{{short description|Moldovan singer (born 1983)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2012}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Arsenie Todiraș | image = Arsenie Todiraș 2006 (cropped) 2.jpg | caption = Todiraș performing at Eurovision in 2006 | birth_name = | alias = Arsenium, ATIKA PATUM | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|07|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union | origin = Moldova | genre = Pop, alternative rock, Electronic dance music (EDM) | occupation = Singer | years_active = 2000–present | label = | website = [http://www.arseniummusic.com arseniummusic.com] }} '''Arsenie Todiraș''' (sometimes spelt ''Toderaș''; born 22 July 1983) is a Moldovan singer, best known for representing Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. He grew up in Moldova with his mother, father and younger sister. He was once the youngest member of boyband O-Zone. He now pursues a solo career in Russia and Romania, under the mononym '''Arsenie''' or at times the stage name '''Arsenium'''.
Arsenie represented Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Loca" (Crazy in Spanish) with Natalia Gordienco featuring Connect-R, finishing in 20th place with 22 points.
He took part in the ''Dansez pentru tine'' dance contest, the Romanian version of ''Dancing with the Stars'', and took the second place, while the first was given to the Romanian singer Andra.
His first solo album, ''The 33rd Element'', was released in Romania in the summer of 2006.
In 2008 he released the single "Rumadai", reaching the Top 100 in Germany and Austria. With the same single he represented Romania at the Viña del Mar Festival 2014 in Chile,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/2014/02/27/647123/la-singular-historia-detras-de-arsenium-el-rumano-que-buscara-la-gaviota-en-vina-2014.html |title=La singular historia detrás de Arsenium, el rumano que busca la Gaviota en Viña 2014 |date=27 February 2014 |website=EMOL |access-date=3 May 2016 | language=spanish}}</ref> winning the Best Performer place and therefore the Silver Seagull (the best prize granted in the International Contest).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.24horas.cl/tendencias/festivaldevinadelmar2014/chile-y-canada-fueron-los-ganadores-de-vina-del-mar-1101368 |title=Chile y Canadá fueron los ganadores de Viña del Mar |date=28 February 2014 |website=24 Horas |access-date=3 May 2016 | language=spanish}}</ref>
In 2019, he had his first release under his new alias ATIKA PATUM, "Atikapatum", which was an EDM song released on Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike's label Smash The House. In March 2020, he released a follow-up called "Ale-Aleluia".
==Discography== {{See also|O-Zone#Discography}}
===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of studio albums |- ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:10em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:17em;"| Album details |- |- !scope="row"|''The 33rd Element'' | * Released: 2006 * Label: Cat * Format: CD, digital download |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of singles, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year ! colspan="7" scope="col" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:11em;"| Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| {{abbr|MDA|Moldova}}<br><ref name="ru"/> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| {{abbr|AUT|Austria}}<br><ref>{{cite news|url=https://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=arsenium&cat=s|title=Arsenium|access-date=30 April 2025|publisher=Ö3 Austria Top 40|via=Hung Medien|language=German}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| {{abbr|FRA|France}}<br><ref>{{cite news|url=https://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=arsenium&cat=s|title=Arsenium|access-date=30 April 2025|publisher=SNEP|via=Hung Medien|language=French}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| {{abbr|GER|Germany}}<br><ref name="Germany chart">{{cite news|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts|trans-title=The Official German Charts|access-date=30 April 2025|publisher=GfK Entertainment charts|language=German}} ''Note: Enter "Arsenium" into the "Suchen" search bar.''</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| {{abbr|ROM|Romania}}<br><ref>{{cite news |title=Romanian Top 100 – Top 10 |language=ro |publisher=Romanian Top 100 |url=http://www.rt100.ro |url-status=live |access-date=30 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060812140906/http://www.rt100.ro/ |archive-date=12 August 2006}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| {{abbr|RUS|Russia}}<br><ref name="ru"/> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| {{abbr|UKR|Ukraine}}<br><ref name="ru">For peak positions in Moldova, Russia and Ukraine: *For "Love Me... Love Me...": {{cite news|url=https://tophit.com/ru/tracks/2802|title=Love Me... Love Me... (DJ Ross Radio Edit)|publisher=Tophit|language=Russian|accessdate=30 April 2025}} *For "Loca": {{cite news|url=https://tophit.com/ru/tracks/5850|title=Loca|publisher=Tophit|language=Russian|accessdate=30 April 2025}} *For "Professional HeartBreakers": {{cite news|url=https://tophit.com/ru/tracks/7801|title=Professional