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Svetlana Loboda
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Світлана Лобода
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| Birth name | Svitlana Serhiivna Loboda |
| Also known as | LOBODA, Alisiya Horn |
| Born | 18 October 1982 Irpin, Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
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| Years active | 2000–present |
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Svitlana Serhiivna Loboda (born October 18, 1982), also known as LOBODA, is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter. She has become very successful in many Eastern European countries. She has won several awards, like the ZD Awards and the Bravo International Professional Music Awards.
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About Svitlana Loboda
Her Early Life and Music Start
Svitlana Loboda loved music and acting from a young age. She would even create small musicals for her family during holidays. This led her to study piano, singing, and conducting at a special music school.
After music school, Svitlana continued her studies at the Kyiv Variety And Circus Academy. She joined a band called "Cappuccino." In 2003, she got a main role in Ukraine's first professional musical, "The Equator." Later that year, she started her own band, "Catch." She wrote songs and designed costumes for the band. This was her first experience as a composer and designer.
Joining and Leaving VIA Gra
In the spring of 2004, Svitlana became a singer in the famous trio "VIA Gra." With the group, she toured Asian cities and appeared in a music video. After three months, Svitlana decided to leave the band. In December, she released her first solo song, "Black and White Winter."
In November 2005, Svitlana Loboda released her first solo album, called “You Will Not Forget.”
In 2006, she released the song "Black Angel." After a trip to Japan, she recorded "Wait, man." That same year, she hosted a TV show called Shoumaniya. In 2007, she hosted “Miss CIS” and opened her own travel agency. She also held a photo exhibition of her pictures from India. The exhibition helped raise money for orphans and children with cancer. In 2008, she started a clothing line and released her second album, "Not Macho." She won an award for her "Original Performance Style."
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
In 2009, Svitlana Loboda entered Ukraine's national competition for the Eurovision Song Contest. Her song was called "Be My Valentine." On March 8, 2009, she won the competition. This meant she would represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, Russia.
Svitlana performed in the second semi-final and made it to the final round. She was very confident about her chances. In the end, her song finished in 12th place.
Svitlana used her time at Eurovision to talk about an important social issue. She started a project called "No Family Crimes." She even appeared in photos with fake injuries to show the problem of violence against women.
Growing Popularity (2010-2015)
In January 2010, Svitlana released a music video for "Live Easy." Later, she sang a duet with Max Barskih called "Heart Beats."
In 2010, Svitlana Loboda officially changed her music project name to LOBODA.
In April 2011, she joined a PEPSI campaign with soccer player Andriy Shevchenko. The project aimed to help young creative people.
In the summer of 2010, she released the song "Revolution." She also released "Thank You," a song dedicated to her daughter. The music video for "Thank You" was filmed in two parts. The first part was when she was pregnant, and the second was after her daughter was born. In 2011, she released "In the Light." In early 2012, Svitlana went to the United States. There, she filmed a music video for "Clouds" and a short film called "Woman-Crime."
On April 12, 2012, Loboda started her show "The Beginning." She toured Ukraine with this show for almost a year. In June, she released "What about U," a song for the EURO 2012 championship. This song was chosen to be part of the official championship music. In August 2012, she released "40 degrees." In 2012, Loboda became a coach on the talent show "Voice. Children" on 1+1 channel.
In February 2013, she released "Tenderness." In March, she presented a new song called "Under Ice."
At the end of June 2013, Loboda received the special title "Honored Artist of Ukraine."
On November 1, 2013, she released "Kokhana" (Beloved). This was her first song in Ukrainian. In 2014, she performed "City Under Prohibition," which was officially released later. She went on a tour called "Under Prohibition!" Loboda also worked with Emin on the song and video "Looking at the sky." She won awards for her songs "40 Degrees" and "City Under Prohibition."
On March 7, 2015, Loboda released a new music video for "Not Wanted." It was filmed in Portugal and showed her personal feelings about a breakup.
On March 26, 2015, Loboda and Emin won the "Best Duet" award for "You Look at the Sky."
On April 2, 2015, the song "Time to Go Home" was released. The music video was filmed in Istanbul. It featured hosts from the "Eagle and Tails" TV show. In June 2015, Loboda won the "Fashion Voice Woman" award in Moscow.
