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Pavel Stratan
Person · male · Soviet Union · Nișcani · born 1970 · recording since 2004
Moldovan singer
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Also known as パヴェル・ストラタン
Timeline
1970s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Amintiri din copilărie, volumul 2
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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Biography
Biography
Pavel Stratan (born 11 November 1970) is a Moldovan popular singer. His first album, Amintiri din copilărie
Amintiri din copilărieSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks1Eu beu3:492Luluța3:463Așa-i că dese ori...2:234Tata3:285Liliecii4:126Vinul de primae3:177Eu beu (remix Gabi Huiban)4:158Cucu o murit2:089La City3:4410În seara asta3:5111Țigara3:3312În satul nostru3:5813S-o-nsurat băieții3:2014Când eram mitel4:1815Eu beu (remix DJ Țigănaș)4:37, was released in 2002.
Early life
Pavel Stratan was born to Dumitru and Polixena Stratan in the village of Nişcani, Călărași, Moldovan SSR on 11 November 1970.
He first played the guitar on stage at school in 1977. He wrote his first lyrics in 1983, and in 1996, he had his first real show-business experience as a sleight-of-hand artist.
He graduated from the Academy of Music, Theatre, and Plastic Arts in Chişinău, Moldova.
Career
In 2002, he launched his first album, Amintiri din copilărie
Amintiri din copilărieSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks1Eu beu3:492Luluța3:463Așa-i că dese ori...2:234Tata3:285Liliecii4:126Vinul de primae3:177Eu beu (remix Gabi Huiban)4:158Cucu o murit2:089La City3:4410În seara asta3:5111Țigara3:3312În satul nostru3:5813S-o-nsurat băieții3:2014Când eram mitel4:1815Eu beu (remix DJ Țigănaș)4:37 (Childhood Memories), in Moldova. It went on to sell over 50,000 copies in Moldova. In 2004, it was released in Romania, where it sold very well, and where Stratan became widely known.
Under Cat Music, Stratan has since released three other albums: Amintiri din copilărie, vol. 2 in 2004, Amintiri din copilărie, vol. 3 in 2008, and Amintiri din copilărie, vol. 4 in 2011.
Stratan's music has been described as a mixture of folk, pop, and hip hop
Personal life
Stratan is now living in Pipera, in the capital of Romania, Bucharest, with his wife Rodica, an engineer, daughter Cleopatra (born October 2002), and son, Cezar (born December 2008). The family moved to Romania from Moldova in 2011. His daughter entered the Guinness World Records as the youngest person ever to achieve commercial success at the age of three, with her song "Ghiţă", which became a No. 1 hit in Romania.
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 | 12 | 64.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 1 | 13.7th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (4 release groups · 4 studio albums)
Albums · 4
Amintiri din copilărie, volumul 2
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 47:03
1Seca5:182Încă nu-nvățam3:033Peștișorul de aur2:354Primul sărut4:195Viața moldovană2:466Peste ani cincizeci4:597La tanti Nina4:058Sănătate2:549M-am născut de ziua mea4:0110Copilăria4:1611Foc la ghete4:0512Visul4:422004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 54:39
1Eu beu3:492Luluța3:463Așa-i că dese ori...2:234Tata3:285Liliecii4:126Vinul de primae3:177Eu beu (remix Gabi Huiban)4:158Cucu o murit2:089La City3:4410În seara asta3:5111Țigara3:3312În satul nostru3:5813S-o-nsurat băieții3:2014Când eram mitel4:1815Eu beu (remix DJ Țigănaș)4:37Amintiri din copilărie, volumul 3
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 47:09
1Du-du4:312Armata4:043Tatăl meu2:354Fericirea4:535Banii3:216Mama3:587Vasile, toarnă!4:268Școala3:389Liza4:0510Cureaua5:0011Nunta3:2912Copacul vieții3:09— · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 49:17
1Nasul3:552Mami3:393Pentru Sanatate3:52410 Ruble2:5353 Etape4:136In Familie3:157Gasca3:088Lala-lala4:219Noaptea3:4710O Secunda3:2111In Moldova3:0012Tango2:5813Mosorel3:4514La Discoteca3:10
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Pavel Stratan head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 12 | 64.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 1 | 13.7th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pavel_Stratan_2013_cropped.pngaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/877b0897-026c-4243-b096-7fcdf470ddd7discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/877b0897-026c-4243-b096-7fcdf470ddd7core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1860959genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1860959seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Stratanbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Stratan
Why this artist is in the database
- List of singer-songwriters
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Trinitresque · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1860959 · MusicBrainz: 877b0897-026c-4243-b096-7fcdf470ddd7
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