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Sorana (singer)

{{short description|Romanian singer and songwriter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Sorana

| caption =

| birth_name = Sorana Paula Păcurar{{cite news|url=https://ucmr-ada.ro/repertoriu-ucmr-ada/|title=Repertoriu UCMR-ADA|publisher=Uniunea Compozitorilor și Muzicologilor din România|language=Romanian|access-date=18 February 2022}}

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Romania

| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|make-up artist|fashion stylist}}

| years_active = 2015–present

| module = {{Infobox musical artist

| embed = yes

| genre = Dance-pop{{cite news|url=https://celebmix.com/sorana-david-guetta-redeem/|title=David Guetta and Sorana Join Forces On Kanye-West approved 'redruM'|publisher=CelebMix|access-date=18 February 2022|archive-date=7 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207033658/https://celebmix.com/sorana-david-guetta-redeem/|url-status=live}}

| instrument = Vocals

| label = Atlantic Records

}}

}}

Sorana Paula Păcurar, known professionally as Sorana Păcurar or Sorana, is a Romanian singer and songwriter. Upon taking part in X Factor Romania, acting in the Romanian soap opera O nouă viață (A New Life) and being part of the Romanian group Lala Band, Sorana released her first single "Povești" ("Stories") in 2015 under Marius Moga's label DeMoga Music.{{cite news|url=https://topromanesc.ro/sorana-noua-protejata-lui-marius-moga-si-lansat-primul-videoclip/|title=Sorana, noua protejată a lui Marius Moga, și-a lansat primul videoclip|trans-title=Sorana, the new protegeé of Marius Moga, has released her first music video|date=5 May 2015|publisher=Top Românesc|access-date=18 February 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://click.ro/vedete/vedete-romanesti/o-solista-de-la-noi-o-copiaza-pe-sia-video-155167.html|title=O solistă de la noi o copiază pe Sia|trans-title=A Romanian singer is copying Sia|language=Romanian|work=Click!|date=6 May 2015|access-date=18 February 2022|author=Dumitru, Andreea}} She then left her native country to further pursue a musical career and relocated to London and then Los Angeles. Her portfolio as a songwriter includes the commercially successful songs "Takeaway" (2019) by the Chainsmokers, Illenium and Lennon Stella, "OMG What's Happening" (2020) by Ava Max, and "Heartbreak Anthem" (2021) by Galantis, David Guetta and Little Mix. Furthermore, Sorana has also collaborated with artists such as Alan Walker on "Lost Control" (2018).{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/VIDEO-Sorana-David-Guetta-Share-New-Single-redruM-20220120|title=Sorana & David Guetta Share New Single 'redruM'|publisher=BroadwayWorld|date=20 January 2022|access-date=15 February 2022|author=Major, Michael|archive-date=11 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211175616/https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/VIDEO-Sorana-David-Guetta-Share-New-Single-redruM-20220120|url-status=live}} In 2022, she released her debut single under Atlantic Records, "Redrum" with David Guetta.

Discography

=As lead artist=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ List of singles as lead artist

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year

! colspan="5" scope="col" | Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Album

scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| PROPHON
{{cite web|url=https://www.prophon.org/en/charts/25-feb-2022|title=Архив класации|trans-title=Rankings|publisher=PROPHON|language=bg|access-date=11 May 2022}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| Commonwealth of Independent States
{{cite news|url=https://tophit.ru/en/chart/airplay/weekly/2022-04-29/all/all|title=CIS Airplay Chart for 2022-04-29|access-date=7 May 2022|publisher=Tophit}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| Hrvatska radiotelevizija
{{cite news|url=https://api.hrt.hr/media/60/99/arc-100-2022-02-14-20220215162126.pdf|title=ARC 100|publisher=Hrvatska radiotelevizija|access-date=18 January 2022|date=14 February 2022}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| Dutch Top 40
{{cite news|url=https://www.top40.nl/top40/2022/week-19|title=Nederlandse Top 40 – week 19, 2022|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=7 May 2022}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"|Tophit
{{cite news|url=https://tophit.ru/en/chart/russia/weekly/2022-04-29/all/all|title=Russia Airplay Chart for 2022-04-29|publisher=Tophit|access-date=7 May 2022}}

scope="row"|"Povești"{{cite news|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/povesti-single/1486909897|title=Povești – Single by Sorana on iTunes|publisher=iTunes (US)|access-date=18 February 2022}}

