Stereo Love
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"Stereo Love" is a 2009 song recorded by Romanian musician Edward Maya
featuring Vika Jigulina
, released as his debut single in late 2009 from his album The Stereo Love Show. The refrain is from "Bayatılar
", composed by Azerbaijan
i musician Eldar Mansurov
. It became a worldwide hit in Nightclubs and rose to the top of Romanian, French, Dutch, Turkish, Finnish, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, and Irish singles charts.
The song and the music video were both included on the compilation NRJ Music Awards 2010
. The music video was filmed in Greece, as Edward Maya stated in an interview that Greece "was a place that I fell in love with". In 2011, the song was awarded as top dance song at the Billboard Music Awards.
i composer Eldar Mansurov
contacted the Romanian Office for Copyright claiming the refrain of "Stereo Love" was a copy of a tune from his popular 1989 composition "Bayatılar
". In the video clip, the composer of "Stereo Love" was indicated as "anonymous". Both the Office and Edward Maya later confirmed that Mansurov's work was in fact used in the making of "Stereo Love". Maya commented by saying he was "fascinated" by the accordion version of "Bayatılar" he had come across on the Internet earlier in 2009 and claimed he had tried to contact the author but failed due to his busy schedule. On 19 January 2010, Edward Maya arrived in Baku
, Azerbaijan, where he signed an agreement with Eldar Mansurov affirming their co-authorship of "Stereo Love".
. It became #1 on November 22, 2009, with more than 6,142 copies sold. It reached its highest weekly sales on January 3, 2010 with 9,763 sales. The song remained at #1 for a total of eight consecutive weeks. On the issue date November 22, 2009, "Stereo Love" debuted at #2 on the French Physical Singles Chart
and became #1 on December 27, 2009. In Belgium, the single entered the Ultratop 40 at #40 on November 28, 2009 and reached a peak of #2 eleven weeks later. In the Netherlands, it was ranked for two weeks atop, eleven weeks in the top 10 and 17 weeks in the top 40. In Switzerland, the single debuted at #3 and peaked at #2. In the UK, the song entered the UK chart at #4 and fell quickly. In Ireland
, the first week of release, the unofficial DJ Team version proved to be more popular (#8 in the IRMA
singles chart) than Edward Maya
's (#17); however, on May 21 the former dropped three places to #11 while the latter jumped eleven positions to #6 just before reaching a week later the top of the chart where it has been for four consecutive weeks.
Outside of Europe, "Stereo Love" enjoyed the most chart success in Canada, where it debuted at #93 on the Canadian Hot 100
on the issue dated February 13, 2010. The version released in Canada was featuring Mia Martina
, instead of Vika Jigulina. Three weeks later, "Stereo Love" reached the top 40 and later peaked inside the top 10. Eventually, it was certified Platinum.
It has also debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100
at #93 on the week ending October 23, 2010 and has since risen to #16. In 2011, it peaked at #11 on the Pop Airplay Chart
. It has also topped the Billboard Dance/Club Play at #1, Billboard Digital Songs at #16, Billboard Airplay at #17, peaked at #35 on both the Billboard Latin Songs and Billboard Adult Pop songs, peaked at #13 on American Top 40
, and peaked on the Billboard Ringtone Chart at #40. The song became very popular in cities like New York City where it reached number one in radio stations like Z100, WKTU and 92.3 Now.
In the United States, the single entered the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay
chart at #23 in the April 17, 2010 issue. During its second week it slipped to #25, but in its fourth week saw a major move in the May 8, 2010 issue, moving from #25 to #8, the biggest jump ever on the chart, and ultimately reaching the #1 position three times in its June 5, June 26, and September 18, 2010 issues. The single was released through Ultra Records
, the same label that also scored another top 10 US Dance Airplay hit in 2010 with another song by a Romanian artist, "Hot
" by Inna
, which also went all the way to number one, thus giving Ultra Records the distinction of having artists from the same country reach #1 in the same year with debut singles on the same chart. It would become the number one Dance Airplay single of 2010 in Billboard's Year End issue.
