Biography of Dan Balan
Dan Balan is a talented, charismatic Moldovan singer and composer, author and performer of many popular hits that are included in the golden treasury of modern pop music. Founder and ideological inspirer of the legendary group O-Zone, author of the super hit “Dragostea Din Tei”, the only representative of Moldova in history nominated for a Grammy Award. In 2020, he became a mentor of the Ukrainian project “Voices of the Country” and immediately led his mentee Oksana Mukha to victory.
In the photo: Dan Balan
Height, weight, age. How old is Dan Balan
Looking at a tall, stately guy, fans all over the world begin to think about his height, weight, and age. How old is Dan Balan? The musician's height is truly impressive; weighing 73 kilograms, he is 190 centimeters. A tall, slender, handsome man is the dream of any young girl.
And, despite his 39 years, Dan Balan looks very young. The girls look at him enthusiastically and undoubtedly want to get to know the star better. Such a chance can come at any time, for each of them. Because the guy's heart is free.
Dan Balan's photos in his youth and now are not very different, of course, the age-related facial features have changed and the physical indicators are not the same as at 20 years old. But this absolutely did not change the singer’s youthfulness and even gave him additional charm.
In general, you can’t even tell from the photographs that this is a forty-year-old man; no one gives him more than 30 years.
Childhood and family
Our hero was born into a prosperous, wealthy family of a diplomat and a popular TV presenter. Father, Mihai Balan, worked at the Moldovan Embassy and in 2012 headed the country’s Information and Security Service. Mother, Lyudmila Balan, is a Moldovan television star, the host of entertainment shows, including the local analogue of the program “Good night, kids.” Dan has a younger sister, Sanda, who followed in her mother’s footsteps and also works in television.
Dan Balan in childhood
Dan was born at a time when his parents were actively building their careers. Therefore, until he was three years old, he lived with his grandmother in the small village of Trebujeni, one of the most beautiful natural corners of Moldova. The majestic rocks surrounding the village, the river running along the bottom of the canyon, and ancient monasteries, securely hidden from prying eyes in deep stone caves, remained forever in the memory of the creative, impressionable boy. From an early age, he loved to walk through the forest and enjoy the beauty and grandeur of pristine nature in silence.
Dan Balan's parents are a TV star and diplomat
When Dan was three years old, his parents took him to the city. A completely different life began there, which also appealed to the inquisitive, restless little one. His mother often took him with her to work, showed her son how the television “kitchen” worked, and when the boy grew older, she began to involve him in entertainment shows. At first, Dan read simple poems and sang children’s songs, which aroused affection among his mother’s colleagues. Over time, he stopped being afraid of the camera, learned to stand confidently on stage and began to enjoy everyone's attention.
At the age of six, the boy became interested in poetry and began to write poetry little by little. His favorite poet was Mihai Eminescu, who, like Dan himself, found inspiration in the forest, hugging the trees. This inner need has been preserved by our hero to this day; he still loves to walk among the pines, which give him new creative ideas.
Dan Balan in his school years
Another hobby of young Balan was sports. The boy was involved in athletics, basketball and volleyball, played on the school football team and showed great promise.
Everything changed at the age of ten, when his parents gave him an accordion and enrolled him in a music school. Dan quickly mastered the instrument, at the same time learned to play the piano and guitar, and began to compose music himself. At first it was waltzes and melodies in the classical genre, later our hero, like many of his peers, became interested in rock music and even organized his own group.
In 1994, the family moved to Israel, where its head was offered the position of consul. During the year and a half spent abroad, Dan mastered several foreign languages at the Scottish Embassy School and made significant progress in his music studies.
Personal life
Given his fruitful musical career, Dan does not have time for relationships, so some began to suspect the singer of being gay. But this is nothing more than speculation and gossip of envious people, since there is no confirmation of these rumors. Moreover, Balan often gets caught by the paparazzi in the company of bright beauties. So, in 2013, he was seen in the arms of world champion pole dancer Vardanush Martirosyan. Together they vacationed on the Cote d'Azur in France.