On November 4, 2015, Loboda started a tour in Ukraine called "Time to Go Home." She sang new songs like "To Hell with Love" and "Your Eyes." On November 23, 2015, she launched a project called "Oblysh" (Leave me alone). This project aimed to bring attention to the important issue of violence against women.
On November 26, 2015, Loboda won "Clip of the Year" for "Time to Go Home." In December, she was named the most popular woman in Ukraine by Yandex.
Since 2016: H2LO Album and Other Projects
On January 11, 2016, Loboda released "To Hell the Love." The music video came out in February. On May 9, 2016, she sang at a concert for Victory Day.
On June 30, 2016, Loboda was named "The Most Beautiful Singer of the Country." On September 6, 2016, the song "Your Eyes" was released. Its music video came out in November. This song was number one on iTunes in many countries for five weeks. In November 2016, she received a "Golden Gramophone" award for "To Hell with Love."
In 2016, she won "Best Singer" and "Music Video of the Year" at the M1 Music Awards.
On March 8, 2017, Loboda performed a big show in Kyiv. She also released her album H2LO, which she had worked on for five years. The album quickly became number one in seven countries.
She also sang a duet called "Hot" with Dima Monatik.
In December 2017, she hosted a special "star" edition of the travel show "Oryol i Reshka." In 2018, she helped produce Philip Kirkorov's song "The Color of Mood Blue." She won several awards, including "Best Female Performer" at the RU.TV Awards and Muz-TV Awards.
In March 2018, she won "Best Female Performer" at the "Heat Music Awards." At the Bravo Awards, she won "Best Album" and "Best Singer." She also announced she was pregnant and would take a break from concerts.
In May 2018, Svitlana Loboda was on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine in Russia.
In June 2018, just two weeks after her second daughter was born, she returned to the stage. She performed at the "Muz-TV Award" and won "Best Singer."
Her album "H2LO" sold very well, reaching "3X PLATINUM" status. The single "Your Eyes" sold 20 million copies.
In September of the same year, Svitlana Loboda was on the cover of GQ magazine. She was the first woman to be on the cover of this men's magazine.
In December 2018, she won "Best Dance Hit" for "SuperStar" at the "Victoria" music awards. She also received a "Golden Gramophone" for "SuperStar" and was named "Performer of the Year" by Yandex Music.
In 2019, she became a mentor on "The Voice. Children" show. On March 1, 2019, the song "The Last Hero" was released. It became the main song for a new reality show.
Svitlana Loboda performed many concerts for her "SUPERSTAR" show in 2019. A year later, she released a live album with songs from the show.
In November 2019, Svitlana Loboda appeared in a music video for Till Lindemann's song "Frau & Mann."
At the end of 2019, she released the album "Sold Out," which also sold very well. She was recognized as the best streaming artist by Sony Music Entertainment Russia. She won many awards that year, including "Song of the Year" for "SuperStar" and "INSTADRAMA."
In 2020, Loboda released "Boom Boom" with rapper Pharaoh. This song and video caused a lot of talk online. The video got over two million views on its first day. The song became platinum in Russia. In December, she released "Moloko," which also became popular. She was named the best radio performer in Russia for 2020.
In 2021, Svitlana Loboda returned to "Voice. Children" as a mentor for the eighth season. Her team's singer, Vladislav Tyukin, won the season.
On March 5, 2021, her video for "Native" was released. She won "Best Singer of the Year" at a music festival.
On June 8, 2021, Loboda's producer announced they were ending their work together.
On July 16, her new song and video "Allo" came out. The video was filmed in Kyiv. The song became a hit during the summer.
On August 13, she released "Indie Rock (Vogue)" in both Russian and Ukrainian. The music video was directed by Israeli Indi Hait.
On August 14, Loboda performed her first public concert in Ukraine in four years. It was in Odesa and was very popular.
On October 1, she released the song "Americano." It quickly became number one on music charts and YouTube.
On November 1, the music video for "Americano" was released. It was filmed in Kyiv.
On December 10, 2021, Loboda released a New Year's song called "ZanesLO."
She received the Ukrainian "Music Platform" award for her song "MoLOko."
