Gagarina Polina Sergeevna is not only a singer, but also an actress, model, and composer.
The artist does not have a stage name. She performs under her real name.
The childhood of Polina Gagarina
Polina was born on March 27, 1987 in the capital of the Russian Federation - Moscow. The girl spent her childhood in Greece.
There, Polina entered the local school. However, having returned with her mother for the summer holidays to her homeland, her grandmother insisted that she stay with her in Saratov while her mother had a contract with the Greek ballet Alsos, where she was a dancer.
Polina stayed with her grandmother not only for the summer. She entered a music school. At the entrance exams, the girl performed the composition of Whitney Houston and charmed the admissions committee.
After the mother's contract ended, she returned to the capital and took 14-year-old Polina. After graduating from a music school, she entered the GMUEDI (State Musical College of Variety and Jazz Art).
Being in the 2nd year of study, Polina's teacher offered to try her hand at the musical show "Star Factory".
Polina Gagarina at the Star Factory show. 2003
At the age of 16, Polina ended up in the musical show "Star Factory-2" (Season 2). During the project, she performed the compositions of Maxim Fadeev, won. But she refused to cooperate with the composer.
Subsequently, critics of the music world and professionals who have conquered the stage for a very long time said that Polina is the strongest singer of the entire project.
Album "Ask the clouds" (2004-2007)
Polina began her stage career with the record label APC Records.
"New Wave", which takes place annually in Jurmala, gave the artist 3rd place. And the song "Lullaby", authored by Polina, was liked by the audience and became a hit. As a result, it was decided to create a video clip.
In 2006, she entered the Moscow Art Theater School, where she received her higher education.
A year later, her debut album, Ask the Clouds, was released.
Album "About Me" (2008-2010)
Polina decided to try herself in a creative union. Therefore, she soon recorded a joint composition “To whom, why?” with Irina Dubtsova (friend, colleague, participant, winner of the Star Factory show). The video clip, like the studio version of the song, won the love of the listeners.
In the spring of 2010, the singer presented her second studio album "About Me" to fans. This collection is a new stage in my creative and personal life. The title of the album speaks for itself, each line of the song reveals the true truth about Polina.
If someone has a desire to know what Polina is, then this album is able to describe her. After all, you can never be sure of the authenticity of news in social networks, on radio stations or other Internet resources.
The artist said that music is a field of activity where you don’t need to lie, and you shouldn’t do it.
Album "9" (2011-2014)
She took part as a guest star in one of the seasons of the Ukrainian musical project "People's Star-4", performing a composition with a participant.
One of the compositions "I promise" became the soundtrack for the youth series "Great Expectations".
But the song “The Performance is Over” is considered the most associated song with Polina from the moment of release to this day. The video clip also turned out to be successful.
In addition to the musical field of activity, the artist became the ambassador of the XXVI World Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan.
The singer also tried her hand at voicing characters in children's cartoons. The debut was the role of the heroine Mavis from the cartoon Monsters on Vacation.
The debut as a TV presenter took place in the Tasty Life program, which was released by the TNT channel.
Polina Gagarina at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Shortly before participating in the annual international music contest "Eurovision", Polina took part in the new musical project "Just Like It" from the Channel One TV channel. In it, show business stars transform into their colleagues.
Polina was honored to represent her native country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, which was held in Vienna, the capital of Austria. The singer performed the song A Million Voices and took the honorable 2nd position. Later, she presented the fans with a Russian-language version of this composition, also accompanied by a video clip.
This is a love song that can unite everyone. This is the feeling for which people breathe and create.
In the same period, Polina stopped working with the composer Konstantin Meladze.
2015 was a very busy year for the singer. She became a mentor of the musical television projects "Voice-4" and "Voice-5". While working on the show, Basta recorded a joint work with Polina "Angel of Faith". The composition was released in support of the Naked Heart Foundation.
Polina Gagarina now
Soon the next work "Drama no more" came out. The composition became successful, so a video was shot for it.
This was followed by another composition "Disarmed". The song won the hearts of fans and took a leading position in the music charts. This was a great motivation for further work and successful implementation of the goals.
In the summer of 2018, another hit "Over the Head" "blew up" music venues, became a frequent "guest" of radio stations. The video was directed by Alan Badoev.
The video clip scored a record number of views for the entire time of the singer's activity, reaching almost 40 million views.
The video for the song "Melancholia" is the last.
Despite the fact that the singer was satisfied with the work done, some fans expressed the opinion that they did not like this work very much.
In 2019, Polina took part in the international music competition Singer (venue - China). The show resembles the Voice project, but only professional artists can take part in the Chinese counterpart. Polina took the 5th position, but she was very impressed by the project and pleased with herself.
