Alexandru Cotoi
Romanian composer, producer and disc jockey
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Alexandru «Alex» Cotoi,[4] also known as SICKOTOY is a Romanian sound producer, composer, and DJ. He is widely known for his work with many singers such as Delia, Inna, Irina Rimes and Alexandra Stan; collaborates with the Global Records label.[5][6] Under the pseudonym Sickotoy,[7] he released the commercially successful songs "Addicted" and "You Don't Love Me" in 2019 with Minelli and Roxen, respectively, which reached the top three on the Romanian Airplay 100 chart.
- Alex Cotoi
- Kotto
- Sickotoy
1985 (age 40–41)
Early life and career
Cotoi wrote his first songs in 2003.[8] In October 2007, he formed the music group Sonichouse with Radu Dumitriu, Răzvan Gorcinski, and Victor Bourosu, having met while being part of and performing alongside Morandi.[9] During his time as a member of Sonichouse, Cotoi adopted the nickname of Kotto.[10] Sonichouse released their only album, titled Supersonic, on 16 April 2011.[11] The group stopped releasing music once Bourosu chose to pursue a solo career.[12]
In 2022, he was a jury member on One True Singer, a music competition that was produced by HBO Max in collaboration with Global Records.[13]
Personal life
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Supersonic (as part of Sonichouse) |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM [15] |
BUL [16] |
CIS [17] |
RUS [18] |
UKR [19] | |||
| "Come Home"[20] (as part of Sonichouse) |
2010 | — | — | — | — | — | Supersonic |
| "Hold You"[21] (as part of Sonichouse) |
— | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Morning Sun"[10] (as part of Sonichouse) |
2011 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Addicted"[22] (featuring Minelli) |
2019 | 2 | — | 130 | — | — | |
| "You Don't Love Me"[23] (featuring Roxen) |
3 | 7 | — | — | — | ||
| "Dum Dum"[24] (with Ilkay Sencan featuring uncredited vocals by Minelli) |
2020 | 20 | — | — | — | — | |
| "VKTM"[25] (with Inna and TAG) |
92 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Gasolina"[26] (with Emaa) |
13 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Touché"[27] (with Misha Miller) |
— | — | — | — | 47 | ||
| "Snake Dance"[28] (with Forever Kids) |
— | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Green Light"[29] (with Aysia and BJ) |
2021 | 47 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Call 911"[30] (with Maruv) |
— | — | 91 | 76 | — | ||
| "Hollywood"[31] (with BeatItPunk featuring Yoelle) |
— | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Billie Jean"[32] (with Bastien) |
— | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Dancin' to Forget"[33] (with Randi) |
— | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Papa"[34] (with Elvana Gjata and Inna) |
18 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Runnin' Out of Love"[35] (with Nethy Aber) |
— | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Maria"[36] (with Iraida) |
— | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Too Deep"[37] (with Eva Timush) |
2022 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Said and Done"[38] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Don't Let Me Go" (with Danny Chris) |
2023 | — | — | 20 | 19 | — | |
| "I Did" (with Minelli) |
2025 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||||||