He graduated from George Enescu Music High School in Bucharest and is currently a final year student at the Bucharest Conservatory. His fourth single ' Mono in Love' was released on 29 November 2012 also featuring Vika Jigulina.

In an interview Edward Maya talked about his Desert Rain tour he mentions he'll start off with India and later he will be touring Europe, US, South Africa and Pakistan. Maya released the song and video for his third single ' Desert Rain' on Christmas night worldwide.

To help maintain control of his career and provide opportunities for other artists, Maya has formed his own record label, Mayavin Records. On, Maya released his second single ' This Is My Life'.

'Stereo Love' has received over 539 million YouTube views as of November 2022. While this success was followed by concerts worldwide, the song entered the top-5 singles charts in Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK. Later that year, 'Stereo Love' became an international hit in clubs. In the summer of 2009, Maya launched his first song as an artist, ' Stereo Love', reaching No. He added in an interview on that this song 'was the beginning of my career' He also worked on the song Tornerò, which was performed by Mihai Trăistariu in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. In and around 2006, Maya worked with many other Romanian artists such as Akcent and Vika Jigulina. Eduard Marian Ilie ( Romanian pronunciation: born 29 June 1986), better known by his stage name Edward Maya, is a Romanian DJ, musician, composer, record producer, performer, singer and songwriter, most famous for his 2009 smash hit single ' Stereo Love'.

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