Alekseev (singer)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Nikita Vladimirovich Alekseev |
| Also known as | Alekseev |
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18 May 1993 Kiev, Ukraine |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
| Labels | Zion Music |
Nikita Vladimirovich Alekseev (Ukrainian: Микита Володимирович Алєксєєв, Mykyta Volodymyrovych Alieksieyev, Russian: Никита Владимирович Алексеев, Nikita Vladimirovich Alekseyev; born 18 May 1993), known professionally as simply Alekseev, is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter. He first began his career in 2014 after placing as a semifinalist on season four of The Voice of Ukraine. He subsequently released the single "Pyanoye solntse", which went on to become a number-one hit throughout the CIS and kickstarted his music career. He represented Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Portugal with his song "Forever".[1]
Early life
Born on 18 May 1993 in Ukraine's capital of Kiev. When he was one and a half years old his family moved to Chita in Russia; two years later his family returned to Kiev. Alekseev attended Kyiv Specialized School No. 106. Among his childhood music preferences, Alekseev notes the music of Queen, Led Zeppelin, Michael Jackson, George Michael and Justin Timberlake. Alekseev graduated from university with a degree in Marketing.[2]
At the age of 12, Alekseev became very interested in music and singing and was taught by Konstantin Pona. He later started his own band called "Mova".
Career
The Voice
During The Voice blind auditions, Ani Lorak turned her chair for Alekseev, but he did not go beyond the 1st live broadcast. As a consolation prize, Ani Lorak helped Alekseev shoot the music video for his debut single "Everything is in Time". But he did not gain popularity until after he appeared on Voice of the County: Reload[3] where he covered Iryna Bilyk's "I'm Drowning" and shot a music video[4] for it.
Debut - 2017
In September 2015, Alekseev released Pyanoye solntse[5] (Drunken Sun), with lyrics by Vitaly Kurovsky and music by Rusland Quint. The next month, a music video directed by Alan Badoyev in which Alekseev kills his alter ego after breaking up with a girl, was shot. In late May 2016, he received the RU.TV award for best song. He also received a Yuna Award for "Drunken Sun". The subsequent singles, "Shards of Dreams", "Became Oceans" and "Feeling Soul", had their music videos directed by Alan Badoev. On June 29, 2016, he performed the song at Miss Ukraine Universe 2016.[6][7]
In June 2016, Alekseev won Breakthrough Artist of The Year at the Russian MUZ-TV Awards and Breakthrough Artist of The Year at the Ukrainian M1 Music Awards[8] in December 2016. In March 2017, the artist won ZD Awards[9] and Top Hit Music Awards[10] in several categories: "Breakthrough Artist of The Year", "Artist of The Year", "Take-Off of The Year", "Most Frequently Played on The Radio" for the track Dunken Sun and "Most Popular Radio Artist".
On 14 February 2017, Alekseev started his first Ukrainian Tour.[11] The final show took place on the artist's birthday, 18 May, at the Oktyabrsky Palace.[12]
Eurovision Song Contest
One week after applying for the Ukrainian contest Vidbir, it was revealed that Alekseev had revoked his bid. It was then later revealed that he entered into Belarus' contest instead.[13] There was controversy following Alekseev's entry. Eurovision rules state that the song performed is not allowed to have been performed before September 1 of the previous year. Alekseev, however, had been performing a Russian song named "Навсегда" at his concerts. He then shortened the song and translated the lyrics to English to get around this rule. On January 15, 2018, an article emerged[14] claiming that 11 other finalists in the Belarus contest were threatening to withdraw if Alekseev was allowed to qualify for the contests' final.
However, on February 16, 2018, Alekseev won the Belarus National Selection and represented the country at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal.
