NK (singer) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids NK
Born	Anastasiia Oleksiivna Kamenskykh (1987-05-04) 4 May 1987 (age 38) Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	singer actress
Years active	2004–present
Spouse(s)	Oleksii Potapenko

Anastasiia Oleksiivna Kamenskykh (Ukrainian: Анастасія Олексіївна Каменських), born on May 4, 1987, is a famous Ukrainian singer. She is known professionally as NK. She sings pop and R&B songs. Besides singing, NK is also an actress, a TV star, and a businesswoman.

Early Life and School

NK was born in Kyiv, Ukraine. When she was five, she lived in France for a short time as part of a family exchange program. At six, she moved to Italy and stayed there for seven years.

She later returned to Kyiv. There, she studied at the Pechersk School International and a music school. NK finished music school when she was 15. After that, she started taking professional ballet classes. She practiced ballet for eight years. She also studied at the Wisconsin International University in Ukraine.

NK is very good with languages. She can speak five different ones: Ukrainian, Russian, English, Italian, and Spanish.

Music Career

NK started her singing career in 2004. She won a big prize at the Black Sea Games festival. One year later, in 2005, she received the "Opening of the Year" award in London.

From 2006 to 2017, NK was part of a popular music group called Potap & Nastya. She performed with Oleksii Potapenko. Their duo became very famous and won many awards around the world.

In 2017, NK began her solo music journey. Her first solo song and video was called "#etomoyanoch" (which means "#thatsmytypeofnight"). It quickly became very popular online. That same year, she released a Christmas album called Xmas with NK. It had famous Christmas songs in four languages: English, Italian, Russian, and Ukrainian. It also included new songs written by NK herself.

After her first solo song, many of NK's next songs got millions of views on YouTube. In March 2018, she released "Dai Mne." Then came "Trymay" (meaning "Hold"), which NK wrote herself. This song was a hit on music charts in Ukraine. In September 2018, she even shared "Trymay" on a big Italian radio station, Radio Rai.

Soon after, NK released "Peligroso," a song in English and Spanish. She worked with famous Latin Grammy Award winners to create it. The song was played on popular TV and radio shows in Latin America. NK was even invited to the Latin Grammy Awards, becoming the first Ukrainian artist to attend. "Peligroso" reached number 24 on Billboard magazine's Tropical Songs chart. In 2019, a reggaeton artist named De La Ghetto joined NK for an official remix of "Peligroso." The music video for the remix got over a million views on its first day.

On October 12, 2018, NK released her first solo album, No Komments. It included 10 songs in English, Ukrainian, and Russian. She also released a video for her song "LOMALA."

On February 14, 2019, NK released a music video for "Popa Kak U Kim." This song was one of the most popular from her No Komments album. The video quickly became the number one trending video on YouTube, with over 2 million views in just 24 hours. NK was also featured on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine in Ukraine that month.

Her next song, "Обіцяю" (meaning "I Promise"), was released on April 25, 2019, along with its music video. On July 8, 2019, NK was a special guest star at Maluma's first show in Ukraine, held at the Palace of Sports in Kyiv.

TV Career

NK has also had a successful career on television:

• 2007 – She was a star participant on Dancing with the Stars in Ukraine.
• 2008 – She took part in the TV show Two Stars in Russia.
• 2010 – She was a star participant in the singing TV show Star + Star in Ukraine.
• 2010 – She became a TV presenter for the morning show Guten Morgen on the M1 music channel in Ukraine.
• Since 2016 – She has been a TV presenter for the children's version of Make a comedian laugh, Children in Ukraine.
• Since 2017 – She has been a judge and mentor on The X-Factor. In 2018, her team, ZBSband, won the 9th season of the show. They were the first band to ever win it.
• 2017 – She starred in a special Christmas movie and acoustic album called Xmas with NK.

Business Career

In 2017, NK started her own sportswear brand called NKsport. Her brand has created 10 different collections since it began.

Other Activities

• Since 2015, NK has shared her life and experiences through her video blog, NKBLOG, on YouTube.
• Since 2017, she has regularly participated in the "Charity Weekend" program. Money raised from her concerts goes to help the Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics in Ukraine.
• In 2017, NK also began working with a charity called "Giznelub" (meaning "Cheerful Person"). She helps collect clothes and gives food to senior citizens. By 2018, she had helped with two big campaigns. She also held an auction, selling her own clothes to raise money for the same cause. All donations help open places where seniors can get free food and clothes daily. In 2018, she helped open two such places.
• In 2018, NK was an honorary friend of the UEFA Women's Champion League.

Music Activity in Numbers

Discography

Studio Albums

Potap & Nastya

• Ne para (2008)
• Ne lubi mne mozgi (2009)
• Vse puchkom (2013)
• Shchit i miach (2015)

NK

• Xmas with NK (2017)
• No Komments (2018)
• Ecléctica (EP, 2020)
• Красное вино (2021)

Singles

NK

• 2005 — "Kakaya raznitsa"
• 2016 — "Abnimos/Dosvidos" (feat. Nadya Dorofeeva)
• 2017 — "#etomoyanoch" (#thatsmytypeofnight)
• 2018 — "Day mne"
• 2018 — "Trymai"
• 2018 — "Lomala"
• 2018 — "Peligroso"
• 2019 — "Popa Kak U Kim"
• 2019 — "Obitsiaiu"
• 2019 — "Elefante"
• 2020 — "Miami" (feat. Jacob Forever & Jessy Frank)
• 2020 — "Lollipop" (feat. Juan Magan)
• 2020 — "A huevo"
• 2020 — "Película"
• 2020 — Vibe
• 2021 — "Pochuttia"

Potap & Nastya

Awards

See also

In Spanish: Nastya Kamenskih para niños