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COSTI IONITA (Born January 14th 1978 in the city of Constanta,
Romania) is a top Romanian music producer, singer and owner of
the no.1 independent music label in Romania, Doctor Music . His
he fisrt romanian producer with a Grammy nomination, for
Shaggy’s album, “Summer in Kingston”, which was declared no.1
album in sales on iTunes on July 2011, was nominated to the
Grammy Awards 2012 at “Best reggae album” section. Costi
composed 2 songs for Shaggy’s album: “Dame” (Shaggy ft Kat
DeLuna) and “Fired Up” ( Pitbull ft Shaggy). Although the album
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didn’t win, the nomination itself was huge gift for Costi, who
was present in Los Angeles, at the Grammy Awards, on 12th of
February 2012.
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COSTI’S MAIN OBJECTIVE: produce positive music for people
worldwide, bring them happiness through its music and promote
Romania internationally, in the best way that he can.
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STYLES OF MUSIC: any style, from rock to opera, pop, chill out,
balkan, trance, dance, club music.
AWARDS:
 2012
February 2012 – Nominated at the Grammy Awards held at
Los Angeles, for “Dame” and “Fired up” ( from Shaggy’s
album, “Summer in Kingston” ).
May 2012 – the song Zaleilah (Mandinga) was on the 12th place
at Eurovision Song Contest from Baku (Azerbaidjan).
Dj hit of the year "DJ-yat me izdade" (Galena) - produced by
Dr.COSTI @ Annual Awards of "Planeta TV Bulgaria 2012”.
Best video “Broi me” (Cvetelina Yaneva ft Rida Al Abdullah) –
produced by Dr.COSTI @Annual Awards of "Planeta TV
Bulgaria 2012”.
Annual Awards of "Nov Folk Magazine 2012” - Duet song of
2012 / with Costi /Na eks.
 2009
Best Eastern European Producer @ Annual Awards of
"Planeta TV Bulgaria 2009”.
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 2008
Annual Awards of "Planeta TV Bulgaria 2008" - Duet song of
2008 / with Costi / SAMO MOI.
Annual Awards of "Nov Folk Magazine” - Duet song of 2008
/ with Costi /SAMO MOI.
 COSTI’S HITS:
COSTI’S BALKAN HITS: MEN SI TARSIL (Andrea ft Azis),
UPOTREBENA (Andrea ft Costi), NAI DOBRIA (Maria), S TEB DA
BADEM PAK (Andrea), DAI JEGA (Maria), NEBLAGODAREN
(Andrea), ZA KONTAKTI (Cvetelina Yaneva), VLEZ ZEG (Cvetelina
Yaneva & Ionut Cercel), Haide Opa (Andrea), TI POZNA LI ME
(Maria), KAK TI STOI (Preslava), NA EKS (Andrea ft Kristali), DAVAI
TISI (Maria), IDEMO NA SVE (Ana Kokic ft Costi), STRASNO TI
STOJIM (Nikol Bulat), DJ-Q ME IZDADE (Galena), BROI ME
(Cvetelina Yaneva ft Rida Al Abdullah), MRASNI PROMISLI (Maria),
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COSTI’S INTERNATIONAL HITS: I WANNA (Sahara ft Shaggy
& Bob Sinclar), TYALEE (Sahara ft Buppy Brown), CHAMPAGNE
(Sahara ft Shaggy), MINE (Sahara ft Mario Winans), MY STORY
(Celia), IS IT LOVE (Celia ft Kaye Styles), DAME (Shaggy ft Kat
DeLuna), FIRED UP (Pitbull ft Shaggy), LOVE 2 PARTY (Celia ft
Mohombi), ALWAYS ON MY MIND (Kat DeLuna & Costi), DIRTY
BITCH (Costi).
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CISTO ILI S LED (Maria), BONBONI (Cvetelina Yaneva), CHIK
CHIK (Galena ft Costi), TANAKA (Preslava ft Costi), RUMBA (Viki
Miljkovic ft Costi), PRODOBNO (Trayana Neshto), MOI ZOLOTOI
(Shahzoda ft Costi), Men izbra (Maria), LOSH GEROI (Andrea ft
Costi), LOSHO PRAVISH (Maria), Devojka tvog druga (Sandra
Afrika ft Costi) and many more to come.
