Dan Balan

Posted December 16, 201014 yr

Dan Mihai B?lan (born 6 February 1979 in Chi?in?u, Moldavian SSR) is a Moldovan singer, songwriter, and producer. He was born to Mihai B?lan and Ludmila B?lan, a TV presenter. Dan B?lan has performed Eurodance or commercially-Pop music. He is best known for his part in the eurodance music trio O-Zone, a group he led to fame across Europe with the hit single "Dragostea din Tei."

In 2006, B?lan introduced an alter ego-character, Crazy Loop, with an 'Eurodance flavoured song "Crazy Loop (Mm-ma-ma)"'. The video was directed by Marc Klasfeld, was released throughout Europe in the fall of 2007 and was voted the song of the year by fans, not including Romania. In December 2007, Dan also released the 'Crazy Loop' album entitled The Power of Shower (music album). The song "Crazy Loop (Mm-ma-ma)" reached number one on the Romanian charts more than a month. In 2008 he released the video for the second song Joanna (Shut Up !).

In 2010 he released "Chica Bomb", his first single under the name Dan Balan, featuring American Katie DiCicco. It became an instant hit in many European countries and hit #37 in Germany and #44 in UK Singles Chart and number 1 in Russia and Greece (in Greece, this song was released with Greek singer Eleni Fourera, performing the song during the 2010 MAD VMAs/MAD Video Music Awards)

Justify Sex is a eurodance/electro house song presented in July 31, in Moscow, at the "Europe Plus Live 2010" festival