Introduction
Adriana Livia Opriș (born 17 September 1996), known professionally as Olivia Addams, is a Romanian singer, songwriter, and member of the band Jealous Friend. She gained popularity in 2020 after releasing the single "Dumb".
Early life and career
1996–2017: Childhood years. The first musical activities
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. 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.
2018-2021
In 2018 Olivia Addams appeared in Pete Kingsman's single "Love Poison". 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. 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".
Olivia Addams' first single in 2020 was "I'm Lost" and was followed by "Dumb". It got to the Polish music charts in the 9th position. In August 2020, it released the single "Fish in the Sea". 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". In November 2020, she released a single "Are We There?" through which the awareness-raising efforts and the fight against bullying continue. In December 2020, she released a Christmas single entitled "Merry Tik Tok" with Romanian dacer Emil Rengle.
On April 16, 2021, Olivia Addams released the single "Stranger" through Global Records and Creator Records.The single performed well in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Also, in April 2021, she released the single "Believe" with the Jealous Friend band.
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. She also sang in a duet with Sanah in her song "Invisible Dress".
On June 24, 2021, she released together the single "Heart Attack" with Romanian band Akcent. The music and lyrics of the song were created by Achim Marian, Adrian Sînă, Andreas Öberg, George Papagheorghe and Olivia Addams.
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.
Discography
Singles
- As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POL | CIS | UKR | ROU | ||||||||||
| Airplay |
TV |
Radio |
Radio & YouTube |
Radio |
Radio & YouTube |
Kiev Radio |
Airplay |
Radio |
TV | ||||
| "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" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Stranger" | 2021 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 343 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 40 | — | — |
| |
| "Heart Attack" |
16 | — | 355 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Chameleon" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Broken" |
95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Scrisori în minor" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Never Say Never" | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Răsărit perfect" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | 6 | |||
| "Fool Me Once" | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
- Promotional singles
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| „În Golul Tău (Live Session)” |
2021 |
Songs for other artists
| Year | Author | Title | Peak chart positions | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROU | |||||||
| Airplay |
Radio |
TV | |||||
| 2018 | Antonia, featuring Erik Frank | "Matame" | 2 | 1 | 1 | music, lyric | |
| 2019 | Jo | "Rapitor" | 69 | — | — | lyric | |
| 2020 | Cleopatra Stratan | "La usa mea" | — | — | — | music, production, lyric | |
| Lizot, Holy Molly and Alex Parker | "Back To Her" | — | — | — | music, lyric | ||
| Iarina | "Cry" | — | — | — | music, lyric | ||
| 2021 | Antonia and Yoss Bones | "Dinero" | 41 | — | — | music, lyrics | |
Music videos
| Title | Year | Director | Production | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As lead artist | |||||
| "Sick Lullaby" | 2019 | N/A | Marius Dia, Alex Parker | ||
| "I'm Lost" | 2020 | Isabella Szanto | Marius Dia, Alex Parker, Bogdan Zamonea | ||
| "Dumb" | Creator Records, Loops Production | ||||
| "Dumb" (Vertical Video Live Session) | N/A | Creator Records | |||
| "Fish in the Sea" (Lyric Video) | Isabella Szanto | Alex Parker, Bogdan Zamonea | |||
| "Are We There?" | Marius Dia, Alex Parker | ||||
| "Merry Tik Tok" | Emil Rengle | REALM | |||
| "Stranger" | 2021 | Isabella Szanto, Roberto Stan | Bogdan Zamonea, Cristian Puchiu | ||
| As featured artist | |||||
| "Bandida" | 2019 | N/A | Alex Volintiru | ||
| "Love Games" | Alex Parker | ||||