Morandi (band)
| Morandi | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Bucharest, Romania |
| Genres | Europop, dance |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Universal Music Romania |
| Website | http://www.morandi-music.com/ |
Morandi is a Romanian Europop music group composed of Marius Moga and Andrei Ştefan Ropcea (Randi). The group's name derives from the first two letters of Moga's name and Ropcea's nickname, Randi, creating Morandi.
Musical career
Aside from being successful in Romania, the group ranked highly on several pan-European charts (including the MTV Europe chart and the World Chart Express) and became probably the most successful band in the history of Eastern Europe after O-Zone. Their music is very popular among young people in Russia, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Republic of Macedonia, Lithuania and Ukraine. Morandi were nominated as Best Romanian Act both at the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards and 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards and won the award at the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards. "Angels" was called "Most successful track 2008" in Russia.
A new album, Zebra, has been deferred several times. Morandi have continued to tour and perform concerts for an extended time, flying all over Europe. In the fifth week of 2011 Morandi released "Angels" in France. Up to now the song peaked at chart position 16 of the official French music chart.[1]
New single, "Everytime we touch", was released on January 21, 2013. This song was performed in Russia on Europa Plus radiostation on December 31, 2012.
Discography
Studio albums
Compilation albums
- Best of Morandi (2011)
Singles
The single "Angels" sold 1.45 million copies in Russia and went 7x platinum as ring-back tone and gold as realtone.[2][3] The single "Save me" went 2x platinum with 400,000 copies sold[4]
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM [5] |
RUS [6] |
SVK [7] |
BGR [8] |
CZE [9] |
HUN [10] |
FRA [11] |
US Digital [12] | ||||||
| 2004 | "Love Me" | 3 | 212 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Reverse | |||
| "Beijo (Uh-La-La)" | 1 | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2006 | "Falling Asleep" | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mindfields | |||
| "A La Lujeba" | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Oh La La" (English version of "Beijo") |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N/A | ||||
| 2007 | "Afrika" | 2 | 105 | — | — | — | — | — | — | N3XT | |||
| "Angels (Love Is the Answer)" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | — | |||||
| 2008 | "Save Me" (featuring Helene) |
3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 25 | — | 4 | ||||
| 2009 | "Сolors" | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 7 | Best of Morandi | |||
| 2010 | "Rock the World" | — | 43 | 30 | — | 42 | — | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | "Midnight Train" | — | 5 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Serenada" | — | 215 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Forthcoming fourth studio album | ||||
| 2013 | "Everytime We Touch" | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2014 | "Living Without You" | — | 154 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Summer in December" (featuring Inna) |
89 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||||||
Music videos
- 2006 – Beijo
- 2006 – Love Me
- 2006 – Falling Asleep
- 2006 – A la Lujeba
- 2007 – Afrika
- 2007 – Angels
- 2008 – Save Me
- 2009 – Colors
- 2010 – Rock The World
- 2011 – Midnight Train
- 2011 – Serenada
- 2013 – Everytime we touch
- 2014 – Living without you
- 2014 – Summer in December
Soundtracks
- In Merlin (TV series) the song Afrika was in the episode 3 season 4
References
- ↑ "Morandi - Angels". acharts.us.
- ↑ http://2m-online.ru/news/detail.php?ID=5655
- ↑ http://www.2m-online.ru/news/detail.php?ID=5653
- ↑ http://2m-online.ru/news/detail.php?ID=5658
- ↑ "Kiss FM - Airplay 100". kissfm.ro.
- ↑ "Artist - Morandi na TOPHIT.RU". tophit.ru.
- ↑ "SNS IFPI". ifpicr.cz.
- ↑ "Morandi". acharts.us.
- ↑ "萅S IFPI". ifpicr.cz.
- ↑ "Hivatalos magyar slágerlisták". slagerlistak.hu.
- ↑ lescharts.com - Discographie Morandi
- ↑ "Morandi". billboard.com.