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Antonia | |
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 Antonia in 2021 | |
| Born | Antonia Clara Iacobescu 12 April 1989 Bucharest, Romania |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
| Spouse | Vincenzo Castellano (m. 2011;div. 2020) |
| Partner | Alex Velea |
| Children | 3 |
| Musical career | |
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| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
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| Website | www |
Antonia Clara Iacobescu (born 12 April 1989), known professionally as Antonia, is a Romanian singer.
Antonia Clara Iacobescu was born on 12 April 1989 in Bucharest but moved with family to the United States at the age of five. [1] She spent her childhood in Utah, singing at the age of ten, and American culture strongly influenced her musical style. She finished high school in Las Vegas, Nevada and entered the modelling world. [1] She has participated in hundreds of photoshoots for catalogues and has collaborated with American agencies such as Lenz and Ford Models. [2] [3] In 2013, she also launched her clothing line called MOJA. [4] At the age of 18, Antonia returned to Romania with her family. [2]
In 2009, she met the Romanian producer Tom Boxer through a friend who had heard her singing. [2] After the two met, Antonia and Tom created their first song known as "Roses on Fire". [2] They also created a music video for the song, directed and filmed by Boxer. [2]
In 2011, she released a single entitled "Pleacă" with the Vunk band. [5] In mid-summer of 2012, Antonia released the promotional song "I got you" and the single "Jameia", the latter reaching 5th place in Romania. [6] After the birth of her first child, Antonia returned to music as a solo singer. She released "Marionette", written by the Dutch producer and Afrojack. [1]
In 2014, she participated as a judge in the TV show Kids Sing, broadcast by Kanal D. [7] On 17 April 2015, Antonia released her debut album This Is Antonia through the Romanian record label Roton. [8] The album contains 12 tracks and is available in physical and digital format. In 2017 Antonia participated with Alex Velea as contestants in the show Look Who's Dancing on Pro TV. [9] Also, in 2017 and 2018, she was on the jury of the television show The Four, broadcast by Antena 1. [10]
The artist was also chosen, because of her notoriety, to dub Janette's Romanian voice in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip. [11]
Antonia married Italian businessman Vincenzo Castellano in 2011, and they have a daughter together, Maya Rosario Castellano (born 2010). [12] The two separated in 2013 and were in the process of divorcing, which ended in 2020. [13] In 2013, Antonia started a relationship with Romanian singer Alex Velea, with whom she has two children, Dominic (born 2014) [14] and Akim (born 2016). [2] The two announced their engagement in July 2021. [15]
| Title | Details |
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| This Is Antonia |
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| Song | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
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| ROM [18] [upper-alpha 1] | BUL [19] | MDA [20] | POL [21] | |||
| "Shake It Mamma" [upper-alpha 2] [25] | 2010 | 26 | — | — | — | This is Antonia |
| "Marionette" [26] | 2011 | 15 | — | — | — | |
| "Jameia" [27] | 2012 | 5 | 23 | — | — | |
| "Marabou" [28] | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 9 | — | |
| "Hurricane" [29] [30] (solo or featuring Puya) | 8 | 8 | — | — | ||
| "Wild Horses" [31] [upper-alpha 3] (featuring Jay Sean) | 2014 | 31 | — | — | — | |
| "Chica Loca" [33] | 2015 | 34 | — | — | — | |
| "Greșesc" [upper-alpha 4] | 53 | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Dream About My Face" [36] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Vorbește lumea" [37] | 2016 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Sună-mă" [38] (featuring Carla's Dreams) | 28 | — | — | — | Ngoc | |
| "Get Up and Dance" [39] (featuring Achi) | 89 | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Dor de tine" [40] | 2017 | 30 | — | — | — | |
| "Iubirea mea" [41] | 45 | — | — | — | ||
| "Amya" [42] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Adio" [43] (featuring Connect-R) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Tango" [44] | 72 | — | — | — | ||
| "Hotel Lounge" [45] | 59 | — | — | — | ||
| "Mátame" [46] (featuring Erik Frank) | 2 | — | — | — | ||
| "Touch Me" [47] | 2019 | 49 | — | — | — | |
| "Lie I Tell Myself" [48] | 2020 | 79 | — | — | — | |
| "Como ¡Ay!" [49] | 94 | — | — | — | ||
| "Rebound" [50] | 24 | — | — | — | ||
| "Taifun" [51] (solo or with Toto H) [upper-alpha 5] | 2021 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Dinero" [53] (with Yoss Bones) | 41 | — | — | — | ||
| "Îmi placi tu" [54] | 57 | — | — | — | ||
| "I Think I Love Him" [55] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Benny Hana" [56] (with Pitt Leffer and Guilty Pleasure) | 72 | — | — | — | ||
| "Amor" [57] | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Complicated" [58] (with Arkanian) | 2022 | 20 | — | — | — | |
| "Una Favela" [59] (with Qodës) | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Send Me Your Love" [60] (with Gromee) | — | — | — | 5 | Tiny Sparks | |
| "Tranquilo Papi" [61] (with Alex Velea) | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Clap Clap" (with Gran Error and Elvana Gjata) | — | — | — | 32 | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
| Song | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
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| ROM [18] [upper-alpha 1] | BUL [19] | CIS [62] | ISR [63] | MDA [20] | GRE [64] | POL [21] | |||||
| "Roses on Fire" [65] (Pink Room featuring Antonia) [upper-alpha 6] | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Morena | ||
| "Morena" [67] (Tom Boxer featuring Antonia) | 2 | 3 | 50 | 20 | — | 69 | 1 | This is Antonia / Morena | |||
| "Pleacă" [68] (Vunk featuring Antonia) | 2011 | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | Ca pe vremuri / Hituri și mituri / Numai la doi (Live din sufragerie) [upper-alpha 7] | ||
| "Întoarce-te acasă" [72] (Holograf featuring Antonia) | 2014 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Life Line | ||
| "Fie ce-o fi" [73] (Dara featuring Inna, Antonia & Carla's Dreams) | 55 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | Non-album singles | |||
| "El Amor" [74] (Micke featuring Antonia) | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Sahara" [75] (Alex Velea featuring Antonia & Lino Golden) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Anxietate" [76] (Carla's Dreams featuring Antonia) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Trika Trika" [77] (Faydee featuring Antonia) | 3 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
| Song | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| ROM [18] | |||
| "I Got You" [78] | 2012 | — | This is Antonia |
| "Hawaii" [upper-alpha 8] [79] | 2013 | 89 | |
| "În oglindă" [80] | 2019 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Muți" [81] | 2020 | — | |
| "Take Me Somewhere" [82] (with Avalan) | 2021 | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||
| Song | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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| ROM [18] | POL [21] | |||
| "Santa Baby" [upper-alpha 9] [83] | 2011 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "The Christmas Song" [upper-alpha 10] [84] | — | — | ||
| "Iarăși e Crăciunul" [85] (as part of Kiss FM All Stars) | 2014 | — | — | |
| "Call the Police" [86] (as part of G Girls) | 2016 | 64 | 6 | |
| "Milk & Honey" [87] (as part of G Girls) | 2017 | 67 | — | |
| "Poveste de Crăciun" [88] (as part of Kiss FM All Stars) | — | — | ||
| "A venit Crăciunul" [89] (as part of Kiss FM All Stars) | 2020 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "The Game" [66] (Tom Boxer featuring Antonia) | 2010 | Morena |
| "Feel the Joy" [66] (Tom Boxer featuring Antonia) |
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