Mandinga (band)

Mandinga
Mandinga in 2009
Background information
Origin	Bucharest, Romania
Genres	Latin pop
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Cat Music
Website	www.mandinga.ro
Members	Barbara Isasi Alex Chupi Zach (Valle) El Niño Omar Tony
Past members	Elena Gheorghe Elena Ionescu

Mandinga is a Romanian pop group band from Bucharest. The original soloist of the band was Elena Gheorghe who left in 2005. From 2006 until 2016, the lead vocalist was Elena Ionescu. Ionescu left the band in March 2016 to pursue a solo career and was replaced by Spanish singer Barbara Isasi.^[1]

After winning the Romanian national final, the group represented Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and placed 12th with the song "Zaleilah".^[2]

Discography

Albums

• ...de corazón (2003)

1. Doar cu tine
2. La Primavera
3. Dacă inima iți bate tare
4. Hai cu noi
5. Spune-mi
6. Mocheta
7. Visez
8. Solo con tigo
9. Visez (remix)
10. La Primavera (remix)
11. Spune-mi (remix)

• Soarele Meu (2005)

1. Donde estas
2. Soarele meu
3. De Crăciun
4. Soarele meu (Sunny remix)
5. Vreau
6. Nu, nu. nu
7. Todo
8. O seară
9. Oh, Cango
10. Soarele meu (Giant remix)
11. Vreau să pot visa
12. Intro

• Gozalo (2006)

1. "Goochi" – 3:34
2. "Aventura" – 3:17
3. "Doar tu" – 3:56
4. "Goi" – 3:48
5. "Que bonito" – 3:48
6. "Când sunt cu tine" (feat. Alex) – 4:10
7. "Gozalo!" – 3:39
8. "Con mucho amor" – 3:41
9. "Let Me Know" – 3:27
10. "Coincidencia" – 3:26
11. "Oye como va" – 3:48
12. "Goochi" (Chicanos remix) – 3:35

• Donde (2008)

1. "Intro" – 1:26
2. "Ciorba (de la bunica)" – 4:29
3. "Donde" – 3:52
4. "Muevete" – 3:22
5. "Dor de tine" – 3:06
6. "Cristina" – 2:31
7. "Sin ti" – 3:15
8. "Chico rico" – 3:46
9. "Mi historia" – 3:41
10. "Yo te lo dare" – 4:56
11. "Outro" – 0:41

• Club de Mandinga (2012)

1. "Colours" - 3:11
2. "Tu me das" - 3:43
3. "Love" - 3:12
4. "Party All Night Long" - 3:19
5. "Sufletul zâmbea" - 3:10
6. "Papichulo" - 3:41
7. "Tu quiero" - 3:20
8. "Europarty" - 3:34
9. "Zaleilah (radio edit) - 3:40
10. "Gimme Some More" - 3:00
11. "Dame Dame" - 3:30
12. "Dame Calor" - 3:27
13. "Zaleilah" (Quentin remix) - 6:15

Singles

International singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Year	Title	Peak chart positions			Certifications	Album
		ROM [3]	NED [4]	SWE [5]
2012	"Europarty"	—	—	—		Club de Mandinga
	"Zaleilah"	2	78	48
	"Papichulo"	—	—	—
2013	"The Mac Mac Song"	—	—	—
	"La Vita E Bella"	—	—	—
	"Cinéma"	—	—	—

References

1. Honciuc, Bogdan (14 March 2016). "Romania: Elena Ionescu leaves Mandinga to pursue solo career". Wiwibloggs.
2. "It's Mandinga for Romania | News | Eurovision Song Contest - Baku 2012". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
3. Airplay 100 on KissFM (Podcast April 29, 2012)
4. Belgium Flanders Ultratip Chart
5. SwedishCharts.com Mandinga discography (Sweden)