Mandinga (band) explained

Mandinga
Landscape:Yes
Origin:Bucharest, Romania
Genre:Latin pop, salsa
Years Active:2002–present
Label:Cat Music
Current Members:Barbara Isasi
Alex
Chupi
Zach (Valle)
El Niño
Omar
Tony
Past Members:Elena Gheorghe
Elena Ionescu

Mandinga is a Romanian pop group band from Bucharest. The original soloist of the band was Elena Gheorghe who left in 2005. From 2006 until 2016, the lead vocalist was Elena Ionescu. Ionescu left the band in March 2016 to pursue a solo career and was replaced by Spanish singer Barbara Isasi.[1]

After winning the Romanian national final, the group represented Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and placed 12th with the song "Zaleilah".[2]

Discography

Albums

Singles

International singles
Year! scope="col" rowspan="2"
TitlePeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
ROM
[3]
NED
[4]
SWE
[5]
2012"Europarty"Club de Mandinga
"Zaleilah"27848
"Papichulo"
2013"The Mac Mac Song"
"La Vita E Bella"
"Cinéma"

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Honciuc . Bogdan . 14 March 2016 . Romania: Elena Ionescu leaves Mandinga to pursue solo career . Wiwibloggs . 15 March 2016 . 15 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160315170308/http://wiwibloggs.com/2016/03/14/romania-elena-ionescu-leaves-mandinga-to-pursue-solo-career/132661/ . live .
  2. Web site: It's Mandinga for Romania | News | Eurovision Song Contest – Baku 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012125/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=48823&_t=its_mandinga_for_romania . 2016-03-05 . 17 March 2012 . Eurovision.tv.
  3. http://www.kissfm.ro/emisiuni/54/Airplay-100.html Airplay 100 on KissFM (Podcast April 29, 2012)
  4. Web site: Belgium Flanders Ultratip Chart . 2 June 2012 . 18 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180718192151/http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=Mandinga&titel=Zaleilah&cat=s . live .
  5. Web site: SwedishCharts.com Mandinga discography (Sweden) . 2 June 2012 . 25 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150125202638/http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Mandinga . live .