Adriana Livia Opriș (born 17 September 1996), known professionally as Olivia Addams, is a Romanian singer, songwriter, and member of the band Jealous Friend.[1] She gained popularity in 2020 after releasing the single "Dumb".[2][3]

Olivia Addams
Olivia Addams
Addams at The Artist Awards, 2020
Born
Adriana Livia Opriș

(1996-09-17) 17 September 1996 (age 27)
Bucharest, Romania
Occupations
  • Singer
  • Songwriter
  • Producer
  • YouTuber
  • TikToker
Years active2018–present
Musical career
Genres
Labels
  • MusicTap
  • Creator Records
  • Ultra Records
  • Global

Early life and career edit

1996–2017: Childhood years. The first musical activities edit

Adriana Livia Opriș was born in Bucharest, Romania. Her mother is a lawyer and her father is an accountant. At the age of three, she began singing in the Allegretto Children Choir from Bucharest. For the next fourteen years, she travelled the world with the children's choir and performed in many countries, including Japan, the United States, China, Singapore, Mexico, and all over Europe.[4] Olivia studied for a year in Germany because she wanted to learn German and then returned to Romania and continued her faculty and master's degree also in German.[4]

2018-2021 edit

In 2018 Olivia Addams appeared in Pete Kingsman's single "Love Poison".[5] In 2019 the singer recorded her first solo single, called "Sick Lullaby". The song was widely broadcast in the Commonwealth of Independent States and became a hit in Ukraine.[6][7] In the same year, she joined the Jealous Friend band, with whom in 2019 she recorded three songs: "Who's Gonna Love You" (with Jesse Zagata), "In My Mind", and "Cold".[8][9][10]

Olivia Addams' first single in 2020 was "I'm Lost"[11] and was followed by "Dumb". It got to the Polish music charts in the 9th position.[12] In August 2020, it released the single "Fish in the Sea".[13][14] In the same year, she recorded three songs with the Jealous Friend band: "Wanna Say Hi" (with Bastian), "Himalayas" (with Tobi Ibitoye) and "To The Moon And Back".[15][16][17] In November 2020, she released a single "Are We There?" through which the awareness-raising efforts and the fight against bullying continue.[18] In December 2020, she released a Christmas single entitled "Merry Tik Tok" with Romanian dacer Emil Rengle.[19]

On April 16, 2021, Olivia Addams released the single "Stranger" through Global Records and Creator Records.[20][21] [22] The single performed well in the Commonwealth of Independent States.[23] Also, in April 2021, she released the single "Believe" with the Jealous Friend band.[24]

In May 2021, Addams was invited to Poland. During this trip, she gave an interview to Paulina Krupińska and Damian Michałowski in the program Dzień Dobry TVN and was invited to Radio Eska, Radio Zet and 4fun.tv.[25][26][27] She also sang in a duet with Sanah in her song "Invisible Dress".[28]

On June 24, 2021, she released together the single "Heart Attack" with Romanian band Akcent.[29] The music and lyrics of the song were created by Achim Marian, Adrian Sînă, Andreas Öberg, George Papagheorghe and Olivia Addams.[30]

Starting in 2021, she was a juror with Speak and Marius Moga at Hit Play, the first music show made by Vodafone and broadcast exclusively on the Internet, and which aims to find the next music star in Romania.[31][32][33]

Discography edit

Singles edit

As lead artist
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
POL CIS UKR ROU
Airplay
[34]
TV
[35]
Radio
[36]
Radio & YouTube
[23]
Radio
[37]
Radio & YouTube
[38]
Kiev Radio
[39]
Airplay
[40][41][42]
Radio
[43]
TV
[44]
"Sick Lullaby" 2019 Non-album single
"I'm Lost" 2020
"Dumb" 9 123 13 4 7
"Fish in the Sea"
"Are We There?" 2 4 30
"Merry Tik Tok"
(with Emil Rengle)
"Stranger" 2021 1 4 52 343 3 16 4 40
"Heart Attack"
(with Akcent)
16 355
"Chameleon"
"Broken"
(with Gromee)
95
"Scrisori în minor" 2022
"Never Say Never" 3 2
"Răsărit perfect" 8 2 6
"Fool Me Once" 1
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Promotional singles
Title Year
„În Golul Tău (Live Session)”[46]
(with Holy Molly and The Motans)
2021

Songs for other artists edit

Year Author Title Peak chart positions Notes
ROU
Airplay
[47][48][49]
Radio
[50]
TV
[50]
2018 Antonia, featuring Erik Frank "Matame" 2 1 1 music, lyric[51][52]
2019 Jo "Rapitor" 69 lyric[53]
2020 Cleopatra Stratan "La usa mea" music, production, lyric[54][55]
Lizot, Holy Molly and Alex Parker "Back To Her" music, lyric[56]
Iarina "Cry" music, lyric[57]
2021 Antonia and Yoss Bones "Dinero" 41 music, lyrics[58]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos edit

Title Year Director Production Ref.
As lead artist
"Sick Lullaby" 2019 N/A Marius Dia, Alex Parker [59]
"I'm Lost" 2020 Isabella Szanto Marius Dia, Alex Parker, Bogdan Zamonea [60]
"Dumb" Creator Records, Loops Production [61]
"Dumb" (Vertical Video Live Session) N/A Creator Records [62]
"Fish in the Sea" (Lyric Video) Isabella Szanto Alex Parker, Bogdan Zamonea [63]
"Are We There?" Marius Dia, Alex Parker [64]
"Merry Tik Tok" Emil Rengle REALM [65]
"Stranger" 2021 Isabella Szanto, Roberto Stan Bogdan Zamonea, Cristian Puchiu [66]
As featured artist
"Bandida" 2019 N/A Alex Volintiru [67]
"Love Games" Alex Parker [68]

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