Romanian singer Alexandra Stan (in picture) is one of the winners of the European Border Breakers' Awards, the European Commission has announced. She joined a group of nine other young musicians from the EU who also received the award. Stan was the only singer from Romania to get this award.

To be eligible for the awards, the artists must have enjoyed border-breaking success with their first international release in Europe between 1 August 2010 and 31 July 2011. The winners are selected by music market analyst Nielsen Music Control on the basis of record sales and broadcast frequency and according to votes by European Broadcasting Union (EBU) radio stations and festivals participating in the European Talent Exchange Program (ETEP).

Former winners of the 'EBBA Awards include Adele, The Baseballs, Carla Bruni, KT Tunstall, Tokio Hotel, The Ting Tings, Lykke Li, The Scripts, Milow, Katie Melua, Mumford and Sons and Caro Emerald. Now in their ninth year, the awards are funded by the EU Culture Programme and organized by Eurosonic Noorderslag, in partnership with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

Alexandra Stan is a Romanian singer better known for the song Mr. Saxobeat. She was born on June 10, 1989 in Constanta, on the Black Sea shore. She is also known for her songs “Lollipop” and “Show me the way”. We wrote about her here. Listen to one of her songs below.

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(photo source: European Border Breakers' Awards)