Talking about his personal life, Balan admitted that he had three girls with whom he built serious relationships. The artist did not mention the names of his chosen ones. A few years later, journalists managed to find out that Dan Balan was still married, and registered the relationship even before he became famous, in 2004. The artist's wife's name is Ella Krupenina.
She gave birth to his wife's son Alan, whose existence he carefully hid from the public. In 2009, the relationship broke up; according to rumors, the reason was Ella’s jealousy and mistrust.
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Dan Balan with his mother
After the divorce, the media began to attribute Dan to a relationship with Tina Karol. The couple began to appear frequently in public and openly flirt with each other. They performed on stage together, singing a duet into one microphone; it seemed that the passionate duet was about to end with a kiss. When asked directly what connects him with Tina, Dan replied: “A novel written by the hand of a genius.”
However, not all fans believe in the sincerity of this relationship, believing that the stars aligned only for the sake of PR. In February 2020, fans found on Instagram photos of Dan together with a young girl who turned out to be a Kharkov student, and decided that she was the singer’s real chosen one. Balan himself refused to confirm these rumors.
In addition to music, the singer is also interested in sports, trying to keep himself in great shape. As a child, he participated in athletics and showed promise as a football player. Now Dan has switched to home workouts, because due to his busy schedule he does not have time to go to the gym. The man's weight is 73 kg and his height is 190 cm.
The beginning of a creative journey
Returning to his homeland, Dan successfully graduated from the prestigious Gheorghe Asachi Lyceum and, at the insistence of his father, entered the Faculty of Law of the University of Chisinau.
For this, the head of the family gave his son the long-promised synthesizer, believing that studying music would not interfere with his future career. But Dan had completely different thoughts on this matter; he devoted all his free time to his own group Inferialis, which performed music in the gothic-doom-rock style. At first, the guys played in abandoned factories and construction sites to give their performances the necessary ambiance. Later they began organizing concerts in clubs, participated in rock festivals and, with the help of Dan’s mother, even appeared on television.
Creativity of the group Inferialis (audio) However, soon our hero, who was the author of all the musical compositions of the group and had an excellent production sense, realized that with a rock band he was unlikely to be able to sell out stadiums and gain worldwide fame. He decided to switch to “pop” and create a boy band, similar to the youth groups that were fashionable at that time. In addition, he already had several ready-made compositions written in a light modern genre.
Dan Balan before becoming famous
Friends did not support his idea; only Peter Zhelikhovsky remained with Dan. But there was no stopping Balan - he completely abandoned his studies and plunged headlong into a new project.
O-Zone Group
In 1999, a newly formed group called O-Zone released their first debut album “Dar, Unde Ești...” and very soon became famous throughout Moldova. The mother's connections in television and radio contributed to the rapid success, and by the end of the year, seven songs from the album took first place in the charts of popular radio stations in the country. In gratitude, Dan undertook to produce Lyudmila Balan’s new TV show, Tanti Ludmila Show, for which he wrote several songs.
Dan Balan and the group O-zone
The group's popularity grew, and the more unexpected was Zhelikhovsky's sudden decision to leave the band. Dan did not give up on his dream and began to look for new participants. Peter's place was taken by two vocalists at once - Arseniy Todirash and Radu Sirbu. With them, Balan recorded a demo version of the new album, which he decided to offer to a Romanian recording studio. Dan sent his beautiful mother to negotiate with the management, who coped with the task perfectly.
In 2001, the Cat music label presented the second album of the O-Zone group “Number 1”. A video clip was shot for the first composition “Numai tu”, which received the first MTV Music Awards in Romania in 2002. The second track “Despre Tine” immediately topped the country’s main music chat, where it stayed for a record seventeen weeks. In 2003, the group won two categories at once at the MTV Romania Music Awards and was nominated for the MTV Europe Music Awards as the best Romanian group.
