Holy Molly Explained

Holy Molly
Birth Name:Maria Alexandra Florea
Alias:Miss Mary
Birth Date:11 January 1996
Birth Place:Bucharest, Romania
Education:Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film
Years Active:2010–present
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Genre:Dance-pop

Maria Alexandra Florea (born 11 January 1996), known professionally as Holy Molly, is a Romanian singer, songwriter and musician. She started her career in 2010 as Miss Mary, and in 2019 she reinvented herself and became Holy Molly.[1]

Life and career

1996–2007: Childhood years. The first musical activities

Maria Alexandra Florea was born on 11 January 1996 in Bucharest, Romania. She started singing as a child, under the guidance of her mother, who wanted to become a singer.[2] In 1999, she started singing in the Allegretto Children Choir of Bucharest. At the age of seven, she met her first singing teacher and began attending music competitions all over the country. She then attended the Gymnasium School of Arts no. 4 in Bucharest for piano and guitar classes.[3]

2008-2018: «Miss Mary» Period

At twelve years old, she meets Mihai Căciulă, who would become her manager. She went to a studio for the first time in 2010 and recorded “You Don’t Love Me” under the stage name of Miss Mary.[4] Shortly after, she signed with a local record label called Red Clover and released her first music video for “Open”.[5] In 2016, she started writing songs and became an independent artist.In 2017, she released “Shadows”, her first international song with “It's Different”, immediately followed by “Outlaw”.[6] During this period, she graduated from Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest, an acting speciality.[2]

2019-2021: «Holy Molly» Period

In 2019, after one year of failed attempts to work with people and create music, she released “Everybody’s Scared”, her first single as Holy Molly.[7] Her next song "Ménage À Trois" was a collaboration with the German producer Lizot.[8] On August 6, 2021, Holy Molly released a collaboration with the French-Italian duo Shanguy called “C’est La Vie.”[9]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum details

[10]
[11]
[12]
[13]
[14]
"Everybody's Scared"[15]
(with Parah Dice)		2019— — — — —rowspan="15"
"Ménage à trois"[16]
(with Lizot)		— 27 103 — —
"Back to Her"[17]
(with Lizot & Alex Parker)		2020— — — — —
"Alcohol"[18] — — — — —
"Twinkle Twinkle"[19] 202174 — 707 — —
"Talk Talk"[20]
(with Drenchill)		— — — — —
"Gangster"[21]
(with Cosmo & Skoro)		— — — — —
"C'est la vie"[22]
(with Shanguy)		— — 203 — —
"Shot a Friend"[23] — 2 4 1 1
"Bang Bang"[25] — — — — —
"Plouă"[26]
(with Tata Vlad)		20221 — 76 — —
"Douche"[27] — — — — —
"Watch Me"[28] — — — — —
"Sunday Night"[29]
(with Lizot)		— 2 — — —
"Pump It Up"[30]
(with Olivia Addams)		— — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: De la Miss Mary la Holy Molly. From Miss Mary to Holy Molly. March 10, 2020. Agenția de presă RADOR. ro. Adi, Mondiru. March 10, 2020.
  2. Web site: Interviu Holy Molly: "Îmi doresc să evoluez împreună cu oamenii care mă ascultă". Holy Molly Interview: "I want to evolve with people who listen to me". April 28, 2021. Pro TV. ro. Iulian, Ioncea. April 28, 2021.
  3. Web site: Holly Molly Guacamolly! Piesa "Twinkle twinkle" se lansează LIVE, la After Morning. Holly Molly Guacamolly! The song "Twinkle twinkle" is released LIVE on After Morning . February 9, 2021. RadioImpactFM. ro. Cosmina, Hrituc. February 9, 2021.
  4. Web site: You Don't Love Me - Single by Miss Mary . Apple Music. November 9, 2010.
  5. Web site: Miss Mary a lansat videoclipul piesei "Open", în premieră pe MTV.RO!. Miss Mary released the video for the song "Open", for the first time on MTV.RO!. April 28, 2011. Pro FM. ro. April 28, 2011.
  6. Web site: Shadows - Single (feat. Miss Mary) - Single by It's Different. Apple Music. January 5, 2017.
  7. Parah Dice, Holy Molly – Everybody's Scared. Finestofedm. December 7, 2019. Drew, Justin.
  8. Web site: Holy Molly lansează piesa "Shot a friend". Holy Molly releases "Shot a friend". November 5, 2021. Info Music. ro. Raluca, Chirilă. November 5, 2021.
  9. Web site: Holy Molly a lansat single-ul "C'est la Vie", în colaborare cu Shanguy. Holy Molly released the single "C'est la Vie" in collaboration with Shanguy. April 28, 2021. Radio Impuls. ro. Adriana, Mihaela. August 10, 2021.
  10. Peak chart positions for singles in Romania:
    • "Twinkle Twinkle": News: Top Airplay 100 - The Business e piesa momentului!. Top Airplay 100 – The Business is the song of the moment!. Arvunescu, Victor. 24 March 2021. 24 March 2021. Romanian. Un site de muzică. 24 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210324101741/https://www.unsitedemuzica.ro/topuri/Top-Airplay-100-The-Business-e-piesa-momentului-p12335. live.
    • "Plouă": Romania Songs. 19 April 2022. Billboard. 23 April 2022. 19 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220419111119/https://www.billboard.com/charts/romania-songs-hotw/2022-04-23/. live.
  11. Peak chart positions for singles in Poland:
  12. For peak positions in CIS:
  13. News: Russia Airplay Chart for 2022-05-20. Tophit. 28 June 2022.
  14. News: Ukraine Airplay Chart for 2022-10-07. Tophit. 10 November 2022.
  15. Web site: Everybody's Scared - Single by Parah Dice & Holy Molly. Apple Music. November 29, 2019.
  16. Web site: Menage a Trois - Single by LIZOT & Holy Molly. Apple Music. December 13, 2019.
  17. Web site: Back To Her - Single by LIZOT, Holy Molly, & Alex Parker. Apple Music. June 5, 2020.
  18. Web site: Alcohol - Single by Holy Molly. Apple Music. July 31, 2020.
  19. Web site: Twinkle Twinkle - Single by Holy Molly. Apple Music. February 5, 2021.
  20. Web site: Talk Talk - Single by Drenchill & Holy Molly. Apple Music. April 30, 2021.
  21. Web site: Gangster - Single by Holy Molly & Cosmo & Skoro. Apple Music. June 3, 2021.
  22. Web site: C'est la vie - Single by Holy Molly & SHANGUY. Apple Music. August 6, 2021.
  23. Web site: Shot a friend - Single by Holy Molly. Apple Music. November 5, 2021.
  24. Web site: Albums and singles certified Gold in 2022. Polish. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. 21 September 2022.
  25. Web site: Bang Bang - Single by Holy Molly. Apple Music. December 27, 2021.
  26. Web site: Plouă - Single by Holy Molly & Tata Vlad. Apple Music. June 28, 2022.
  27. Web site: Douche - Single by Holy Molly. Apple Music. June 28, 2022.
  28. Web site: Watch Me - Single by Holy Molly. Apple Music. June 28, 2022.
  29. Web site: Sunday Night - Single by Holy Molly & LIZOT. Apple Music. November 21, 2022.
  30. Web site: Pump It Up - Single by Holy Molly & Olivia Addams. Apple Music. November 21, 2022.

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