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Hi-Q
Group · formed 1996
Romanian pop group
Timeline
1990s
Biography
Biography
Hi-Q was a Romanian pop group, founded in 1996 in Braşov. The original group consisted of Mihai Sturzu, Florin Grozea, and Dana Nălbaru. Described by Libertatea as one of the best-known musical groups in Romania, Hi-Q also hosted its own TV show on national television. Dana Nălbaru left the group in 2003 to pursue a solo career and returned in October 2010. On 31 July 2014, on a news magazine show presented by Teo Trandafir, the band split.
Members
Florin-Alexandru Grozea: singer, songwriter, music producer (1996-2014)
Mihai Sturzu: singer, manager (1996-2014)
Dana Nălbaru: singer (1996–2003, late 2010–2014)
Former members
Nicoleta Drăgan: singer, songwriter, joined after Nălbaru's 2003 departure, officially left the band in April 2008
Anya Buxai: singer, joined after Drăgan's 2008 departure, left the band in 2010
Band
Tuliga Florin - sound engineer
Cristi Matesan - drums
Virgil Dulceanu - keyboards
Mac Aciobăniței - guitar
Albums
...urasQbesc (1999)
Dă muzica mai tare!!! (2001)
Pentru prieteni (2002)
O mare de dragoste (2004)
Razna (2006)
De 10 ani va multumim! (2007)
Când zâmbești (2012)
Singles
"Nu pot face nimic" (1998)
"Hi-Q Iz in da Hauz" (1999)
"Apa de mare" (1999)
"Totul va fi bine" (2000)
"E vara mea" (2000)
"Cât te iubeam" (2001)
"Un minut" (2001)
"Dă muzica mai tare" (2001)
"Tu ești dragostea mea" (2002) - Romanian Top 100 No. 1
"Prea departe" (2002)
"Trăiește!" (2003)
"Dor de tine, dor de noi" (2003) - Romanian Top 100 No. 1
"Mai dulce" (2003)
"Poveste fără nume" (2004)
"Gașca mea" (2004)
"Te-am iubit, dar..." (2005)
"Razna" (2006)
"Ce bine e" (2006)
"Buna dimineața" (2007)
"Așa-s prietenii" (2008)
"Lose You" (2009)
"Ice of You" (2010)
"The One" (2010)
"Încă o dată" (2010)
"Strada ta" (2012)
"Solo" (2012)
"Soare" (2012)
"Luni" (2013)
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 | 5 | 32th |
| 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) | 30 | 66.1th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Hi-Q head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| 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) | 30 | 66.1th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hi-Q_at_Mega_Discoteca_Tineretului.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5750252genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5750252seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Q_%28band%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Q_%28band%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Romanian musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: A.G. (a friend of nat.u toronto ) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q5750252 · MusicBrainz: e2394c43-a47f-4035-86b7-689bf1abc972
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