Loredana Groza | |
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Born | 10 June 1970 |
Origin | Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (now Onești), Romania |
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Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 1986–present |
Labels | MediaPro |
Loredana Groza (born 10 June 1970) or mononymously Loredana [1] is a Romanian singer, songwriter, television actress, endorser, businesswoman and TV star. She is known for continuously reinventing herself and for approaching numerous music styles throughout her discography, ranging from pop to traditional music and manele. In 1987, Groza released her debut single "Bună seara, iubito" ("Good Evening, Love!"), which—even though it was banned and censored in Romania for alleged inappropriate lyrics—became successful and one of her signature songs. Her album of the same name would go on to sell 1.5 million copies, making it the best-selling record of all time in Romania. [2] Over the years, Groza released several acclaimed albums and hit songs, including "Apa" in 2012, which reached number two on the native Airplay 100 chart. The singer was a coach on the Romanian version of the televised competition The Voice for its first seven seasons.
Loredana Groza was born in Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (now known as Onești), Romania, on 10 June 1970. She started singing at the age of three and continued to sing throughout her school years. When she was 14, she was noticed by composers Dumitru Moroșanu and Zsolt Kerestely, [3] who invited her to Bucharest for the talent show Steaua fără nume (The Star Without a Name) although she was too young, as the minimum admission age was 17. [4] She competed in the talent show in 1986, at 16 years old, and won the big prize. In the same year, she competed in the Mamaia Music Festival, where she was awarded the best newcomer prize, which made her the youngest winner ever. [5]
In 1987, at the Costinești Music Festival, she met the acclaimed composer Adrian Enescu, who wrote the song "O inimă de 16 ani" ("A 16-Year-Old Heart") for her; this was followed by an entire record, her debut album Bună seara, iubito! (Good Evening, Love!) (1988). [6] [7] Although the title song was not broadcast on Romanian television because of the communist censorship, both the song and the album were huge successes, with the latter being sold in 1.5 million copies. In 1989, Enescu and Lucian Avramescu produced her second album, Un buchet de trandafiri (A Bouquet of Roses), which was also successful. [8] After a career hiatus until 1994, Groza made a comeback with the album Atitudine (Attitude) and toured Romania with the band Direcția 5 in 1995. [9] 1995 was also the release year of the album Născuta toamnă (Born in Autumn), whilst the gold-certified Tomilio followed in 1996. [10] [11] In 1998, Groza released the hugely successful hit single "Lumea e a mea" with B.U.G. Mafia. [12]
Groza appeared on the cover of Playboy magazine in 2000, which sold out and confirmed her status of a sex symbol. In 2001, Enescu and the singer worked together again for the album Diva inamorata. [13] Two albums inspired by traditional music followed in 2001 and 2002: Agurida, [14] and Zarza, vânzătoarea de plăceri (Zarza, the Pleasure Seller). From 2003 to 2006, Groza released the albums Fata cu șosete de diamant (The Girl with Diamond Socks), [15] Extravaganza, [16] and Jamparalele. The latter received a gold certification for sales in Romania and included Groza's successful hit single "Lele", with which she attempted to represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. She had previously taken part in the Romanian national final for the contest in 1994 and 1996 with the songs "Nu adio" ("Not Goodbye") and "Visăm America" ("We Dream of America"), respectively. In 2012, Groza released her highest-charting single on national charts, "Apa", which reached number two on the Airplay 100. In 2014, she premiered another top 10 hit, "Risipitor" ("Wasteful").
Groza was chosen to dub the singing voice of Gloria in Happy Feet Two [17] and Barbara Gordon in Lego Batman: The Movie. [18]
Loredana was married to the television producer Andrei Boncea. They have a daughter, Elena. [19]
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Bună seara, iubito! |
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Un buchet de trandafiri |
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Atitudine |
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Născută toamna |
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Tomilio |
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Agurida – Cele mai frumoase cântece populare românești |
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Fata cu șosete de diamant |
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Zig-Zagga Extravaganza |
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Jamparalele |
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Made in Romanie |
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Tzuki |
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Sundance |
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Iubiland |
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Dragoste |
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Imaginarium |
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Zarza, vânzătoarea de plăceri |
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Nana Nanino |
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Cântece pentru îngerași (with Mihai Constantinescu and Simona Secrier) |
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Agurida XX |
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My Love |
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Loredana |
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Ador |
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Rain Rain Remixed |
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Aromaroma |
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Diva inamorata |
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Santa Baby |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album | |||||||||||||
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ROM [22] [upper-alpha 1] | MDA [23] | ||||||||||||||||
"Bună seara, iubito!" | 1987 | — | — | Bună seara, iubito! | |||||||||||||
"Îți citesc în ochi" | 1988 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
"Ce va fi cu iubirea mea" | 1992 | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||||||||||
"Poate că astăzi, poate că mâine... mă voi îndrăgosti!" (with Aurelian Temișan) | 1994 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
"Nu-mi pasă" (featuring Direcția 5) | 1995 | — | — | Zig-Zagga Extravaganza | |||||||||||||
"Ești genul meu" | 1997 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
"Lumea e a mea" (featuring B.U.G. Mafia) | 1998 | — | — |
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"Aromaroma" | 1999 | — | — | Aromaroma | |||||||||||||
"Diva inamorata" | 2001 | — | — | Diva inamorata | |||||||||||||
"Femeia ta" | 2003 | 18 | — | Fata cu șosete de diamant | |||||||||||||
"Suflet drag" | 20 | — | Fata cu șosete de diamant / Zig-Zagga Extravaganza | ||||||||||||||
"Zig-Zagga" | 2004 | 24 | — | Zig-Zagga Extravaganza | |||||||||||||
"Extravaganza" | 13 | — | |||||||||||||||
"Lele" | 2005 | 29 | — | Jamparalele | |||||||||||||
"Dus de vânt" (with Eric Colas) | 71 | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||||||
"Vreau toată noaptea" | 2006 | 35 | — | Jamparalele | |||||||||||||
"Cât îi Maramureșul" | — | — | |||||||||||||||
"Depărtare" | 81 | — | |||||||||||||||
"Șatra în asfințit" (featuring Connect-R) | 2007 | — | — | Made in Romanie | |||||||||||||
"Made in Romanie" (featuring Connect-R) | — | — | |||||||||||||||
"Regina" (featuring Connect-R) | 2008 | — | — | Tzuki | |||||||||||||
"Tzuki" | — | — | |||||||||||||||
"Like a Rock Star" | 2009 | — | — | Sundance | |||||||||||||
"Rain Rain" | 2010 | — | — | Dragoste | |||||||||||||
"Monalisa" (featuring Jay Ko) | 2011 | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||||||||
"Boom Boom Boom" | — | — | |||||||||||||||
"Ochii din vis" (featuring Dragoș Chircu) | 2012 | — | — | Dragoste | |||||||||||||
"Apa" (featuring Cabron) | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
"Viva Mamaia" (featuring Alex Velea, Cabron and Radu Mazăre) | 2013 | 45 | — | Non-album singles | |||||||||||||
"Nu știu cine ești" (featuring Cornel Ilie) | 64 | — | Imaginarium | ||||||||||||||
"Risipitor" | 2014 | 10 | — | ||||||||||||||
"Te iubesc" (with Nadir) | 2015 | 44 | — | ||||||||||||||
"Val după val" | — | — | |||||||||||||||
"Vrei să mă iei" (with Alama) | 2016 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
"La cârciuma de la drum" (with Zdob și Zdub featuring Skizzo Skillz) | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||||||||
"Unde ești" (with Deepcentral) | — | — | |||||||||||||||
"Ziua de azi" | 2017 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
"Fugit din Rai" | — | — | |||||||||||||||
"Avatar" | — | — | |||||||||||||||
"Îngeri" | 2018 | — | — | Santa Baby | |||||||||||||
"Dependența mea" (with Voltaj) | 2019 | — | — | Ca la 20 de ani | |||||||||||||
"Damdiridam" | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||||||||
"Sex pe canapea" | 2020 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
"Golan" (with Dl. Goe) | — | — | |||||||||||||||
"Peste București" (with Christian Eberhard) | — | — | |||||||||||||||
"Emoțiile" | 2021 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
"Bună dimineața" (with Costi and Culiță Sterp featuring Baboiash, Adi de la Vâlcea, Nicu Paleru, Vali Vijelie, Jean de la Craiova and Ștefan de la Bărbulești) | — | — | |||||||||||||||
"Fericire" (with Jador, Florin Salam and Costi) | — | — | |||||||||||||||
"Suflet și trup" (with Costi and Jador featuring Baboiash, Adi de la Vâlcea, Nicu Paleru, Vali Vijelie, Jean de la Craiova and Ștefan de la Bărbulești) | — | — | |||||||||||||||
"Dans, dans, dans" | 2022 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
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"Cred că ești extrem de delicată" (Direcția 5 featuring Loredana) | 2011 | — | Beautiful Jazz Duets | ||||||||||||||
"Fără cuvinte" (B.U.G. Mafia featuring Loredana) | — | Înapoi în viitor | |||||||||||||||
"Lumea ta" (Carla's Dreams featuring Loredana) | 2013 | 30 | Ngoc / Imaginarium | ||||||||||||||
"Balkana Mama" (Zdob și Zdub featuring Loredana and Ligalize) | 2018 | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||||||
"Ce ne pasă nouă?!" (Șatra B.E.N.Z. featuring Loredana) | 2019 | — | O.$.O.D. IV | ||||||||||||||
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Title | Year | Album |
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"Copiii sirenelor" | 2007 | Nana Nanino |
"Sexting" | 2012 | Dragoste |
"Santa Baby" | 2014 | Imaginarium / Santa Baby |
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"Vine, vine primăvara" | 2003 | Cutiuța muzicală 3 (by various artists) |
"Rățuștele" (with Mălina Onlinescu and Anca Țurcașiu) | ||
"Uf, de i-ar vedea pisica" | ||
"Drag mi-e jocul românesc" | ||
"Noi cei de acum" (Ștefan Bănică Jr. featuring Loredana) | 2005 | Duete |
"Hot" (Morandi featuring Loredana) | Reverse | |
"Aripi frânte" (Bitză featuring Loredana) | Sinuciderea unui înger | |
"Lasă-mă să-ți arăt" (Bitză and Loredana) | 2009 | Sufletul orașului |
"Mama mea e florăreasă" (Damian & Brothers featuring Loredana and Connect-R) | 2016 | Gypsy Rock: Change or Die |
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