Haiducii

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

Dragostea din tei   DE 2 04/16/2004 (27 weeks)   AT 1  platinum 04/18/2004 (29 weeks)   CH 2  gold 04/18/2004 (29 weeks)   IT 1 01/29/2004 (23 weeks) Nara nara na na (Mne s toboy horosho)   AT 33 10/10/2004 (8 weeks)   IT 5 07/29/2004 (6 weeks) More 'n' More (I Love You)   IT 8th 12/08/2005 (8 weeks)

Haiducii (born June 14, 1977 in Bucharest ; actually Paula Monica Mitrache ) is a Romanian singer . Your stage name is derived from the Heiducken .

Career

After the Miss Bucharest election , Mitrache started a career as a singer, actress and television presenter in Romania . In 2003 she moved to Rome . In Italy she released her first single Dragostea din tei , a cover version of a song by the Moldovan band O-Zone , but without their permission. As a result, Haiducii had to pay a fine of 10,000 euros. Just a week after its release, the single reached number 1 on the Italian sales charts. In total, Haiducii topped the Italian dance charts for 20 weeks. Gabry Ponte , a well-known Italian DJ and music producer , who co-produced her songs and contributed appropriate remixes , made a significant contribution to her success .

In May 2004 she reached number 1 in the charts in Austria and number 2 in Switzerland . In Germany she was number 2 in the single charts in the summer of 2004 and was in the top 10 for 15 weeks, just behind O-Zone .

At the end of 2004 she brought out her second single Mne S Toboy Horosho , albeit with moderate success. The third single, More 'n' More , was released in early 2006.

Awards for music sales

Silver record  France 2004: for the single Dragostea din tei

Golden record  Belgium 2004: for the single Dragostea din tei  Sweden 2004: for the single Dragostea din tei

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	25,000	ultratop.be
France (SNEP)	silver1	-	-	125,000	infodisc.fr
Austria (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	30,000	ifpi.at
Sweden (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	10,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	20,000	hitparade.ch
All in all	silver1	3 × gold3	platinum1

Web links

• Haiducii recordings in the catalog of the German National Library
• Haiducii at Myspace
• Haiducii at laut.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH IT