Glukoza
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Natalia Ilinichna Ionova , better known under her artist name Glukoza ' onMouseout='HidePop("43404")' href="/topics/Glucose">glucose
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n singer and solo artist.
, the Volga Region
of Russia. Her mother and father were both computer programmers, and her elder sister is a pastry chef.
As a child, her hobbies included ballet
and chess
. She also did some acting and was in the films "Triumph" and "War Of The Princesses", as well as a few episodes of "Yeralash
". Currently, she has an interest in aviation, her two Doberman
s, and her yellow Mini Cooper
, which she enjoys driving. She describes her favorite musical artists as Madonna
, Moby
, Mumiy Troll
and Agata Kristi
.
. Together they recorded her first album, "Glukoza Nostra" and released her first music video, "Nenavizhu" (I Hate), which was entirely computer animated. Her singles found little popularity until 2003, when Glukoza released "Nevesta" (Bride), accompanied once again by a computer animated video. "Nevesta" shot Glukoza to the top of the Russian music charts.
Other popular singles released over the next 2 years were "Glukoza Nostra," "Sneg Idet" (It's Snowing), "Oi, Oi," "Malish" (Babe), "Karina," and the duet with Verka Serduchka
"Zhenixa Xotela" I wanted a Groom.
Her success in music has earned her many accolades such as the MTV-EMA
award for "Best Russian Act", the Muz-TV
award for "Breakthrough of the Year", and her animated character was named "Character of Year" by the Russian internet search engine "Rambler
".
Since 2003, Glukoza has given over 500 concerts within 3 years in the Far East, Siberia
, the Urals, the Volga Region, the center section of Russia
, Belarus
, Ukraine
, Kazakhstan
, Central Asia, the Caucasus, London
, and the USA. The number of tickets sold for Glukoza's concerts totals to over 1.5 million.
Glukoza became the face of Avon Color Trend, the spokeswoman for Motivi clothing and 'My Scene' dolls, and lends her animated image and logo to Rekondor Ice Cream. 3 perfumes were also released: G [Gloss], L [Life], and Z [Zoom]. She has also been featured on the cover of such magazines as Elle Girl, Hello Magazine, Seventeen Magazine, and Shape Magazine.
In June 2005 Glukoza released her second album "Moskva
" with hit singles "Schweine" (Pigs), "Yura," "Moskva" (Moscow), and "K Chertu" (To hell), bringing her total album sales to over 1 million. In December 2005 she recorded and released an English version of her popular song "Schweine" that never took off with the public. In late June 2006 Glukoza married Alexander Chistyakov, the manager of the power supply systems of Russia
. Her engagement to Alexander inspired Glukoza's manager, Maxim Fadeev
, to write her most recent hit single "Svadba" (Wedding).
Later in October 2006, Glukoza released a new single titled "Sashok", which is about her love for her husband Alexander. The next month, in November, Glukoza gave her rumored-to-be "final" concert in St. Petersburg. Glukoza continued to give small private concerts around Russia
until January 2007, when she finally announced that she was taking her pregnancy leave.
After the pregnancy leave, she published another single called "Dengi" (Money). During the festival, "New Wave
" she sang a duet with Maxim Fadeev
"Sicily". In May 2010 she released new single "Vot Takaya Lubov'", video.
Her song 'Schweine' is featured prominently in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV
and in the game's Eastern Europe
an-radio station Vladivostok FM.
She married Aleksandr Chistyakov (b.1973) on June 17, 2006. The couple has two daughters: Lidia Chistyakova (born on May 10, 2007) and Vera Chistyakova (born on September 8, 2011). Both girls were born in Spain
. She currently lives in Moscow
, Russia
with her family.
Glucose
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") is a Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n singer and solo artist.
Biography
Ionova was born on June 7, 1986, in SyzranSyzran
Syzran is the third largest city in Samara Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of Saratov Reservoir of the Volga River. Population: It was founded in 1683 as a fortress, and was granted town status in 1796. One tower from the 17th-century fortress still stands...
