Nicole Cherry

Nicole Cherry
Born	Nicoleta Janina Ghinea (1998-12-05) 5 December 1998 (age 26) Bucharest, Romania
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2013–present
Children	1
Musical career
Genres	Pop
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	MediaPro Music, Global Records

Nicole Cherry (born Nicoleta Janina Ghinea; 5 December 1998) ^[1] 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 "Memories" which was released at the age of 14. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Cherry won the 2014 Zu Music Award for "Best Breakthrough" artist. ^[4]

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." ^[5]

Discography

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions
		ROM	Billboard Romania
2013	"Memories"	1 [6]
2014	"Phenomeno"	88
	"Vara mea"	11
	"Fata naivă"	92
2016	"Cuvintele tale"	34
2018	"Ceasul"	79
	"Dansează amândoi"	40
2019	“Pop That”
2022	“Florile tale”		1
2023	“Nu mai consum“ (ft. Tata Vlad)	2	2
	"Aș vrea să mă las de tine"		1

Year-end charts

Year	Song	Chart	Position
2013	"Memories"	Romanian Top 100	4 [7]
2014	"Vara mea"	Romanian Top 100	32 [8]
	"Memories"	Romanian Top 100	60 [8]

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 vida" (featuring Mohombi)
• 2016: "Cine iubește"
• 2016: "Se poartă vara" (featuring Connect-R)
• 2017: "Uneori"
• 2017: "Soy como soy" (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. ^[9] She has a daughter named Anastasia (born on 27 November 2021) with Florin Popa to whom she is engaged.

• Pop music portal
• Romania portal

References

1. Ioncea, Iulian. "Nicole Cherry, noul copil minune al muzicii româneşti: "Am simţit că piesa "Memories" va avea succes"" [Nicole Cherry, the new Romanian music prodigy: "I felt that the song "Memories" would be successful"]. eva.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 10 February 2015.
2. Honciuc, Bogdan (21 October 2014). "Romania: Teen pop sensation Nicole Cherry would like to do Eurovision". wiwibloggs. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
3. "Uite-o pe Nicole Cherry cum se rupe in figuri! S-a lasat filmata in timp ce facea ASTA!". cancan.ro (in Romanian). 2 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
4. "Andra este Marea Câștigătoare la ZU Music Awards". Jurnalul Național (in Romanian). 4 April 2014. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
5. "Kiss FM Live - #1 HIT RADIO".
6. "Week Chart: 41 07-10-13 13-10-13". Media Forest . 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
7. "Top Audience - 2013". Media Forest . 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
8. "Top Audience - 2013". Media Forest . 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
9. "Nicole Cherry: Sunt de etnie romă şi mă mândresc cu asta".