O-Zone
O-Zone | |
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Genres | |
Years active | 1998–2005 Reunions: 2017, 2019, 2024-present |
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Past members | Petru Jelihovschi |
Website | artists |
O-Zone is a
The group gained global popularity with their song "Dragostea Din Tei" and their subsequent album DiscO-Zone, which was released in 2004 before disbanding the following year.
The group members have since focused on their solo careers, and from 2017, the band would occasionally reunite for concert and festival performances throughout Bucharest and, as of 2024, would perform in Czech Republic.
History
1998–2001: Formation and early years
O-Zone first formed as a duo of Dan Bălan and Petru Jelihovschi in 1998.[2] They released their first album, Dar, Unde Ești..., in 1999. However, Jelihovschi had not intended to make music his career, so he split from Bălan. Undaunted, Bălan held open auditions for new band members. At one such audition, he met Arsenie "Arsenium" Todiraș, who eventually won over the initially skeptical Bălan with his version of Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender". Bălan and Todiraș would have proceeded as a duo act until Bălan received a call from Radu Sîrbu, who wanted a chance to audition for the group. Despite Sîrbu having missed the initial auditions, Bălan agreed, and after a successful audition, Sîrbu joined O-Zone, officially making the group a trio.
2002–2004: Rise to success
In 2002, O-Zone moved from
"Dragostea Din Tei" topped the singles charts of nearly a dozen European countries in 2004. It reached the top-10 in many other countries, including in the United Kingdom, where it reached number 3 on the singles chart.
In contrast to their multi-platinum status in Europe, O-Zone never entered the
2005: O-Zone split up
On 13 January 2005, while still very popular, the members of O-Zone announced their disbandment,[2] citing personal reasons.[9] Their last European concert was held at the 2005 Golden Stag Festival in Romania.[10]
Also in 2005, Japanese music label Avex Trax gained distribution rights for O-Zone music in Japan and released the album DiscO-Zone in August 2005 in the country.[6] The album, which features the song "Dragostea Din Tei", became immensely successful in Japan. Topping the Oricon albums charts, it reached over 800,000 sales in 2005 alone and became the 12th-most popular album of 2005,[11] partially because the album was re-released twice by Avex Trax. DiscO-Zone ended up charting for over a year on the Oricon weekly albums chart[12] and sold over one million copies overall.[13]
2017–present: Occasional reunions
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On 5 May 2017, Dan Bălan, Radu Sîrbu and Arsenie Todiraş announced that O-Zone would be reforming for two concerts. O-Zone re-united for Europe Day on 9 May 2017. One of concerts was held in Chișinău and the other took place on the same day in Bucharest.[14]
On 17 December 2019, Dan Bălan, Radu Sîrbu and Arsenie Todiraş announced that O-Zone would be performing for one concert, which took place on New Year's Eve 2019 in Bucharest as part of performances by stars of the 90s and 00s called Revelion 2020 Disco Night Fever. After the event, all three returned to their projects again. The exception was the collaboration of Radu and Arsenie for the song "Lay Down".
On 31 January 2024, O-Zone was announced as a music guest at Top Festival, an oldies festival held in Ostrava, Czechia, which is scheduled to take place on 15 June 2024.[15]
Discography
Albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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AUT [16] |
BEL (WA) [17] |
DEN
[18] |
FIN
[19] |
FRA
[20] |
GER
[21] |
JPN [22] |
NOR [23] |
POR [24] |
SWI [25] | ||||
Dar, Unde Ești... |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Number 1
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
DiscO-Zone |
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15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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AUT [16] |
DEN
[18] |
FRA
[20] |
GER
[31] |
NLD
[32] |
NOR [23] |
SWE [33] |
SWI
[25] |
UK
[34] | |||||
"Numai Tu" | 2002 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Number 1 | |
" Despre Tine "
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4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 9 | — |
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Number 1 and DiscO-Zone | |
"Dragostea Din Tei" | 2003 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | DiscO-Zone | |
"De Ce Plâng Chitarele" | 2004 | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Other singles
Year | Single | JAP[44] | FRA
|
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2005
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"Koi no Maiahi" | 72 |
-
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"Love Me Love Me" | - |
-
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"Megamix" | - |
25
| |
"—" denotes releases that were not released in that territory. |
References
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- ^ "2005年 年間アルバムチャート-ORICON STYLE ミュージック (2005 Japanese End of Year Chart)" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
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- ^ s.r.o, Tripon Digital. "Lineup". TOP Festival (in Czech). Retrieved 28 February 2024.
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- ^ a b "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (O-Zone)". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
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External links
- (in Japanese) O-Zone Official Japanese Website
- (in German) O-Zone Official German Website