Volkova Yulia Olegovna - Russian singer and actress, became famous thanks to her participation in the duet Tatu. Since 2010, the singer has been pursuing a solo career and raising two children.
Biography
Julia Volkova was born on February 20, 1985 in Moscow. Julia's father is a businessman Oleg Viktorovich Volkov, and her mother Larisa Viktorovna Volkova is a stylist. Julia also has an older sister.
Even as a child, little Julia realized that she wanted to be a singer. When she was seven years old, her mother sent her to music school No. 62 in the piano class. Julia played the piano well and sang beautifully.
From the age of 9, the future singer performed in the children's vocal and instrumental ensemble "Fidgets". A year later, Lena Katina, her future partner in the big stage, was also enrolled in the Fidgets group. The singer graduated from the music school with honors and after receiving a certificate, she decided to take up theatrical art.
In 1995, Julia moved to secondary school number 1113 with theatrical training. During her school years she starred in several scenes of the famous children's newsreel "Yeralash".
In 2000, Volkova entered the Gnessin Variety and Jazz School. There she studied vocals professionally.
Career and creativity
In 1999, as a result of the casting, Yulia became a participant in the music project Tatu (t. A. T.u.), organized by the screenwriter of commercials Ivan Shapovalov and composer Alexander Voitinsky. Yulia's colleague from Fidgets, Lena Katina, also joined the team.
The musical group Tatu (t. A. T.u.) at that time was a successful Russian pop group that achieved worldwide popularity.
In 2000, the single "I lost my mind" was released, which for several months took first place in the charts of Russian radio stations. In October, a video was released, which immediately took first place on MTV Russia.
On December 19, 2000, Julia, as part of the group, gave the first press conference at the school where she studied.
Soon the second video for the song "Half an Hour" was released, which was a great success.
In 2001, the first album "200 in the opposite direction" was released, which sold half a million copies.
On November 14, 2002, Yulia Volkova and E. Katina performed the hit “All the Things She Said” at the MTV Europe Music Awards. The clip got into heavy rotation on MTV US and MTV UK, in Italy and Sweden, the single received platinum status.
In February 2003, Yulia and Lena performed on the popular TV show of the American television company NBC "Tonight".
In May 2003, the girls took part in the Eurovision Song Contest, taking third place.
In 2004, the group starred in the reality show Tatu in the Middle Kingdom.
In 2004, Julia and Lena Katina broke off their contract with producer Ivan Shapovalov.
In 2005, the soloists released their second international album, Dangerous and Moving, which went platinum and spawned several international hits. The album "Dangerous and Moving" was released on October 5, 2005 in Japan, October 10 - in Europe, October 11 - in North America
On October 21, 2005, the album "Disabled People" was released. Some of the songs from the album were recorded during the filming of the reality show Tatu in the Middle Kingdom.
In 2005-2006, Yulia Volkova and E. Katina gave several concerts in the Baltic States, as well as Germany, Switzerland, Finland, Moldova, Armenia, Mexico, Belgium, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and also conducted a large-scale tour "Dangerous and Moving Tour" in the cities of Russia and Ukraine.
In July 2007, Yulia and Lena took part in the filming of the film You and I, directed by Roland Joffe.
On October 21, 2008, the third studio album "Merry Smiles" was released, which took the 7th place in the sales ranking of the Russian edition of Billboard magazine. On November 28, at the MTV Russia Music Awards-2008, the group received the MTV Legend award.
In 2009, a year after the release of the studio album "Waste Management", Yulia decides to leave the group due to creative disagreements with the producers of the project.
In August 2011, Yulia Volkova officially announced the beginning of her solo career, having signed a contract with the largest and most successful record company in Russia, representing the interests of the international EMI concert in Russia - Gala Records. And a few months later she presented her first video and single, "All Because Of You".
In 2012, at the Eurovision selection round, Yulia performed the song "Back to Her Future" in a duet with singer Dima Bilan, taking second place.
In the summer of the same year, Yulia's new single, titled "Didn't Wanna Do It", was released.
In the summer of 2013, the film "Zombie Holidays 3D" was released, where Yulia played one of the main roles.
In 2013, at the Soundtrack ceremony, Yulia, together with singer Dima Bilan, received the main award in the Duet of the Year nomination. In the spring of the same year, the duet of Yulia and Dima with the single "Love-bitch" won the "OE Video Music Awards" in the category "Best sex video"
In September 2013, the first concert of Tatu (t. A. T.u.) over the past five years took place in Kiev, and on November 23, Yulia and Lena gave three concerts in St. Petersburg.
In the autumn of the same year, the singer, together with leading Italian designers, released a collection of C&C shoes by Julia Volkova.
On February 7, 2014, Julia, together with E. Katina, performed at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, and on December 12, the singers appeared together on the Direct Air program dedicated to their former producer Ivan Shapovalov.
In 2014, the singer starred in the melodrama "Close but Far".
On October 30, 2015 the premiere of the video for the song "Keep Near" took place.
In May 2016, the presentation of the single "Save the World, People" took place.
In May 2017, at the Mayovka Live festival, Yulia Volkova presented her new song Just Forget.
Personal life
At the age of 19, Yulia Volkova met with athlete Pavel Sidorov for three months. And on September 23, 2004, the singer from Pavel had a daughter, Victoria.
In 2006, the singer met with Vlad Topalov, but their relationship did not last long and a year later the couple broke up.
In 2006, Julia met a young businessman Parviz Yasinov. And on December 27, 2007, they had a son, who was later named Samir.
In 2010, the singer broke up with her common-law husband Parviz.
