Ovi Bistriceanu Explained

Ovi
Birth Name:	Ovidiu Bistriceanu
Alias:	Ovi
Origin:	Năvodari, Constanța County, Romania
Genre:	Pop, dance-pop, urban, pop-rock
Occupation:	Songwriter, Music producer
Years Active:	2004–present
Associated Acts:	Massari, French Montana, Mia Martina, Elena Gheorghe, Mozhdah, Andreea Bănică, Laurentiu Duta.

Ovidiu Bistriceanu, known professionally as Ovi, is a Romanian-Canadian songwriter and music producer, best known for his dance-pop productions, urban and pop-rock. His collaborations include singer Mia Martina for Burning which peaked at #8 on Billboard Canadian CHR Top 40 Chart and #25 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 Chart,^[1] and Massari for Brand New Day which charted in several countries including Canada, Germany, Hungary and Austria.^[2] He has also worked with several other artists and musicians including French Montana, Elena Gheorghe, Andreea Bănică, Mozhdah and Nat Jay.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Awards

In 2014, Ovi was awarded the SOCAN Songwriting Prize for Burning in the category Pop/Rock Music.^[6] Music Canada awarded him three Golden Records for his work on Burning in 2012 and Brand New Day and Shisha in 2016.^{[7] [8] [9]}

Discography

Year	Artist	Album/Single	Details	Notes
2006	Elena Gheorghe	Vocea Ta	Co-writer, co-producer	Won Romanian Music Awards for Ochii Tai Caprui
2007	Andreea Bănică	Fiesta		MTV European Music Awards Best Romanian Act
		Rendez-vous
	Elena Gheorghe	Te Ador
2008		Pana la stele	Co-writer
	Andreea Bănică	Lerira
2009	Elena Gheorghe	The Balkan Girls	Co-writer, co-producer	Represented Romania in the Eurovision 2009 Song Contest and peaked at #1^[10] ^[11]
2010		Disco Romancing	Co-writer	Peaked #1 on the Romanian Top 100^[12]
2011		Midnight Sun
	Mia Martina	Burning	Co-writer, producer	Peaked at #8 on Billboard Canadian CHR Top 40 Chart^[13]
2012	Massari	Brand New Day
	Elena Gheorghe	"Amar Tu Vida"	Co-writer, producer
	Elena Gheorghe	"Hypnotic"
2013		"Ecou"	Co-writer	Peaked #1 Romanian Airplay
	Massari	Shisha	Co-writer, producer	Peaked #37 on the Canadian Hot 100^[14]
2014	Mia Martina	Mia Martina
2015		Devotion		Peaked #77 on the Canadian Albums Chart.

External links

• Ovi discography at Discogs
• Ovi discography at AllMusic

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gold/Platinum. 2020-12-08. Music Canada. en-US.
2. Massari. 2020-12-05. Billboard.
3. Web site: Jive – Releases Steam Music. 2020-12-04. steam-music.com. en.
4. Web site: DOPEST Song of the Day: "Sleep" by Vancouver Based Pop Singer-Songwriter Nat Jay. 2020-12-04. DOPECAUSEWESAID. en-US.
5. Web site: Magnets lanseaza piesa si videoclipul "Changing Love", feat. Aloma Steele!.
6. Web site: SOCAN Awards SOCAN. 2020-12-04. en-US.
7. Web site: Gold/Platinum. 2020-12-04. Music Canada. en-US.
8. Web site: Gold/Platinum. 2020-12-04. Music Canada. en-US.
9. Web site: 2012-09-09. Video of the Week: Massari's "Brand New Day". 2020-12-04. Canadian Music Blog. en.
10. Web site: 3 December 2009. Cele mai ascultate hituri – Cotidianul. Cotidianul. https://web.archive.org/web/20091203111421/http://www.cotidianul.ro/cele_mai_ascultate_hituri-80993.html. 2009-12-03.
11. Web site: Eurovision 2009 : pour Patricia, ça Kaas... pendant qu'un prodige norvégien pulvérise le record du concours !. www.purepeople.com. fr.
12. Web site: 10 October 2010. Romanian Top 100. RT100.RO. https://web.archive.org/web/20101010095312/http://www.rt100.ro/#/. 2010-10-10.
13. Mia Martina. 2020-12-12. Billboard.
14. Massari. 2020-12-04. Billboard.