Morandi (Bucharest; Romania) is a Romanian band playing in the Eurodance style.
The band's name is made up of the vocalists' names: Mo is Marius Moga, and Randi is the pseudonym of Andrei Ropcea. The band was formed in Bucharest, Romania, in 2004.
Marius Moga (Romanian: Marius Moga, born December 30, 1981) is a Romanian musician, member of Morandi.
Andrei Stefan Ropcea (born May 23, 1983) is a Romanian musician, member of Morandi band.
In 2004 Marius Moga and Andrei Ropcea, who were well known artists in Bucharest at that time, decided to record a joint track called "Love Me". There was no question of creating a band at that time. The song was recorded and then circulated incognito through the clubs of Bucharest. The public reacted favorably to it, after which Moga and Ropcea announced the creation of a new project, which was called Morandi. The single "Angels" got 7 platinum status in Russia (as ring-back tone), with sales of 1 million 400 thousand copies.
Also the single went gold as a realtone with sales of 50 thousand copies. The single "Save me" went platinum twice, with sales of 400,000 copies.
The debut album "Reverse" was released on July 17, 2005 and received UPFR gold certification in December. As of December 2021, the album had sold two million copies worldwide.
The band's discography includes 3 studio albums, 16 singles, and a video has been released for each single.