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Saxobeats is the debut studio album by Romanian dance/pop singer Alexandra Stan. The album was released on August 29, 2011 on Play On/Jeff Records in France, following a worldwide release step-by-step until early 2012. Four singles were spawned from the album: "Get Back (ASAP)", "Lollipop (Param Pam Pam)", "1.000.000" and the worldwide number-one hit "Mr. Saxobeat". The album contains thirteen tracks (eight distinct song plus five remixes).[5] The tracks on the album tackle various genres (mainly dance, synthpop, hi-NRG, pop and R&B) as well as a collaboration with rapper Carlprit. A deluxe edition of the album was released on October 10, 2013, in Japan under a new title "Cliche (Hush Hush)".[6]

Background and development

In 2011, Alexandra Stan received a recording track from a record label. In the past she has participated in various music-related contests with a notable appearance at the Mamaia Festival section interpretation, Romania's most known festival. Because of this, she was contacted and joined by Maan Studio, who consisted Marcel Prodan and Andrei Nemirschi, who are also her producers. She had recorded her first single "Lollipop". However, the single did not chart in any charts, but did receive success worldwide online. The single was released on Romanian Radio's. Stan was later signed to the independent electronic dance music record label Ultra Records.[7]

In an interview during a concert in Czech Republic, Stan announced that the album works and writing is finished. She also stated that the album will hold only ten songs, which are already finished.[8]

Recordings and composition

In an interview, Stan said that most of her songs are "part of my life and they are telling a different story." She said "The album will be very diversified and I’ll approach many genres.". Most of the songs on the album are related to Alexandra in different ways.[9] The album features various forms of electronic music; specifically house and eurodance.[citation needed] The track "One Million" was released both through Stan's own website and through her label's YouTube channel. The track is a R&B-inspired song and features Zimbabwe-born German rapper and actor, Carlprit.[citation needed] The nu-disco song "Show Me The Way", a cover of the Peter Frampton hit, was also released on her record label's YouTube channel.[citation needed] Following on from these, Stan recorded her third single "Get Back (ASAP)" which was released as her third single from the album. The song touches on Eurodance, Europop, pop and the electropop genres throughout.[citation needed] Two versions were released for the song, a "Maan Extended Version" and the newer studio version, which was the version chosen for the main single release.

Singles

"Mr. Saxobeat" was released as the lead single of the album on February 24, 2011. It was a worldwide success peaking at number-one in at least twelve countries and inside the top-five in other fifteen countries, including the United Kingdom, Spain or New Zealand. In France and Ireland it peaked at number-six. The single had also reached the top forty in Australia, Canada and in the Billboard Hot 100. "Get Back (ASAP)" was released as the second international single on March 19, 2011. It has charted at number four in Romania and at number nineteen in France. The US and UK release is yet to come. Worldwide, the single sold over 4,000,000 copies and was the 27th best selling single of 2011 worldwide.

"Lollipop (Param Pam Pam)" was originally released as a promotional single in 2009. The song charted within the Romanian Top 100 in 2010. It was then released in the United States on May 31, 2011 as the second official single (third overall). "1.000.000" a song featuring rapper Carlprit, was sent to mainstream radio stations in Belgium and France. A music video for the song started filming in Bucharest on December 6, 2011.

Track listing

All songs written by Marcel Prodan and Andrei Nemirschi unless otherwise stated.

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mr. Saxobeat" 3:15
2."Ting-Ting" 3:56
3."Show Me the Way"Peter Frampton3:43
4."Lollipop (Param Pam Pam)" 3:54
5."Crazy" 3:29
6."Bitter-Sweet" 3:37
7."Get Back (ASAP)" 3:29
8."1.000.000" (featuring Carlprit)Nemirschi, Prodan, Marcian Alin Soare3:18
9."Mr. Saxobeat" (Maan Studio Remix) 3:42
10."Lollipop (Param Pam Pam)" (Club Version) 4:11
11."Get Back (ASAP)" (Maan Studio Remix) 3:21
12."Mr. Saxobeat" (Extended Version) 4:16
13."Get Back (ASAP)" (Studio Club Remix Extended Version) 4:26
Total length:48:37
Japan iTunes Store Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks[12]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."1.000.000" (featuring Carlprit) (Maan Studio Remix)Nemirschi, Prodan, Soare4:30
15."Mr. Saxobeat" (Smart Move Records Remix) 4:20
16."Mr. Saxobeat" (Yasutaka Nakata Remix) 6:19
Total length:63:47

Charts

Chart (2011–12) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13] 25
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] 27
French Albums (SNEP)[15] 76
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] 29
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[17] 39
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[18] 15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 24

Release history

Region Date Format Label Edition(s)
France[20] August 29, 2011 CD, digital download Play On/Jeff Records Standard
Germany[21] September 9, 2011 Columbia Records
Poland [22] September 23, 2011 Universal Music
Italy October 4, 2011[23] Digital download EGO Italy
October 11, 2011[24] CD
United States[25] October 18, 2011 Digital download Ultra Records
Canada[26]
October 24, 2011[27] CD
United States
Japan March 7, 2012 CD, digital download Victor Entertainment
June 20, 2012 Digital download Deluxe
United Kingdom[28] October 22, 2012 3Beat

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