World Record Academy's 2021 Kid of the Year: Cleopatra Stratan

February 17, 2022

BUCHAREST, Romania--Six-time world-record holder Cleopatra Stratan earned World Record Academy's '2021 Kid of the Year' honor, after setting six world records for: Youngest artist ever to perform live on a stage in front of a large audience, Youngest singer who recorded an album; Best paid young singer; Youngest music star to receive 3 MTV Awards; Youngest performer to record a No. 1 country hit and for the Youngest Successful Singer, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Cleopatra Stratan (born 6 October 2002) is a Moldovan-born Romanian singer, the youngest person ever to score commercial success, with her 2006 album "At the age of 3".

"Cleopatra Stratan's successful music career model has inspired children, from her country (Most music albums released by young artists: Andra Gogan and Razvan Gogan) and all over the world, including from distant countries such as Nepal (Youngest Singer: Atithi Gautam) and India (Most Languages Sung during one Concert: Suchetha Satish), where similar music records have been set.

"But Cleopatra's performances have never been matched,"says Ramona Nita, News Editor at the World Records Academy.

"Cleopatra 's world records have been included in the official list of "100 iconic records of Romania". Cleopatra is also mentioned in several textbooks in Europe (see bottom of this article).

World Record Academy's 2021 Kid of the Year: Cleopatra Stratan

Cleopatra Stratan was aged only 3 years when her two hours, 28 songs long concert was performed in Bucharest, Romania.

The concert was limited to 400 people and Cleopatra Stratan was accompanied on guitar by her father; singer Pavel Stratan (a top Moldavian artist).

She is actually the first artist ever to perform live on a stage in front of a large audience at the age of 3.

During the concert, Cleopatra Stratan launched her first album, “At the Age of 3 " which includes hits such as “Mama" (Mother) and “Ghita" ; she sold more than 150,000 units in four months and has set the world record for the Youngest singer who recorded an album.

Photo above: The Prime Minister of Romania, Calin Popescu Tariceanu, warm welcome at the Romanian Government Palace for the most successful little singer in the world, Cleopatra Strata and her father, Pavel Stratan. Photo courtesy: Romanian Governement

Cleopatra Stratan was paid 10,000 Euros (like 15,700 USD back then) for one single song sung in front of a large audience in Piatra Neamt, Romania. The entire sum was then donated to the poor in a TV show.

Cleopatra Stratan has also set the world record for the:
- youngest artist ever to perform live on a stage in front of a large audience (for two hours, see video));
- best paid young singer;
- youngest music star to receive 3 MTV Awards;
- youngest performer to record a No. 1 country hit (previous world record: Jordy, at age of four and a half ). Jordy is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest singer ever to have a No. 1 charted single. He achieved this in 1992, at the age of four-and-a-half, with the song "Dur dur d'être bébé!" ("It's Tough to Be a Baby").

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Cleopatra Stratan won three prizes at Romanian Music Awards organized by MTV Romania in Sibiu. "Ghita" - which is the song best known and favorite with the Romanian public - won three awards of which the most important are Best Song and Best New Artist, thus setting the new world record for being the Youngest music star to receive 3 MTV Awards.

Cleopatra Stratan has launched her Cleopatra singing-doll, selling the first 5,000 lot of dolls in just three days. Cleopatra, the doll, is 35 centimeters high and knows to sing “Ghita”.

The doll 'lives' in a red traveling bag similar to the one that Cleopatra used to carry in her video for Ghita. The Spanish company that produces the doll announced it would also come up with clothes for the doll, imitating the apparel used by the little singer on the stage and in videos.

Kerry Kubilius, a former US-based expert on Eastern Europe: "Cleopatra Stratan, the 3 year old who has hit the Romanian music charts big, seems to have become famous because her childlike singing and childlike charms are something different . . . she has not been made into a miniature adult, given the wardrobe of a sex symbol, or been thrust into the latest gore-ridden horror flick.

"In Eastern Europe, children are still children and generally must be protected as such; Cleopatra's father has refused monetary offers to market her. With her oversized suitcase, pink plastic sunglasses, and disheveled pigtails, Cleopatra is singing an innocuous song about a missing person named Ghita, who could be her big brother, uncle, or friend - no innuendos here. Even though it's obvious her voice has been engineered to a certain extent, she's still adorable."