[Gare]

> and I don't think I know any pop stars with that background off the top of my head.

But Romania gave us the Dragostea din tei (Numa-numa song :)

[throw-the-towel]

That wasn't even Romania, that was the smaller Moldova, a country of about 4 million at the time.

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A beautiful global phenomenon whose artist I sadly cannot name.