Stefan Galea
Stefan Galea (born 28 March 1996) is a singer from L-Iklin, Malta.
Stefan Galea is a Maltese teen electro pop/ Rnb artist from the sunny island of Malta. He is 15 Years Old and is currently gaining lot's of success on the island and internationally.
He has only released two singles to date, but the future is looking bright for Stefan for at his young age he has managed to have two number 1 singles in Malta. His debut single "Take It Or Leave It" written by British songwriter/producer Richard Rogers and lyrics by Elizabeth Galea, managed to get the number 1 spot in the Reverb Chart and stayed their for 8 weeks, To continue on that note he also worked with talented songwriter James Forrest (Glasgow U.K.) from Supa Sonic Music who pitched his track "Shotgun Lover" to Stefan in collaboration with rapper DIMAL. The track also reached the number 1 spot and continued to gain and enjoy more radio airplay and TV performances.
Stefan big exposure as soon as he debuted at The Malta Junior Eurovision Festival 2009 stage with his trribal up tempo track "Shake Up Wake Up" a song about teens living their dreams, which got a very good considerable number of hits on You Tube. After Stefan was discovered by Aiming 4 Fame founder Madeleine Dargue, an organisation which develops artists in collaboration with ICAD International so as to get the right songs, right image, and vocal abilities, as well as finding gigs and opportunities for the artist.
He is currently working on new tracks and is looking to release his debut album "My Evolution". Another achievement gained is when he got nominated for The Peoples Music Awards as Best Male Solo Artist and Best Dance Electronica Artist. Stefan also supported top acts performing at their concerts/gigs including Malta's rock jewel chick Ira Losco and the UK's top pop girl duo "The Cheeky Girls". Stefan also forms part of The HSBC Joseph Calleja Choir.
Meanwhile Stefan's big break arrived when his promo single "Shotgun Lover" ft. DIMAL (James Forrest UK) was chosen for the first time ever to be featured on the Malta to Midem CD, the track was distributed to all CEO's of major record labels, MTV, and gaming producers at the Worlds largest music industry trade fair MIDEM in Cannes, France. 10 days later Stefan was contacted by New York City Label Dramatico who worked with the likes of Katie Melua. He is currently working on two of the labels tracks which made Stefan get more local press/media attention from newspapers/tabloids, magazine features, interviews, and TV, etc.
At his young age Stefan participated in various festivals and won, while also performing on various TV shows, and recently he made it to the semi finals of The ISC International Songwriting Competition 2010 (USA) beating thousands of applicants judged by various music industry movers and shakers including Kings Of Leon, Rihanna, Robbie Williams, people from VH1 and MTV also people form Walt Disney Records, Sony and various labels. Stefan also placed second in You Tube's Got Talent 2010, while also having the opportunity to study for 7 years at The Masquerade Theater arts school which consists of Drama, Music & Dancing, which led Stefan to get a role in a Maltese movie "Qatt M' Hu Tard" directed by Elio Lombardi. While also performing in front of Italian Ambasador Onor. Andrea Trabalza in 2008.
Stefan is working with top international established songwriters from the UK, US, and Australia, and Europe who have worked with the likes of Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus and many more thanks to Aiming 4 Fame (Madeleine Dargue) and Ms. Lotte Aagaard from T.G. Publishing Denmark. Stefan is managing to juggle school and music as well as guitar studies, and the producing area with Cool Bro Sound, and hosting a web televised show Aiming 4 Fame TV, In the meantime watch out for more. TV Experience Malta Junior Eurosong-TVM Hadd Ghalik-TVM Sas-Sitta-Net TV Mill-Bajja-One TV Nannu Spagu-One TV Ma' Gorg-Family TV Kids TV-Family TV Milange-Calypso Music TV Charity Event Maratona Bir-Roti 2009,2010-E22,Net TV Charity Event Dar tal providenza Open Day 2010-E22,Net TV,One TV Appearience on Don't Stop me now-Favourite Channel and Much more. Awards
2005-Trinity Guild Hall Certificate 2006-Trinity Guild Hall Certificate 2007-Rising voice Award 2008-Best Singer Personality
Radio Stefan's Songs where played on these following stations, Malta Junior Eurosong 2009 also aired on Malta's Magic-national Radio
Bastjanizi FM Vibe FM 89.7 Bay One Radio XFM Energy FM