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Sofia Rotaru

1947 - Today

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Sofiia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru (Ukrainian: Софі́я Миха́йлівна Євдокименко-Рота́ру [soˈfijɐ roˈtɑrʊ]; Russian: Софи́я Миха́йловна Евдокименко-Рота́ру; née Rotaru; born 7 August 1947), known simply as Sofia Rotaru, is a Ukrainian pop singer of Romanian origin. Rotaru, nicknamed "Bukovinsky Solovey" ("the Nightingale from Bukovina"), emerged in 1966 as a pop folk star in the movie Solovei iz sela Marshyntsi (Nightingale from Marshyntsi) in the Romanian and Moldovian-speaking world after her manager and future husband Anatoliy Yevdokymenko made her change her music style from folk to pop music with Chervona Ruta. In 1972, she released the multilingual album Sofia Rotaru, re-released three times and covered by numerous singers, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sofia Rotaru is the 173rd most popular singer (down from 153rd in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 115th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Singer.

Sofia Rotaru is most famous for being a Soviet and Ukrainian singer, songwriter, and actress, known for her distinctive voice and a career that spans several decades, making her a beloved pop and folk music icon in the former USSR and Eastern European countries.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Sofia Rotaru ranks 173 out of 4,381. Before her are Manu Chao, Florence Foster Jenkins, Tony Bennett, Barbara Strozzi, Lisa Marie Presley, and Ofra Haza. After her are Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Caterina Valente, Annie Lennox, Dua Lipa, Renata Tebaldi, and Roberta Flack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Sofia Rotaru ranks 72. Before her are Youn Yuh-jung, Jioji Konrote, Va'aletoa Sualauvi II, César Gaviria, Gerhard Ludwig Müller, and Richard Dreyfuss. After her are Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, Yukio Hatoyama, Carles Rexach, Martin Chalfie, Ronnie Wood, and Carla Del Ponte.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Sofia Rotaru ranks 113 out of 1,365. Before her are Anastasia of Kiev (1023), Fanny Kaplan (1890), Dmitry Bortniansky (1751), Mikhail Ostrogradsky (1801), Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904), and Roald Hoffmann (1937). After her are Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (1640), Lee Strasberg (1901), Josaphat Kuntsevych (1580), Sergei Bondarchuk (1920), Stepan Makarov (1848), and Yevgeny Primakov (1929).

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Among SINGERS In Ukraine

Among singers born in Ukraine, Sofia Rotaru ranks 2. Before her are Anatoliy Solovianenko (1932). After her are Ruslana (1973), Solomiya Krushelnytska (1872), Joseph Kobzon (1937), Verka Serduchka (1973), Joseph Schmidt (1904), Alexander Vertinsky (1889), Leonid Utyosov (1895), Viorica Ursuleac (1894), Lydia Lipkowska (1882), and Maria Guleghina (1959).

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