Cleopatra Stratan

Cleopatra Stratan
Birth name	Cleopatra Stratan
Also known as	Cleo
Born	October 6, 2002 (2002-10-06) (age 9)
Origin	Chişinău, Moldova
Genres	Folk, Pop
Occupations	Singer
Years active	2006 - present
Labels	Cat music

Cleopatra Stratan (born October 6, 2002 in Chişinău, Moldova) is the youngest person ever to score commercial success as a singer, with her 2006 album La vârsta de trei ani ("At the age of 3"). She holds the record for being the youngest artist who performed live for two hours in front of a large audience, the highest paid young artist, the youngest artist to receive an MTV award and the youngest artist to score a #1 hit in a country ("Ghiţă" in Romanian Singles Chart).^[1]

Early life

Pavel Stratan, father of Cleopatra, was in a studio recording a song with 3-year-old Cleopatra hanging around. Impulsively, she grabbed a microphone and started singing along with Pavel. Everybody was stunned so they ended up recording the song with Cleopatra performing the lead vocals, and suggested that as she is younger than Shirley Temple, she should be included in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest talent ever to perform on stage and record her own album.^[2][3] Some of her songs have already been translated into English ^[4] and Spanish.^[5] La vârsta de 3 ani and a Ghiţă maxi-single were also released in Japan.^[6][7] La vârsta de trei ani ("At the age of 3") was a double platinum disk in the summer of 2006 for selling more than 150,000 albums in Romania. In December 2006, her father announced that until the next album (possibly in one or two years), she will no longer sing publicly.^[8]

As of 2006 December, Cleopatra's biggest hit is the song "Ghiţă".^[9]

In 2008, Cleopatra released her second album called La Varsta De 5 Ani with the hit song "Zunea-Zunea". On December 13, 2008, her brother, Cezar (named by Cleopatra) was born. She also had a concert on 20 December before leaving for Chişinău to see her younger brother.

Cleopatra Stratan concert poster in Bucharest, September 2008.

Albums

• La vârsta de 3 ani (2006, Pop Album, Total length: 38:16)

1. "Ghiţă" - 3:17
2. "Cuţu" - 3:03
3. "Te-am întâlnit" - 2:38
4. "Şansa" - 2:22
5. "Noapte bună!" - 3:54
6. "Surprize" - 3:23
7. "Număr pân' la unu"
8. "Mama" - 3:58
9. "De ce?" - 4:15
10. "Zuzu-zuzu" - 2:08
11. "Oare cât?" - 2:01
12. "Pasărea pistruie" - 3:44

• La vârsta de 5 ani (2008, Pop Album, Total length: 32:25)

1. "Zunea-Zunea" - 2:59
2. "Elefantul şi furnica" - 3:04
3. "Lupul, iezii şi vizorul" - 4:17
4. "Vino, te aştept" - 3:00
5. "Căţeluş cu părul creţ" - 3:28
6. "Dăruieşte" - 3:45
7. "Gâşte-gâşte" - 2:43
8. "Melc-melc" - 2:42
9. "Refrenul dulcilor poveşti" - 3:00
10. "Va veni o zi într-o zi" - 3:27

• Crăciun Magic (Magic Christmas) (2009 Christmas Album, Total length: 43:48)

1. Domn, Domn, să-nălţăm (Lord, Lord Be Blessed) 3:10
2. Îngerii şoptesc (Angels Whisper) 3:38
3. Steaua sus răsare (The Star Rises Up) 2:44
4. Deschide uşa, Creştine (Open The Door, Christian) 5:33
5. A venit, a venit iarna (The Winter Has Come) 3:41
6. La Betleem colo-n jos (Down There In Bethlehem) 3:02
7. Într-un miez de noapte (In A Midnight) 3:50
8. Leru-i Doamne (Oh Lord) 4:19
9. Florile dalbe (White Flowers) 3:04
10. Seara de Crăciun frumos (Beautiful Christmas Night) 4:23
11. Astăzi s-a Născut Hristos (Christ Was Born Today) 2:42
12. Maria şi Iosif colindă (Mary And Joseph Wander) 3:04

References

1. ^ (Romanian)Cleopatra Stratan in Guinness Book
2. ^ "Cleopatra, la cantante più giovane e pagata". Quotidiano.net. http://qn.quotidiano.net/2006/11/10/pages/artI5445672.html. Retrieved 2007-08-27. 
3. ^ "Una cantante rumana de cuatro años, gana 300 euros por minuto y es furor". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20070928163108/http://www.eloncedigital.com.ar/secciones/internacionales/nota.asp?id=53213. Retrieved 2007-08-27. 
4. ^ [1]
5. ^ [2]
6. ^ Ambasada României la Tokyo: Cleopatra Stratan’s debut in Japan
7. ^ http://music.ponycanyon.co.jp/pickup/pccy01830/
8. ^ "Cleo, la ultimul concert?". Evenimentul Zilei. 2006-12-12. http://www.evz.ro/article.php?artid=283915. Retrieved 2007-08-27. 
9. ^ "Cleo, copilul-minune". 2006-08-22. http://www.expres.ro/articleprint.php?artid=269371. Retrieved 2007-08-27. 

External links

• on Stratan's first concert
• Cleopatra Stratan on music.ro
• Cleopatra Stratan Lyrics on versuri.ro
• CleopatraStratan.com Ghita video and English Lyrics

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Name	Stratan, Cleopatra
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