Ion Chirinciuc (born September 15, 1984), better known by stage name Vanotek, is a Moldovan-Romanian record producer and disc jockey. He started producing music for native artists before releasing his debut single "My Heart is Gone" in 2015. The song became successful in Romania, and also brought him a nomination for Best Romanian Act at the 2016 MTV Europe Music Awards. In November 2017, Global Records distributed his debut studio album No Sleep. Two of its singles, "Tell Me Who" and "Back to Me", reached the charts in Romania and Ukraine, among other countries.
Career Ion Chirinciuc was born September 15, 1984 in Ungheni, Moldova. He moved to Romania to study at the Octav Băncilă Art School in Iași, and later relocated to Bucharest to pursue a career in music. 17 years old at that time, Vanotek went on to produce material for notable artists such as Dan Balan, Antonia and Tom Boxer. In 2015 he released his debut single, "My Heart is Gone", featuring vocals from Yanka. The song went on to be commercially successful in Romania, and brought him a nomination for Best Romanian Act at the 2016 MTV Europe Music Awards. In the same year, Vanotek attempted to represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden with "I'm Coming Home", featuring the Code and Georgian. He ultimately finished in second place in Romania's selection show Selecția Națională. In November 2017, Vanotek released his debut album, No Sleep, distributed by Global Records. Alongside the latter label, he is also signed by Ultra Music. The album spawned a string of singles, including "Tell Me Who" and "Back to Me" with Eneli, which attained success in countries such as Romania and Russia.
In October 2019 Vanotek released single "Take Me" in collaboration with Ukrainian singer Myata.
Personal life Vanotek is the father of two children.
Discography Studio albums + Title Album details No Sleep Released: 22 November 2017 Label: Global Format: Digital download
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions AlbumPOLPeak chart positions for singles in Poland: "Tell Me Who": "Back to Me": RUS "My Heart is Gone"(featuring Yanka)2015 — —No Sleep "I'm Coming Home"(featuring the Code and Georgian) — — "Viajero"(featuring Hevito)2016 — — "My Mind"(featuring Minelli) — — "În dormitor"(featuring Minelli) — — "Take the Highway"2017 — — "Tell Me Who"(featuring Eneli) 11 2 "No Sleep"(featuring Minelli) — 168 "Back to Me"(featuring Eneli) 15 5 "Tara"(featuring Eneli) — — "Vision" — — "Runa" — — "My Day"(with Slider & Magnit featuring Mikayla)2018 — 217Meet Again(Slider & Magnit album) "Love is Gone" — 12rowspan="8" "Cherry Lips"(featuring Mikayla)2019 — — "Dirty Diamonds"(featuring Tobi Ibitoye) — — "Muzica E Pentru Toti"(with Irina Rimes) — — "Bring Us Back"(feat. Joshua Ziggy)2020 — — "Talk to Me"(feat. Bastien) — — "Someone"(feat. Denitia)2021 — — "Weekend"(with Veve Milah)2022 — — "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result2016MTV Europe Music AwardsBest Romanian ActVanotek
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