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Florin Salam
Florin Stoian (born 1 October 1979), better known by his stage name Florin Salam, is a Romanian manele musician.
Salam was born on October 1, 1979 into a family of Romani lăutari. During his adolescence, he sang together with his father and uncle's ensembles.
After his father got too old to sing, Salam took his place, singing with his uncle under the name of Florin Fermecătoru'. In the meantime, Salam befriended bandleader Dan Bursuc. He helped Salam to record his first single, called "Ce gagică șmecherită" (transl. Such a picky chick), in 2002. He played an important part when the smash hit "Of, viața mea" (transl. Oh, my life) was released in 2000, sung by Adrian Minune and Costi Ioniță. At the end of 2002, Salam changed his stage name from "Fermecătorul" (transl. charming) to the Arabic "Salam" (English: peace). He continued to record songs and market them with the help of Dan Bursuc. In this way he released his first album of manele; the album sold more than 40,000 copies. Likewise, Costi Ioniță recorded one of his albums which enjoyed a high success, the album entitled "Doar cu tine" (English: Only with you). The album was recorded in Constanța where Costi Ioniță has his own recording studio.
His friendship with Dan Bursuc brought meetings with other artists of this genre, artists like Vali Vijelie, Nicolae Guță and Daniela Gyorfi.
In 2008 he performed a song together with pop singer Paula Seling and the Bucharest Symphonic Orchestra. The show host described their performance as a reconciliation between manele and mainstream pop music; in the same respect, the song's lyrics raised the problem of ethnic intolerance.
In October 2011, Salam collaborated with the Bosnian musician Goran Bregović, along with whom he recorded "Hopa Cupa" and "Omule", songs which were included in the album Champagne for Gypsies. The album is "in reaction to the extreme pressure that Gypsies (Roma) have been experiencing lately across Europe".
Salam is the vice-president of Asociația Artiștilor, Muzicanților și Lăutarilor Romi din România (English: The Association of Romani Artists, Musicians and Lăutari from Romania). In December 2005, he was announced as the best manele performer of the year. According to the daily paper Libertatea, politician Mădălin Voicu and footballer Marius Niculae count among his fans.
In February 2013, Salam recorded "Saint Tropez". The official video gaubed more than 70 million views on YouTube, inasmuch as he was accused that he copied the song from Bulgarian singer Azis. His video became popular and was ranked in most-viewed videos on Romanian YouTube in 2013, after Andra's song, "Inevitabil va fi bine". Since then, Salam had several concerts in the country and abroad where large communities of Gypsies live.
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Florin Salam
Florin Stoian (born 1 October 1979), better known by his stage name Florin Salam, is a Romanian manele musician.
Salam was born on October 1, 1979 into a family of Romani lăutari. During his adolescence, he sang together with his father and uncle's ensembles.
After his father got too old to sing, Salam took his place, singing with his uncle under the name of Florin Fermecătoru'. In the meantime, Salam befriended bandleader Dan Bursuc. He helped Salam to record his first single, called "Ce gagică șmecherită" (transl. Such a picky chick), in 2002. He played an important part when the smash hit "Of, viața mea" (transl. Oh, my life) was released in 2000, sung by Adrian Minune and Costi Ioniță. At the end of 2002, Salam changed his stage name from "Fermecătorul" (transl. charming) to the Arabic "Salam" (English: peace). He continued to record songs and market them with the help of Dan Bursuc. In this way he released his first album of manele; the album sold more than 40,000 copies. Likewise, Costi Ioniță recorded one of his albums which enjoyed a high success, the album entitled "Doar cu tine" (English: Only with you). The album was recorded in Constanța where Costi Ioniță has his own recording studio.
His friendship with Dan Bursuc brought meetings with other artists of this genre, artists like Vali Vijelie, Nicolae Guță and Daniela Gyorfi.
In 2008 he performed a song together with pop singer Paula Seling and the Bucharest Symphonic Orchestra. The show host described their performance as a reconciliation between manele and mainstream pop music; in the same respect, the song's lyrics raised the problem of ethnic intolerance.
In October 2011, Salam collaborated with the Bosnian musician Goran Bregović, along with whom he recorded "Hopa Cupa" and "Omule", songs which were included in the album Champagne for Gypsies. The album is "in reaction to the extreme pressure that Gypsies (Roma) have been experiencing lately across Europe".
Salam is the vice-president of Asociația Artiștilor, Muzicanților și Lăutarilor Romi din România (English: The Association of Romani Artists, Musicians and Lăutari from Romania). In December 2005, he was announced as the best manele performer of the year. According to the daily paper Libertatea, politician Mădălin Voicu and footballer Marius Niculae count among his fans.
In February 2013, Salam recorded "Saint Tropez". The official video gaubed more than 70 million views on YouTube, inasmuch as he was accused that he copied the song from Bulgarian singer Azis. His video became popular and was ranked in most-viewed videos on Romanian YouTube in 2013, after Andra's song, "Inevitabil va fi bine". Since then, Salam had several concerts in the country and abroad where large communities of Gypsies live.
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