Mihai Răzvan Preda, better known by his stage nameSonny Flame, is a reggae, dance hall, and R&B Romanian singer. He is signed by Red Clover Media.
Career
In 2006 he finished his first album-length demo, together with producer F.Charm. He collaborated very early on with Romanian artist Wassabi in "Lonely Girl". He also collaborated with well-known names like Connect-R in "Summer Days", DJ Chris Mayer in "Confused" and Mossano in "Indianotech". This culminated in signing with Red Clover, a young Romanian label where F.Charm is A&R Manager. His first official single on Red Clover was "Top of the World" with DJ Chris Mayer. It was licensed through ToCo International and released in France, Sweden, Denmark, Norwege, Netherlands, Russia as well. The single reached #3 on Romanian Vibe FM charts. He was featured in Morris hit "Havana Lover". In 2011, he was the opening act for Ja Rule in his tour in Romania. In 2012 he had a hit with "Sole el sol" which enjoys huge popularity in night clubs and online. It is also Sonny Flame's first Spanish language hit.
In March 2010, he took in the Romanian National Selection contest in a bid to represent Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Come Along" as a duo with Lora. The song was written by Lora and Sonny and music by F.Charm and Pol. The song came 6th in Romanian eliminations "Selecţia Naţională 2010" on TVR1.
Sonny Flame became well known in the United States due to two of his songs. His song "Glamity" was featured on Akon's weekly radio showto battle with other entries and brought in a very high 82.8% on the DHS scale of Hitlab. The song was also featured in Toronto's Virgin 99.9 FM that broadcast the program "Akon's Hitlab" naming Sonny Flame as its "featured artist" for four days. "Jump Up" was also featured in Akon's Hitlab, and in its second week faced in an all-Romanian battle with another Romanian hit "Asesina" by F.Charm. "Jump Up" scored even a higher 93% on the DHS scale. He also submitted yet a third hit "I Gotta Find You" which scored 76.4%.
In its September 2010 issue, the influential lifestyle magazineRevista COSMOPOLITAN Romania ran an exclusive interview with him calling him "Sonny Flame, noua senzatie din muzica romaneasca".
In 2013, he took part in the Romanian version of the TV reality showCelebrity Splash! entitled Splash! Vedete la Apă and broadcast on Antena 1 reaching the final of the show in its first season.
