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Delia Matache
Matache in 2023
Born
Delia Matache

(1982-02-07) 7 February 1982 (age 42)
Bucharest, Romania
Other namesDelia
Occupations
  • Singer
  • TV personality
  • actress
Years active1999–present
Musical career
Genres
Labels
Websitedeliaofficial.ro

Delia Matache (born 7 February 1982), commonly referred to as simply Delia, is a Romanian singer and television personality. She was part of the pop group N&D (1999–2003). As solo artist, she has established herself as one of the most successful Romanian artists, releasing multiple hit singles on native record charts.

Life and career

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Matache was born in Bucharest, Romania and graduated from the Dinu Lipatti music high school after having taken piano and flute studies for five years. She has a brother Eduard and a sister Oana; her mother's name is Gina. Matache's music career started in 1999, in 11th grade, after being approached by Nick (Nicolae Marin) to be part of the duo N&D. Until their disbandment in 2002, they released three albums and several singles, including the Romanian Top 100 number-one hit "Nu e vina mea" ("It Is Not My Fault"; 2001). In 2003, Matache started her solo career, adopting a more sexualized image and receiving more press coverage from tabloids.[1] That same year, she premiered "Parfum de fericire" ("Perfume of Happiness"), which was successful in Romania, reaching number four, as well as her debut solo studio album of the same name.

Upon having attempted to represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the songs "Baby" and "Gândești prea High" ("You Think Too High") written by Costi Ioniță,[2] Matache released her second album Listen Up! in June 2006, which contained the moderately successful single "Listen Up" featuring Matteo. In 2008, the singer participated in the dance competition Dansez pentru tine, the Romanian version of Dancing With the Stars, with partner Ionuț Pavel. In 2009, Matache also took part in the Golden Stag Festival, performing "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor.[3]

Matache performing in 2016.

"Ipotecat" ("Mortgaged") and "Pe aripi de vânt" ("On Wind's Wings"), both released in 2014, became Matache's first solo number-one singles in Romania, with both topping the Airplay 100 chart. The singer followed this with another number-one, "Cum ne noi" ("How We Us"), in 2015 as a featured artist alongside Carla's Dreams, and with a string of top ten releases from 2015 to 2017, including "Da, mamă" ("Yes, Mother"; 2015), "Gura ta" ("Your Mouth"; 2016) and "Rămâi cu bine" ("All the Best"; 2017), the latter from her third solo album 7 (2020). Matache's 2020 single "Ne vedem noi" ("We'll See Each Other") with Smiley also became a number-one hit.

Delia has been a juror on X Factor România for multiple seasons starting from 2012.[4][5] Since 2016, she has been a judge on the comedy show iUmor.[6] In 2016 and 2019, Matache held the high-production concerts Deliria and Acadelia at Sala Palatului; there, she also performed more recent material whose style is oriented towards pop rock and trap.[7] Matache is a supporter of people suffering from psoriasis,[8][1][9] and of the LGBT community. Her 2018 single "Acadele" alludes to the 2018 Romanian constitutional referendum regarding the constitutional definition of a family.[10]

Delia was chosen to dub Vexy in the movie Smurfs 2 [11] and Miss Hannigan in Annie. [12]

Discography

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Albums

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Studio albums

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List of studio albums
Title Album details
Parfum de Fericire[13]
Listen Up![14]
7[15]
  • Released: 11 February 2020
  • Label: Global
  • Formats: CD, digital download
FLEX[16]
  • Released: 7 November 2023
  • Label: Global
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, digital download

Collaborative albums

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List of collaborative albums
Title Album details
Ionel, Ionelule[17]
(with Gina Matache and Jan Mocanu)
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Taifasuri Media
  • Formats: CD

Compilations

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List of compilations
Title Album details
Pe aripi de vânt[18]
  • Released: 5 March 2015
  • Label: Cat Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Deliria[19]
  • Released: 2 April 2016
  • Label: Cat Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Acadelia[20]
  • Released: 2019
  • Label: Global
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Live albums

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List of live albums
Title Album details
Live
  • Released: 4 March 2017
  • Label: Cat Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