O-Zone – Humai Tu But world recognition came to the band after the release of the single “Dragostea Din Tei” from the third album DiscO-Zone (2004). Real “ozonomania” began - the song topped the musical charts of four dozen countries and sold around the world with a circulation of 12 million copies. Balan's hit took eighteenth place on the list of best-selling singles in the history of music; it was covered by 200 performers in 14 languages. The album DiscO-Zone received gold and platinum status in many countries and became the group's most successful collection (3.5 million copies). O-Zone – Dragostea Din Tei The news about the breakup of the group sounded like a bolt from the blue to the army of millions of fans. At the very peak of success, the band unexpectedly ceased to exist, performing its last concert in September 2005. Dan Balan and the rest of the group did not make any statements in the press, but the reason was apparently quite serious, since over the next twelve years the musicians did not even communicate with each other.
O-Zone reunion turned out to be temporary
In 2020, the group had a historic reunion at a concert in Bucharest dedicated to May 9th. The public greeted their favorites with delight, expressing hope for the continuation of their joint activities. However, the musicians, having played the concert, again went about their business, promising the fans to organize a similar meeting again someday.
Dan Balan dossier
Dan Balan / https://www.instagram.com/danbalan/ Date of birth: February 6, 1979, Chisinau, Moldavian SSR, USSR.
Childhood and education
Dan Balan was born into the family of diplomat Mihai Balan, former Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to Israel, and head of the Information and Security Service of the Republic of Moldova, and Ludmila Balan, a TV presenter.
Dan has a sister, Sanda Balan, who followed in her mother’s footsteps and became a TV presenter.
When Dan was 10 years old, his parents gave him an accordion. The boy became interested in music and wanted to study at a music school.
Balan studied at the best lyceums in the country - named after M. Eminescu, and after - named after Gheorghe Asachi.
At the insistence of his father, after graduating from the lyceum, Dan entered the Faculty of Law, however, with one condition - if he passed, his parents would buy him a synthesizer.
Dan Balan in childhood / https://www.instagram.com/danbalan/
Creative activity
While studying at the university, Dan formed his first band Inferialis, which played gothic doom metal. The group gave its first concert in a Chisinau factory.
Then the paths of Balan and the band members diverged, as he began to experiment with genres of music, and at the end of 1998 he wrote the pop song “De la mine (“From Me”).
Dan Balan with his mother / https://www.instagram.com/danbalan/
O-Zone
In 1999, Dan became the founder of the O-Zone group, where he invited Peter Zhelikhovsky, with whom he performed in the group Inferialis. In the same year, the artists released their debut album Dar unde esti (“But where are you”), which immediately brought popularity to the group.
After Peter left the group for a career on TV, Dan began looking for new vocalists. He found Arseniy Todirash and Radu Sirba, and in 2001 began recording a new album called Number 1.
Soon the group recorded the first video in their history for the song Numai tu, but it did not bring them the desired success.
But the second single Despre Tin became an absolute super hit in Romania, and won several nominations at once: at the MTV Romania Music Awards ceremony, the O-Zone group became the winner in two categories at once - “Best Song” and “Best Dance Track”.
The group gained worldwide fame with the song Dragostea Din Tei (also known as the Numa Numa song), which became the best-selling track in Europe and Japan in 2004 and 2005.
However, at the peak of its popularity in January 2005, the project ceased to exist.
Solo career
In 2006, Dan left for the USA, where he recorded a rock album, which for unknown reasons was never released.
In February 2009, Balan became the first Moldovan composer in history to be nominated for a Grammy, the main and most prestigious award in the global music industry. He was nominated as a co-writer of the super hit Live your life performed by singer Rihanna and rapper TI
In 2010, Balan blew up the European music charts with the track Chica Bomb, immediately followed by the success of the song Justify Sex.
Then Balan recorded a duet with Ukrainian singer Vera Brezhneva, presenting the song “Petals of Tears”.
In the spring of 2011, Dan released the song Freedom, which in the first week got into the top 30 in Russia and Ukraine.
Balan’s second Russian-language song in his career, “Only Until the Morning,” brought the artist the Golden Gramophone Award and entered the top 20 most popular songs of 2012 in Russia.
