# Alexandru Cotoi

Alexandru Cotoi (often simply Alex Cotoi) is a Romanian composer, producer and disc jockey signed by Global Records. Over the years, he has worked with several high-profile singers including Delia, Irina Rimes, Inna and Alexandra Stan. Under the pseudonym Sickotoy, he released the commercially successful songs "Addicted" and "You Don't Love Me" in 2019 with Minelli and Roxen, respectively, which reached the top three on the Romanian Airplay 100 chart.

## Early life and career

Cotoi wrote his first songs in 2003. In October 2007, he formed the music group Sonichouse with Radu Dumitriu, Răzvan Gorcinski, and Victor Bourosu, having met while being part of and performing alongside Morandi. During his time as a member of Sonichouse, Cotoi adopted the nickname of Kotto. Sonichouse released their only album, titled Supersonic, on 16 April 2011. The group stopped releasing music once Bourosu chose to pursue a solo career.
In 2022, he was a jury member on One True Singer, a music competition that was produced by HBO Max in collaboration with Global Records.

## Personal life

Cotoi married his girlfriend in July 2018. The couple has a daughter.

## Discography
### Albums

| Title | Album details |
| Supersonic (as part of Sonichouse) | Released: 16 April 2011 Format: Digital download, streaming |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | ROM | BUL | CIS | RUS | UKR | Album |
| "Come Home" (as part of Sonichouse) | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | Supersonic |
| "Hold You" (as part of Sonichouse) | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | Supersonic |
| "Morning Sun" (as part of Sonichouse) | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Addicted" (featuring Minelli) | 2019 | 2 | — | 130 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "You Don't Love Me" (featuring Roxen) | 2019 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Dum Dum" (with Ilkay Sencan featuring uncredited vocals by Minelli) | 2020 | 20 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "VKTM" (with Inna and TAG) | 2020 | 92 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Gasolina" (with Emaa) | 2020 | 13 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Touché" (with Misha Miller) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | 47 | Non-album singles |
| "Snake Dance" (with Forever Kids) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Green Light" (with Aysia and BJ) | 2021 | 47 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Call 911" (with Maruv) | 2021 | — | — | 91 | 76 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Hollywood" (with BeatItPunk featuring Yoelle) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Billie Jean" (with Bastien) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Dancin' to Forget" (with Randi) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Papa" (with Elvana Gjata and Inna) | 2021 | 18 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Runnin' Out of Love" (with Nethy Aber) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Maria" (with Iraida) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Too Deep" (with Eva Timush) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Said and Done" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Don't Let Me Go" (with Danny Chris) | 2023 | — | — | 20 | 19 | — | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. ||||||||