Volkova Julia Olegovna - Russian singer and actress, became famous thanks to her participation in the duet "Tatu". Since 2010, the singer has been engaged in a solo career and has two children.
Biography
Julia Volkova was born on February 20, 1985 in Moscow. Julia's father is businessman Oleg Viktorovich Volkov, and mother Larisa Viktorovna Volkova is a stylist. Julia also has an older sister.
As a child, little Julia realized that she wanted to be a singer. When she was seven years old, her mother gave her to music school number 62 in piano. Julia played the piano well and sang beautifully.
From 9 years old, the future singer performed as part of the children's vocal and instrumental ensemble "Fidgets". A year later, Lena Katina, her future partner on the big stage, was also enrolled in the Fidgets group. The singer graduated from music school with honors and, after receiving a certificate, decided to engage in theatrical art.
In 1995, Julia moved to secondary school No. 1113 with theatrical training. In school years, starred in several stories of the famous children's film magazine "Jumble".
In 2000, Volkova entered the pop-jazz school named after the Gnesins. There she was professionally engaged in vocals.
Career and creativity
In 1999, Julia, according to the results of the casting, became a participant in the music project "Tatu" (tATu) organized by screenwriter of commercials Ivan Shapovalov and composer Alexander Voitinsky. The team also included Yulia’s “Fidget” colleague Lena Katina.
The musical group "Tatu" (tATu) at that time was a successful Russian pop group that achieved worldwide popularity.
In 2000, the single "I lost my mind" was released, which for several months took first place in the charts of Russian radio stations. In October, a video was released that immediately won first place on MTV Russia.
On December 19, 2000, Julia as part of the group gave the first press conference at the school where she studied.
Soon the second video for the composition “Half an hour” was released, which was very successful.
In 2001, the first album, 200 Across the Counter, was released, which was sold in half a million copies.
On November 14, 2002, Yulia Volkova and E. Katina performed the hit "All the Things She Said" at the MTV Europe Music Awards. The clip got into heavy rotation on MTV US and MTV UK, in Italy and Sweden the single received platinum status.
In February 2003, Julia and Lena performed at the popular television show NBC "Tonight".
In May 2003, the girls participated in the Eurovision song contest, taking third place.
In 2004, the group starred in the reality show "Tatu" in the Middle Kingdom.
In 2004, Julia with Lena Katina broke the contract with producer Ivan Shapovalov.
In 2005, soloists released their second international album "Dangerous and Moving", which received platinum status and gave rise to several international hits. The album "Dangerous and Moving" was released on October 5, 2005 in Japan, October 10 - in Europe, October 11 - in North America
October 21, 2005 the album "People with Disabilities" was released. Some of the songs from the album were recorded during the filming of the reality show "Tattoo in the Middle Kingdom."
In 2005-2006, Yulia Volkova and E. Katina gave several concerts in the Baltic countries, as well as Germany, Switzerland, Finland, Moldova, Armenia, Mexico, Belgium, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and also held a large-scale tour "Dangerous and Moving Tour" in the cities of Russia and Ukraine.
In July 2007, Julia and Lena took part in the filming of the film "You and I" ("You and I") directed by Roland Joffe.
On October 21, 2008, the third studio album, "Cheerful Smiles, " was released, which took 7th place in the sales ranking of the Russian edition of Billboard. On November 28, at the MTV Russia Music Awards-2008 ceremony, the group received the MTV Legend award.
In 2009, a year after the release of the studio album "Waste Management", Julia decides to leave the group due to creative disagreements with the producers of the project.
In August 2011, Yulia Volkova officially announces the beginning of a solo career by signing a contract with the largest and most successful record company in Russia, representing the interests of the international EMI concert in Russia - Gala Records. And a few months later he presents his first video and the single “All Because Of You”.
In 2012, at the Eurovision qualifying round, Julia performed the song "Back to Her Future" in a duet with singer Dima Bilan, taking second place.
In the summer of that year, Julia released a new single, entitled "Didn't Wanna Do It" ("Let's Turn The Earth").
In the summer of 2013, the film "Zombie Vacations 3D" is released, where Julia played one of the main roles.
In 2013, at the ceremony “Sound Track”, Julia, together with singer Dima Bilan, received the main award in the nomination “Duet of the Year”. In the spring of the same year, the duet of Julia and Dima with the single "Love-bitch" won the "OE Video Music Awards" in the nomination "Best sex video"
In September 2013, the first concert of the Tatu group (tATu) took place in Kiev in the last five years, and on November 23, Yulia and Lena gave three concerts in St. Petersburg.
In the autumn of the same year, the singer, together with leading Italian designers, released the collection of shoes C&C shoes by Julia Volkova.
On February 7, 2014, Yulia together with E. Katina performed at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, and on December 12, the singers appeared together on the program "Direct Air" dedicated to their former producer Ivan Shapovalov.
In 2014, the singer starred in the melodrama "Close, but Far."
On October 30, 2015, the premiere of the video for the song “Keep it Close” took place.
In May 2016, the presentation of the single "Save, people, the world."
In May 2017, at the Mayevka Live festival, Julia Volkova presented her new song, “Just Forget.”