COSTI’S ACTIVITY AS PRODUCER
Costi began 2013 with a work-trip to Thailand, as he was invited
to appear in Shahzoda’s video, a very known & beautiful Uzbek singer,
for whom he produced a brand new song, called Moi Zolotoi (big hit
in Russia & Uzbekistan).
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Costi’s latest hit is called “Dirty Bitch” and represents a lecture
about how a certain type of girls shouldn’t be & act in everyday life.
The video was shot in Ukraine and it was directed by the best video
director in the Eastern Europe.
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At the end of January 2013, Costi was invited to appear in
Maria’s video for the song “Men izbra”, that became very fast a hit in
the Balkans. For Mari, Costi is producing many top songs songs for
many years.
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But another song was about to hit the music market! The
featuring between Costi and the Serbian singer Sandra Afrika became
very fast a hit in the Balkans, conquering country after country.
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After that, came the video for the song “Losh Geroy” , a
featuring with Andrea, the most beautiful Bulgarian singer from the
Balkans.
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In May 2012, all the attention of the Romanian media was
focused on Costi again, as the song that he produced for the Romanian
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The latest of Costi’s international collaboration is the one with
the famous Latin singer Kat deLuna, with whom he recorded the song
“Always on my mind” in Los Angeles. The video was shot in Romania
and was already released with huge success worldwide.
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band Mandinga, represented Romania at Eurovision Song Contest
from Baku (Azerbaijan) between 22-26th of May 2012.
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The song, called “Zaleilah” , had a huge impact on the
Romanian audience, as well as on the international music market. The
song was requested for licensing in 2 different countries each day,
since the winning day, when at the end of the contest, Romania was
placed on the 12th place.
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Costi announced at the end of April 2012, the beginning of the
collaboration with the famous artist Mohombi, with whom Costi
recorded a featuring with the beautiful romanian singer Celia, an
artist at the music label Doctor Music. The song is called “Love 2
Party” and it was released worldwide. The song promotes the
Romanian seaside as a touristic attraction for the foreign people.
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At the beginning of January 2012, Costi was present at “Tonight
Show with Jay Leno”, the most popular TV show in the USA. There,
Shaggy performed live alongside Kat DeLuna the song “Dame”,
composed by the Costi . The live performance made in a few hours the
tour of the world.
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In November 2011, Costi Ionita produced a new hit for the
bulgarian singer Cvetelina Yaneva featuring the arab singer Rida Al
Abdullh, entering this way the arabic music industry for the second
time. The song was called “Broi me” and it was a big hit in Bulgaria.
But Costi’s success didn’t stop there. He also produced “Is it
love”, a featuring between Celia and Kaye Styles (the producer of the
soundtrack for the TV series Prison Break). The video of the song was
considered at that time the most expensive video from the Eastern
Europe.
COSTI’S COLLABORATIONS:
Costi produced songs for many foreign artists, making him the
top producer at this moment in the Eastern Europe :
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Kat DeLuna & Costi – Always on my mind (2013)
Celia ft Mohombi – Love 2 Party (2012)
Celia ft Kaye Styles – Is it love (2011)
Shaggy ft Kat DeLuna – Dame (2011)
Pitbull ft Shaggy – Fired Up (2011)
Sahara ft Shaggy – Champagne (2011)
J.Pearl ft Shayne Ward – Must be a reasosn (Remix) (2011)
Sahara ft Mario Winans – Mine (2010)
Sonique – World of change (2010)
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 PRODUCTIONS for INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS:
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- Sahara ft Buppy Brown – Tyalee (2009)
- Sahara ft Shaggy&Bob Sinclar – I wanna (2009)
 PRODUCTIONS FOR ROMANIAN ARTISTS:
In Romania, he released under his label, “Doctor Music”.
