Biography
Lena Katina - Participant of the Group "Tatu" who had achieved such world recognition, which the current Russian performers remain only to dream. "Not gonna get us!" Even those who did not know the Russian language shouted. Now the singer is developing the international solo project Lena Katina and also hits the top lines of the ratings.Childhood and youth
Lena on the sign of the zodiac scales, born in Moscow in the family of composer Sergei Katina, the creator of the Dune group, the author of Larisa Dolina, Marina Khlebnikova and other Russian stars. After the divorce of parents to the upbringing of the girl and EE, the younger sister was engaged in stepfather and mother - Pianist Inessa Vsevolodovna. Help and grandmother from Father Asya Nikitichna, an artist by profession.
The artist since childhood grew active, so it was decided to give EE to the sport to send energy to the useful course. The hobby included figure skating and swimming, rhythmic gymnastics, ballroom dancing and horse riding.
A little later manifested itself and congenital musical talent. Little Lena began to study the game on the piano, then she sang in the children's vocal team "Avenue".
As a result, fate led the Katina to the legendary ensemble of "fidgets", which has grown up Yulia Volkov, Sergey Lazarev, Anastasia Zadorozhnaya, Vlad Topalova. With this team, Lena participated in festivals and contests for children.
In 1999, the musical producer Ivan Shapovalov decided to create a new project called Tatu. On the casting was taken only to Elena Katina, who was 15 years old at that time. The girl approached external parameters - low growth (162 cm), red curly hair, big eyes, and also arranged producer as a vocalist. Lena has already started rehearsal when the leaders considered it appropriate to turn the "tattoo" in the duet and invited Julia Volkov.
By the way, despite the incredible creative workload, the Katina graduated in absentia by the Moscow Humanitarian and Economic Institute and received a higher education in the specialty "Psychology".
Tattoo Group
Before the arrival of Volkova Lena Katina recorded the songs of "Yugoslavia" and "Why am I" by the composer Alexander Varta. But the first joint single "I went crazy" instantly ascended the girl's rank of Russian stars. The video clip received a prestigious international Award MTV Video Music Awards in the nomination Viewers' Choice - Best Russian Video.For him followed "half an hour", "Boy Gay", awarded "Golden Gramophone" "we will not catch up with us." The idea of using a provocative image came to the project producers after watching the Swedish picture "Show me love", in which the love of two high school students was shown. And the name itself could decipher as the phrase "that likes that." The parents of both performers did not oppose the use of LGBT theme, although in the interviews emphasized that girls had a normal orientation.
Surprisingly, during the first recordings, Elena discovered problems with diction. With living performance, they are not noticeable, but when recording began to know about themselves. Then experts recommended the Katina to sing with a plug in the mouth to develop the jaw. And this advice helped the girl get rid of the problem.
In 2001, the release of the first solo disk "200 on the counter", half a million of whose copies of which were separated on the first day of sales, and for the year the figure increased to 4.3 million copies around the world, and 1.8 million had to be japed.
The plate broke the implementation records, ahead of Michael Jackson's CDs and Madonna. By the way, Madonna spoke warmly about a duet, and Lena Katina called the first singer from Eastern Europe, whose English is so good, which allows to compete with American performers.
Abroad, the popularity of the group was no less than in the homeland. In 2002, hits in English NOT GONNA GET US, I'Ve Lost My Mind and All The Things She Said began to appear. The latter won platinum status in a number of European countries.
In 2003, Tatu participated in the Eurovision contest, where with the song "Do not believe, do not be afraid, do not ask" the 3rd position. The first two places went to Turkey and Belgium. The difference in points was small, and, since in some countries a voting system was broken, Russia tried to protest the results, but received a refusal.
In 2004, the group released the show "Tattoo" in the Middle Kingdom ", after a year - the album Dangerous and moving and the disabled people disk. The MOSCOW composition could be known for Joint Records by Rammstein. However, the personal Ambitions Shapovalov turned out commercial feasibility. The producers of the teams did not agree, whose title indicate in the first place.
Working in a musical duet has become for Lena Katina an important stage in a creative biography. The soloists initially received $ 100 for the concert, with age came aware that stunning popularity is more expensive. Lawyers "knocked out" for singers interest from sales and speeches. Lena embedded in real estate.
Solo career
For the first time about the solo career, Katina thought when she went to the Decree of Volkova. Together with his father, she recorded a demo in the studio. Specific reasons for the final decay of the group none of the participants called. According to Lena, it's not a quarrel, but the version voiced in the press does not correspond to reality.
Co-founder "TATU" Boris Rensky offered a girl to record an album. According to Lena Katina, she moved to the United States, took off the studio on the Hollywood Hills, overwriting old songs, and then began to offer listeners and new creations. Waiting was the first solo composition of Lena, then, together with the Mexican rock band, the Belanova, the artist recorded the Hit Tic Toc. Keep on Breathing Katina Ballada dedicated to people affected by a catastrophe in Japan in spring 2011.
A big hit was dedicated to Yule Wolve Never Forget, which was headed by the Chief Chart of the World Billboard. Thus, the singer repeated his own success with the duet "Tattoo", because the song Not Gonna Get US has already risen to the 1st line in America. By the way, no one from the musicians from the CIS countries has not yet succeeded.
In 2012, a clip was released on Duet Lena Katina and Clark Owen Melody, in the same year the singer visited St. Petersburg, where he spoke in the Quirfest-2012 quirk culture festival program. Soon the premiere of the song "I will be near" (Shot), which Katina fulfilled along with the R'n'B-performer T-Killah, as well as the Music composition Paradise recorded on the music of Sergei Galoan.