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As lead artist

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List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
ROM
[21][A]
MOL
[22]
"Ce vor de la mine" 2003 98 Parfum de fericire
"Parfum de fericire" 4
"Sufletul meu"
(featuring DJ Star)
2004 15 Listen Up!
"Ziua ta" 2006 31
"Listen Up"
(featuring Matteo)
36
"Let It Rain" 2009 100 Non-album singles
"Dale" 2011 12 Pe aripi de vânt
"Omadeo" 2012 43
"Wuella Wuella" 93
"Africana"
"Doi în unu"
(featuring Mihai Bendeac)
2013
"U (Fighting with My Ghosts)" 43
"Doar pentru tine" 62
"Ipotecat"
(with Uddi)
2014 1
"Pe aripi de vânt"
(featuring Kaira)
1 10
"A lu' Mamaia"
(featuring Speak)
46
"Inimi desenate" 2015 12
"Da, mamă" 10 Deliria
"Gura ta"
(with Deepcentral)
2016 2
"Ce are ea" 23
"Cine m-a făcut om mare" 3
"Rămâi cu bine"
(with Macanache)
2017 5 7
"Fata lu' tata" 49
"Du-te-mă" 2018 29
"Despablito"
(featuring Grasu XXL)
14
"Trăiește frumos" 21
"Rămâi"
(featuring the Motans)
2019 3
"Să-mi cânți" 26
"Aruncă-mă" 2020 19
"Cum era"
(featuring Nane)
18 FLEX
"Ne vedem noi"
(with Smiley)
1 Non-album singles
"În Rai"
(with Nane)
2021 48
"Racheta" 23
"Cum am știut"
(with Killa Fonic)
2022 2 FLEX
"Otzl Gltz" 5
"Lololo" 2023 1
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
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List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
ROM
[21][A]
"Dulce"
(Narcotic Sound featuring Delia)
2010 Non-album single
"Gone"
(Bibanu MixXL featuring Puya and Delia)
2012 Nebun
"Aproape de tine"
(F.Charm featuring Delia)
31 Non-album singles
"Love Me"
(Sunrise Inc featuring Delia)
2013
"În culori"
(Gojira & Planet H featuring Delia)
"Anii ce vin"
(Mike Angello featuring Delia and Uddi)
64
"La fel"
(Bibanu MixXL featuring Delia)
"Inima nu vrea"
(Horia Brenciu featuring Delia)
2014 40+
"Cum ne noi"
(Carla's Dreams featuring Delia)
2015 1 Ngoc & Deliria
"Atât de trist"
(Taxi featuring Delia)
2016 Deliria
"Inadaptat"
(Taxi featuring Delia)
2017 Non-album single
"Weekend"
(The Motans featuring Delia)
3 My Gorgeous Drama Queens
"Inima"
(Carla's Dreams featuring Delia)
Antiexemplu
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart in that territory.

Promotional singles

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List of promotional singles
Title Year Album
"Secretul Mariei"
(featuring Smiley)
2006 Listen Up!
"Sunshine" 2010 Non-album singles
"Ia-mă de mână" 2012
"Cineva la ușa mea" 2013 Pe aripi de vânt
"1234 (Unde dragoste nu e)" 2016 Deliria
"Fulg"
"Ceai, mami" Non-album singles
"Verde împărat" 2017 7
"Acadele" 2018
"Vreau la țară" 2019
"Dragoste cu dinți"
"De azi pââââână de Crăciun" Non-album singles
"Între noi" 2021

Guest appearances

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List of guest appearances
Title Year Album
"Ce n-aș da"
(Alex featuring Delia)
2006 Yamasha
"Mona"
(Damian & Brothers featuring Delia)
2016 Gypsy Rock: Change or Die
"Cine-a pus cârciuma-n drum"
(Damian & Brothers featuring Delia, Omu' iubit and Dorian)

