Valeriya facts for kids

This page is about the Russian singer. For other people bearing the name, see Valeria (given name).

Quick facts for kids Valeriya Валерия
Valeriya in 2021
Born	Alla Yurievna Perfilova (1968-04-17) April 17, 1968 (age 57) Atkarsk, Russian SFSR, USSR
Alma mater	Gnessin State Musical College
Occupation	Singer model
Years active	1989–present
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Title	People's Artist of Russia (2013)
Children	3
Musical career
Genres	Pop
Instruments	Singing
Associated acts	Valery Meladze Nikolay Baskov Stas Piekha

Valeriya (Russian: Валерия) is the stage name of Alla Yurievna Perfilova (Russian: Алла Юрьевна Перфилова). She was born on April 17, 1968. Valeriya is a famous Russian singer and fashion model.

She has received many important awards. These include the titles of People's Artist of Russia (2013) and People's Artist of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (2016). She has also won many music awards. Some of these are the Golden Gramophone (thirteen times) and Pesnya goda (thirteen times). She also won four Muz-TV awards and two MTV Russia Music Awards.

Since 2012, Valeriya has been part of the Council for Culture and Art. This council works with the President of the Russian Federation.

About Valeriya's Life
- Her Music Career
Valeriya's Personal Life
Music Albums
Books by Valeriya
Awards and Honors
- State Awards
- Music Awards
See also

About Valeriya's Life

Valeriya was born on April 17, 1968. Her hometown is Atkarsk, which is in the Saratov Oblast region.

Her Music Career

In 1985, Valeriya started studying music. She went to the Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow. She finished her studies there in 1990.

Valeriya recorded her first two albums in 1989. Her first album in English was The Taiga Symphony. It came out in 1991. A year later, she released Pobud' so mnoi (Stay with me). This album featured traditional Russian romance songs.

In 1992, Valeriya won first place in a national TV contest called Morning Star. That same year, she won an international contest called Bratislavskaya Lira. She also received an Audience Choice Award at the Yurmala-92.

Valeriya at the Ritz-Carlton Top Beauty Awards in 2010

In 2005, Valeriya was given the title of Honoured Artiste of Russia. This is a special award for artists. That year, she was also ranked 9th on the Forbes magazine list. This list showed the 50 highest-paid people in movies, sports, books, and music.

In March 2009, Valeriya was a special guest on Simply Red's "The Greatest Hits" Tour in the UK. She also took part in the contest to represent Russia in Eurovision 2009. Her song was "Back to Love." She came in second place. In 2010, Valeriya worked with Avon. She was a judge for Avon Voices. This was a worldwide online singing contest for women. It also had a songwriting contest for men and women.

Valeriya's 2013 album was called Po serpantinu. It included four duets with other singers. One famous duet was with Goran Bregovich. Many people talked about the song "I Will Be Waiting for You." This song was part of the movie Polar Flight soundtrack. After this, she released a "Best Of" album called Eto vremya lyubvi (This Is the Time of Love). This album included a duet with her daughter, Anna Shulgina, called "Ty moya" (You Are Mine).

Her 2016 album was named Okeany (Oceans). In 2017, she released the album K solntsu (Towards the Sun). Young songwriters helped create the songs for this album. Two songs from this album became very popular: "Minor Infarctions" and "The Heart Is Broken." The music video for "The Heart Is Broken" got 112 million views on YouTube in its first week!

Valeriya's Personal Life

Valeriya has been married three times. Her first husband was Leonid Yaroshevsky. Her second husband was Alexandr Shulgin. She is currently married to Iosif Prigozhin. Valeriya lives in Moscow.

Music Albums

Studio Albums

1992 — Pobud' so Mnoi (Stay With Me)
1992 — The Taiga Symphony
1995 — Anna
1997 — Familia. Chast' 1 (Family Name. Part 1)
2000 — Perviy Internet Albom (First Internet Album)
2001 — Glaza Tsveta Neba (Eyes the Colour Of Heaven)
2003 — Strana Lyubvi (Loveland)
2006 — Nezhnost' Moya (My Tenderness)
2008 — Nepodkontrolno (Out Of Control, also the title of this album's English version)
2010 — Vo Mne Moya Lubov' (My Love Inside Me)
2013 — Po serpantinu (Upon the Serpentine)
2016 — Okeany (Oceans)
2017 — K Solntsu (Towards the Sun)