successful projects & songs like:
- Celia , a beautiful Romanian singer with great international
perspectives – Love 2 Party (ft Mohombi), Is it love (ft Kaye Style),
Dame (ft Shaggy), Ladida, D-D-Down, My story
- the Blaxy Girls – the first rock girl band from the East-Europe
– Mr&Mss President, It’s so fine, Save the world, E vina mea , I
have my life , If you feel my love, Dear mama
-Dya – a beautiful Romanian young voice discovered by Costi :
Price of Love, Don’t know, Snow story, Stay, Down the earth
 PRODUCTIONS FOR THE BALKAN ARTISTS
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Others: Mandinga – Zaleilah (12th place at Eurovision Song
Contest Baku 2011), Papi Chulo, Roxy Rocks – Mr Right, Darya –
Sweetest Romance, Andra, Exotic, LA, Valahia, Elegance and
many more.
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 Bulgaria: Preslava - Tanaka,Kak ti stoi, Galena – Chik Chik (ft
Costi), Dj-q me izdade, Cvetelina Yaneva – Bonboni ,Broi Me (ft
Rida Al Abdullah) Pritesnqvai me , Za kontakti, Vlez-zeg-zeg,
Maria – Mrasni Promisli, Cisto Ili S Led, Davai tisi , Dai jega ,
Ti pozna li me, Nai dobria, Men Izbra, Losho Pravish, Andrea Samo moi, Losh Geroy, Upotrebena, Izlaji me, Dokosvai me, S
Teb Da Badem Pak, Neblagodaren, Da se varnesh, Na eks (ft
Kristali), Iskam Teb, Anelia – Za da me imash (ft Andrea),
Trayana - Podobno, Toni Storaro, Djina Stoeva, Emanuela, Ivena.
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 Turkey: Serdar Ortac – Poset, Seden Gurel – Show ca la Paris ,
Fatih Urekh, Keremcem
 The Middle East: Reda Al Abdallah – Fadwa L’albak
 Israel: Liran Aviv, Lior Akiva, Dudu Arhon
 Serbia: Pepa - Nai dobria, Ana Kokic – Idemo na sve, Sasha
Matich and Radmila Monojlovich- Meshaj mala, Maja Marijana,
Viki Miljkovic - Rumba, Chiki Liki Lajla , Sandra Afrika ft Costi –
Devojka tvog druga.
 Croatia: Nikol Bulat – Strašno ti stoji, Haide Opa, Davor
Badrov
 Bosnia&Herzegovina: Denis Bjelosevic
 Slovenia: Rumina
 Russia: Shahzoda
 Others: Kali, Alisia, Djordan, Teodora
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COSTI’S ACTIVITY AS SINGER
 CONCERTS
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Besides his activity as international producer, Costi is constantly
invited to perform concerts in Romania, but also abroad. Among this
concerts, can be reminded the ones he had in Spain, Italy, Belgium,
New York, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, India, Germany, UK, and many
more.
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 SAHARA PROJECT
In 2009, Costi founded the international project Sahara, in
which he teamed up with Andrea Teodorova, the most famous singer
in Bulgaria. They were at that time the most successful duo in the
Eastern Europe.
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Their first single “Tyalee” (Sahara ft Buppy Brown ) was
followed by “Bellezza” ( Sahara ft Geo daSilva), “I wanna” (Sahara &
Bob Sinclar ft Shaggy), “Bounce” (Sahara), “Mine” (Sahara ft Mario
Winans), “Champagne” (Sahara ft Shaggy) and “I wonder why”
(Sahara), songs licensed all over the world.
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With the project Sahara, Costi had a big number of concerts, in
the Balkans, as in Europe and even in New York. The most important
concerts were the ones in New York and in Club Carre Brussels, were
they performed alongside Shaggy, with huge success.
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The single “Champagne” was chosen the anthem of FTV parties in 2011
After the release of Sahara’s last single, “I wonder why”, the duo decided
to take separate roads, but they are still open to collaborate for other
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( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK5bG5cQ_-U).
