Radu Sîrbu
Radu Sîrbu (also known as Radu Sârbu, RadU, Picasso and Radu Alexeevici Sîrbu (; born 14 December 1978 in Peresecina) is a Moldovan singer and music producer. He was part of the pop music trio O-Zone whom received an international success for their single Dragostea Din Tei. He currently lives and works in Bucharest, Romania. Biography. Radu Sirbu spent most of his early childhood in his hometown of Peresecina but also spent some of his youth living in the cities of Orhei and Bălți. After some time living in these cities, he returned to Peresecina in order to  finish high school. During his high school years he worked as a DJ at his father's nightclub, and organized musical theatre shows through his studio, "Artshow," which he created for children and teenagers. In 1996, after graduating, he began his studies at the Chișinău Music Conservatory, and also taught vocal classes for children on the side. In 2001, Radu was selected to join the group called O-Zone during a casting organized by the Moldavian singer Dan Balan. The group was then made up of three members: Radu, Balan and Arsenie Todiras (nicknamed Arsenium). The group soon became extremely  popular in Moldova. They then moved to Bucharest in 2002 to expand their notoriety. The band had its first big success with 'Despre Tine' ('About You') which took the first place in the Romanian charts. Their second hit, 'Dragostea Din Tei' ('Love from the Linden Trees') brought O-Zone international fame. After spending four weeks at the top of the Romanian top 100, the Italian label Time Records offered them a one-year contract. After its release in Italy at the beginning of 2004, the song became a hit all over Europe. Dragostea Din Tei reached the first position in  the French, German, Belgian, Swiss and Dutch charts at the end of 2004. In January 2005, Balan, Todiras, and Radu announced that O-Zone would be disbanded, and they decided to focus on their respective solo careers. Balan moved to America making rock music with his band "Balan", and Arsenie launched a solo career in Germany under the name Arsenium. Radu also started to work on his solo projects. In 2005, he worked with DJ Mahay and released a song called "Dulce". He made a video on his song called "Whap-pa" and released his album Alone, and more recently  he released his single "Doi străini" ("Two strangers"), and made a video for it. In 2007, he and Arsenium got together and released the single "July". He changed his stage name to RadU and currently lives in Romania with his wife, and his daughter. His work as a producer. Soon after releasing his first album under Mr&Ms, Radu began work with DJ Layla. They produced the song "Single Lady" sung by DJ Layla Feat. Alissa. The lyrics were co-written by Radu and Sianna Sirbu. The video has released for "Single Lady", Single Lady reached No.1 in Europa Plus Moscow /Russia. Radu also released a second single with DJ Layla "City Of Sleeping Hearts" and released a music video for it. Always new and fresh music in collaboration with many new or well-known voices, all under the same brand – Wild Rose Project. All songs were composed and produced by Radu Sirbu and the main voice of the project was Radu. The first single of the project named “Ecstasy” was in collaboration with Dee-Dee. In 2014, Radu produced the song "Dynamite" sung by Liza Fox with lyric co-written by Radu Sîrbu, Anna Sîrbu, and Inessa Lee. The song  reached the top 40 charts in the United Kingdom.