# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dan-balan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:23:34.062Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dan-balan"
name: "Dan Balan"
slug: "dan-balan"
description: "Dan Balan is a Moldovan musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the founder of Moldovan Eurodance band O-Zone, and wrote their international hit single \"Dragostea din tei\", which topped the charts in 32 countries and sold 12 million copies worldwide."
tagline: "Moldovan singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dan_Balan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1979-02-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           74.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.70068933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 942000
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/officialdanbalan"
    handle:    "officialdanbalan"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/danbalan/"
    handle:    "danbalan"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.danbalan.com/"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/danbalan__"
    handle:    "danbalan__"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2269038/"
    handle:    "nm2269038"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/19rUh2xW9SuBUv5BflsdKq"
    handle:    "19rUh2xW9SuBUv5BflsdKq"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCppl56r2vjwoxRAeKPTBjHg"
    handle:    "@danbalanmusic"
    followers: 942000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "دان بالان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "دن بالان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Balan"
    title: "Dan Balan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Дан Балан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_B%C4%83lan"
    title: "Dan Bălan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_B%C4%83lan"
    title: "Dan Bălan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_B%C4%83lan"
    title: "Dan Bălan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_B%C4%83lan"
    title: "Dan Bălan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BD_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%BD"
    title: "Νταν Μπαλάν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Balan"
    title: "Dan Balan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_B%C4%83lan"
    title: "Dan Bălan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "دن بالان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_B%C4%83lan"
    title: "Dan Bălan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_B%C4%83lan"
    title: "Dan Bălan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%9F"
    title: "דן בלן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dan Bălan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Դան Բալան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Balan"
    title: "Dan Balan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_B%C4%83lan"
    title: "Dan Bălan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ダン・バラン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Дан Бэлан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%A8_%EB%B2%8C%EB%9E%80"
    title: "단 벌란"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Дан Балан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_B%C4%83lan"
    title: "Dan Bălan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_B%C4%83lan"
    title: "Dan Bălan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/74a24ef3-50b2-41a3-88f6-6257d8682f7f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314206"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3061624"
    title: "Dan Balan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump