Alexandra Stan (born 10 June 1989 in
Constanța) is a Romanian
vocalist. Her career began in 2009 when native music producers Marcel Prodan and Andrei Nemirschi heard her singing at a
Karaoke bar and proposed her a contract with their own management, Maan Studio. She subsequently released her debut recording "
Lollipop (Param Pam Pam)" in late 2009. The song and its video were met with bad reviews, being criticised for their eroticism. Her next single, "
Mr. Saxobeat", was composed by
Marcel Prodan and Andrei Nemirschi, the duo that discovered her at the Mamaia Music Festival. It became her worldwide breakthrough hit, selling 1,000,000 copies in less than a year. The single went to number one in a total of nine countries and reached the top ten in over thirty countries, such as
New Zealand, the
United Kingdom and
Australia. It became a top-thirty hit in
Canada and the
United States. She released her debut album in August 2011, entitled
Saxobeats, which reached the top thirty album charts in several European countries, including
Germany,
Austria and
Finland. The record spawns her next single "
Get Back (ASAP)", which gained success in several more countries, notably in
Romania,
Finland and
France.