"Stereo Love" is a 2009 song recorded by Romanian musician Edward Maya featuring Vika Jigulina, released as his debut single in late 2009 from his album Stereo Love. The refrain is from Bayatilar composed by Azerbaijani musician Eldar Mansurov. It became a worldwide hit in dance clubs and rose to the top of Romanian, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Finnish, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, and Irish singles charts.
In the autumn of 2009, Azerbaijani composer Mansurov contacted the Romanian Office for Copyright claiming the refrain of "Stereo Love" was a copy of a tune from his popular 1989 composition "Bayatilar". In the videoclip, the composer of "Stereo Love" was indicated as "Anonymous". Both the Office and Edward Maya later confirmed that Mansurov's work was in fact used in the making of "Stereo Love". Maya commented by saying he was "fascinated" by the accordion version of "Bayatılar" he had come across on the Internet earlier in 2009 and claimed he had tried to contact the author but failed due to his busy schedule. On 19 January 2010, Edward Maya signed an agreement with Eldar Mansurov affirming their co-authorship of "Stereo Love'.
On the issue date October 17, 2009, the song debuted at number 12 on the French Digital Singles Chart. It became number-one on November 22, 2009, with more than 6,142 copies sold. It reached its highest weekly sales on January 3, 2010 with 9,763 sales. The song remained at number one for a total of eight consecutive weeks. On the issue date November 22, 2009, "Stereo Love" debuted at number two on the French Physical Singles Chart and became number-one on December 27, 2009. In Belgium (Wallonia), the single entered the Ultratop 40 at number 40 on 28 November 2009 and reached a peak of number two eleven weeks later. In the Netherlands, it was ranked for two weeks atop, eleven weeks in the top ten and 17 weeks in the top 40. In Switzerland, the single debuted at number 3 and peaked at number 2. In the UK the song entered the UK chart at #4 & fell quickly. In Ireland, the first week of release, the unofficial DJ Team version proved to be more popular (#8 in the IRMA singles chart) than Edward Maya's (#17); however, on May 21 the former dropped three places to #11 while the latter jumped eleven positions to #6 just before reaching a week later the top of the chart where it has been for four consecutive weeks. It has also debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #93 on the week ending October 23, 2010 and has since risen to #19.
Outside of Europe, "Stereo Love" enjoyed the most chart success in Canada, where it debuted at number 93 on the Canadian Hot 100 on the issue dated February 13, 2010. Three weeks later, "Stereo Love" reached the top forty and later peaked inside the top ten.
In the United States, the single entered the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay chart at number 23 in the April 17, 2010 issue. During its second week it slipped to number 25, but in its fourth week saw a major move in the May 8, 2010 issue, moving 25-8, the biggest jump ever on the chart, and ultimately reaching the number one position three times in its June 5, June 26, and September 18, 2010 issues. The single was released through Ultra Records, the same label that also scored another top 10 US Dance Airplay hit in 2010 with another song by a Romanian artist, "Hot" by Inna, which also went all the way to number one, thus giving Ultra Records the distinction of having artists from the same country reach number one in the same year with debut singles on the same chart. It would become the number one Dance Airplay single of 2010 in Billboard's Year End issue.
On the Italian FIMI chart the song peaked at number four for two non-consecutive weeks in April 2010 and spent 17 weeks within the top 10.
The official "Stereo Love" music video received more than 75 million YouTube hits during its first year on the site.'Stereo Love' is the longest song in the history of European top Hot 100, accumulating 52 weeks.The previous record was held with the song Lady Gaga 'Poker Face'.
(source : wikipedia)
worldwide chart success
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75) 2
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) 7
Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia) 2
Brazil Billboard Hot 100 Airplay 8
Brazil Billboard Hot Pop Songs 2
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) 19
Czech Republic (IFPI) 1
Denmark (Tracklisten) 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 1
European Hot 100 Singles 3
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) 8
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) 1
France (SNEP) 1
France (SNEP) Download Chart 1
Germany (Media Control AG) 4
Italy (FIMI) 4
Ireland (IRMA) 1
Norway (VG-lista) 1
Slovakia (IFPI) 1
Spain (PROMUSICAE) 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) 1
Switzerland (Media Control AG) 2
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 4
UK Dance (The Official Charts Company) 1
US Billboard Hot 100 19
US Pop Songs (Billboard) 18
video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-Z3YrHJ1sU
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