On the Italian FIMI chart the song peaked at #4 for two non-consecutive weeks in April 2010 and spent 17 weeks within the top 10. "Stereo Love" is the longest charting song in the history of European top Hot 100, accumulating 47 weeks.
The official "Stereo Love" music video received more than 140 million YouTube
views for just one video, with other copies and forms of the song and video receiving several million more views. The location of video shooting is the island of Mykonos
, in Greece.
to record an official remix of Maya's "Stereo Love". The rights to an official remix were acquired by Ultra Records from Romanian label Cat Music. As the writer and producer of the song Maya is paid royalties every time all of the remixes are played and sold of the song, including the official remix featuring Martina.
It was released to the United States on iTunes on August 10, 2010 and in the Canadian market in September 2010 from Martina's upcoming album Devotion. It is released on Ultra Records/EMI. The music video was directed by Marc André Debruyne.
Maya does not know Martina personally and states that he does not "approve of her", though the actual meaning of this is unclear. A letter, addressed to CP Records
, allegedly written by Maya's legal team, has described their opposition to the marketing of Martina's tour. The letter suggests that Martina has been promoting her performances as "cover performances" of Maya. Maya's legal team apparently disagrees that her performances qualify as "covers".
The original version by Maya and Vika Jigulina was already a Top 20 hit on Canadian Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #19 before it was outpeaked by the version promoted with Mia Martina, reaching #10.
Edward Maya
Eduard Marian Ilie , better known as Edward Maya, is a Romanian musician, producer, performer, and composer...
featuring Vika Jigulina
Vika Jigulina
Vika Jigulina is a Romanian music producer, singer, and DJ. She was born in Moldova to a Russian father and a Romanian mother and graduated from the Rachmaninov School of Music. In 2000, she moved to Timişoara, Romania, where she still lives, and continued her studies there...
, released as his debut single in late 2009 from his album The Stereo Love Show. The refrain is from "Bayatılar
Bayatılar
"Bayatılar" is an Azerbaijani 1989 composition by Eldar Mansurov with lyrics by Vahid Aziz. "Bayatılar" was released by Brilliant Dadashova in Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Europe , the Arab World and Brazil.-Versions and Samples:The song was used in versions and samples by Turkish DJ Hüseyin...
", composed by Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
i musician Eldar Mansurov
Eldar Mansurov
Eldar Bahram oglu Mansurov is an Azerbaijani musician, composer and songwriter.He is the son of musician Bahram Mansurov...
. It became a worldwide hit in Nightclubs and rose to the top of Romanian, French, Dutch, Turkish, Finnish, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, and Irish singles charts.
The song and the music video were both included on the compilation NRJ Music Awards 2010
NRJ Music Awards 2010
NRJ Music Awards 2010 is a 2009 compilation album by NRJ.Every year the French music station publishes a compilation of the best songs of the year. This album contains 42 French and international songs who have enjoyed some success in France in 2009...
. The music video was filmed in Greece, as Edward Maya stated in an interview that Greece "was a place that I fell in love with". In 2011, the song was awarded as top dance song at the Billboard Music Awards.
Copyright controversy
In the autumn of 2009 in Greece, AzerbaijanAzerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
i composer Eldar Mansurov
Eldar Mansurov
Eldar Bahram oglu Mansurov is an Azerbaijani musician, composer and songwriter.He is the son of musician Bahram Mansurov...
contacted the Romanian Office for Copyright claiming the refrain of "Stereo Love" was a copy of a tune from his popular 1989 composition "Bayatılar
Bayatılar
"Bayatılar" is an Azerbaijani 1989 composition by Eldar Mansurov with lyrics by Vahid Aziz. "Bayatılar" was released by Brilliant Dadashova in Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Europe , the Arab World and Brazil.-Versions and Samples:The song was used in versions and samples by Turkish DJ Hüseyin...
