Corina (Romanian singer)

Corina Monica Ciorbă
Birth name	Corina Monica Ciorbă
Born	January 26, 1980 (1980-01-26) (age 31)
Origin	Satu Mare,
Genres	Pop, Dance, R&B
Occupations	Singer, Composer
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Roton 2003-2008, 2010-present Media Pro Music 2008-2010

Corina Monica Ciorbă^[1] (born January 26, 1980), best known only as Corina, is a pop, dance, R&B singer from Satu Mare, Romania. She debuted in 2004 with the album Noi Doi, produced by Marius Moga. The main single from the album entitled Noi Doi reached fourth place in the Romanian Top 100.^[2] The second album, named Îmi place tot, was launched on January 1, 2005 and produced two great singles one that reached Top 10 and the other Top 5 in the Romanian Top 100.^[3][4] The third album Face Off represents a significant change in the artist's singing style having dancehall, reggae, R&B, drum'n bass, hip hop, house and electro influences, but still remaining a pop/dance album. This album produced two big singles "Quieres una aventura" and "Overdrive". The fourth album Gimme Your Love was launched in July 2008 and received good critics from the Bravo magazine.^[5] The album was produced and recorded in Germany in a Hamburg based studio, under the supervision of Toni Cottura.^[5]

Musical career

She debuted in 2004 with the album Noi Doi, produced by Marius Moga and Smiley. The main single from the album entitled Noi Doi reached fourth place in the Romanian Top 100 and is still one of the artist's most successful singles.

In 2010 Corina recorded a demo version of a song titled "No Time for Sleeping" for the German Popstars winner group LaVive. The girls released it as their debut single but it became a huge flop on the German Singles Chart. On the Romanian Top 100 Corina's version "No Sleepin'" was a smash, reaching number eight on the chart on May 29, 2011.

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions
		Romanian Top 100
2004	"Noi Doi"	#4
2005	"Imi place la tine tot"	#10
2005	"Fara tine"	#5
2008	"Let Go" (feat. Lumidee)	-
2010	"Latino Kaffee" (feat. Dony)	-
2011	"No Sleepin'" (feat. J.J.)	#8
2011	"Munky Funky"	-

References

1. ^ "Vreau sa se stie ca ma cheama Ciorba" (in Romanian). www.muzica.phg.r. 2005-01-26. http://muzica.phg.ro/articole.php?id=420. Retrieved 2009-05-31. 
2. ^ "Romanian Top 100" (in Romanian). www.rt100.ro. 2007-07-25. http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html?edition=440&go=Go. Retrieved 2009-05-31. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "Romanian Top 100" (in Romanian). www.rt100.ro. 2005-06-05. http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html?edition=482&go=Go. Retrieved 2009-05-31. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "Romanian Top 100" (in Romanian). www.rt100.ro. 2005-10-30. http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html?edition=503&go=Go. Retrieved 2009-05-31. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ ^{a b} "Corina - "Gimme Your Love"" (in Romanian). www.monden.info. 2008-07-23. http://www.monden.info/muzica/albume/corina-gimme-your-love-coperta-album/. Retrieved 2009-05-31. 

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Name	Corina
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Date of birth	January 26, 1980
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