Delia Matache

Delia Matache (born 7 February 1982), commonly referred to as simply Delia, is a Romanian singer and television personality. She was part of the pop group N&D (1999–2003). As solo artist, she has established herself as one of the most successful Romanian artists, releasing multiple hit singles on native record charts.

Delia Matache
Matache in 2023
Born	Delia Matache (1982-02-07) 7 February 1982 (age 43) Bucharest, Romania
Other names	Delia
Occupations	Singer TV personality actress
Years active	1999–present
Musical career
Genres	Pop dance EDM
Labels	Cat Music Global
Website	deliaofficial.ro

Life and career

Matache was born in Bucharest, Romania and graduated from the Dinu Lipatti music high school after having taken piano and flute studies for five years. She has a brother Eduard and a sister Oana; her mother's name is Gina. Matache's music career started in 1999, in 11th grade, after being approached by Nick (Nicolae Marin) to be part of the duo N&D. Until their disbandment in 2002, they released three albums and several singles, including the Romanian Top 100 number-one hit "Nu e vina mea" ("It Is Not My Fault"; 2001). In 2003, Matache started her solo career, adopting a more sexualized image and receiving more press coverage from tabloids.^[1] That same year, she premiered "Parfum de fericire" ("Perfume of Happiness"), which was successful in Romania, reaching number four, as well as her debut solo studio album of the same name.

Upon having attempted to represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the songs "Baby" and "Gândești prea High" ("You Think Too High") written by Costi Ioniță,^[2] Matache released her second album Listen Up! in June 2006, which contained the moderately successful single "Listen Up" featuring Matteo. In 2008, the singer participated in the dance competition Dansez pentru tine, the Romanian version of Dancing With the Stars, with partner Ionuț Pavel. In 2009, Matache also took part in the Golden Stag Festival, performing "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor.^[3]

Matache performing in 2016.

"Ipotecat" ("Mortgaged") and "Pe aripi de vânt" ("On Wind's Wings"), both released in 2014, became Matache's first solo number-one singles in Romania, with both topping the Airplay 100 chart. The singer followed this with another number-one, "Cum ne noi" ("How We Us"), in 2015 as a featured artist alongside Carla's Dreams, and with a string of top ten releases from 2015 to 2017, including "Da, mamă" ("Yes, Mother"; 2015), "Gura ta" ("Your Mouth"; 2016) and "Rămâi cu bine" ("All the Best"; 2017), the latter from her third solo album 7 (2020). Matache's 2020 single "Ne vedem noi" ("We'll See Each Other") with Smiley also became a number-one hit.

Delia has been a juror on X Factor România for multiple seasons starting from 2012.^[4][5] Since 2016, she has been a judge on the comedy show iUmor.^[6] In 2016 and 2019, Matache held the high-production concerts Deliria and Acadelia at Sala Palatului; there, she also performed more recent material whose style is oriented towards pop rock and trap.^[7] Matache is a supporter of people suffering from psoriasis,^[8][1][9] and of the LGBT community. Her 2018 single "Acadele" alludes to the 2018 Romanian constitutional referendum regarding the constitutional definition of a family.^[10]

Delia was chosen to dub Vexy in the movie Smurfs 2 ^[11] and Miss Hannigan in Annie. ^[12]

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums

Title	Album details
Parfum de Fericire[13]	Released: 18 July 2003 Label: Cat Music Formats: CD
Listen Up![14]	Released: 29 May 2007 Label: Cat Music Formats: CD, digital download
7[15]	Released: 11 February 2020 Label: Global Formats: CD, digital download
FLEX[16]	Released: 7 November 2023 Label: Global Formats: Vinyl, CD, digital download

Collaborative albums

List of collaborative albums

Title	Album details
Ionel, Ionelule[17] (with Gina Matache and Jan Mocanu)	Released: 2011 Label: Taifasuri Media Formats: CD

Compilations

List of compilations

Title	Album details
Pe aripi de vânt[18]	Released: 5 March 2015 Label: Cat Music Formats: CD, digital download
Deliria[19]	Released: 2 April 2016 Label: Cat Music Formats: CD, digital download
Acadelia[20]	Released: 2019 Label: Global Formats: CD, digital download