". In the video clip, the composer of "Stereo Love" was indicated as "anonymous". Both the Office and Edward Maya later confirmed that Mansurov's work was in fact used in the making of "Stereo Love". Maya commented by saying he was "fascinated" by the accordion version of "Bayatılar" he had come across on the Internet earlier in 2009 and claimed he had tried to contact the author but failed due to his busy schedule. On 19 January 2010, Edward Maya arrived in Baku
Baku
Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...
, Azerbaijan, where he signed an agreement with Eldar Mansurov affirming their co-authorship of "Stereo Love".
Chart performance
On the issue date October 17, 2009, the song debuted at #12 on the French Digital Singles ChartSyndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique
The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...
. It became #1 on November 22, 2009, with more than 6,142 copies sold. It reached its highest weekly sales on January 3, 2010 with 9,763 sales. The song remained at #1 for a total of eight consecutive weeks. On the issue date November 22, 2009, "Stereo Love" debuted at #2 on the French Physical Singles Chart
Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique
The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...
and became #1 on December 27, 2009. In Belgium, the single entered the Ultratop 40 at #40 on November 28, 2009 and reached a peak of #2 eleven weeks later. In the Netherlands, it was ranked for two weeks atop, eleven weeks in the top 10 and 17 weeks in the top 40. In Switzerland, the single debuted at #3 and peaked at #2. In the UK, the song entered the UK chart at #4 and fell quickly. In Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, the first week of release, the unofficial DJ Team version proved to be more popular (#8 in the IRMA
Irish Recorded Music Association
Irish Recorded Music Association is the Irish record industry association. IRMA is a non-profit association set up to manage and control the music industry in the Republic of Ireland.-Goals and activities:...
singles chart) than Edward Maya
Edward Maya
Eduard Marian Ilie , better known as Edward Maya, is a Romanian musician, producer, performer, and composer...
's (#17); however, on May 21 the former dropped three places to #11 while the latter jumped eleven positions to #6 just before reaching a week later the top of the chart where it has been for four consecutive weeks.
Outside of Europe, "Stereo Love" enjoyed the most chart success in Canada, where it debuted at #93 on the Canadian Hot 100
Canadian Hot 100
The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...
on the issue dated February 13, 2010. The version released in Canada was featuring Mia Martina
Mia Martina
Mia Martina is a Canadian artist from Saint-Ignace, New Brunswick and is signed to CP Records. She has been working in the studio with Belly and RyanDan on her upcoming debut album titled Devotion, due for release on August 30, 2011. Her first single release was a cover version of Edward Maya and...
, instead of Vika Jigulina. Three weeks later, "Stereo Love" reached the top 40 and later peaked inside the top 10. Eventually, it was certified Platinum.
It has also debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
at #93 on the week ending October 23, 2010 and has since risen to #16. In 2011, it peaked at #11 on the Pop Airplay Chart
Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)
The Mainstream Top 40 is an airplay chart from Billboard magazine, and is also known as Pop Songs on billboard.com. It was often mistaken for and confused with the now discontinued Pop 100 Airplay chart...
. It has also topped the Billboard Dance/Club Play at #1, Billboard Digital Songs at #16, Billboard Airplay at #17, peaked at #35 on both the Billboard Latin Songs and Billboard Adult Pop songs, peaked at #13 on American Top 40
American Top 40
American Top 40 is an internationally syndicated, independent radio program created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Tom Rounds and Ron Jacobs. Originally a production of Watermark Inc...
, and peaked on the Billboard Ringtone Chart at #40. The song became very popular in cities like New York City where it reached number one in radio stations like Z100, WKTU and 92.3 Now.
In the United States, the single entered the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay
Hot Dance Airplay
Dance/Mix Show Airplay is a monitored electronic dance music radio chart that is featured weekly in Billboard magazine. The chart came about as a result of the small but influential impact of electronic dance music on the radio in the United States and the stations that program it...
chart at #23 in the April 17, 2010 issue. During its second week it slipped to #25, but in its fourth week saw a major move in the May 8, 2010 issue, moving from #25 to #8, the biggest jump ever on the chart, and ultimately reaching the #1 position three times in its June 5, June 26, and September 18, 2010 issues. The single was released through Ultra Records
Ultra Records
Ultra Records is an American independent electronic dance music record label. Ultra was formed in New York City in 1995 by former Polygram and Virgin Records executive Patrick Moxey, who is still currently the owner...
