Valery Meladze
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Valeriy Meladze | ||
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Background information | ||
Birth name | Valeri Meladze | |
Also known as | none[a] | |
Born | June 23, 1965 (age 41) | |
Origin | Batumi | |
Genre(s) | Pop, Art rock | |
Occupation(s) | Singer | |
Years active | 1995[b] - present | |
Associated acts |
Dialog, Mistikana, Nu Virgos | |
Website | http://www.meladze.ru/ |
Valeriy Shotayevich Meladze (Russian: Валерий Шотаевич Меладзе, Georgian: ვალერი მელაძე) is a Russian singer of Georgian descent. Meladze and Nu Virgos girl group were bestowed the title of the Best Duo of the Year at 2004 Russian Music Awards. On June 2, 2006 Meladze won the 4th MUZ-TV Music Award as the Best Performer of the Year. On August 24 of the same year he was categorized as the Best Performer and the Best Artist at the MTV Russian Music Awards nominations.
Meladze entered the Nikolayev Shipbuilding Institute in Ukraine to study the mechanical engineering of the ship power plants. He then interrupted his studies and finished the fortepiano teaching. With the help of his brother and songwriter Konstantin, Meladze topped the charts with hits "Ne trevozh mne dushu, skripka" ("Don't Harass My Soul, Violin"), "Posredine leta" ("In The Middle of Summer") and "Sera" since the early 1990s.
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[edit] Discography
Sera
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Posledniy romantik The Last Romantic
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Samba belogo motylka Samba of The White Moth
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Vsyo tak i bylo Everything Was As It Was
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Nega The Bliss
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Okean Ocean
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[edit] Notes
a ^ Often dubbed as The Last Romantic for his first solo appearance.
b ^ Since "Sera".
[edit] External links
- IMDb profile
- (Russian) Biography at MTV.ru
- (Russian) Profile at Muz-TV.ru
[edit] Music videos
- "Bez suyety" ("Without the Bustle")
- "C'est la vi"
- "Chego ne mogut lyudi" ("What People Can't")
- "Inostranets" ("Foreigner")
- "Okean i tri reki" ("The Ocean and Three Rivers")
- "Prityazhenya bolshe net" ("There Is No More Gravity")
- "Salyut, Vera" ("Hail, Vera")
- "Ty ponravilas' mne" ("You Pleased Me")