Deepcentral
Group · Romania · Bucharest · formed 2009
Romanian musical duo
Timeline
2000s
Biography
Biography
Deepcentral is a Romanian pop duo with house music influences formed in 2009 by Romanian DJ George Călin (now known as Manuel Riva) and vocalist Doru Todoruț.
Călin, the DJ of the duo had begun his musical career with the band Demmo, that also included Anamaria Ferentz and Vik. Demmo they released four albums: Pentru inima ta, Trei, Ding Dang Dong and Cântecul meu. The band lasted from 2001 to 2006.
Deepcentral released their self-titled debut album Deepcentral of mainly dance house music on 3 June 2009 on Universal Music Romania with "Cry It Away" being their first charting single.
Deepcentral stylized at times as DeepCentral had the biggest Romanian hit of 2010 with "In Love". The single was as the top of the year-end list of Romanian hits, after having spent 7 weeks at the top of the Romanian Top 100 in the period March to May that year, with a total of 17 weeks in the Top 10. As a result, Deepcentral was nominated to MTV Europe Music Award for Best Romanian Act as one of 5 possible acts to win the title in 2010. But the title eventually went to Romanian singer Inna. The band was also featured in Xonia's hit "My Beautiful One". The single stayed 64 weeks in the Romanian Top 100.
George Călin the DJ of the duo has gone on to music producing under the name Manuel Riva with "Miami" becoming an international hit for him in a song featuring Alexandra Stan.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 4 | 24.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 17 | 39.7th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 4 | 24.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | 17 | 39.7th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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Why this artist is in the database
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Wikidata: Q15732089 · MusicBrainz: a91567d1-c7c2-4d34-be4c-b3936a329c5c
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