- Yulia MacLean
Infobox musical artist
Name = Yulia
Img_capt = Yulia on the cover of her album "Into The West"
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Yulia Beredenko [ [http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=96726162&blogID=363728111 What’s in a name? - Yulia's Myspace Blog] ]
Alias = Yulia Townsend, Yulia MacLean, Yulia
Born = January, 1986 [ [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/6/story.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10374273 A quick word with: Yulia Townsend - New Zealand Herald] ]
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Origin =Volgograd ,Russia [ [http://www.stuff.co.nz/sundaystartimes/4397094a19799.html When Glyn met Yulia - Sunday Star times] ]
Instruments =Singing
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Years_active = 2004-present
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Past_members =Yulia (full name Yulia MacLean) is a
Russia n-bornNew Zealand crossover singer. Her first Solo Album 'Into The West' went platinum in its first week of sales in New Zealand, achieving four times platinum sales. She won 2 NZ Music Awards; 'Best female solo artist' and '42Below Best selling album in New Zealand'. She has supportedAmici andRussell Watson with 2 sold-out tours inTokyo . Yulia's albums "Into the West" and "Montage" had three top 40 radio hits in New Zealand, "Into the West", "Angel" & "We're All Alone". She was also the lead singer in a pop duo with her husbandGlyn MacLean , calledthe MacLeaNZ .Life
Yulia moved to New Zealand to live, from Russia in 2002.
Within two years Yulia learned to speak English, passed all of her senior high school exams at
Cashmere High School inChristchurch and signed a recording deal withSony Music New Zealand . She was taught by Cashmere High School's music department head Gary Thin and teacher Noeleen Penter.Her first ever concert was in
Christchurch withIvan Rebroff where she received a standing ovation for her version of "Ave Maria".She was first discovered on regional television as a last minute subject for a ten minute segment on "
Good Living With Kerry Pierson " on Christchurch's local television station CTV.Gray Bartlett, co-director and owner of the
Auckland -based promotion companyPacific Entertainment Limited , signed her to a 6 year worldwide sole agency deal but was ended early by Yulia and she was managed temporarily by Michael Glading, ex head of Sony NZ.In 2007 Yulia met Glyn MacLean, 17 years her senior, director and owner of Oikos Music Group and signed to a management and music publishing deal. On Feb 10th 2008, Yulia married Glyn.
Discography
Albums
*Into The West Special Christmas Edition (2004)
*Into The West (2004) #1 NZ (4x Platinum - 60,000+)
*Montage (2006) #1 NZ (2x Platinum - 30,000+)References
External links
* [http://www.yulia.co.nz/ Official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/yuliasinger / MYSPACE]
* [http://www.youtube.com/yuliasinger / YOU TUBE]
* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/YULIA/10632447241 / FACEBOOK]
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