 2008. The single was the first official track to be released under the name Crazy Loop. Dan Balan, the artist's own name, released a third single from The Power of Shower in October 2008. "Despre Tine Cant (Part 2)," a rock ballad, became unavailable in Romania and Moldova, and Greg Olive's music video was accompanyed by a music video directed by Greg Olive. At the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards, Crazy Loop was nominated for Best Romanian Act but lost to Morandi.

The artist re-released The Power of the Shower album as Crazy Loop Mix, an exclusive release with four new songs including "Friday Night," "My Best Summer," "Judy's Love Line," and "Chica Bomb." This announcement heralded a new age in his solo career. In November 2009, the acting President of Moldova, Mihai Ghimpu, was given the honorary title of Master of Art for his contributions to the propagation of musical art, and high-performing artistry.

Balan was approached by producers in 2008 to write Rihanna and T.I. Since the song was sampled and was heavily based on "Dragostea Din Tei," "Live Your Life" was released. Following its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the song remained ranked number one for six weeks, bouncing from eighth place to number one in less than a week. "Live Your Life" was awarded Platinum by the Department of Education, with 4,532,000 copies sold in the United States. Balan was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2009, becoming the first and only Moldovan to do so.

Balan's solo album "Chica Bomb" featured vocals from American singer Katie DiCicco and Italian DJ Andrea Bertolini was first released in 2010. The song became a hit in Europe and climbed to the top ten charts in many European countries, including Germany, Denmark, Austria, Romania, Romania, Greece, Greece, and the United Kingdom, where it reached No. 1 in the top ten charts. On the United Kingdom Dance Chart, there are 7 people on the chart. Music critics praised the album. "Chica Bomb," Nick Levine of Britain's Digital Spy, described it as "a sleek and sexy electro-house track with a healthy dose of synthy bounce to it." It became one of Bulgaria and Romania's most popular songs on Radio. Hype Williams produced the song's video.

Balan re-recorded the single in Greece as a duet with Greek pop star Eleni Foureira. In May 2010, the pair debuted their latest Greek version at the MAD Video Music Awards in Athens. Balan was invited as a special guest to the Russian music industry's annual awards ceremony, the Muz-TV Awards, on June 11, where he appeared on the single for the first time.

In July 2010, the singer announced his next single, "Justify Sex," at the Europa Plus Live festival in Moscow. It debuted on the Russian charts, where it remained for 43 weeks. Jesse Dylan, who shot the video in Los Angeles and based it on the film's theme, directed a video for the song on Friday the 13th.

Balan decided to shift his attention to the Eastern European market following the success of two consecutive singles at number one on the charts. As a duet with Vera Brezhneva, who had met in New York in the summer of 2010, he recorded lyrical song "Lepestkami Slez" translated as "Petals of Tears." Balan's first in Russian, was released on October 29th 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 history. In 2011, the artist was nominated for Best Duo at the Russian music channel RU.TV awards. At the 16th Golden Gramophone awards ceremony in the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, he received a Golden Gramophone Award, Russia's most coveted music award, for his single "Lepestkami Slez." For the fourth time at the 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards, the artist was nominated for the Best Romanian Act.

In the spring of 2011, Balan released "Freedom," starring American singer Corey Gibson and DJ Andrea Bertolini. The song debuted in Russia and Ukraine, then bowed at number two on the charts, despite being ranked at number one. In Romania, the single soared to number four on the Romanian Top 100 in 2011. For a total of 49 weeks, the song remained on the charts for a total of 49 weeks. Balan started filming "Freedom," directed by Pavel Hudeakov in May 2011 in southern France. The singer climbed up and stood on a steep cliff without protective gear while recording for the album. In an interview after the official video was revealed, he said that the video was one of his career's most dangerous shootings.

On September 26, 2011, he released "Lish do Utra," his second Russian single. The song was recorded in studios in many countries, including Romania, the United Kingdom, Russia, and the United States. Balan said in an interview that after considering the song's concept, he had an immediate feeling that the song would be best presented in the Russian language. On the Russian digital media charts, the single rose to the top of the charts. He produced the song's music video himself, and enlisted French director Steven Ada to direct the film. Ada was chosen by the singer because he wanted a director with a keen, photographic eye for composition and light, who could capture the waking day's natural beauty and compare it with the two lovers sharing their last morning together. Balan appeared in the video on Corsica Island, with Ioana Raicu in the lead. On October 25, 2011, the video premiered.

Balan's "Lyubi" was the second Russian single, pop-rock album released in April 2012. The song debuted at number one on the Top Hit Weekly Audience Choice, ranked thirteen on the Russian chart and number two on the Ukrainian chart, and second on the Ukrainian chart. Alan Badoev and starred Russian theater and film actress Ekaterina Vilkova produced the song's music video. He was nominated for the best male singer award by Muz-TV later this year. At the RU.TV Russian music awards ceremony, she was named as Russia's sexiest musician by online publication Woman.ru. "Lish do Utra" was also nominated for Best Singer and Best Song. The singer received a Golden Gramophone award for the second year in a row for "Lish do Utra" on December 1, 2012. Balan received the Krasna Zvezda award for his single, which was one of the top ten most popular songs in Russia in 2012.

In November 2012, he revealed that he was recording his latest album Freedom (Part 1). "Chica Bomb," "Justify Sex," "Lepestkami Slyoz," and "Freedom" were among the album's titles, which were performed in the Arena Moscow Concert Hall as part of a solo performance. The album became famous in Russia and was designated gold.

Balan's "Lendo Calendo," a bilingual single with lyrics in Spanish and English, was released in May 2013. Tany Vander and French rapper Brasco appeared on the track. He performed in Spanish, which he had studied in Barcelona. Balan himself thought of them as magical words such as Abracadabra. The song debuted on iTunes and debuted in Russia, and in Romania and other CIS countries, as well as the Russian charts. The song's music video, directed by Alan Badoev, was released on July 9, 2013. The album received critical praise, and the singer received multiple accolades for his performance "Lendo Calendo." He was nominated for the best singer award at the annual Russian music awards, RU.TV, on May 25. Later that evening, he received the Real Musicbox award for The Best Singer at the Real Musicbox awards ceremony.

Balan received his third Golden Gramophone award for the song "Lyubi" on November 30, 2013.

Balan began recording Freedom, Part 2 in London in January 2014. AIR Studios, RAK Studios, Strongroom Studios, and Sarm Studios were among the Abbey Road Studios, RAK Studios, RAK Studios, Strongroom Studios, and Sarm Studios. He produced all of the tracks on the album, as well as wrote the music and lyrics. 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 drummer Andy Duncan. Chris Elliott was involved in the orchestra's arrangement.

"Domoy," the album's first song, was released in September 2014. "Domoy" was quite experimental in comparison to Dan's previous work, breaking away from his usual style and appealing to an older audience. According to Dan, the track also differs from the other songs on the new album's album, with a more commercial sound.

Balan returned from his creative break in 2015 to debut "Funny Love," his second experimental album. Alan Badoev, a well-known Ukrainian filmmaker, produced hundreds of music videos, as well as many of Balan's songs, edited the music video. The music video took about 4 months to film, with 20 different scenes included. In total, there were 13 models and 16 dancers, as well as 300 kg of luggage. In the film, Badoev used "unusual graphics" and novel editing techniques, and I was taken by Balan's dedication to his music. After Lendo Calendo, the singer confessed to wanting to bring his songs to a new level, and he had more success on the sound design for Funny Love than any other.

Balan also released a version of his song "Cry Cry," which was originally written for his unreleased rock album in 2006, with a slightly different look and sound, as well as new Russian lyrics, which are likely to appeal to a mainly female audience in Eastern Europe.

Balan's three-year creative break in which he had been researching experimental music styles, came back with a more commercial sounding single that would not be seen on Freedom, Part 2. Balan felt that before releasing the new album, he should return to the stage with a dance hit like "Hold on Love." In 2017, he was invited to perform the song at the M1 (Ukraine) Music Awards. Badoev referred to Balan's fifth collaboration with Ukrainian artist Alan Badoev as a "serious and cryptic David Fincher-style clip." Badoev stuck to the slogan, "don't be afraid of what's inside you," portraying Balan as a pastor tempted by his desires and filming in Los Angeles's district. To finish filming, the director's crew had to shut down one quarter of the city.

Dan Balan decided to unite O-Zone in 2017 in Chisinau and Bucharest on May 9th.

Dan Balan's "Allegro Ventigo" album starred Matteo in March 2018. The lyrics were written in a variety of languages, including Romania, Ukraine, Russia, and Bulgaria, and Bulgaria. In an interview, Balan joked that this is "Old Moldavian," but the truth is that the lyrics are written in a fictional language that incorporates elements of Spanish, Italian, Greek, and Romanian. Dan Balan's company, Marley Waters, released "Numa Numa 2" on September 12, 2018. After a few days, the song debuted at No. 1 in the Japan charts and was a huge success. Numa Numa 2 was also a small show/concert in Japan.

Dan Balan founded Monarda Studios, a multimedia production company that specializes in managing and growing musicians and internet celebrities in 2019. The company's headquarters are located in Kyiv, Ukraine, and Bucharest, Romania.

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