The song “Love”, which was released in April 2012, took 2nd place in the Ukrainian hit parade and received the Golden Gramophone.
On November 29, 2012, a new album, Freedom (Part 1), was released, which included 13 tracks and 4 remixes.
In May 2013, Balan released the song Lendo Calendo.
In 2014, Balan recorded a new album and released the experimental track “Home”.
In August 2020, Balan released another video for the song “Our Summer,” recorded with Vera Brezhneva.
In 2020, the artist presented a video for the track Allegro Ventigo.
In 2020, Balan became a mentor for the ninth season of the Ukrainian vocal talent show “Voice of the Country.”
Personal life
The musician prefers not to talk about his lovers; in 2012, he mentioned that he had three serious relationships in his life, and none of these girls stood out for their social status or fortune.
It is known that the artist is not married and has no children.
Solo career
After the collapse of O-Zone, Balan again decided to return to rock music and went to Los Angeles, where, with the help of American musicians, he recorded a solo rock album. The co-producer was Jack Joseph Puig, who previously worked with such world stars as Eric Clapton and The Rolling Stones.
After the collapse of O-Zone, Dan Balan took the pseudonym Crazy Loop
But the album was never released, and some of the material from it became the basis for Balan’s new solo project Crazy Loop. Under this stage name, the singer released several energetic dance tracks that appealed to European listeners (Balan had already left the States by that time). A distinctive feature of the new project was that Dan performed his songs in a falsetto that was unusual for him. Crazy Loop – Crazy Loop (Mm-ma-ma) In 2007, the album “The Power of Shower” was released, which included new compositions by Balan and material written in America. The most successful single in the collection was the song “Crazy Loop (Mm Ma Ma)”. It immediately entered the leading European music charts and brought the performer a nomination for the MTV Europe Music Awards.
Dan Balan himself considers his collaboration with singer Rihanna a huge achievement in his musical career. In 2009, he co-wrote the super hit “Live your life”, which the American pop star performed with rapper TI. The song received four times platinum status for a record number of copies sold (more than 4 and a half million copies) and brought our hero a Grammy nomination. for the first time in the history of Moldova. From that moment on, a new stage began in the artist’s creative career, which was marked by a bright kaleidoscope of outstanding hits.
Dan Balan wrote a song for Rihanna that won a Grammy
In 2010, Balan abandoned the Crazy Loop pseudonym and released the single “ChicaBomb” under his own name. The song became the leader of the European charts in record time; a spectacular video was shot for it with the participation of young sultry beauties, which was watched on YouTube by more than 13 million people in just a year. In the summer of 2010, Balan was invited to Moscow as an honored guest of the annual Muz-TV Prize and since then began to visit Russia often, where he found new sources of inspiration. Dan Balan – Chica Bomb In the fall of 2010, the official premiere of the video for the song “Petals of Tears”, performed in a duet with Vera Brezhneva, took place. The lyrical composition instantly won the hearts of the domestic public. For the song “Petals of Tears” Balan received his first Golden Gramophone and was nominated for the RU.TV award. The video, directed by Sergei Solodkiy, was watched on YouTube by almost 50 million users. Dan Balan and Vera Brezhneva - Petals of Tears Seven years later, Balan and Brezhneva recorded another duet “Our Summer”, the video for which was shot by the same Sergei Solodky. The video turned out to be no less stylish and romantic than the first; filming took place on the Italian island of Elba.
Still from the video “Our Summer”
Having firmly established himself in Russian show business, the singer released several more hot hits, which were included in his next solo album, “Freedom” (2012). In support of it, Balan went on a large-scale tour of the cities and countries of the CIS, and at the end of the year he collected a bountiful harvest of prestigious music awards.
The year 2013 was marked by a new successful experiment in Balan’s creative career. Together with the American rapper Brasco and the young singer Tany Vander, our hero recorded a single in Spanish in the current Latin American style. This time the video was shot by director Alan Badoev, who knows a lot about fashion trends, and the musician personally chose the sultry beauties for filming, after viewing more than 300 applicants. Another collaboration between Balan and Badoev is a touching video for the song “Love,” in which the popular Russian actress Ekaterina Vilkova starred.
