Kristina Orbakaite

Kristina Orbakaite (Кристина Орбакайте)
Background information
Birth name	Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaite (Кристина Эдмундовна Орбакайте)
Born	May 25, 1971 (1971-05-25) (age 40) Šventoji, Lithuania
Origin	Moscow, Russia
Genres	Pop, pop-rock
Occupations	singer, songwriter, producer, actress
Associated acts	Alla Pugacheva, Vladimir Presnyakov
Website	orbakaite.ru

Kristina Edmundovna Orbakaitе (Russian: Кристина Эдмундовна Орбакайте, Lithuanian: Kristina Orbakaitė, born 25 May 1971, Šventoji, Lithuania) better known as Kristina Orbakaite is a Russian singer^[1] and actress. Her parents are Russian pop star Alla Pugacheva^[2] and Lithuanian circus performer Mykolas Orbakas.

Biography

Kristina was born in Moscow and spent much of her childhood in the Lithuanian town Šventoji. At the age of 7 she debuted in the Soviet children TV program "Veseliye Notki" (Happy Music) with the song "Solnishko Smeetsa". In 1982 she sang the song "Pust' Govoryat" in the popular TV program "Utrenyaya Pochta". However, she did not become popular until 1983, when she filmed the movie "Chuchelo" (Scarecrow) where she played a girl who was different from everyone else.^[3]

Musical career

She made her singing debut in 1992 with the song "Pogovorim" (Let's Talk). After two years, she released her first album "Vernost'". Kristina was awarded a "World Music Award" in 2002 for the "Best Selling Russian Artist", and "MuzTV Music Award" in 2005 and 2006 for the "Best Female singer" in Russia. She is currently married to a Russian businessman named Mikhail Zemtsov and has two sons: Nikita born in 1991, and Deni born in 1998. On November 19th 2011 she officially confirmed that she is pregnant and expecting a child in March 2012.

Albums

• 1994 - Верность "Loyalty"
• 1996 - Ноль Часов, Ноль Минут "Zero Hours, Zero Minutes"
• 1998 - Ты "You"
• 1999 - Той Женщине, Которая... "To that woman, Who.."
• 2000 - Май "May"
• 2001 - The Best
• 2001 - Remixes
• 2002 - Верь В Чудеса "Believe in miracles"
• 2002 - Океан Любви "Ocean Of Love"
• 2003 - Перелетная Птица "Fly away bird"
• 2005 - My Life
• 2008 - Слышишь.. это я "Can you hear...it's me"
• 2009 - The Best Part 1 and Part 2
• 2011 - Поцелуй на бис "Encore Kiss"

References

1. ^ Touzmohamed, Erkin (16 November 1996). "Music Publishing Sector Slowly Emerging in Russia". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media) 108 (46): 58. ISSN 0006-2510. http://books.google.com/books?id=vQkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58. Retrieved 23 September 2010. 
2. ^ Horton, Andrew; Brashinsky, Michael (1992). The zero hour: glasnost and Soviet cinema in transition. Princeton University Press. p. 71. ISBN 9780691019208. http://books.google.com/books?id=9gZPIRMv-EIC&pg=PA71. Retrieved 23 September 2010. 
3. ^ Lawton, Anna M. (1992). The Red screen: politics, society, art in Soviet cinema. Psychology Press. pp. 287–288. ISBN 9780415078191. http://books.google.com/books?id=ErkFO33gM8gC&pg=PA287. Retrieved 23 September 2010. 

External links

• Official Website of Kristina Orbakaite

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Name	Orbakaite, Kristina
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Date of birth	25 May 1971
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