, the Volga Region
Volga economic region
Volga economic region tr.: Povolzhsky ekonomichesky rayon) is one of twelve economic regions of Russia.-Composition:*Astrakhan Oblast*Republic of Kalmykia*Penza Oblast*Samara Oblast*Saratov Oblast*Republic of Tatarstan*Ulyanovsk Oblast...
of Russia. Her mother and father were both computer programmers, and her elder sister is a pastry chef.
As a child, her hobbies included ballet
Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
and chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
. She also did some acting and was in the films "Triumph" and "War Of The Princesses", as well as a few episodes of "Yeralash
Yeralash
Yeralash is a Russian children's comedy TV show and children's comedy magazine. Yeralash also runs an actor studio and the "Yeralash Island" camp. The word Eralash means "muddle, mess, or jungle" in the Russian language.-TV show:...
". Currently, she has an interest in aviation, her two Doberman
Doberman
Doberman or Dobermann most commonly refers to Doberman Pinscher, a breed of dog, or to its creator, Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann.It may also refer to:*Doberman , a 2003 album by Tomoyasu Hotei*Doberman , a Japanese ska/punk band...
s, and her yellow Mini Cooper
MINI (BMW)
Mini is a British automotive marque owned by BMW which specialises in small cars.Mini originated as a specific vehicle, a small car originally known as the Morris Mini-Minor and the Austin Seven, launched by the British Motor Corporation in 1959, and developed into a brand encompassing a range of...
, which she enjoys driving. She describes her favorite musical artists as Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
, Moby
Moby
Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...
, Mumiy Troll
Mumiy Troll
Mumiy Troll is a Russian rock group, founded in 1983 in Vladivostok by vocalist and songwriter Ilya Lagutenko . The literal name of the band, 'The mummies' troll', is a pun on Moomin Troll, the series of Finnish children's books by Tove Jansson.Mumiy Troll broke up when Lagutenko, who graduated in...
and Agata Kristi
Agata Kristi
Agatha Christie is a Russian gothic rock band led by brothers Vadim and Gleb Samoylov, that was established in Sverdlovsk in 1988. It is named after English detective writer Agatha Christie. According to Gleb Samoylov, it's the band playing art-rock and rock'n'roll, and with texts infiltrated by...
.
Music career
Glukoza's music career began when she was discovered in 2002 by record producer Maxim FadeevMaxim Fadeev
Maxim "Max" Aleksandrovich Fadeev is a Russian singer-songwriter, composer and producer.-Early life and career:Maxim Fadeev was born on 6 May 1968 in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, USSR. When he was a child, he attended a musical school in Kurgan, and learned how to play bass guitar...
. Together they recorded her first album, "Glukoza Nostra" and released her first music video, "Nenavizhu" (I Hate), which was entirely computer animated. Her singles found little popularity until 2003, when Glukoza released "Nevesta" (Bride), accompanied once again by a computer animated video. "Nevesta" shot Glukoza to the top of the Russian music charts.
Other popular singles released over the next 2 years were "Glukoza Nostra," "Sneg Idet" (It's Snowing), "Oi, Oi," "Malish" (Babe), "Karina," and the duet with Verka Serduchka
Verka Serduchka
Andriy Mykhailovych Danylko , better known as his drag character Verka Serduchka , is a Ukrainian comedian and pop and dance singer. In the role of Serduchka, he represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and finished in second place...
"Zhenixa Xotela" I wanted a Groom.
Her success in music has earned her many accolades such as the MTV-EMA
EMA
Ema may refer to:* Ema , wooden plaques with prayers or wishes at Shintō shrines and Buddhist temples* Kemak people, also called Ema, an ethnic group in Timor* Ema, the local name of the Greater Rhea in Brazil...
award for "Best Russian Act", the Muz-TV
Muz-TV
Muz-TV is a Russian music TV channel, broadcasting since 1996. It is largely modelled after western MTV and predates launching of MTV Russia in 1998. Muz TV was founded by Sergey Lisovskiy...
award for "Breakthrough of the Year", and her animated character was named "Character of Year" by the Russian internet search engine "Rambler
Rambler (portal)
Rambler is a Russian search engine and one of the biggest Russian web portals. It is owned by the Rambler Media Group, which has belonged to Prof-Media since 2006....