Awards and nominations

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Award
Year Category Recipient Result Ref.
Media Music Awards 2015 Delia Best Female Won [23]
"Pe aripi de vânt" Best Song Won
Best Featuring Won
Best Video Won
Media Forest Award Won
Best Pop Won
Best YouTube Won
2016 "Gura ta" Best Featuring Won [24]
2017 Delia Best Female Won [25]
MTV Romania Music Awards 2004 "Ce vor de la mine" Best Female Nominated [26]
2005 "Parfum de fericire" Best Female Nominated [27]
2006 Delia Best Female Nominated [28]
Romanian Music Awards 2012 "Dale" Best Female Nominated [29]
2014 "Ipotecat" Best Female Nominated [30]
Best Song Nominated
Radio România Actualități Awards 2015 Delia Best Female Won [31][32]
Best Artist Nominated
"Pe aripi de vânt" Best Song Won
Best Pop Song Nominated
2016 "Inimi desenate" Best Song Won [33][34]
Big Like Won
Delia Best Artist Won
Best Female Nominated
2017 "Gura ta" Best Song Nominated [35]
Best Duo/Group Won
Best Pop Song Won
"Ce are ea" Nominated
Best Video Nominated
"Cine m-a făcut om mare" Best Message Nominated
Delia Best Female Nominated
Best Artist Nominated
Deliria Best Album Won
2018 Weekend Best Song Nominated [36]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Notes concerning the Romanian peaks:
    • The Airplay 100 replaced the Romanian Top 100 as Romania's national chart in February 2012 after the latter ceased its weekly issuing, but ended itself in November 2021. Since the Airplay 100 lacks archives, the peak position of "Da, mamă" is determined by taking Media Forest's—the compiler of the Airplay 100—radio chart into consideration.
    • Both Romania Songs, Billboard's streaming and digital download-based chart inaugurated in February 2022, and the airplay charts published by Uniunea Producătorilor de Fonograme din România since November 2021 are taken into consideration for Romanian peaks after the Airplay 100's cancellation in November 2021.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Then & now: Delia". Urban.ro. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  2. ^ Gheorghe, Florian (12 February 2006). "Costi Ionita, ascuns sub numele de Umberto Tomassi" [Costi Ionita, hidden behind the name Umberto Tomassi]. Libertatea (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Delia Matache – Ionel Petcu au fost eliminati din concurs | Dansez pentru tine | ProtTv". Dansezpentrutine.protv.ro. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Surprize la X Factor: Află cine sunt membrii juriului în noul sezon | Romania Libera". Romanialibera.ro. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Delia Matache". XFactor.a1.ro. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  6. ^ Delia - Jurat la „iUmor”, 13 March 2016 (in Romanian)
  7. ^ "Sala Palatului a devenit "Acadelia", un spațiu magic și colorat în care Delia a transmis publicului bucuria copilăriei". infomusic.ro (in Romanian). 16 November 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  8. ^ "A.P.A.A. – Asociaţia Pacienţilor cu Afecţiuni Autoimune". Apaa.ro. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  9. ^ A.P.A.A. – Comunicate de presă
  10. ^ Neblea, Andreea (5 November 2018). "Delia, o nouă piesă cu substrat, "Acadele"" [Delia, a new single with undertones, "Acadele"] (in Romanian). Adevărul. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  11. ^ "Delia, intr-o noua ipostaza! Vedeta este o strumfita obraznica".
  12. ^ "Delia Matache a împrumutat vocea ei personajului "Miss Hannigan", interpretat de Cameron Diaz, în pelicula "Annie"".
  13. ^ "Parfum de Fericire". iTunes Store. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Listen Up". iTunes Store. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  15. ^ "7". iTunes Store. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  16. ^ FLEX by Delia on Apple Music, 7 November 2023, retrieved 16 February 2024
  17. ^ "Ionel, Ionelule". iTunes Store. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  18. ^ "Pe aripi de vânt". iTunes Store. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  19. ^ "Deliria". iTunes Store. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  20. ^ "Acadelia". iTunes Store. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  21. ^ a b For peak positions in Romania:
  22. ^ "Media Forest - Weekly Charts". Media Forest. 23 February 2015. Archived from the original on 7 March 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  23. ^ "Delia, record la Media Music Awards! Iată cine a câștigat la marea gală muzicală de la Sibiu" (in Romanian). Agenția de presă mondenă. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  24. ^ "Lista câștigătorilor Media Music Awards 2016: Carla's Dreams și Andra au câștigat cele mai multe trofee" (in Romanian). Adevărul. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  25. ^ "Cine sunt câștigătorii Media Music Awards 2017" (in Romanian). unsitedemuzică.ro. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  26. ^ "MTV Romanian Music Awards". Muzika VIP. 31 March 2004. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  27. ^ "Pepe a dat în gropi la Premiile MTV Romania" (in Romanian). Evenimentul Zilei. 30 April 2005. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  28. ^ "Sugababes vin la MTV Romanian Music Awards" (in Romanian). Ziare.com. 4 April 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  29. ^ "Află ce au votat peste 1 milion de oameni la RMA 2012" (in Romanian). Music Channel. 9 June 2012. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  30. ^ "Romanian Music Awards anunță astăzi nominalizații pentru gala anuală de premiere" (in Romanian). Music Channel. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  31. ^ "Nominalizările la Premiile Muzicale Radio România 2015" (in Romanian). Radio România Actualități. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  32. ^ "Câștigătorii Premiilor Muzicale Radio România 2015" (in Romanian). Radio România Actualități. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  33. ^ "Nominalizările la ediția 2016 a Premiilor Muzicale Radio România" (in Romanian). Radio România Actualități. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  34. ^ "Lista completă a câștigătorilor Premiilor Muzicale Radio România 2016" (in Romanian). Radio România Actualități. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  35. ^ "Câștigători Premiile Muzicale Radio România 2017: cine sunt cei mai buni artiști și cele mai bune piese" (in Romanian). Adevărul. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  36. ^ "Premiile Muzicale Radio România, 2018" (in Romanian). Radio România Actualități. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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