Joanna Stingray is known to many rock music fans of the 1980s and 1990s. During her career, she managed to release several successful albums, most of which were designed for the Soviet and after the Russian audience. In addition, Joanna Stingray tried herself as an actress, starring in a film called "Freak".
In the city of Los Angeles, which is located in the United States of America, Joanna Fields was born in 1960. The girl took the surname Stingray as a stage name at a time when she actively began to study music and develop her creative career. Joanna was born on July 3rd, according to her horoscope she is Cancer.
Biography of Joanna Stingray: childhood and adolescence
Joanna's family was very wealthy. Her father was selling real estate in the United States, which brought in huge income. Therefore, Joanna spent her childhood and adolescence in the prestigious Los Angeles area: she grew up in Beverly Hills.
During her education at school, Joanna was not particularly interested in music. As a teenager, she played sports and was also part of the support team for Beverly Hills High School. Joanna devoted a lot of time to swimming and reached certain heights in this matter. She took part in relevant sports competitions, represented her school in swimming competitions and won several victories.
Her outlook on the world and the future changed dramatically when Joanna Fields received her high school diploma and entered the University in Southern California. At that time, she began to get very interested in music, discovered a certain talent for singing and began to develop it. While studying at the institute, Joanna began to try herself as a songwriter.
As a result of such a strong passion for art, Fields recorded her first disc in 1983. There were only four tracks on the disc, but this album has already become a definite achievement for Joanna. After the release of the record, Joanna decided to take a creative pseudonym, under which she was recognized all over the world afterwards.
Musical activities and career development
Musicians from the USSR had a very great influence on Joanna Stingray and her work. In the 1980s, the girl first visited the Soviet Union and was delighted with everything that she saw. She made friends with rock musicians popular at that time, among whom were Boris Grebenshchikov and Viktor Tsoi. And after a certain amount of time she lived in the USSR.
In 1989, Joanna Stingray released the album "Stingray", which, first of all, was published in the USSR. Four compositions were recorded on it. A little later, a video clip was filmed for the song "Turn Away". However, before this album, the singer managed to release two more discs.
In 1990, Stingray's discography was supplemented with the work "Thinking Till Monday". A clip was shot for one of the compositions of this LP, in which Garik Sukachev took part. And already in 1991 she released the album "Walking Through Windows", which she dedicated to the departed Viktor Tsoi. In the same year, the famous singer recorded a collection of the best songs.
Later, several more successful records were released, which sold out in large circulations in Russia. However, under the influence of the whole situation in the 1990s, Joanna Stingray at one point made the decision to leave the country and return to the states.
In 1998, the singer released a new studio album, "Shades of Yellow". The work on the disc took place in the United States, and this album was primarily released for an American audience.
After a long time - in 2004 - Joanna Stingray's new work entitled "May There Always Be Sunshine" was released. In the same year, the artist decided to visit Russia for a short time after such a long break. Joanna came again in 2009.
Joanna Stingray's love and love life
In 1987, Joanna married Yuri Kasparyan, who was the guitarist for Kino. However, the husband and wife did not live together for a very long time. At some point in time, the couple divorced, although Joanna still considers Yuri to be her only true love.
The next husband of the artist was Alexander Vasiliev, who was a member of the musical group "Center". They had a daughter, who was named Madison. However, this Stingray marriage did not last long.
According to rumors, Joanna Stingray had a third husband, whose name was Stephen, but this relationship eventually led to a divorce.
How the singer lives at the moment can be seen on her instagram. However, Joanna prefers not to talk about her current private life, therefore it is not known whether she now has a loved one or not.