| rowspan="2"| 2015

| — || — || — || — || —

| rowspan="11" {{N/A|Non-album
singles}}

scope="row"|"Pijamale"{{cite news|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/pijamale-single/1593082802|title=Pijamale – Single by Sorana on iTunes|publisher=iTunes (US)|access-date=18 February 2022}}

| — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"|"Hold Your Kite"{{cite news|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/hold-your-kite-single/1337859402|title=Hold Your Knite – Single by Goldfish and Sorana on iTunes|publisher=iTunes (US)|access-date=18 February 2022}}
{{small|(with Goldfish)}}

| rowspan="3"| 2018

| — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"|"Bubble Gum"{{cite news|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/bubble-gum-single/1375089790|title=Bubble Gum – Single by VAX and Sorana on iTunes|publisher=iTunes (US)|access-date=18 February 2022}}
{{small|(with VAX)}}

| — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"|"Jealous"{{cite news|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/jealous-single/1423275817|title=Jealous – Single by Oliver Nelson, Tobtok and Sorana on iTunes|publisher=iTunes (US)|access-date=18 February 2022}}
{{small|(with Oliver Nelson and Tobtok)}}

| — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"|"Drowning"{{cite news|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/drowning-single/1473352680|title=Drowning – Single by Franklin, Digital Farm Animals and Sorana on iTunes|publisher=iTunes (US)|access-date=18 February 2022}}
{{small|(with Franklin and Digital Farm Animals)}}

| rowspan="1"| 2019

| — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"|"Redrum"{{cite news|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/redrum-single/1605260805|title=Redrum – Single by Sorana and David Guetta on iTunes|publisher=iTunes (US)|access-date=18 February 2022}}
{{small|(with David Guetta)}}

| rowspan="3"| 2022

| 10 || 17 || 26 || 18 || 13

scope="row"|"Karaoke"{{cite news|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/karaoke-single/1619125543|title=Karaoke – Single by Sorana on iTunes|publisher=iTunes (US)|access-date=7 May 2022}}

| — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"|"Wild Girls"{{cite news|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/wild-girls-single/1635589381|title=Wild Girls – Single by Sorana on iTunes|publisher=iTunes (US)|access-date=16 September 2022}}

| — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"|"Stupid Heart"{{cite news|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/stupid-heart-single/1691448311|title=STUPID HEART - Single by Sorana on iTunes|publisher=iTunes (US)|access-date=9 June 2023}}

| rowspan="2"| 2023

| — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"|"Fuck Up My Make Up"{{cite news|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/f-k-up-my-make-up-single/1692195302|title=F**k Up My Make Up - Single by Sorana on iTunes|publisher=iTunes (US)|access-date=7 July 2023}}

| — || — || — || — || —

colspan="16" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

=As featured artist=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year

! colspan="1" scope="col" | Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Album

scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" |CIS
{{cite news|url=https://tophit.ru/en/artist/Sorana|title=Sorana – Listen All Songs|publisher=Tophit|access-date=18 February 2021}} Note: The 'Peak Position On Top Radio Hits' column is to be taken into consideration.
scope="row"|"Curaj"{{cite news|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/curaj-feat-sorana-single/1019558771|title=Curaj (feat. Sorana) – Single by Adela Popescu on iTunes|publisher=iTunes (GB)|access-date=18 February 2022}}
{{small|(Adela Popescu featuring Sorana)}}

| rowspan="1"| 2015

| —

| rowspan="5" {{N/A|Non-album
singles}}

scope="row"|"One On One"{{cite news|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/one-on-one-feat-sorana-single/1445313613|title=One On One (feat. Sorana) – Single by Tujamo on iTunes|publisher=iTunes (US)|access-date=18 February 2022}}
{{small|(Tujamo featuring Sorana)}}

| rowspan="3"| 2017

| 167

scope="row"|"Rooftops (Aber)"{{cite news|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/rooftops-aber-feat-sorana-single/1234234105|title=Rooftops (Aber) [feat. Sorana] – Single by Toktob on iTunes|publisher=iTunes (US)|access-date=18 February 2022}}
{{small|(Tobtok featuring Sorana)}}

| —

scope="row"|"Oasis"{{cite news|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/oasis-feat-sorana-single/1269730258|title=Oasis (feat. Sorana) – Single by The Him on iTunes|publisher=iTunes (US)|access-date=18 February 2022}}
{{small|(The Him featuring Sorana)}}

