Birthday

1968-04-17

Place of Birth

Atkarsk, Saratovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR

Biography

Russian pop singer, known mononymously as Valeria. People's Artist of Russia (2013), as well as People's Artist of the Chechen and Kabardino-Balkarian Republics. Member of the Council for Culture and Arts under the President of the Russian Federation. Winner of 13 Golden Gramophone awards. Winner of 4 Muz-TV awards (Best Female Artist 2004, Best Female Artist 2010, Best Video 2014, Best Female Artist of the Decade 2015). Winner of 2 MTV Russia Music Awards (Best Performer 2004, Best Song 2005). Winner of 13 “Song of the Year” awards. She has performed solo concerts at such venues as: O2 Arena and Royal Albert Hall (London), the State Kremlin Palace, the Olympic sports complex (Moscow), Minsk-Arena (Minsk) and others. Student of People's Artist of the USSR Iosif Kobzon and People's Artist of the Russian Federation Gelena Velikanova.