Timeline
1990s
2010s
· Debut release
Debut release: Vara mea
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2020s
Biography
Biography
Nicole Cherry (born Nicoleta Janina Ghinea; 5 December 1998) is a Romanian pop singer.
Career
Cherry performed in a number of singing and dancing competitions as a child. She gained success in 2013 with her single "MemoriesMemoriesSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1Dansează amândoi3:482Cine iubește3:363Doctore3:024Cine sunt eu?3:115Scrie‐mi pe suflet3:236Cuvintele tale3:517Se poartă vara3:378Ceasul3:219Vara mea3:1210Cuando Me Mires3:1111Mujer Latina3:1012No Te Sale3:0713Memories3:32" which was released at the age of 14.
Cherry won the 2014 Zu Music Award for "Best Breakthrough" artist.
In 2023, she played a lead role in "Romina VTM" a Romanian movie featuring other Romanian artists, such as Rareș, Bogdan DLP and YNY Sebi.
She was chosen to dub the character Sophie in Romanian for Disney movie "The BFG" and to sing the main theme from "Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir."
Other songs
2013: "Never Say Never"
2013: "Yes I Can"
2014: "The World Is Ours" (with David Correy featuring Monoblanco)
2015: "Până vine vineri"
2015: "Vive la vidaVive la vidaSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Vive la vida2:51" (featuring Mohombi)
2016: "Cine iubește"
2016: "Se poartă vara" (featuring Connect-R)
2017: "Uneori"
2017: "Soy como soy
Soy como soySpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Soy como soy3:10" (featuring Joey Montana)
Featured in
2014: "Ne facem auziți" (Vunk si Ai Nostri)
2015: "Rezervat" (Doddy feat. Nicole Cherry)
2015: "Pot eu să te urăsc" (Angelo feat. Nicole Cherry)
2018: "Grenada" (JUNO feat. Nicole Cherry)
2018: "S'agapao" (Alama feat. Nicole Cherry x Pacha Man)
2018: "Esentele" (Stefania feat. Nicole Cherry)
2018: "Vinovat" (Dorian Popa feat. Nicole Cherry)
Personal life
She is of Roma origin on her maternal side. She has a daughter named Anastasia (born on 27 November 2021) with Florin Popa to whom she is engaged.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 6 | 79.7th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 9 | 24.5th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (6 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
2021 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 13 tracks · 44:01
1Dansează amândoi3:482Cine iubește3:363Doctore3:024Cine sunt eu?3:115Scrie‐mi pe suflet3:236Cuvintele tale3:517Se poartă vara3:378Ceasul3:219Vara mea3:1210Cuando Me Mires3:1111Mujer Latina3:1012No Te Sale3:0713Memories3:32
Single · 5
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Vara meaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:121Vara mea3:12 | 19 June 2014 | ||
| 2015 | Vive la vidaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:511Vive la vida2:51 | 16 September 2015 | ||
| 2017 | Soy como soySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:101Soy como soy3:10 | 9 May 2017 | ||
| 2023 | Din Cauza TaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track0Din Cauza Ta | 13 January 2023 | ||
| 2023 | Paharul susSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:491Paharul sus2:49 | 9 November 2023 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Nicoleta Cireașă head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 6 | 79.7th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 9 | 24.5th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicole_Cherry.pngaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/80d27511-7b8a-4829-85ef-246790857f2ddiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/80d27511-7b8a-4829-85ef-246790857f2dcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19294360genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19294360seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Cherrybiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Cherry
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Romanian musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Un Nume Simpatic MEDIA, cropped by Ionutzmovie · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q19294360 · MusicBrainz: 80d27511-7b8a-4829-85ef-246790857f2d
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