Alekseev (singer)

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Alekseev
Алексєєв
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Alekseev in 2018
Background information
Birth nameMykyta Volodymyrovych Alieksieiev
Born (1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 31)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • soundproducer
Years active2014–present
LabelsZion Music • Sony Music

Mykyta Volodymyrovych Alieksieiev [a] (born 18 May 1993), better known by his mononym 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]

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Alekseev Ukrsongproject 2022

Early life

Alekseev was born on 18 May 1993 in Ukraine's capital of Kyiv from a mixed Ukrainian-Russian family, with a root in Belarus too. Prior to his birth, his biological father left the family as he didn't want to become a parent and later moved to Israel. [2] Alekseev remains estranged from him, but has spoken of his willingness to meet him. [3]

When he was one and a half years old, Alekseev and his mother moved to her family in Chita, Russia, where they stayed for two years. [4] Then, they returned to Kyiv, where Alekseev went to live in a small multiple household flat in the Livoberezhnyi Masyv. He enrolled in the local music school, where he, in 2005, tried to represent Ukraine in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest with a self-written song. [5]

As a child, Alekseev spent several summers in Mula, Spain, where he lived with a Spanish foster family. At one stage, he lived there up to eight months a year. In 2018, during a pre-party for Eurovision, he met the family again for the first time in over a decade. [6]

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". [7] He later graduated from the Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics with a degree in marketing. [8]

Since 2018, he has been dating Ukrainian-Russian singer Ulyana Sinetskaya.

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 [9] where he covered Iryna Bilyk's "I'm Drowning" and shot a music video [10] for it.

Debut – 2017

In September 2015, Alekseev released Pyanoye solntse [11] (Drunken Sun), with lyrics by Vitaly Kurovsky and music by Rusland Quint. The next month, a music video directed by Alan Badoev 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 also directed by Alan Badoev. On 29 June 2016, he performed the song at Miss Ukraine Universe 2016. [12] [13]

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 [14] in December 2016. In March 2017, the artist won ZD Awards [15] and Top Hit Music Awards [16] 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 Drunken Sun and "Most Popular Radio Artist".

On 14 February 2017, Alekseev started his first Ukrainian Tour. [17] The final show took place on the artist's birthday, 18 May, at the Oktyabrsky Palace. [18]

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. [19] There was controversy following Alekseev's entry. Eurovision rules state that the song performed is not allowed to have been performed before 1 September 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 15 January 2018, an article emerged [20] 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 16 February 2018, Alekseev won the Belarus National Selection and represented the country at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal.

After Eurovision Song Contest

In November 2018, it became known that the artist began to cooperate with Sony Music Entertainment (Russia).

In 2022, he was banned from Russia alongside countless Ukrainian music artists.

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetails
Пьяное солнце
Drunken Sun
МОЯ ЗВЕЗДА
My Star
  • Release Date: 23 May 2019
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Format: Digital distribution

EPs

TitleDetails
Держи
Hold
Forever

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
RUS
[21] 		UKR
[21]
"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)591
"Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun) [22] 21
"Снов осколки" (Broken of the Dreams)20163713
"OMA"——
"Океанами стали" (Became Oceans)3939
"Чувствую душой" (I Feel My Soul)201729—
"Навсегда" (Forever)29—Forever
"Forever"20182215
"Сберегу" (Saving)29—My Star
"Февраль" (February)495—Non-album single
"Как ты там" (How are you)29—My Star
"Не мёд" (No honey)201929—
Mama 2022

Music videos

TitleYear
"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"
"Сберегу" (I'll save you)2018

Filmography

YearTitleUkrainian TitleRole
2017Mom for Snow MaidenМама для Снігуроньки Cameo

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2016YUNA AwardsBreakthrough of the YearWon
MUZ-TV AwardsBreakthrough of the YearWon
Song of the Year for "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun)Nominated
RU.TV AwardsWon
Breakthrough of the YearNominated
Golden Gramophone Awards For the Song "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun)Won
Top League AwardsSong of the Year for "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun)Won
M1 Music AwardsBreakthrough of the YearWon
Song of the Year For the Song "Снов Осколки" (Broken of the Dreams)Won
Sound Track MK Awards Breakthrough of the YearWon [23]
Artist of the YearWon
Top Hit Music AwardsTake-Off of the YearWon
Most Popular Radio ArtistWon
Most Frequently Played Track on the Radio for the Song "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun)Won
OOPS! Video AwardsBest Music Video for "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun)Won
Russian National Music Awards Best Pop Solo Artist of the YearNominated
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 YearWon
Top League AwardsFor the Song "Океанами Cтали" (Became Oceans)Won
Russian National Music Awards Best Pop Solo Artist of the YearWon
Award of the Magazine "OK!:"More than Stars» «New Face. Music»Won
Music Platform AwardsFor the Song "Чувствую Душой" (I Feel My Soul)Won
MUZ-TV Awards (Belarus)Artist of the YearWon
2018YUNA AwardsAlbum of the Year "Пьяное солнце" (Drunken Sun)Nominated
ZHARA Music AwardsBest Singer of the YearNominated
RU.TV AwardsBest FanclubNominated
Best Singer of the YearNominated
Award of the Magazine "Viva!: "The most beautiful people""The Most Handsome Man of the Year"Nominated
National TV-Award "High Five!"«Favorite Singer»Nominated
MUZ-TV AwardsBest Solo Artist of the YearNominated
International Music Festival "Astana Dausy-2018"(Kazakhstan)Best Singer of UkraineWon
M1 Music Awards: 4 SeasonsSinger of the SpringNominated
Singer of the SummerWon
Singer of the YearNominated
Top League AwardsFor the Song "Навсегда" (Forever)Won
Music Platform AwardsFor the Song "Сберегу" (I'll Save You)Won
2019 Sound Track MK Awards Best performer "Pop"Won
"Sexy M"Won
ZHARA Music AwardsBest Singer of the YearNominated
Topical Style Awards"Stylish single"Won
MUZ-TV AwardsBest male music video for "Навсегда" (Forever)Nominated
RU.TV AwardsBest Singer of the YearNominated
M1 Music AwardsSinger of the YearNominated
2020YUNA AwardsBest performerNominated
Music Platform AwardsFor the Song "Ревность"(Jealousy)Won

Notes

  1. ↑ Ukrainian: Микита Володимирович Алєксєєв; Russian: Никита Владимирович Алексеев, romanized: Nikita Vladimirovich Alekseyev; Belarusian: Мікіта Уладзіміравіч Аляксееў, romanized: Mikita Uladzimiravič Aliaksiejeŭ

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Preceded by Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest
2018 		Succeeded by
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