Compilation Albums

1999 — Samoye Luchsheye (The Very Best)
2010 — Pesni, Kotorye Vy Polyubili (The Songs You've Come to Love)

Singles

"The Sky Belongs to Me" 1992
"Stay With Me" 1992
"My Moscow" 1995
"S dobrim Utrom!" ("Good Morning!" 1995)
"Moskva slezam ne verit" (Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, 1995)
"Samolet" (Airplaine, 1995)
"Obichnie Dela" (Business as Usual, 1995)
"Noch nezhna" (Tender Is the Night, 1997)
"Popolam" (In Halves, 1997)
"O tom chto bilo" (Of What Has Been, 1997}
"Jal" (Sorry, 1997)
"Ty gde to tam" (You're Somewhere Else, 1999)
"Tsvety" (Flowers, 1999)
"Snowstorm" 2000
"Riga - Moscow" 2000
"Taju" (I'm melting, 2000)
"Ne obijay menya" (Don't Put Me Down, 2001)
"Ne obmanyvai" (Don't Lie, 2001)
"Bolshe chem zhizn" (Larger Than Life, 2001
"Malchiki ne plachyt" (Boys Don't Cry, 2001)
"Bila lubov" (There Was Love, 2003)
"Chasiki" (Small Watch, 2003)
"Pereley voda" (Running Waters, 2003)
"Raduga duga" (Rainbow, 2003)
"Cherno Beliy Tsvet" (Black and White, 2003)
"Obo mne ne vspominay" (Forget About Me, 2003)
"Ti grustish" (You're Sad, duet with Stas Pjekha, 2004)
"Otpusty menya" (Let Me Go, 2006)
"Prosto tak" (Just So, 2006)
"Malenkiy samolet" (Little Airplane, 2006)
"Ot razluky do lubvi" (From Parting to Love, 2006)
"Ty poimesh" (You'll Understand, 2006)
"Nejnost moya" (My Tenderness, 2006)
"Rasstavanie" (The Parting, with Stas Pjekha 2006)

"Break It All" (2007)
"Mi vmeste" (We Are Together, 2008)
"Chelovek dozhdya" (The Rain Man, 2008)
"The Party's Over" (2008)
"Wild" (2008)
"Stayin' Alive" (Valeriya and Robin Gibb, 2008)
"Nikto kak ty" (Nobody But You, 2009)
"Back to Love" (2009)
"All That I Want" (2010)
"Zhdi menya" (Wait for Me, 2010)
"Until You Love You" (2011)
"Podruga" (Girl Friend, 2011)
"Sokhraniv ljubov" (Keeping the Love Alive", 2011, with Nikolai Baskov)
"Ya tebya otpustila" (I've Let You Go, 2011)
"Po serpantiny" (Over the Serpantine, 2012)
"Ya budu zhdat tebya" (I Will Be Waiting for You, 2012)
"Ne teryai menya" (Don't Lose Me, 2013, with Valery Meladze)
"Moi lyubimy" (My Beloved, 2014)
"Serdtse iz stekla" (Heart of Glass, 2014, with Ruslan Alekhno)
"Eto vremya lyubvi" (This Is the Time of Love, 2014)
"Ty moya" (You Are Mine, 2014, with daughter Anna Shulgina)
"Zabyvai menya" (Start to Forget Me, 2015)
"Formula stchastya" (Formula of Happiness, 2015)
"Silnyie zhenshchiny" (Strong Women, 2015)
"Telo khochet lyubvi" (The Body Wants Love, 2016)
"Okeany" (Oceans, 2016)
"Lyubov ne prodayotsya" (Love Is Not for Sale, 2016, with Kristina Orbakaite)
"Za minutu do snega" (A Minute Before the Snowfall, 2016, with Oleg Gazmanov)
"Mikroinfarkty" (Minor Infarctions, 2017)
"Svet moyikh glaz" (Light of My Eyes, 2017)
"Serdtse razorvano" (The Heart Is Broken, 2017)

Books by Valeriya

2006 — Tears and Love (This is her own story, called an autobiography)
2010 — Yoga with Valeriya (This book helps people learn about yoga)

Awards and Honors

State Awards

Valeriya receives the Order of Friendship from President Putin in Kremlin on November 27, 2018

2003 — The Order "For the Revival of Russia"
2005 — The title Merited Artist of the Russian Federation
2013 — The title People's Artist of Russia
2018 — Order of Friendship