Live albums

List of live albums

Title	Album details
Live	Released: 4 March 2017 Label: Cat Music Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
ROM [21][A]	MOL [22]
"Ce vor de la mine"	2003	98	—	Parfum de fericire
"Parfum de fericire"		4	—
"Sufletul meu" (featuring DJ Star)	2004	15	—	Listen Up!
"Ziua ta"	2006	31	—
"Listen Up" (featuring Matteo)		36	—
"Let It Rain"	2009	100	—	Non-album singles
"Dale"	2011	12	—	Pe aripi de vânt
"Omadeo"	2012	43	—
"Wuella Wuella"		93	—
"Africana"		—	—
"Doi în unu" (featuring Mihai Bendeac)	2013	—	—
"U (Fighting with My Ghosts)"		43	—
"Doar pentru tine"		62	—
"Ipotecat" (with Uddi)	2014	1	—
"Pe aripi de vânt" (featuring Kaira)		1	10
"A lu' Mamaia" (featuring Speak)		46	—
"Inimi desenate"	2015	12	—
"Da, mamă"		10	—	Deliria
"Gura ta" (with Deepcentral)	2016	2	—
"Ce are ea"		23	—
"Cine m-a făcut om mare"		3	—
"Rămâi cu bine" (with Macanache)	2017	5	—	7
"Fata lu' tata"		49	—
"Du-te-mă"	2018	29	—
"Despablito" (featuring Grasu XXL)		14	—
"Trăiește frumos"		21	—
"Rămâi" (featuring the Motans)	2019	3	—
"Să-mi cânți"		26	—
"Aruncă-mă"	2020	19	—
"Cum era" (featuring Nane)		18	—	FLEX
"Ne vedem noi" (with Smiley)		1	—	Non-album singles
"În Rai" (with Nane)	2021	48	—
"Racheta"		23	—
"Cum am știut" (with Killa Fonic)	2022	2	—	FLEX
"Otzl Gltz"		5	—
"Lololo"	2023	1	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
ROM [21][A]
"Dulce" (Narcotic Sound featuring Delia)	2010	—	Non-album single
"Gone" (Bibanu MixXL featuring Puya and Delia)	2012	—	Nebun
"Aproape de tine" (F.Charm featuring Delia)		31	Non-album singles
"Love Me" (Sunrise Inc featuring Delia)	2013	—
"În culori" (Gojira & Planet H featuring Delia)		—
"Anii ce vin" (Mike Angello featuring Delia and Uddi)		64
"La fel" (Bibanu MixXL featuring Delia)		—
"Inima nu vrea" (Horia Brenciu featuring Delia)	2014	—	40+
"Cum ne noi" (Carla's Dreams featuring Delia)	2015	1	Ngoc & Deliria
"Atât de trist" (Taxi featuring Delia)	2016	—	Deliria
"Inadaptat" (Taxi featuring Delia)	2017	—	Non-album single
"Weekend" (The Motans featuring Delia)		3	My Gorgeous Drama Queens
"Inima" (Carla's Dreams featuring Delia)		—	Antiexemplu
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles

Title	Year	Album
"Secretul Mariei" (featuring Smiley)	2006	Listen Up!
"Sunshine"	2010	Non-album singles
"Ia-mă de mână"	2012
"Cineva la ușa mea"	2013	Pe aripi de vânt
"1234 (Unde dragoste nu e)"	2016	Deliria
"Fulg"
"Ceai, mami"		Non-album singles
"Verde împărat"	2017	7
"Acadele"	2018
"Vreau la țară"	2019
"Dragoste cu dinți"
"De azi pââââână de Crăciun"		Non-album singles
"Între noi"	2021

Guest appearances

List of guest appearances

Title	Year	Album
"Ce n-aș da" (Alex featuring Delia)	2006	Yamasha
"Mona" (Damian & Brothers featuring Delia)	2016	Gypsy Rock: Change or Die
"Cine-a pus cârciuma-n drum" (Damian & Brothers featuring Delia, Omu' iubit and Dorian)

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
Media Music Awards	2015	Delia	Best Female	Won	[23]
		"Pe aripi de vânt"	Best Song	Won
			Best Featuring	Won
			Best Video	Won
			Media Forest Award	Won
			Best Pop	Won
			Best YouTube	Won
	2016	"Gura ta"	Best Featuring	Won	[24]
	2017	Delia	Best Female	Won	[25]
MTV Romania Music Awards	2004	"Ce vor de la mine"	Best Female	Nominated	[26]
	2005	"Parfum de fericire"	Best Female	Nominated	[27]
	2006	Delia	Best Female	Nominated	[28]
Romanian Music Awards	2012	"Dale"	Best Female	Nominated	[29]
	2014	"Ipotecat"	Best Female	Nominated	[30]
			Best Song	Nominated
Radio România Actualități Awards	2015	Delia	Best Female	Won	[31][32]
			Best Artist	Nominated
		"Pe aripi de vânt"	Best Song	Won
			Best Pop Song	Nominated
	2016	"Inimi desenate"	Best Song	Won	[33][34]
			Big Like	Won
		Delia	Best Artist	Won
			Best Female	Nominated
	2017	"Gura ta"	Best Song	Nominated	[35]
			Best Duo/Group	Won
			Best Pop Song	Won
		"Ce are ea"		Nominated
			Best Video	Nominated
		"Cine m-a făcut om mare"	Best Message	Nominated
		Delia	Best Female	Nominated
			Best Artist	Nominated
		Deliria	Best Album	Won
	2018	Weekend	Best Song	Nominated	[36]

Notes

1. Notes concerning the Romanian peaks:

   • The Airplay 100 replaced the Romanian Top 100 as Romania's national chart in February 2012 after the latter ceased its weekly issuing, but ended itself in November 2021. Since the Airplay 100 lacks archives, the peak position of "Da, mamă" is determined by taking Media Forest's—the compiler of the Airplay 100—radio chart into consideration.
   • Both Romania Songs, Billboard's streaming and digital download-based chart inaugurated in February 2022, and the airplay charts published by Uniunea Producătorilor de Fonograme din România since November 2021 are taken into consideration for Romanian peaks after the Airplay 100's cancellation in November 2021.