Early life and career beginnings

Alexandra Stan was born in Constanța, the third most important city in Romania.^[1] She studied at the "Traian" Lyceum in Constanța, and as of 2011 she is enrolled in her second year as a student at the Faculty of Management Andrei Saguna.^[1] She has a brother, with whom she says she spends all her spare time, alongside their carrying father ^[2] In the past, she took part in various music-related contests with a notable appearance at the Mamaia Festivalvocal performance-section.^[1] She took one year of canto lessons. During an interview, she stated that she believes in God and she has her religion principles, but she doesn't believe in the Church.^[3]

Saxobeats era

In 2009, Alexandra Stan released her debut promotional single, "Lollipop (Param Pam Pam)"^[4] The song was out in late 2009 but impacted some major Romanian mainstream radio stations in early 2010, with an A-list addiment in May 2010. The video was out the next days. It was named one of the hottest and most edgy Romanian videos, many calling Stan a "whore" or a "cheap girl who rose to fame from nothing".^[5] During summer 2010, she premiered a new track "Show Me The Way" and toured Romania. In September 2010, Stan premiered her second release (first full-release single) "Mr. Saxobeat". In less than two months, the song became her greatest hit in Romania, peaking at number-one on the Romanian Top 100 and defending the position for eight consecutive weeks, towards 2011.^[6] One step at the time, the song gained recognition worldwide. In early 2011, it entered the Spanish Singles Chart and debuted inside the top ten of the French Singles Chart as well as in the Canadian Hot 100. Then, the song ignited all the European chart one-by-one. It has firstly hit the #1 position in Italy and Denmark, then in Slovakia, Hungary and Poland. In late May, "Saxobeat" became the first Romanian song to be a smash hit in Germanic territories since "Dragostea din Tei". It was a number-one in Austria, Germany and Switzerland for twenty weeks in total. It was also a top-five success in over twenty countries, including #2 in Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Netherlands, Norway and Scotland, as well as #3 in Spain, Sweden and the UK Singles Chart. In New Zealand it peaked at number-four, while on the Brasil Hot 100 at #5. In Ireland and France it stopped at number-six while in Australia, Canada and the US Billboard Hot 100 at #24, 25 and @29 respectively. It was also a #1 in the UK Dance Chart and in the USHot Dance Airplay for seven weeks (the longest run in the 2010s). After the success of "Saxobeats", Stan released a follow-up "Get Back (ASAP)". So far, it peaked at number-four in the Romanian Top 100, at number-eight in Finland and inside the top twenty in over five countries. The song "Lollipop" was re-released for international digital markets exclusively, but with no success. In summer 2011, Stan released another hit-to-be, "Million", featuring rapper Carlprit. As of September, 2011 the song has received little airplay in France. On August 29, 2011, Alexandra Stan released her debut album, entitled "Saxobeats". It feautres eight tracks plus five remixes. The album was firstly unlocked in France, then in Germany, Switzerland, Romania, Spain, Poland and Italy.^[7][8] It will be released in the United States and Canada on October 25, trough Ultra Records. An UK release is yet to come. Alexandra Stan received multiple certification awards for "Mr. Saxobeats", including Gold in Australia^[9] and Spain,^[10] Platinum in Denmark^[11] and Sweden^[12] and Multi-Platinum in Italy.^[13] At the 2011 Romanian Music Awards she received two nominations for "Mr. Saxobeat" ("Best Dance" and "Best Song", winning the latter one) and two nods for herself "Best Female" and winning the "Borderbreaker award". She is also nominated for Best Romanian Act at the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards alongside rapper Guess Who and Puia, singer Smiley and band Fly Project.

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