Tom Boxer | |
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Birth name | Cosmin Simionică |
Born | [1] Craiova, Romania | 6 January 1977
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Years active | 2004–present |
Labels | Roton |
Website | tomboxermusic |
Tom Boxer (born Cosmin Simionică on 6 January 1977 in Craiova) is a Romanian musician, disc jockey and record producer. He released his debut studio album Zamorena in 2008, spawning the single "Brasil" in collaboration with Anca Parghel and Fly Project, which topped the Romanian Top 100. Success followed with "Morena" (2009) featuring Antonia, reaching number two in Romania and the top ten in several other countries. The single was promoted by a controversial music video featuring lesbian scenes. [2] After Boxer quit relations with Antonia, he started to collaborate with his long-time girlfriend Morena; this yielded the commercially successful release "Deep in Love" in 2011, which was certified Platinum by the Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) for 30,000 copies sold in Italy.
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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ROM [3] | ROM Radio [4] | ROM TV [5] | BUL [6] | HUN Dance [7] | ITA [8] | POL Dance [9] | RUS [10] | SPA [11] | ||||||
"Brasil" (featuring Anca Parghel and Fly Project) | 2007 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | Zamorena | |||
"A Beautiful Day" (featuring Jay) | 2009 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | Morena | |||
"Morena" (featuring Antonia) | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | – | 2 | 50 | – | |||||
"Shake It Mamma" (featuring Antonia) | 2010 | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Non-album singles | |||
"You" (with Catherine Cassidy) | 2011 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
"I Feel You" (featuring Alexandra Blake) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
"Deep in Love" (with Morena featuring J Warner) | 18 | 9 | – | – | 8 | 37 | 18 | 109 | – | |||||
"Voulez Vous" (with Morena featuring Meital De Razon) | 2012 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
"Summertime" (with Morena ) | 2013 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
"Las Vegus" (with Morena featuring Sirreal) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
"Don't Cry" (featuring Isaia) | 2014 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
"Balans" (with Morena) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
"Vamos a bailar" (with Morena featuring Juliana Pasini) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
"Beautiful Change" | 2017 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
"Lie" (with Morena featuring Veo) | 2018 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
"Love Is the Way" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
"Never Let Me Go" (with Morena) | 2019 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
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