, the same label that also scored another top 10 US Dance Airplay hit in 2010 with another song by a Romanian artist, "Hot
Hot (Inna song)
"Hot" is a song by Romanian recording artist Inna from her debut studio album, Hot. It was released on November 12, 2008 by Roton Records as the lead single from the album. Produced and written by Sebastian Barac, Radu Bolfea and Marcel Botezan of Play & Win, "Hot" is an uptempo electro house song...
" by Inna
Inna
Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu , best known as Inna, is a Romanian dance music singer. On November 12, 2008, she released her debut single "Hot", which was produced by Play & Win, a Romanian dance music trio and one of the leading music producers in Romania...
, which also went all the way to number one, thus giving Ultra Records the distinction of having artists from the same country reach #1 in the same year with debut singles on the same chart. It would become the number one Dance Airplay single of 2010 in Billboard's Year End issue.
On the Italian FIMI chart the song peaked at #4 for two non-consecutive weeks in April 2010 and spent 17 weeks within the top 10. "Stereo Love" is the longest charting song in the history of European top Hot 100, accumulating 47 weeks.
The official "Stereo Love" music video received more than 140 million YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
views for just one video, with other copies and forms of the song and video receiving several million more views. The location of video shooting is the island of Mykonos
Mykonos
Mykonos is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. The island spans an area of and rises to an elevation of at its highest point. There are 9,320 inhabitants most of whom live in the largest town, Mykonos, which lies on the west coast. The town is also...
, in Greece.
Track listings
- Digital single (France)
- "Stereo Love" – 4:07
- "Stereo Love" (Extended Version) – 5:21
- "Stereo Love" (Radio Edit) – 3:04
- "Stereo Love" (Acoustic Version) – 4:37
- "Stereo Love" (Molella Remix Radio Edit) – 2:52
- "Stereo Love" (Molella Remix) – 5:02
- "Stereo Love" (DaBo Remix) – 5:03
- "Stereo Love" (DaBo Remix Edit) – 3:02
- Digital single: The Italian Remixes (Italy)
- "Stereo Love" (Molella Remix Radio Edit) – 2:52
- "Stereo Love" (DaBo Remix Edit) – 3:02
- "Stereo Love" (Molella Remix) – 5:02
- "Stereo Love" (DaBo Remix) – 5:03
- "Stereo Love" (Acoustic Version) – 4:37
- "Stereo Love" – 4:07
- "Stereo Love" (Extended Version) – 5:21
- CD single (France)
- "Stereo Love" (Radio Edit) – 3:04
- "Stereo Love" (Molella Remix Radio Edit) – 2:52
- "Stereo Love" (DaBo Remix Edit) – 3:02
- "Stereo Love" (Music Video) – 4:07
- Other (Puerto Rico and Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicThe Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
)
- "Stereo Love" (Don OmarDon OmarDon Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey (born William Omar Landrón Rivera; February 10, 1978, is a Puerto Rican Reggaetón singer and actor.-Early life:...