A certain triumph for solo career Lena Katina was a performance at a concert in Los Angeles on Halloween Carnival.
In 2014, the Lena Katina project has implemented the debut full-length album of this is Who I Am. In addition to English, Lena writes singles in Spanish. In 2016, the levántame track and the ESTA SOY YO plate appeared.
In the summer of the same year, Katina spoke at the Gay Festival in Madrid before 30 thousand spectators, fulfilled two songs with a Hispanic album - all the Things SHE SAID and 30 minutes compositions. The second is devoted to victims of the terrorist attack in Orlando.
At the end of 2017, the artist visited Moscow, where he gave two concerts - in Izmailovo and Sokolniki parks. Unpropered among stars Format Lena used in 2019 - spoke on Arbat. Street concert turned into a kind of promotion, dedicated to the exit of the first Russian-speaking album.
The "Mono" track list included the compositions McDonalds, "after us", "smoke." Poltsya listeners positively appreciated the new style of ex- "Tatushki". Without criticism, of course, it was not happening, the group fans still perceive the boat as a participant in the popular team.
Conflict with Julia Volkova
In 2012, a joint Wolve speech was held in the capital of Romania, as well as the reissue of the first album of the Tattoo Group. In 2014, the artists reunited at the opening of the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, where they performed the song "We will not catch up," the track "Love in every moment" was recorded later. But the continuation of the joint career did not succeed, the girls again turned to personal projects.The conflict of the former colleagues made it clear - the group "Tatu" has already exactly on the summer. But about the causes of irreconcilable disagreements, each of the participants said in different ways.
Volkova told the press that because of Katina, the European tour was running away - that simply, when landing on the plane provoked a conflict, came out of the liner and did not fly anywhere.
Lena saw the situation differently. From her words, Julia itself made cooperation impossible - dictated the bible conditions and demanded complete submission from it on all issues regarding the creation of the group. Otherwise, Volkova promised to find a new soloist.
In contact with the fans of Katina reported that even communication with a former colleague does not see it possible. They have absolutely different views on the future of the team.
TV project
In 2020, Lena became a member of the 2nd season of the vocal contest "Well, all together!". The winner of the project gets a chance to become a pop star. Together with the former soloist "Tatu" the best of applicants chose Nikita Malinin, Irina Ortman, DJ Groom. He led the star jury Sergey Lazarev.
Then Katina herself was among the mysterious participants of the show "Mask". The singer died in a spider costume. Before the judges of the program, the task is to guess who sings, while the actor's voice is intentionally distorted. "Masks" is entitled to give small tips, but not misleading. Lena told that he had silence the gold fever. The first that the composition of Lady Gaga Poker Face sang Katina was guessed by Regina Todorenko and Philip Kirkorov.
Personal life
Lena more than once tried to arrange a personal life, but the satellites came across from show business, and the relationship did not develop. The first did not understand the specifics of the work of the artist, believed that the girl was having fun, and not earns money. The second talked to the team tone and demanded that it is unquestioning to fulfill its instructions. The third was not in a hurry to call the singer to the registry office, and then he was openly changed at all. Only with the seventh attempt, she realized that he met his own love.With her husband - Slovenian rock musician Sasho Kuszwanovich Lena met in early youth, but simply forgot about it. The new meeting occurred 10 years later in Los Angeles.
"And all the shivel-skid went: first the first night, then the first date ... And after a month, we decided to live together. Musicians called us "the most unexpected union in the universe".Sasche offer on the ocean in Malibu during a romantic dinner. Especially for this, a young man learned a couple of phrases in Russian. In the summer of 2013, Lena Katina was officially combined with marriage.
Lovers played two lush weddings - in Slovenia, and in Russia. In 2015, the spouses became the parents of the boy, who was called Alexander. The artist dreamed of her daughter and even came up with her name - Anna.
In 2019, the family broke up, the son remained with his mother. To divorce Sasho and Lena, secretly, who leaning in the media, the rumors confirmed PR director of the singer.
Life in Hollywood obliged to look good. Katina was not sitting on diet, but he was engaged in yoga and still boldly brags in the "Instagram" a slim figure in a swimsuit. In the archives of the Maxim publication, more candid photos are stored.
After spending 5 years in the States, the actress returned to Moscow. Lena never wanted to live in someone else's country.
"In America, everything is superficial. None of the person I would call in the middle of the night with the problem. The Russians have depth, we are kind, really give the last shirt not for the sake of koresti, but because we sincerely want to help. We have mutual assistance and mutual assistance, we can accumulate in difficult times. "Lena Katina is now
In the tight chart of Katina, time was found in order to visit the festive event dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Children's Studio "Fidget." The concert took place on May 24, 2021, Sergey Lazarev took part in it, Valery, Oleg Gazmanov, Vlad Topalov and both former participants in the Tattu group. As for the solo career, Lena released a new track "From Darkness".
Also, the fans were waiting for a surprise from Kumira: Ksenia Sobchak prepared a frank interview with former "tattags", in which Lena and Julia not only remembered how the group was created, but also told about the future plans.
Discography
As part of the group "TATU"
- 2000 - "I went crazy"
- 2001 - "200 on the counter"
- 2005 - Dangerous and Moving
- 2005 - "Disabled people"
- 2008 - "Merry Smiles"
- 2009 - Waste Management
- 2012 - 200 km / h in the Wrong Lane (10th Anniversary Edition)
Solo albums
- 2014 - This is Who I Am
- 2016 - Esta Soy Yo
- 2017 - Silent Hills (Single)
- 2019 - "Mono"
- 2020 - "Virus" (Single)
- 2021 - "From the Darkness" (Single)