".
Since 2003, Glukoza has given over 500 concerts within 3 years in the Far East, Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
, the Urals, the Volga Region, the center section of Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
, Central Asia, the Caucasus, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, and the USA. The number of tickets sold for Glukoza's concerts totals to over 1.5 million.
Glukoza became the face of Avon Color Trend, the spokeswoman for Motivi clothing and 'My Scene' dolls, and lends her animated image and logo to Rekondor Ice Cream. 3 perfumes were also released: G [Gloss], L [Life], and Z [Zoom]. She has also been featured on the cover of such magazines as Elle Girl, Hello Magazine, Seventeen Magazine, and Shape Magazine.
In June 2005 Glukoza released her second album "Moskva
Moskva (Gluk'oza album)
Moskva is the second and final studio album of Russian pop group "Glukoza". After the album was released Natasha Ionova left the group to start a solo career.-Track listing:# "Швайне" – 4:25# "Снег Идёт" – 3:58# "Горилла" – 5:01# "К Чёрту" – 5:14...
" with hit singles "Schweine" (Pigs), "Yura," "Moskva" (Moscow), and "K Chertu" (To hell), bringing her total album sales to over 1 million. In December 2005 she recorded and released an English version of her popular song "Schweine" that never took off with the public. In late June 2006 Glukoza married Alexander Chistyakov, the manager of the power supply systems of Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. Her engagement to Alexander inspired Glukoza's manager, Maxim Fadeev
Maxim Fadeev
Maxim "Max" Aleksandrovich Fadeev is a Russian singer-songwriter, composer and producer.-Early life and career:Maxim Fadeev was born on 6 May 1968 in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, USSR. When he was a child, he attended a musical school in Kurgan, and learned how to play bass guitar...
, to write her most recent hit single "Svadba" (Wedding).
Later in October 2006, Glukoza released a new single titled "Sashok", which is about her love for her husband Alexander. The next month, in November, Glukoza gave her rumored-to-be "final" concert in St. Petersburg. Glukoza continued to give small private concerts around Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
until January 2007, when she finally announced that she was taking her pregnancy leave.
After the pregnancy leave, she published another single called "Dengi" (Money). During the festival, "New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
" she sang a duet with Maxim Fadeev
Maxim Fadeev
Maxim "Max" Aleksandrovich Fadeev is a Russian singer-songwriter, composer and producer.-Early life and career:Maxim Fadeev was born on 6 May 1968 in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, USSR. When he was a child, he attended a musical school in Kurgan, and learned how to play bass guitar...
"Sicily". In May 2010 she released new single "Vot Takaya Lubov'", video.
Her song 'Schweine' is featured prominently in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV is a 2008 open world action video game published by Rockstar Games, and developed by British games developer Rockstar North. It has been released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles, and for the Windows operating system...
and in the game's Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
an-radio station Vladivostok FM.
She married Aleksandr Chistyakov (b.1973) on June 17, 2006. The couple has two daughters: Lidia Chistyakova (born on May 10, 2007) and Vera Chistyakova (born on September 8, 2011). Both girls were born in Spain
Spain
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. She currently lives in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
with her family.
Albums
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: "Glukoza Nostra" - 20052005 in music-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...
: "MoskvaMoskva (Gluk'oza album)Moskva is the second and final studio album of Russian pop group "Glukoza". After the album was released Natasha Ionova left the group to start a solo career.-Track listing:# "Швайне" – 4:25# "Снег Идёт" – 3:58# "Горилла" – 5:01# "К Чёрту" – 5:14...
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: "IzbrannoeIzbrannoe (album)-Track listing:# "Asta la Vista" – 3:28# "Den'Gi" – 3:10# "Dochka" – 3:03# "Eins, zwei, drei, Schweine" – 4:24# "Malish" – 5:58# "Moskva" – 3:46# "Nevesta" – 3:41# "Sashok" – 3:33# "Shuga" – 3:49# "Shvayne" – 3:55# "Svad'Ba" – 3:41...
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