Remix) – 4:10 - "Stereo Love" (Lápiz Conciente Dominican Remix) – 4:16
- Other Version
- "Stereo Love" (Digital Dog Club Mix) - 6:44
- "Stereo Love" (Digital Dog Radio Edit) - 3:39
- "Stereo Love" (Denvil Remix) - 3:50
Peak positions
| Chart (2009/10/11) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Brazil Billboard Billboard Brasil Billboard Brasil is a monthly Brazilian magazine launched on October 10, 2009, with a print-run of over 40,000 copies. It is distributed nationwide by Brazil's biggest distributor Dinap... Hot 100 Airplay Brasil Hot 100 Airplay Brasil Hot 100 Airplay is the official music singles charts in Brazil. It has been compiled by Crowley Broadcast Analysis and published monthly by Billboard Brasil since the release of the magazine, in October 2009.... |
8 |
| Brazil Billboard Billboard Brasil Billboard Brasil is a monthly Brazilian magazine launched on October 10, 2009, with a print-run of over 40,000 copies. It is distributed nationwide by Brazil's biggest distributor Dinap... Hot Pop Songs Billboard Brasil Billboard Brasil is a monthly Brazilian magazine launched on October 10, 2009, with a print-run of over 40,000 copies. It is distributed nationwide by Brazil's biggest distributor Dinap... |
2 |
| Poland (ZPAV) | 2 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2009) | Position |
|---|---|
| French Singles Chart | 15 |
| Chart (2010) | Position |
| Austrian Singles Chart Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
7 |
| Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart | 7 |
| European Hot 100 | 6 |
| Canadian Hot 100 | 55 |
| Danish Singles Chart Tracklisten Tracklisten is a Danish top 40 record chart that is presented every Thursday midnight at .The weekly Danish Singles Chart also known as Track Top-40 combines the 40 best selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl... |
10 |
| German Singles Chart | 15 |
| Hungarian Airplay Chart | 13 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 5 |
| Spanish Singles Chart | 5 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 7 |
Certifications
| Country | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds) |
Sales/shipments |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
Platinum | 80,000+ |
| Denmark | Platinum | 15,000 |
| Germany | Platinum | 300,000 |
| Finland | Gold | 5,000+ |
| Italy | 2x Platinum | 60,000 |
| Switzerland | Platinum | 30,000 |
| Spain | 2x Platinum | 80,000 |
| United States | Platinum | 1,000,000 |
Chart procession and succession
Release history
| Region | Date | Format |
|---|---|---|
| France | October 19, 2009 | Digital download |
| November 16, 2009 | CD single | |
| Canada | February 2, 2010 | Digital download |
| United States | ||
| United Kingdom | May 9, 2010 | |
| May 10, 2010 | CD single | |
| Australia | June 6, 2010 | Digital download |
Mia Martina version
Ultra Records hired Canadian artist Mia MartinaMia Martina
Mia Martina is a Canadian artist from Saint-Ignace, New Brunswick and is signed to CP Records. She has been working in the studio with Belly and RyanDan on her upcoming debut album titled Devotion, due for release on August 30, 2011. Her first single release was a cover version of Edward Maya and...
to record an official remix of Maya's "Stereo Love". The rights to an official remix were acquired by Ultra Records from Romanian label Cat Music. As the writer and producer of the song Maya is paid royalties every time all of the remixes are played and sold of the song, including the official remix featuring Martina.
It was released to the United States on iTunes on August 10, 2010 and in the Canadian market in September 2010 from Martina's upcoming album Devotion. It is released on Ultra Records/EMI. The music video was directed by Marc André Debruyne.
Controversy
On January 7, 2011 Maya posted a statement expressing his disappointment with "the music industry" and the use of his name to promote Mia Martina's concerts, alleging that Martina's promoters were misleading audiences into believing that Maya would be present at Martina's concerts.Maya does not know Martina personally and states that he does not "approve of her", though the actual meaning of this is unclear. A letter, addressed to CP Records
CP Records
CP Records, formerly known as Capital Prophet Records, is a Canadian independent record label. It was founded in 2002 in Ottawa, Ontario by Tony Sal. It is now headquartered in Toronto, Ontario...
, allegedly written by Maya's legal team, has described their opposition to the marketing of Martina's tour. The letter suggests that Martina has been promoting her performances as "cover performances" of Maya. Maya's legal team apparently disagrees that her performances qualify as "covers".
The original version by Maya and Vika Jigulina was already a Top 20 hit on Canadian Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #19 before it was outpeaked by the version promoted with Mia Martina, reaching #10.
Peak positions
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100 Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... ) |
10 |