Music Awards

1992 — Morning Star TV contest, winner
1992 — International contest Bratislavskaya Lira, winner
1992 — Jurmala-92, Audience Choice Award
1993 — Russian Union of Journalists, Person of the Year
1994 — Song of the Year TV Festival, award for "Business as Usual"
1995 — Song of the Year TV Festival, award for "Airplane"
2000 — Hit-FM Award, "Metelitsa"
2000 — Song of the Year TV Festival, award for "Riga-Moscow"
2000 — Golden Gramophone national prize for "Riga-Moscow"
2001 — Alexander Popov Professional National Prize, Radio Favorite of the Year
2001 — Record- 2001, "Riga-Moscow"
2001 — Song of the Year TV Festival, award for "I Am Melting". Also: Klavdiya Shulzhenko Prize, Singer of the Year
2003 — 7 Days magazine Awards, Best Female Act, Best Looking Female Act
2003 — Golden Gramophone, for "Chasiki" (Small Watch), Song of the Year
2003 — Song of the Year TV Festival, with "Chasiki"
2003 — Business People 2003 contest, award winner
2004 — Muz-TV Awards 2004, Best Female Act
2004 — MTV Russia Music Awards 2004, Best Female Act
2004 — Record 2004, Radio Hit of the Year, "Chasiki"
2004 — Golden Gramophone, "Black and White"
2005 — MTV Russia Music Awards, Best Duet, "You Are Sad", with Stas Piekha
2005 — Golden Gramophone, for "You Are Sad"
2006 — "Golden Gramophone", Brilliant voice of Russia, for "My Tenderness"
2007 — Record 2007, Radio Hit of the Year, for "My Tenderness"
2007 — Song of the Year TV Festival, award for "We Are Together"
2007 — Golden Gramophone for "We Are Together"
2007 — Olympia Prize (from the Russian Association of Businesswomen)
2008 — Golden Gramophone for "The Rain Man"
2008 — The Ovation Award, the Best Vocalist
2008 — ZD Awards, Best Artist, Best Video
2008 — Olympia Prize, from the Russian Association of Businesswomen
2008 — Song of the Year TV Festival, award for "The Rain Man"
2009 — ZD Awards, Best Female Act, Best Video
2009 — Golden Gramophone for "Nobody Like You"
2009 — Song of the Year TV Festival, Klavdia Shulzhenko Prize, Singer of the Year
2010 — Muz-TV Awards 2010, Best Female Act
2010 — ZD Awards, Best Artist
2011 — Golden Gramophone for "Bird of the Parting"
2011 — Song of the Year TV Festival, Best Duet, "Keeping the Love", with Nikolai Baskov
2012 — Song of the Year TV Festival, "I've Let You Go", with Igor Krutoi
2012 — Stars of the Road Radio, award winner
2012 — RU.TV, Best Duet, "Keeping the Love", with Nikolai Baskov
2013 — Song of the Year TV Festival, for "Do Not Lose Me", with Valery Meladze
2014 — Muz-TV Awards 2014, Best Video for "Do Not Lose Me", with Valery Meladze
2014 — Golden Gramophone for "We Are Afraid to Love"
2014 — Song of the Year TV Festival, with "Time to Love"
2014 — Stars of the Road Radio, award winner
2015 — Muz-TV Awards 2015, Best Artist of the decade
2015 — Muz-TV Awards 2015, Best Duet, for "You Are Mine" with Anna Shulgina
2015 — MUSICBOX-2015, Best Duet, for "You Are Mine" with Anna Shulgina
2015 — First Russian National Music Prize, for "I've Let You Go"
2015 — Golden Gramophone Jubilee, for "Riga-Moscow"
2015 — RU.TV, Best Dance Track for "This Is the Time of Love"
2015 — Song of the Year TV Festival, award for "The Formula of Happiness"
2016 — Stars of the Road Radio, award winner
2016 — Song of the Year TV Festival, award for "Oceans"
2016 — Fashion Summer Awards, the Stylish Female Act
2016 — Fashion People Awards, Artist of the Year
2016 — MUSICBOX-2017, Best Duet, "Love Is Not for Sale", with Kristina Orbakaitė
2016 — Chanson of the Year, for "He and She", with Alexey Glyzin
2018 — Zhara Music Award, Collaboration of the Year, "Chasiki" with Egor Kreed