'Zdob and Zdub', onomatopoeic for the sound of a drum beat) is a Moldovan folk punk band, based in Chișinău.
To date, Zdob si Zdub are the only artists to have qualified from a Eurovision Song Contest semi-final three times.
[1] 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 On 18 January 2005, according to the German weekly MUSIKMARKT "ZDOB Si ZDUB" and 450 sheep was charted on place no.
38 in the annual charts for 2004, along with such ethnic music stars as Lhasa, Youssou N’Dour, Khaled, Sainkho Namchylak.
On 29 January 2022, their song "Trenulețul" was chosen by Teleradio-Moldova to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022[2] in Turin after the planned national final, which the band was due to participate in with musicians Frații Advahov, was cancelled due to rising COVID-19 cases in Moldova.