HeartBreakers|publisher=Tophit|language=Russian|accessdate=30 April 2025}} *For "Rumadai": {{cite news|url=https://tophit.com/ru/tracks/14836|title=Rumadai|publisher=Tophit|language=Russian|accessdate=30 April 2025}} *For "Do rassveta": {{cite news|url=https://tophit.com/ru/tracks/55895|title=Do rassveta|publisher=Tophit|language=Russian|accessdate=30 April 2025}} *For "Bella Bella": {{cite news|url=https://tophit.com/ru/tracks/64103|title=Bella Bella|publisher=Tophit|language=Russian|accessdate=30 April 2025}} *For "A on drugoy, mama": {{cite news|url=https://tophit.com/ru/tracks/81226|title=A on drugoy, mama|publisher=Tophit|language=Russian|accessdate=30 April 2025}} *For "Atikapatum": {{cite news|url=https://tophit.com/ru/tracks/102499|title=Atikapatum|publisher=Tophit|language=Russian|accessdate=30 April 2025}} *For "O zi": {{cite news|url=https://tophit.com/ru/tracks/161367|title=O zi|publisher=Tophit|language=Russian|accessdate=30 April 2025}} </ref> |- ! scope="row"| "Love Me... Love Me..." | rowspan="1"|2005 | rowspan="28" {{n/a|*}} || — || 36 || 33 || — || — || 50{{efn|group=upper-alpha|DJ Ross Radio Edit}} |rowspan="3"|''The 33rd Element'' |- ! scope="row"| "Loca"<br>{{small|(featuring Natalia Gordienko and Connect-R)}} | rowspan="1"|2006 | — || — || — || 4 || — || 16 |- ! scope="row"| "Professional HeartBreakers" | rowspan="1"|2007 | — || — || — || — || — || 86 |- ! scope="row"| "Rumadai" | rowspan="2"|2008 | 50 || — || 32 || — || — || 200 |rowspan="30" {{N/A|Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row"| "Wake Up" | — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "25" | rowspan="1"|2009 | — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "Minimum" | rowspan="5"|2010 || — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "Ischezni" | — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "Remember Me" | — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "Erase It" | — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "Bang Bang" | — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "My Heart"<br>{{small|(featuring {{Interlanguage link|Lena Kynazeva|lt=Lena Kynazeva|ru|Князева, Елена Львовна}})}} | rowspan="1"|2011 | — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "I'm Giving Up" | rowspan="1"|2012 || — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "Aquamarina"<br>{{small|(featuring Janyela)}} | rowspan="1"|2013 | — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "Porque te amo" / "Do rassveta"<br>{{small|(featuring Sati Kazanova)}} | rowspan="1"|2014 | — || — || — || — || 17 || 9 |- ! scope="row"| "Bella Bella" | rowspan="1"|2015 | — || — || — || — || — || 28 |- ! scope="row"| "Tol'ko s toboy" / "What Is Love" | rowspan="2"|2016 | — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "Nezemnaya ti" | — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "Aromatami" | rowspan="2"|2017 | — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "A on drugoy, mama"<br>{{small|(with Mianna)}} | — || — || — || — || 166 || — |- ! scope="row"| "Bon Ami"<br>{{small|(featuring Heren)}} | rowspan="1"|2018 | — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "Depresie" | rowspan="2"|2019 | — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "Atikapatum"<br>{{small|(as Atika Patum)}} | — || — || — || — || — || 80 |- ! scope="row"| "Lay Down"<br>{{small|(with Radu Sîrbu)}} | rowspan="2"|2020 | — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "Ale Aleluia"<br>{{small|(as Atika Patum)}} | — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "Coco-Inna"<br>{{small|(with Hanna and Tymma)}} | rowspan="3"|2021 | — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "Omanare"<br>{{small|(as Atika Patum)}} | — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "Umani"<br>{{small|(as Atika Patum)}} | — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "Maracuya"<br>{{small|(with Mianna and Tymma)}} | rowspan="2"|2022 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "O zi"<br>{{small|(with Holograf)}} | 185 || — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "Lumea asta"<br>{{small|(with {{Interlanguage link|Paula Hriscu|lt=Paula Hriscu|de|Paula Hriscu}})}} | rowspan="2"|2023 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "Bella Hadid (Come to Madrid)"<br>{{small|(with Tymma)}} | 200 || — || — || — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "God Is a Code"<br>{{small|(as Atika Patum)}} | rowspan="1"|2024 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — |- |colspan="18" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.<br>"*" denotes that the chart did not exist at that time. |}
==See also== *List of music released by Moldovan artists that has charted in major music markets
==Notes== {{notelist-ua}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://arseniummusic.com/ Arsenium's] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151205050459/http://arseniummusic.com/ |date=5 December 2015 }} official website * [https://www.youtube.com/c/ATIKAPATUM ATIKA PATUM] official YouTube channel
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Todiras, Arsenie}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Moldovan male singers Category:Moldovan expatriates in Romania Category:O-Zone members Category:Musicians from Chișinău Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants