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==== Nomination for Grammy Award ====
In 2008, Balan was contacted by producers to become co-writer of Rihanna and T.I.'s "[[Live Your Life (T.I. song)|Live Your Life]]", since the song sampled and was extensively based on the melody of “Dragostea Din Tei”. The song stayed at number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart for six weeks following its release, jumping from number eighty to number one in just one week. "Live Your Life" was certified 4x4× Platinum, with 4,532,000 copies sold in the U.S.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Ask Billboard: Rihanna's Best-Selling Songs & Albums|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6605708/ask-billboard-rihannas-best-selling-songs-albums|magazine=Billboard|access-date=14 July 2015}}</ref> In 2009, his co-writing of the song lead to Balan being nominated for a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]], the first and only Moldovan ever to do so.
=== 2010–2012: Freedom, Part 1===
==== “Funny Love” ====
In 2015, Balan returned from his creative break to release another experimental single, “Funny Love”.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.protv.ro/stiri/dan-balan-pregateste-un-comeback-spectaculos.html |title=Dan Balan pregateste un comeback spectaculos!|publisher=Pro TV|access-date=17 September 2015}}</ref> The music video was directed by acclaimed Russian director [[Alan Badoev]], who has recorded hundreds of music videos, and several of Balan’sBalan's songs. The music video took a whole 4 months to film, involving 20 different scenes. 13 models and 16 dancers had in total 120 costumes and 300 kg of luggage. Badoev used “unusual graphics” and novel editing techniques in the video, and was impressed by Balan’sBalan's dedication to his music.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Сексуальный фэшн-каламбур: Алан Бадоев снял сочный клип для певца Dan Balan {{!}} HOCHU.UA|url=https://hochu.ua/cat-stars/novosti-shou-biznesa/article-61932-seksualnyiy-feshn-kalambur-alan-badoev-snyal-sochnyiy-klip-dlya-pevtsa-dan-balan/|access-date=2022-01-07|website=hochu.ua|language=ru}}</ref> The singer admitted he wanted to take his songs to a new level after Lendo Calendo, and worked more than any other on the sound design for Funny Love.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Любимец девушек Дан Балан возвращается на сцену|url=https://kp.ua/culture/512703-luibymets-devushek-dan-balan-vozvraschaetsia-na-stsenu|access-date=2022-01-07|website=КП в Украине {{!}} КП в Україні {{!}} KP in Ukraine|language=ru}}</ref>
==== “Plach” ====
==== “Hold on Love” ====
In 2017, Balan decided to return from his three -year creative break, in which he had been working on experimental music styles, to return with a more commercial sounding single which would not be featured on Freedom, Part 2. Balan felt that before releasing the new album he should return to the stage with a dance hit such as “Hold on Love”.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Дан Балан: "Вредных привычек у меня практически не осталось!"|url=https://gorcom36.ru/content/dan-balan-vrednykh-privychek-u-menya-prakticheski-ne-ostalos-/|access-date=2022-01-09|website=gorcom36.ru}}</ref> To that end, he was invited performed the song at the popular [[M1 (Ukraine)]] Music Awards in 2017.<ref>{{Citation|title=Dan Balan Hold On Love M1 Music Awards 2017 +HD|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GylcxWxKsNo|language=en|access-date=2022-01-09}}</ref> The music video, Balan’sBalan's fifth collaboration with Ukrainian director Alan Badoev was described by Badoev as a dark and mysterious [[David Fincher]]-style clip. Badoev decided on a theme of “do not be afraid of what is inside of you”, casting Balan as a [[Pastor]] tempted by his desires, and filmed in a district of [[Los Angeles]]. The director’sdirector's team had to close off one quarter of the city to complete filming.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Алан Бадоев о новом клипе Дана Балана: "Это секс, витающий в воздухе"|url=https://viva.ua/lifestar/news/43497-alan-badoev-o-novom-klipe-dana-balana-eto-seks-vitayuschiy-v-vozduhe.html|access-date=2022-01-09|website=viva.ua|language=ru}}</ref>
==== “Nashe Leto” with Vera Brezhneva ====
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