| —

scope="row"|"Enemy"{{cite news|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/enemy-feat-sorana-single/1415702642|title=Enemy (feat. Sorana) – Single by Sweater Beats on iTunes|publisher=iTunes (US)|access-date=18 February 2022}}
{{small|(Sweater Beats featuring Sorana)}}

| rowspan="1"| 2018

| —

colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

=Other charted songs=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year

! colspan="7" scope="col" | Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Album

scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | Ultratop
{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sorana#charts|title=Discografie Sorana|language=nl|publisher=Ultratop. Hung Medien|access-date=18 February 2022}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | Dutch Single Top 100
{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Alan+Walker+%26+Sorana&titel=Lost+Control&cat=s|title=Alan Walker & Sorana – Lost Control|publisher=Dutch Charts. Hung Medien|access-date=30 July 2022}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | VG-lista
{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Alan+Walker|title=Discography Alan Walker|publisher=Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien|access-date=5 December 2021}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | Sverigetopplistan
{{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=215&dfom=20181214|title=Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 51, 21 december 2018|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=22 December 2018}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | Swiss Hitparade
{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/artist/Alan_Walker#charts|title=Alan Walker|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=24 December 2018}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | Turkish Singles Chart
{{cite web|url=https://www.numberone.com.tr/muzik/number-one-top-40/|title=Number One Top 40|publisher=Hayatadir|work=Number One|language=tr|access-date=12 March 2022|archive-date=17 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517002801/https://www.numberone.com.tr/muzik/number-one-top-40/}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | Dance/Electronic Songs
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/alan-walker/chart-history/dan/|title=Alan Walker Chart History: Dance/Electronic Songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=25 December 2018}}

scope="row"|"Lost Control"{{cite news|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/different-world/1445140820|title=Different World by Alan Walker on iTunes|publisher=iTunes (US)|access-date=18 February 2022}}
{{small|(with Alan Walker)}}

| rowspan="1"| 2018

| 16 || 17 || 3 || 1 || 21 || 4 || 28

| Different World

Songwriting credits

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"

|+ List of songwriting credits{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Sorana has provided songwriting credits on her entire discography apart from "Povești".}}

! scope="col"| Title

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Artist

! scope="col" | Album

! scope="col" | Notes

scope="row"| "Dream About My Face"

| rowspan="1" | 2015

| rowspan="1" | Antonia

| rowspan="2" {{N/A|Non-album
singles}}

| rowspan="3"{{N/A|None}}

scope="row"| "Rurumba (Jungle Beat)"

| 2017

| Morris and Cabral

scope="row"| "Takeaway (song)"

| rowspan="3" | 2019

| rowspan="1" | The Chainsmokers and Illenium featuring Lennon Stella

| rowspan="1"| World War Joy /
Ascend

scope="row"| "Be the One"

| rowspan="1" | Jason Derulo

| rowspan="1"| 2Sides (Side 1)

| Also provides uncredited lead vocals

scope="row"| "Outta Breath"

| rowspan="1" | Hanna Ferm

| rowspan="1" {{N/A|Non-album
single}}

|rowspan="5" {{N/A|None}}

scope="row"| "OMG What's Happening"

| rowspan="1" | 2020

| rowspan="1" | Ava Max

| rowspan="1"| Heaven and Hell

scope="row"| "Trust Fall"

| rowspan="3" | 2021

| rowspan="1" | Bebe Rexha

| rowspan="1"| Better Mistakes

scope="row"| "Heartbreak Anthem"

| rowspan="1" | Galantis, David Guetta and Little Mix

| rowspan="1"| Between Us

scope="row"| "Low Low"

| rowspan="1" | WayV and NCT

| rowspan="1" {{N/A|Non-album
single}}

scope="row"| "Beg for You"

| rowspan="1" | 2022

| rowspan="1" | Charli XCX featuring Rina Sawayama

| rowspan="1"| Crash

| Also provides background vocals

scope="row"| "ExtraL"

| rowspan="2" | 2025

| Jennie featuring Doechii

| Ruby

| rowspan="2" |None

"258"

|Yeji

|Air

Notes

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See also

References

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External links

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Category:Living people

Category:English-language singers from Romania

Category:Romanian dance musicians

Category:Romanian electronic musicians

Category:Romanian women pop singers

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