Artist Biographies
On stage and off it: stories of the artists you listen to, plus the tracks that make you want to explore more.
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Shershen
Oleh Viktorovych Kozachuk was born on 7 August 1986 in Lviv. The name Shershen came from school graffiti-crew nicknames and a liking for yellow; listeners later say the sting is in
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IMARY
IMARY is a Ukrainian singer, visual artist, and dreamy-pop author from Vinnytsia. She describes herself as an “artist of audiovisual dreams”: music is not only sound, but a synesth
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Drevo
Drevo (DREVO, Maksym Derevianchuk) is a Ukrainian pop-rock singer-songwriter from Varash (formerly Kuznetsovsk) in the Rivne region, born 11 December 2001. At school he sang at eve
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Divo
Divo is a Ukrainian pop project from the dance wave: short singles, an EDM bed and lyrics about love that hits without warning. On streaming since late 2023 under DIVO copyright. T
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POLINA CHILI
POLINA CHILI (Polina Chirikova) is a Russian pop-rock singer, songwriter and actress from Yekaterinburg, born 16 October 2001. The stage name CHILI comes from the start of her surn
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Zhozefina
Zhozefina (Жозефина) is a Russian-language pop artist with a nineteenth-century salon name and a messenger-feed playlist. There is almost no public face, interview trail, or “I gre
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NeiroGrisha
NeuroGrisha (НейроГриша) is a Russian-language digital/neuro project of courtyard lyric pop wrapped in pop/rock. The name is the pitch: not a solemn chanson singer, but a meme Gris
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Alok
Alok (Alok Achkar Peres Petrillo, born 26 August 1991 in Goiânia) is a Brazilian DJ and producer — the leading exporter of Brazilian Bass: a sunny mix of tech-house and festival ED
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taOlka
taOlka is a Ukrainian pop and alternative artist with a digital catalog since 2025. On streaming platforms the profile is listed in Latin with a distinctive “O”: a start with intro
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Pasha Pepel
Pasha Pepel is a Russian-language rap artist of the 2026 digital wave. On storefronts, don’t confuse him with Pepel Nahudi (Dmitry Artemyev) or other “ash/pepel” aliases: this is a
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Bezlich golosiv
Bezlich holosiv (Безліч голосів) is a Ukrainian digital project that works as a “many-voiced” brand rather than a classic star with one biography. The name matches the method: shor
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CHOOB
CHOOB is a Ukrainian digital-wave hip-hop artist for whom rap is not “street image for a video,” but personal speech: responsibility, resilience, memory, choice. The brand rests on
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Vadim Kochetkov
Vadym Kochetkov (Вадим Кочетков) is a Ukrainian pop artist. Wider attention came with hits “Pochuttia po Freidu,” “Idesh vid mene,” and “Diakuiu, mamo.” The catalogue is lyrical c
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CYGO
CYGO (Leonid Vakulchuk) is a Belarusian hip-hop and pop artist from Mogilev. His 2018 breakthrough was the viral hit “Panda E,” which topped Apple Music, VK, and YouTube charts. T
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GG brodyaga
GG brodyaga is a Russian pop artist with a short catalogue of 2026 singles. The lineup includes “Kayfovaya” and “Yeyo formy kak bomba” (with VORSKIY), solo cuts “Osudite yeyo po 15
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Tatiana Ovsienko
Tatyana Ovsienko is a Soviet and Russian estrada singer, a Merited Artist of Russia. Born in Kyiv, she rose to fame as a vocalist of Mirage (1988–1990), then built a solo career wi
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Lusia Kava
Lyusya Kava (Liudmyla Kovalenko) is a Ukrainian pop singer and songwriter from Kryvyi Rih. Her breakthrough hits include “Nezlamna,” “Narodna,” and “Ukrainian Girl” — patriotic and
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M.ka
M.Ka (also seen as M.ka) is a Russian pop / hip-hop artist with lyrical singles and notable collaborations. On Apple Music the main catalog appears under M.Ka in the Pop genre. So
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Galaktika
Galaktika is a Latvian pop and schlager band. Not to be confused with the Soviet hard-rock/metal act Galaktika, the Ukrainian project of the same name, or the 1990s Pop-Galaktika s
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Lesha Binom
Lyosha Binom is a Russian-language hip-hop and pop artist active on streaming since the mid-2010s. Not to be confused with Lyova from Bi-2 — this is a separate catalogue. Apple Mus
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Zlata Ko
Zlata Ko is a Ukrainian pop singer with a romantic, melodic sound. On streaming platforms she quickly made her mark with duets and solo Ukrainian-language singles. Do not confuse h
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Khayat
KHAYAT is a Ukrainian singer-songwriter, born Andrii Oleksandrovych Khaiat (formerly Skalkovich) on April 3, 1997, in Znamianka, Kirovohrad Oblast. He works in folktronica: ethno-p
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Daryna Khurtovyna
Daryna Khurtovyna is a Ukrainian pop performer known for viral tracks with humor and folk motifs. Her songs spread quickly on TikTok, YouTube and music portals: a light beat, a cat
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SOCRAT
SOCRAT is the stage name of Russian singer, composer, and musician Kirill Astapov. He was born on May 13, 1989, in Yoshkar-Ola into a musical family and studied piano from childhoo
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NA-NA
Na-Na is a legendary Russian pop group founded in Moscow in 1989 by producer Bari Alibasov. The project became one of the country’s first boy bands: bright costumes, choreography,
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Serhii Zabolotnyi
Serhiy Zabolotny is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter who rose to wide recognition with his Ukrainian-language version of «Lyublyu tebe». The track is a cover of Kazakh artist Kair
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Ortea
Ortea is the stage name of Ukrainian musician, DJ, and sound producer Artem Bandura from Kyiv. He has been making music since age 12: for years he developed the techno project Luna
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Assia Ahhatt
Assia Ahhatt (Inessa Balenko) is a Ukrainian violinist, singer, and producer from Kyiv, a Merited Artist of Ukraine. She blends classical violin with pop and dance sounds; standout
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MUF Modern Ukrainian Folk Project
MAF (Modern Ukrainian Folk Project, also listed as MUF Modern Ukrainian Folk Project) is a Ukrainian music project blending folk motifs with contemporary pop and electronic music.
