Cleopatra Stratan’s “Ghita” is my pick for cutest YouTube find in a long time. The pint sized wunderkind from Moldova is the youngest person ever to score a number one single on the charts (which was “Ghita” off of her debut album, La vârsta de trei ani, released when she was three) and a recipient of many awards including an MTV award.
Cleopatra was “discovered” when she accompanied her father, Moldovan popular singer Pavel Stratan, to a recording session and started singing into the microphone. Stunned by his daughter’s musical capabilities, Pavel set to work with Cleopatra on recording a single and then a full-length album. She became a hit in her native Moldova as well as Romania and far flung countries like Japan. Cleopatra, now 7, is still recording and performing music around the world.
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