Ksenia Novikova

Ksenia Novikova
Born Ksenia Andreyevna Novikova
(1980-05-17) 17 May 1980
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Nationality Russian
Occupation singer
Years active 1985–present
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Website knovikova.ru

Ksenia Andreyevna Novikova (Russian: Ксе́ния Андре́евна Но́викова; born May 17, 1980, Moscow) is a Russian singer, actress, songwriter. Soloist of the female pop group Blestyashchiye.

Biography

Was born in Moscow. At the age of five she became a soloist of the Loktev's Choir[1]. In ten years Ksenia became the soloist of the youth pop group. In 1999 she graduated from the State Musical College of pop and jazz art, in 2004 the directing department of the Moscow State Art and Cultural University.

In August 1999, Ksenia was invited to the group Blestyashchiye in place of the departed Polina Iodis. Before the official participation in the group Ksenia was her back-vocalist. During the entire period of Ksenia's participation, the group recorded 4 studio albums and 1 collection of songs. Composition Olga Orlova, Zhanna Friske, Ksenia Novikova and Irina Lukyanova is still considered the golden composition of the group. In 2006 she appeared on the covers of the magazines Maxim and XXL[2][3].

In the middle of 2007 Ksenia left Blestyashchiye, in which she stayed the longest soloist (8 years). In June 2011, four years after leaving, Novikova returned to the group. Since 2012, Ksenia is engaged in solo work[4][5][6]. Since 2014 he has been teaching at Moscow University for the Humanities[7].

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