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Inna (left), Alexandra Stan (middle) and Gheorghe Zamfir (right) are among the Romanian artists with the most charted or certified releases in the world's largest music markets. Since the 1970s, songs and albums released by Romanian [ A ] artists have charted and received certifications in the world's largest music markets .
Founded in 1995, the Romanian Top 100 was the national music chart of Romania. It was compiled by broadcast monitoring services Body M Production A-V (1990s and 2000s) and by Media Forest (2010s), and measured the airplay of songs on radio stations throughout the country. [1] [2] [3] In 2005, the number of radio stations involved was 120. [4]
Folk music is the oldest form of Romanian musical creation, characterised by great vitality; it is the defining source of the cultured musical creation, both religious and lay. Conservation of Romanian folk music has been aided by a large and enduring audience, also by numerous performers who helped propagate and further develop the folk sound.
In Romania, the syntagm muzică populară (English: popular/folk music) is used to denote a musical genre based on folklore, but distinct from it. The distinction is both in form and essence and it arises mainly from the commercial aspect of the popular music. [1] In English the term is ambiguous since it could also refer to Romanian pop music.
The first known release to be certified in Romania was the album Best Of by Romanian singer Mirabela Dauer, which received a gold certification in 1995. [6] As of 2025, Romania's highest-certified record is La vârsta de trei ani by the Moldovan singer Cleopatra Stratan , which was awarded a triple diamond certification in 2006 for selling ...
Trilulilu was the biggest user-generated content (UGC) website in Romania on which users could view, upload and share videos, images and audio files. The website was created on January 22, 2007, after a few weeks of beta testing, by two Romanian entrepreneurs Sergiu Biriş and Andrei Dunca. [ 1 ]
Radio România Muzical, is a publicly funded radio station in Romania. The station broadcasts music of a variety of genres, including symphonic, chamber music, operetta, choral music, folk, jazz, classical music, and soundtracks. It also broadcasts both live and archived concerts, and provides news of national and international events.
In terms of radio airplay, reports by Media Forest indicate that Cat Music was the most successful label of 2017; Global Records claimed that accolade in 2018 and 2019. Kiss FM, Pro FM and Virgin Radio Romania were the trendsetting radio stations in those years respectively, meaning they broadcast Media Forest's top weekly radio songs the most.