Delia Matache Biography

Romanian singer (born 1982)

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

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. 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, 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 compe*ion 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.

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, "* 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. Since 2016, she has been a judge on the comedy show iUmor. 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. Matache is a supporter of people suffering from psoriasis, and of the LGBT community. Her 2018 single "Acadele" alludes to the 2018 Romanian cons*utional referendum regarding the cons*utional definition of a family.

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

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Collaborative albums

Compilations

Live albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Promotional singles

Guest appearances

Awards and nominations

Notes

  1. 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

  1. For "Parfum de fericire": "Ediția 11, săptămâna 15.03 – 21.03, 2004" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 14 May 2005. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  2. For "Sufletul meu": "Ediția 1, săptămâna 10.01 – 16.01, 2005" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 14 May 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  3. For "Ziua ta": "Top 100" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. For "Listen Up": "Romanian Top 100" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  5. For "Let It Rain": "Romanian Top 100" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 10 September 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  6. For "Dale": "Kiss FM Romanian Top 100" (in Romanian). Kiss FM. 27 November 2011. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2022. Note: User may download the podcast named "Romanian Top 100 27 noi 2011 partea5" by clicking on 'Download' on the side menu.
  7. For "Omadeo": "Airplay 100". Kiss FM. 20 May 2012. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2022. If the user accesses the link, the respective podcast will start downloading automatically.
  8. For "Wuella Wuella": "Airplay 100". Kiss FM. 2 September 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2022. If the user accesses the link, the respective podcast will start downloading automatically.
  9. For "Aproape de tine": "KissFM | Airplay 100". Kiss FM. 14 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2022. Note: Click on the song to see its position in the anterior week.
  10. For "U (Fighting with My Ghosts)": "Airplay 100". Kiss FM. 12 August 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2022. If the user accesses the link, the respective podcast will start downloading automatically.
  11. For "Doar pentru tine": "Airplay 100 – Cristi Nitzu | Kiss FM". Kiss FM. 1 December 2013. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2022. Note: User may scroll down the 'Podcasturi' menu to play or download the respective podcast.
  12. For "Anii ce vin": "KissFM | Airplay 100". Kiss FM. 3 February 2014. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2022. Note: Click on the song to see its position in the anterior week.
  13. For "Ipotecat": "Airplay 100 – Cristi Nitzu | Kiss FM". Kiss FM. 13 July 2014. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2022. Note: User may scroll down the 'Podcasturi' menu to play or download the respective podcast.
  14. For "A lu' Mamaia": "KissFM | Airplay 100". Kiss FM. 28 August 2014. Archived from the original on 29 August 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2022. Note: Click on the song to see its position in the anterior week.
  15. For "Pe aripi de vânt": "Airplay 100 – Cristi Nitzu | Kiss FM". Kiss FM. 2 November 2014. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2022. Note: User may scroll down the 'Podcasturi' menu to play or download the respective podcast.
  16. For "Inimi desenate": "KissFM | Airplay 100". Kiss FM. 24 May 2015. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2022. Note: Click on the song to see its position in the anterior week.
  17. For "* ne noi": "Airplay 100 – Cristi Nitzu | Kiss FM". Kiss FM. 12 July 2015. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2022. Note: User may scroll down the 'Podcasturi' menu to play or download the respective podcast.
  18. For "Da, mamă": "Media Forest – Weekly charts". Media Forest. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016. Note: The chart of Romanian and international songs are rendered together by the number of radio plays before resulting an overall chart.
  19. For "Gura ta": "KissFM | Airplay 100". Kiss FM. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  20. For "Ce are ea": Ciupitu, Ana-Maria (21 October 2016). "Top Airplay 100 – Irina Rimes rămâne pe poziţii" (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  21. For "Cine m-a făcut om mare": Ciupitu, Ana-Maria (14 December 2016). "Top Airplay 100 – Rag'N'Bone Man ia cu asalt clasamentul" (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  22. For "Rămâi cu bine" and "Weekend": Ciupitu, Ana-Maria (6 July 2017). "Top Airplay 100 – Carla's Dreams luptă "până la sânge"" (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  23. For "Fata lu' tata": Arvunescu, Victor (18 December 2017). "Top Airplay 100 – Dua Lipa, de neclin*, în timp ce Ed Sheeran urcă spectaculos" (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  24. For "Du-te-mă": Arvunescu, Victor (4 June 2018). "Top Airplay 100 – Matthew Koma, a doua săptămână în frunte" (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  25. For "Despablito": Arvunescu, Victor (27 August 2018). "Top Airplay 100 – Mahmut Orhan nu se lasă şi nu ne lasă!" (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  26. For "Trăiește frumos": Arvunescu, Victor (9 December 2018). "Top Airplay 100 – Oh Djadja! Aya Nakamura cucereşte românii!" (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  27. For "Rămâi": Arvunescu, Victor (1 July 2019). "Top Airplay 100 – România se mişcă în ritm latino!" (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  28. For "Să-mi cânți": Arvunescu, Victor (23 December 2019). "Top Airplay 100 – Piesa asta a cucerit România iremediabil" (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  29. For "Aruncă-mă": Arvunescu, Victor (6 July 2020). "Top Airplay 100 - Vara sună altfel dacă asculţi piesa de pe primul loc!" (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  30. For "* era": Arvunescu, Victor (26 October 2020). "Top Airplay 100 - Spune-mi că Roxen e pe primul loc!" (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  31. For "Ne vedem noi": Arvunescu, Victor (11 January 2021). "Top Airplay 100 - An Nou, piesă nouă pe primul loc: Smiley şi Delia sunt lideri!" (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  32. For "În Rai": Arvunescu, Victor (28 June 2021). "Top Airplay 100 - Lider nou, chiar din România, după 7 săptămâni!" (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Archived from the original on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  33. Arvunescu, Victor (5 July 2021). "Top Airplay 100 - 3 Sud Est şi Andra stau bine pe primul loc" (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  34. For "Racheta": Arvunescu, Victor (9 August 2021). "Top Airplay 100 - Piesă nouă, de la Jo şi Juno, pe primul loc!" (in Romanian). Un site de muzică. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  35. For "* am știut": "Top 10 din 100 cele mai difuzate piese pentru saptamana 26" (in Romanian). Uniunea Producătorilor de Fonograme din România. 29 June 2022. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  36. For "Otzl Gltz": "Romania Songs". Billboard. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.

External links

  • Official website
  • Delia at Discogs

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