Morandi (band)
| Morandi | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Bucharest, Romania |
| Genres | Europop, dance |
| 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
- Reverse (2005)
- Mind Fields (2006)
- N3XT (2007)
Compilation albums
- Best Of (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][upper-alpha 1] |
RUS [6] |
SVK [7] |
BUL [8] |
CZR [9] |
POL |
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 | 1[13] | 3 | 16 | — | ||||
| 2008 | "Save Me" (featuring Helene) |
3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1[14] | 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) (from the album Body And The Sun |
80 | 133 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||||||||||
Music videos
- 2005 – "Love Me"
- 2006 – "Beijo"
- 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 the TV series Merlin, the song "Afrika" was in the episode 3, season 4
Notes
- ↑ Airplay 100 replaced the Romanian Top 100 in late 2011.
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
- ↑ For peak positions in Romania:
- For top 10 peak positions on the "Romanian Top 100": "Romanian Top 100 (Top 10 chart archive)". Ro Top 10. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- For peak positions on the "Airplay 100": "Airplay 100" (in Romanian). Kiss FM. Retrieved 17 August 2015. Note: Click one podcast to hear the chart of that week.
- ↑ "Artist - Morandi na Tophit.ru" (in Russian). TopHit. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
- ↑ "SNS IFPI". ifpicr.cz.
- ↑ "Morandi". acharts.us.
- ↑ "萅S IFPI". ifpicr.cz.
- ↑ "Hivatalos magyar slágerlisták". slagerlistak.hu.
- ↑ lescharts.com - Discographie Morandi
- ↑ "Morandi". billboard.com.
- ↑ Nielsen Music Control - Polish Airplay Chart. Retrieved on 30 August 2015.
- ↑ Nielsen Music Control - Polish Airplay Chart. Retrieved on 30 August 2015.