Los Angeles resident Dan Bălan was born in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova in 1979. His biggest success to-date was with the pop band O-Zone. He was the front man of this project, producing and writing all of their songs. Bălan formed O-Zone in 1999, and they released three albums by 2004. ...show more

Los Angeles resident Dan Bălan was born in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova in 1979. His biggest success to-date was with the pop band O-Zone. He was the front man of this project, producing and writing all of their songs. Bălan formed O-Zone in 1999, and they released three albums by 2004.

Their best-selling LP was "DiscOzone", which reached no. 1 in six countries and sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide (1 million in Japan alone). Bălan's most successful song to-date is "Dragostea din tei" (a.k.a. "Numa numa Song").

The song reached no. 1 in 32 countries (including no. 3 in the UK), selling 12 million copies worldwide. It was the biggest single in Europe and Japan in 2004 and 2005, respectively. ...show less