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details |
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| Пьяное солнце Drunken Sun |
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Extended plays
| Title | Details |
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| Держи Hold |
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| "Forever" "Forever" |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||||
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| "Всё успеть" (Everything Is In Time) | 2014 | — | — | Hold | |||||||||||||||||
| "Больно, как в раю" (It Hurts Like In Paradise) | 2015 | — | — | Drunken Sun | |||||||||||||||||
| "А я плыву" (And I'm Swimming) | 1774 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun)[16] | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Снов осколки" (Broken of the Dreams) | 2016 | 51 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| "OMA" | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Океанами стали" (Became Oceans) | 39 | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Чувствую душой" (I Feel My Soul) | 2017 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Forever" | 2018 | 22 | 15 | Non-album single | |||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Music videos
| Title | Year |
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| "Всё успеть" (Everything Is In Time) | 2014 |
| "А я плыву" (And I'm Swimming) | 2015 |
| "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun) | |
| "OMA" | 2016 |
| "Снов осколки" (Broken of the Dreams) | |
| "Океанами стали" (Became Oceans) | |
| "Чувствую душой" (I Feel My Soul) | 2017 |
| "Forever" | 2018 |
| "Сберегу" (I'll save you) | 2018 |
Filmography
| Year | Title | Ukrainian Title | Role |
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| 2017 | Mom for Snow Maiden | Мама для Снігуроньки | Cameo |
Awards and Nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2016 | YUNA Awards | Breakthrough of the Year | Won | |
| MUZ-TV Awards | Breakthrough of the Year | Won | [17] | |
| Song of the Year for "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun) | Nominated | |||
| RU.TV Awards | Won | [18] | ||
| Breakthrough of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Golden Gramophone Awards | For the Song "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun) | Won | [19] | |
| The Major League Awards | Song of the Year for "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun) | Won | ||
| M1 Music Awards | Breakthrough of the Year | Won | ||
| Song of the Year | For the Song "Снов Осколки" (Broken of the Dreams) | Won | [20] | |
| Sound Track MK Awards | Breakthrough of the Year | Won | [21] | |
| Artist of the Year | Won | |||
| Top Hit Music Awards | Take-Off of the Year | Won | ||
| Most Popular Radio Artist | Won | |||
| Most Frequently Played Track on the Radio for the Song "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun) | Won | |||
| OOPS! Video Awards | Best Music Video for "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun) | Won | ||
| Russian National Music Awards | Best Pop Solo Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Best Male Music Video for "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun) | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | MUZ-TV Awards | Best Male Music Video for "Океанами Cтали" (Became Oceans) | Nominated | |
| Song of the Year | For the Song "Океанами Cтали" (Became Oceans) | Won | ||
| Artist of the Year | Won | |||
| The Major League Awards | For the Song "Океанами Cтали" (Became Oceans) | Won | ||
| Russian National Music Awards | Best Pop Solo Artist of the Year | Won | ||
| Award of the Magazine "OK!:"More than Stars» | «New Face. Music» | Won | ||
| Music Platform Awards | For the Song "Чувствую Душой" (I Feel My Soul) | Won | ||
| MUZ-TV Awards (Belarus) | Artist of the Year | Won | ||
| 2018 | YUNA Awards | Album of the Year "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun) | Nominated | |
| ZHARA Music Awards | Best Singer of the Year | Nominated | ||
| RU.TV Awards | Best Fanclub | Nominated | ||
| Best Singer of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Award of the Magazine "Viva!: "The most beautiful people" | "The Most Handsome Man of the Year» | Nominated | ||
| National TV-Award "Дай Пять!" | «Favorite Singer» | Nominated | ||
| MUZ-TV Awards | Best Solo Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||
| International Music Festival "Astana Dausy-2018"(Kazakhstan) | Best Singer of Ukraine | Won | ||
| M1 Music Awards: 4 Seasons | The Singer of the Spring | Nominated | ||
| The Singer of the Summer | Won |
References
- ↑ Alekseev представит Беларусь на Международном конкурсе песни "Евровидение-2018" /Сайт Белтелерадио, 16.02.2018/
- ↑ "Alekseev: "Я родился вопреки желанию своего отца"". viva.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-08-18.
- ↑ "Фіналіст "Голосу країни" знімає новий кліп з Аланом Бадоєвим". ТСН.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2017-08-18.
- ↑ ALEKSEEV (2015-04-06), ALEKSEEV - А я пливу [Official video], retrieved 2017-08-18
- ↑ "Фіналіст "Голосу країни" Alekseev презентував емоційну пісню про розставання". ТСН.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2017-08-18.
- ↑ "Final show of Miss Ukraine 2016 | Miss Ukraine". missukraine.ua. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
- ↑ Александр Корелин (2016-10-17), Alekseev - Пьяное солнце (Мисс Украина, 2016), retrieved 2017-08-22
- ↑ "НОВОСТИ M1 Music Awards 2016: победители престижной украинской музыкальной премии - JetSetter.ua". jetsetter.ua. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
- ↑ "О серьезной болезни Димы Билана стало известно на церемонии ZD AWARDS" (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-08-19.
- ↑ "Top Hit назвал победителей 2017| NewsMCS - Новости Музыки, Кино и Шоу-Бизнеса". newsmcs.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-08-19.
- ↑ "ALEKSEEV ОТПРАВИЛСЯ В ПЕРВЫЙ ВСЕУКРАИНСКИЙ ТУР В ДЕНЬ СВЯТОГО ВАЛЕНТИНА". STARWAY MAGAZINE (in Russian). 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
- ↑ "ALEKSEEV отпраздновал День рождения в Октябрьском дворце | Mewos Journal". Mewos Journal (in Russian). 2017-05-20. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
- ↑ "Sputnik claims Alekseev will compete in Belarus' Eurovision selection, after withdrawing Vidbir bid in Ukraine | wiwibloggs". wiwibloggs. 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ↑ "Finalists threaten to withdraw if Alekseev is allowed in national final". wiwibloggs. 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- 1 2 "Alekseev - Снов осколки(послушать музыку, посмотреть видео клип)". www.tophit.ru. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
- ↑ "Alekseev - Пьяное солнце(послушать музыку, посмотреть видео клип)". www.tophit.ru. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
- ↑ "Премия Муз-ТВ 2016". Википедия (in Russian). 2017-06-22.
- ↑ "Премия RU.TV 2016". Википедия (in Russian). 2017-05-29.
- ↑ "Золотой граммофон". Википедия (in Russian). 2017-08-18.
- ↑ "Песня года". Википедия (in Russian). 2017-08-15.
- ↑ "О серьезной болезни Димы Билана стало известно на церемонии ZD AWARDS" (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-08-20.
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| Preceded by Naviband with "Historyja majho žyccia" |
Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 |
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