Dan Balan – Lendo Calendo In 2014, the musician began work on his next album, which, according to his idea, should have been radically different from everything written previously. The collection was written in London, with the participation of the world's most famous musicians, as well as the British Symphony Orchestra and soloists of the London Choir. For unknown reasons, the alternative album was never released, but the singer pleased fans with the next hot hits “Funny Love”, “Allegro Ventigo” and “NumaNuma 2” (a new version of the legendary “Dragostea Din Tei”).
Personal life of Dan Balan
Despite the fact that the singer’s velvety voice, his sexy look and cat-like grace drive millions of fans around the world crazy, Balan is still not officially married and tries not to advertise his personal life.
Dan Balan was credited with an affair with Vera Brezhneva
He was credited with having affairs with Vera Brezhneva, singer and dancer Varda Martirosyan and many other beauties, with whom he periodically appeared in public or participated in various projects.
They even say that the singer was married to a certain Ella, with whom he has a son, Alan. Recently, rumors have been persistently circulating about the singer’s affair with Tina Karol, his colleague on the “Voice of the Country” project, although everyone in Ukrainian show business knows that the artist is the favorite of the oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, owner of the “1+1” channel.
Dan Balan and Tina Karol
Balan himself does not comment on these rumors and in interviews only mentions affairs with classmates and his sister’s friend Christina. According to him, he has not yet met a girl with whom he would like to start a family and have children, although he has long been mentally ready for a serious relationship. Photos of him with a little girl sometimes appear on the Internet - this is his niece, the daughter of his sister Sanda.
Dan Balan with his mother and niece
The musician prefers to spend his free time with his parents and friends, travel and discover new creative horizons.
Height, weight, figure parameters
Real name: Dan Balan. Where does this sizzling exotic handsome guy come from? Dan is a pure Moldovan by nationality. He was born on February 6, 1979 in the capital of Moldova - the city of Chisinau. If you count Balan’s age, you will be surprised - at the moment he is already 40 years old. Dan's zodiac sign is Aquarius. Freedom is the main value for representatives of this sign. Therefore, it is not surprising that he is still single and does not have a permanent place of residence - he wanders around the world, staying only where he is interested. Aquarius is also characterized by extraordinary creativity and a non-standard approach to any kind of activity. Again, Balan showed himself in a very unusual way in his creativity, conquering the whole world with his hits.
The singer is always in good shape, maintaining his status as an irrefutable sex symbol. With a height of 190 centimeters, Dan weighs approximately 73 kilograms.
Dan Balan nude
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Dan Balan now
Recently, the singer has become a welcome guest in Ukraine, where he takes part in the television project “Voice of the Country” as a jury member and mentor. Balan and Monatik replaced Jamala and Sergei Babkin in the ninth season and brought a fresh creative spirit to the already slightly boring format of the program.
Dan Balan is a mentor on the Voice of Ukraine.
Together with Potap and Tina Karol, they entered into a fierce battle for victory, selecting the most creative and talented performers for their teams. Our hero used all his accumulated knowledge and experience to lead his players to the finals. As a result, the winner of the show was 38-year-old Lviv resident Oksana Mukha, who received as a prize a three-room apartment in Kyiv and a unique chance to get on the big stage. Dan Balan and Oksana Mukha - Treba The next season of the show will be the tenth, anniversary, castings for future participants have already been held throughout the country. It remains to be seen whether Dan Balan will stay in the mentor’s chair or continue his creative experiments - in any case, the artist is not going to leave Ukraine in the near future, he is actively touring with a large-scale tour, participating in social events and fashion shows. Dan Balan and Lyusya Chebotina - Balm In the spring of 2020, the musician pleased fans with a new video for the song “Balzam”, recorded in a duet with the young singer Lyusya Chebotina and other participants of the “Voice of the Country”. In four months, the video received almost 30 million views on YouTube.
