Andreea Bănică

Biography

Andreea Bănică (Romanian pronunciation: [anˈdree̯a bəˈnikə]; born 21 June 1978) is a Romanian singer and songwriter. She was part of the girl groups Exotic (1998–2000) and Blondy (2001–2005). In 2005, Bănică started a solo career and became one of Romania's most successful pop artists, with 2 number ones and 15 Top20 singles, as well as hit songs like "Love in Brasil×Love In Brasil12 July 2010 · EPSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Love In Brasil3:402Love In Brasil (Extended Version)5:133Love In Brasil (Instrumental)3:304Love In Brasil (Speak One Remix)5:05", "Samba×Samba13 November 2009 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Samba3:222Samba (Deepside Deejays Remix)5:24", "Hooky Song×Hooky Song18 August 2008 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Hooky Song3:11", "Sexy", "Shining Heart×Shining Heart20 March 2012 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Shining Heart3:362Shining Heart (Extended)5:35" and "Rain in July".
She also won various awards, including the Romanian Music Awards, Romanian Top Hits, MTV European Music Awards and the Balkan Music Awards. Bănică speaks Romanian, English, Spanish and Brazilian-Portuguese.

Career

She first came to public attention at the 1998 Mamaia Festival. Along with Claudia Pătrăşcanu and Julia Chelaru, she started the group Exotic. In the two years they were together, the group released three singles ("Watch me", "Sexy" and "A Kiss"), and recorded two albums: Sexxy and Passionate.
Bănică started her solo career after leaving Exotic. In 2001, together with Rus, she formed the group Blondy. The group released three albums (So Close, Part of You, Sweet and Bitter) and a replay. Altogether, Blondy released six videos, and won the award for best dance band offered by Radio Romania in 2003. Rus left the band in 2005, launching a solo career. Bănică continued with Blondy. Dansez, Dansez, an album composed by Laurentiu Duta, achieved gold status for sales. Two singles were released, "Lovers" and "Sweet and Bitter".
Bănică single "Fiesta" gave her a number one hit on the Romanian charts. She received an MTV award for "Best Solo Artist." After that, she performed under her own name.
Her second solo album was entitled Rendez-vous×Rendez-Vous23 May 2007 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Rendez-Vous3:292Show-Biz Baby3:163Black Sea Queen3:274Vei Veni3:485Magic Love3:276Gânduri3:26710 Ani3:198Fiesta3:449Încredere3:3110Nu Mă Mai Iubești3:5611Încredere3:3112E Cineva3:14, from which "Fiesta" was released as a single. The second single from this album was "Rendez-vous".
In 2008 she released a new video for the song "Trust", directed by Dragos Buliga. In the spring of that year she released "Hooky Song×Hooky Song18 August 2008 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Hooky Song3:11" featuring Smiley, with a video directed by Iulian Moga.
She released a video for the song "Le Ri Ra" in March 2009 despite being pregnant. In August 2009, a new single, "Samba×Samba13 November 2009 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Samba3:222Samba (Deepside Deejays Remix)5:24", was released in collaboration with Dony. This single won her the RMA Best Video award in 2010. In early 2011, a Best Of collection was released. At the RRA Awards, her 2011 song "Love in Brazil" was named best Latin dance song.
In 2019 the singer was chosen by Walt Disney Pictures to provide the Romanian voice of Juarez in the live-action G-Force and in the movie Mummies.