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.jpg) Barbu in 2024 | |
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| Born | (1979-08-22)22 August 1979 (age 46) Bălți,Moldavian SSR, USSR |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
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| Website | barbunatalia |
Natalia Barbu (Romanian pronunciation:[naˈtali.aˈbarbu]; born 22 August 1979) is a Moldovan singer and songwriter. She is best known forrepresenting Moldova in theEurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Fight". Sherepresented the country again in2024 with the song "In the Middle".
Throughout her career, Natalia has worked with a group of musicians calledTrigon on an alternative jazz-folk experiment. She writes her own lyrics, composes the music for most of her songs, and collaborates on the arrangements with her crew.
In 2006, Natalia Barbu signed a three-year contract with Cat Music Records (Sony Music) office in Bucharest.
Her main success has been the release of her single "Îngerul meu" (My Angel) inRomania. The song remained in the Romanian Top 100 for 11 weeks at No.1, and was much featured onMTV Romania.[1]
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On 14 December 2006, Barbu was selected torepresent Moldova at theEurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Fight".[2] At the contest, she qualified from the semi-final on 10 May 2007 and ultimately placed 10th in the final on 12 May 2007, scoring 109 points.[3]
In 2012, she began collaboration with musical producerRadu Sirbu and songwriterAna Sirbu (Sianna) under the labelRassada Music. At the end of the summer Natalia premiered her new track, "I Said It's Sad", which she says is a major style change for her. The new song reached No. 1 position in Top 10 Airplay Moldova. Later in 2012, she released "Iubire Cu Aroma De Cafea", and "Confession", which participated at the Romanian national selection forEurovision Song Contest 2013.[4]
Barbu was selected to take part inEtapa națională 2024, the Moldovan national final for theEurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song "In the Middle".[5] She came first in the audition round on 13 January 2024 and qualified for the final.[6] There, she was selected as the Moldovan entrant for the contest. At the contest, the singer failed to qualify from the first semi-final on 7 May 2024, placing 13th out of 15 with 20 points.[7]
In 2011, Barbu married a Romanian businessman and currently lives with him inRomania.[8] They have two children together.[9]
Natalia gave an interview for Wikipedia:listenⓘ
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| Preceded by | Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | Succeeded by TBD |
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