Play & Win is a Romanian Dance music trio formed in 2000, one of the leading music producers in Romania.[1] The band has consisted of Sebastian Barac (lead vocals), Marcel Botezan (backing vocals), and Radu Bolfea (backing vocals) for the majority of its existence. The band is also a leading production team having collaborated with many famous Romanian bands and singers over the years like Inna, Akcent, 3rei Sud Est and Cătălin Josan.[1] As singers
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Play & Win is a Romanian Dance music trio formed in 2000, one of the leading music producers in Romania.[1] The band has consisted of Sebastian Barac (lead vocals), Marcel Botezan (backing vocals), and Radu Bolfea (backing vocals) for the majority of its existence. The band is also a leading production team having collaborated with many famous Romanian bands and singers over the years like Inna, Akcent, 3rei Sud Est and Cătălin Josan.[1] As singers they debuted in 2009 with the single "Slow Motion" and reached the first place in Kiss FM's Fresh Top 40.[2] It was one of the biggest hits of the spring in Romania. As producers they debuted in 2005 with the single "Kylie" for the Romanian band Akcent that was a huge hit in Europe reaching the top five positions in charts of Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and Turkey, and the first position in the Netherlands, Finland and Romanian charts.[3] The next band with which they collaborated was Activ, creating hits like "Superstar", "Dor", "Heaven" and "Lucruri Simple". Other collaborations include 3rei Sud Est's "Alături de Îngeri", Sistem's "Oare unde eşti" and Andra's "We Go Crazy".[1] Another hit that they composed Zero's "Sunny Days" came second in the Romanian national Eurovision Song Contest 2009 trials just behind the winning "The Balkan Girls" of Elena Gheorghe.[4] Play & Win are also the masterminds behind the most popular artists in Romania today, Inna, Morris and Bob Taylor. They produced Inna's first album "Hot" which features the smash hits "Hot", "Love", "Déjà Vu", "Amazing" and "10 Minutes".[5][6] The first singles "Hot" and "Love" were posted on YouTube and reached more than 40 million views to date.[7][8] In the creation of the single "Déjà Vu" Play & Win and Inna have collaborated with Romanian DJ Bob Taylor. Interpreted by Taylor and Inna, the song became a successful hit in countries like Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, Hungary and France.[6] Another hit Play & Win produced was Morris' "Desire" which reached fifth place in the Fresh Top 40.[9] In 2011, Play & Win produced Inna's second studio album "I Am The Club Rocker!" which includes the hit singles "Sun Is Up" and "Club Rocker". With their own single "Ya BB" Play & Win reached a massive chart success in Romania as it reached number one on the official Romanian Top 100 on June 5, 2011. Play & Win are amongst the most prolific music producers in Romania having over 300 music singles registered at the Union of Composers in Romania.[10]