Since 2022: Support for Ukraine
In February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, Loboda stopped working in Russia. She canceled her concerts there. Loboda showed strong support for her home country. She shared updates about the war on social media. She also actively helped with charity work for Ukraine.
Starting in February 2022, Loboda turned her office into a volunteer center. It helps Ukrainians in need.
On June 3, 2022, Loboda released her first song since the war began. It was called "Prayer" and was dedicated to Ukraine. She said the song was a message that love will win over death, and light will win over darkness. The music video was filmed in Riga, Latvia, in St. Peter's Church. It featured 45 musicians.
On November 18, Loboda released a new Ukrainian song called "Two strangers."
She said the song is for Ukrainians who are separated from their families and homes. Loboda visited Ukrainian refugees around the world. She put their feelings of sadness and pain into the song's lyrics.
On December 2, 2022, Loboda released a music video for "Cities." For the first time, Loboda directed her own music video. She said the song is about the feelings of separation and distance that many Ukrainians feel today.
The music video was filmed in Riga, Latvia. It showed how people change because of pain and suffering. It also showed how they return to their cities and homes after experiencing the war.
On February 3, 2023, she released "Ukrainian Way." This song is the main song from her new album, expected in spring 2023.
Helping Others
Svitlana Loboda is very active in charity work.
In April 2020, she helped launch a campaign called "Help Basket." This project supported older people, low-income families, and large families during the COVID-19 pandemic. She bought over a thousand boxes of food and made a large donation.
In August 2021, she supported a charity festival in Odesa. This festival raised money to buy medical equipment for children's hospitals. Svitlana donated a valuable dress to help raise funds.
She regularly helps sick children and families who need support. She gives 10% of her earnings to charity.
Since February 24, 2022, she has focused on helping Ukrainians. Her office became a volunteer center.
Loboda donated a large amount of money to the Masha Efrosinina Foundation. This foundation helps people affected by the war.
She also donated a car for defense needs. She paid for equipment for the city of Boryspil. The mayor of Boryspil shared this information.
In May 2022, she opened the Loboda Help Center. This center offers psychological help to Ukrainians. It also helps people in Ukraine affected by the war get financial aid. Many people have received help from the center's psychologists.
On June 15, 2022, she visited her hometown of Irpin. The city was badly damaged during the war. She met with the mayor and residents. She discussed ways to help rebuild their damaged homes.
Svitlana Loboda donated a large sum to help finish rebuilding a kindergarten in Irpin. Part of the building was destroyed.
Loboda visited a children's hospital in Kyiv. She said meeting the young patients and staff gave her courage. She also donated money to the hospital for medical equipment. She also sent financial help to a palliative care hospital in Kyiv.
Svitlana Loboda helped a young Ukrainian tennis player named Mishel Lobotenko. Mishel is from Irpin and had to move to Latvia. Svitlana helped her pay for training.
After seeing the damage in Irpin, Svitlana decided to help rebuild the city. She announced she would work with a charity foundation called DUSHA.
Svitlana Loboda provided food and supplies for several months to 350 refugees. These people had lost their homes because of the war.
Svitlana Loboda also lent her personal car to actor Alexei Surovtsev. He uses it to rescue animals from Irpin.
On August 14, Loboda's concert in Riga started a big charity tour. She performed in Europe and America. At each concert, she donates some of the money to help rebuild Irpin.
Before almost every concert, she visits camps for Ukrainian refugees. She supports them and gives them tickets to her shows.
On her birthday, October 18, 2022, she promised to donate money to repair buildings in Irpin. This led to a total of ₴3 million being raised. Other charity groups also joined to help restore buildings.
On December 26, 2022, Svitlana Loboda received an award from a Kazakhstan TV channel. It was "For Contribution to the Development and Restoration of Ukraine."
By the end of 2022, she had given over 14 million hryvnias to help Ukraine.
In January 2023, she continued her charity work. She donated more money for rebuilding in Irpin. She also announced more charity concerts around the world.
Discography
Studio Albums
- Ty ne zabudesh (2005)
- Ne Ma4o (2008)
- H2LO (2017)
- Sold Out (2019)
- Made in U (2023)
See also
In Spanish: Svitlana Loboda para niños
- Loboda videography