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projects in the future. Still, the Sahara project has reached its end in
March 2012.
TV, PRESS & INTERVIEWS: Costi is constantly present in the
Romanian public life, as he’s considered an important voice in the
national and international music industry. Besides his presence on the
Romanian media, Costi is also invited to appear in international TV
Shows, like for example:
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 @ The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, California, 2012
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 @ “Ami G Show” Serbia 2012: http://youtu.be/_Gym3eURRO8
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 @ Indian Music TV Show, India 2012
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 @ “Morning” AZTV, Azerbaijan 2012
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COSTI’S life STORY:
In his life, family has a paramount importance, his mother Ms.
Eugenia Ionita is one of the few people who believed in Costi’s dreams
and talent.He learned from his mother the art of “music bussiness”,
and from his father to have a sportive nature. He practiced: judo,
tennis, basket and martial arts.
At the age of 11, he entered the folk music band from Constanta,
led by Mr. Ion Radulescu. One year later, they went on tour in France.
This was an experience which helped Costi to build up his personality,
he learned to be optimistic and open-minded.
He followed the Music School in Constanta: percussion and piano,
and the Popular School of Arts : accordion and canto. In his
adolescence, he entered the Informatical Grammar School Ovidius,
where he founded his own rock band called Agartha. Being a fan of
Elvis Presley, Phoenix, Deep Purple, he lived very intensive this rock
atmosphere.
In 1998, at the rehearsal for Mamaia Fetival, he discovered Mihai
Traistariu, a competitor at the section of interpretation. From that
moment, the band Valahia had 4 members: Costi, Mihai, Dorin and
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He studied at the University of Medicine, Constanta city ( dentistry
section). At the same time, he rediscovered his old colleague Dorin
Topala and founded the band “Valahia”, together with Laura Mihaila (
soprano at the Philharmonic Hall Constanta ).
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Laura, but short time after, Laura decided to leave the band. Valahia
continued with 3 members and the top hits “Banii si fetele” and “La
mare, la soare”. “La mare, la soare” became in 1999 the most popular
song of the year, having the first video on shown on Atomic TV.
Costi met the success at the early age of 21. At the same time, he
discovered many other talents. He founded the girl band Exotic ( later
Blondy and Sexxy).
Short time after, Costi produced his first “manea” song, “Femeia te
iubeste”, a song with oriental influences. Costi founded the boy band
LA, a band with huge success. He also founded the bands Kosovo and
Elegance, bands who sustained the “manele” music style.
Because of the misunderstanding between the members of Valahia
band , Costi left the band and started a solo career.
In 2007, he released the beautiful artist Celia, with the no. 1 hit
“Trag aer in piept”, followed by “Soapte”, a song with twice as much
success than the first hit. Celia is still working on her career guided by
Costi, her exclusive manager.
In 2009, Costi discovered Dya, a 14-years old teenager with great
international perspectives.
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In 2008 , he released a brand new musical project: the Blaxy Girls
– the first rock girl band from East-Europe ( Rucsy – lead vocal &
guitar, Amalia – solo guitar, Cristina – bass, Ana – Keyboard & Dj, Gela
– Drums ).
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Over time, Costi had many collaborations as singer and also as
producer, with many well-known national and international artists.
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COSTI’S commitments :
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COSTI is preparing constantly new collaborations for the
Romanian and international music industry.
In 2013 he launched 2 projects:
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- “The world of Costi”, dedicated to people who want to learn
from Costi’s new vision of life. (FB.com/TheWorldOfCosti)
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- “Costi Loves Romania” - dedicated to all the romanian people
that
want
to
find
their
romanian
identity.
(FB.com/CostiLovesRomania)
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And last but not least, he’s preparing to release a clothing
collection and to get involved in humanitarian actions.
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Costi’s official links:
www.costi.ro
youtube.com/doctorstudio
facebook.com/DrCosti.TheProducer
facebook.com/TheWorldOfCosti
facebook.com/CostiLovesRomania
twitter.com/costiofficial
soundcloud.com/costiofficial
Booking & Productions:
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