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Alexander Pierce
Alexander Pierce is a Russian musician, arranger and producer from Arkhangelsk. On streaming he works under the English stage name; don’t confuse him with same-named house, ambient
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BAYO
BAYO (stylized as БАЙЁ) is a Russian pop artist performing under a one-word stage name. He emerged on streaming platforms in 2026; his releases are distributed by SFEROOM DISTRIBUT
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Opizdets
Opizdets is the stage name of a hip-hop and trap artist whose music is released on streaming platforms under a short, provocative brand. There is almost no public “star” biography:
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Ognevich Zlata
Zlata Ognevich (Inna Bordyug) is a Ukrainian pop singer with a strong soprano. Her breakthrough was “Gravity”: 3rd place at Eurovision 2013 in Malmö for Ukraine. The catalogue is
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Kristina Soloviy
Krystyna Soloviy (Ukr. Khrystyna Soloviy) is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter, and composer of Lemko heritage. She was born on January 17, 1993, in Drohobych (Lviv Oblast) into a fam
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OSTY
OSTY is the stage name of Ukrainian singer and songwriter Ostap Dmytrovych Starosta. He was born on August 15, 2004, in the village of Vovche (Turka district, Lviv Oblast); later t
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Tina Karol
Tina Karol (born Tetiana Hryhorivna Liberman, 25 January 1985 in Orotukan, Magadan Oblast) is a Ukrainian singer, actress, TV host, and People’s Artist of Ukraine (2017). She grew
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Mirami
Mirami is a Ukrainian girl group from Lviv, founded on 11 July 2010. The name comes from Spanish mira mi — “look at me.” From the start the project held dance-pop and house: a voca
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TNMK
TNMK (“Tanok na Maidani Kongo,” sometimes TNMCongo) is a cult Ukrainian band from Kharkiv: hip-hop, funk, rock and rapcore with a live band, irony and Slobozhan slang. The prototyp
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ТІК
TIK (TІK) is a Ukrainian band from Vinnytsia, founded on June 2, 2005. The name stands for Tverezist i Kultura (“Sobriety and Culture”) — an ironic brand backed by folk-rock, ska-p
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Svetlana Tarabarova
Svitlana Tarabarova (Ukr. Svitlana Tarabarova) is a Ukrainian singer, composer, songwriter, producer, and actress. She was born on July 26, 1990, in Kherson and dreamed of the stag
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Дзідзьо
DZIDZIO (Ukr. Dzidzio) is a Ukrainian pop band with a comedic, anti-glamour image, founded on September 9, 2009, in Novoiavorivsk, Lviv Oblast. The project grew from the stage char
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Shenseea
Shenseea (Chinsea Linda Lee) is a Jamaican dancehall / pop star from Mandeville who pushed Kingston’s scene onto global streaming. This is not a quiet local name — it’s a brand wit
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РОМА МЭЙН
ROMA MAIN (Roman Chernyshev) is a Russian rapper, beatmaker and producer. Born in Severodvinsk, he lives and works in Novosibirsk. On the scene since 2012: pop-rap with a personal
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Iuly Neamtu
Iuly Neamtu (Iulian Neamtu) is a Romanian manele/pop artist from Bucharest with a danceable, club-ready sound. Standout tracks include Yabadabadu, Sugar Daddy, Kawasaki, Amore, Mer
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Rut
Rut is Russian pop with no passport. Open sources have no surname, no city, no birth date, and no interview. The name is as short as biblical Ruth, but other lives must not be stit
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Bella Poarch
Bella Poarch is the stage name of Denarie Bautista Taylor; born Belinda Marie Macadengdeng Batumbakal on 9 February 1997 in San Fabian, Pangasinan, Philippines. Until age three she
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Dima Fantomas
Dima Fantomas is a Russian singer of soulful chanson and lyrical pop who, since late 2022, has kept an official card only behind a mask. The shelf gives no real name, hometown, bir
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Krutakova
Krutakova is written in Latin letters with a feminine ending and is immediately mixed up with other Kruts: folk singer Tatyana Kurtukova (“Matushka,” Khabarovsk–Penza, a sarafan an
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Soli
Soli is written short and immediately drowns among others: Adriano Celentano’s Italian “Soli,” Israeli folk Soli Mood Sound, ambient Soli Lunar, house SOL-I, French pop, Turkish ra
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EMOGOD
ЭМОГОД is Russian emo-rap from 2024–2026, filed in all caps as one word, no space, no passport. On Telegram (@emogodik) the geo is Russia; the bio reads “emo of God” plus a deliber
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