O-Zone | |
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 O-Zone performing at Cerbul De Aur in September 2005.
From left to right: Arsenie Todiraș, Dan Bălan, Radu Sîrbu | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Chișinău, Moldova |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1998–2005, 2024-present Reunions: 2017, 2019 |
| Labels | Cat Music, Ultra, Avex, Time Records |
| Members | Arsenie Todiraș |
| Past members | Petru Jelihovschi Dan Bălan Radu Sîrbu |
| Website | artists |
O-Zone is a Moldovan Eurodance group and boy band produced by Dan Bălan; originating in 1998 as a duo, which consisted of Bălan, and Petru Jelihovschi before the latter's departure. Their official trio lineup in 1999 consisted of Bălan, Radu Sîrbu, and Arsenie Todiraș.[1]
The group gained global popularity with their song "Dragostea din Tei" and their subsequent album DiscO-Zone, which was released in 2003,[2] before disbanding the following year.
The group members have since focused on their solo careers. The band occasionally reunited for concerts in 2017 (Chișinău, Moldova; Bucharest, Romania) and 2019 (Bucharest, Romania). In 2024, it was announced that O-Zone are going to do a summer tour, but this time as a tribute band, consisting of Arsenie as only singer and two dancers. Worldwide, O-Zone have sold over 12 million copies of "Dragostea din tei" and over 2.5 million copies of its parent album DisO-Zone.[3]
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discozone releasewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Dan Balan: 'Le spun americanilor că sunt român din Chişinău'" [Dan Balan: 'I tell Americans that I am a Romanian from Chişinău']. Adevărul (in Romanian). 7 December 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2024.