Valeria is a Russian pop singer, awarded the title "People's Artist of Russia".
Childhood and youth of Valeria
Valeria is a stage name. The real name of the singer is Perfilova Alla Yurievna.
Alla was born on April 17, 1968 in the city of Atkarsk (near Saratov). She grew up in a musical family. His mother was a piano teacher, and his father was the director of a music school. Parents worked at the music school that their daughter graduated from.
At the age of 17, Alla sang in the ensemble of the House of Culture of her native city, the leader of which was her uncle. In the same 1985, she moved to the capital. And she entered the pop vocal class of the GMPI them. Gnesins to the correspondence department thanks to Leonid Yaroshevsky. She met the musician the day before.
Two years later, Alla successfully passed the qualifying round for the Jurmala pop song contest. Then she got to the final, but did not reach the second round.
In 1987, Alla married Leonid, thanks to whom she entered the institute. The couple went on their honeymoon, while performing in the Crimea and Sochi.
In Moscow, Alla and Leonid worked in a theater in the center of the capital, on Taganka.
1991 became a fateful year. Alla met Alexander Shulgin. He was a composer, producer and songwriter. Then the stage name of Alla appeared - Valeria, which they came up with together.
The beginning of Valeria's solo career
Valeria's debut English-language album The Taiga Symphony was released in 1992. At the same time, the singer released her debut Russian-language album of romances "Stay with me."
At the beginning of her career, Valeria was a participant in a significant number of music competitions.
In 1993, Alla Yurievna was awarded the title "Person of the Year".
Together with her husband, Valeria began working on the upcoming album "Anna". Its release took place only in 1995. The album had such a name, since in 1993 Valeria's daughter Anna was born. The collection for a long time occupied a leading position in the music charts.
For two years she taught at the institute, where she received her higher education.
In the next four years, five albums of the performer were released.
In addition to the fact that Shulgin was Valeria's husband, he was also her music producer. The contract with him was terminated in 2002 due to disagreements, as a result of which Valeria decided to leave show business.
Return to the big stage
A year later, Valeria returned to the musical field at the MUZ-TV Prize. She signed a contract with music producer Iosif Prigogine, who soon became her husband.
In 2005, Forbes magazine awarded Valeria the 9th position in the rating among the 50 highest paid Russian personalities in cinema, music, sports and literature.
Like many other artists, Valeria has been the face of various advertising campaigns for popular global brands. In addition, she was engaged in the development of her own business, creating a line of perfumes, as well as a collection of De Leri jewelry.
The release of the next album "My Tenderness" took place in 2006. It includes 11 songs and 4 bonus tracks. She then went on tour to her homeland and other countries in support of the studio album.
At this time, Valeria gave a solo concert at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex. This testified to the popularity of Valeria among music fans. After all, not every performer manages to assemble such an arena.
Shortly after this event, the release of the autobiographical book "And life, and tears, and love" took place.
In 2007, Valeria said that she wanted to work in the Western market. And the following year, the English-language album Out of Control was released.
Valeria was on the cover of the popular American edition of Billboard.
Until 2010, she worked abroad with various American stars. The artist performed at charity events, exhibition openings, and also went on tour with the British band Simly Red. A joint concert took place with her, but already in the State Kremlin Palace.
Valeria's music was often heard in nightclubs. Her English-language album was excellent, and the performer found tremendous success.
Since 2012, she has been a jury member of almost all music competitions to find young talents.
Valeria today
Her daughter Anna took part in Valeria's video clip for the song "You are mine". Here we are talking about the love of a mother for her daughter and vice versa. A touching and sensual song that touches the soul.
In the following 2016, the composition “The Body Wants Love” was released, which deals with eternal love.
In the same period, Valeria's 17th studio album was released.
In the winter of 2017, the video for the song "Oceans" was released. The song is known to many, even to those who were not a fan of Valeria's work.
Already in the spring, Valeria pleased her fans with another beautiful video clip for the song "Microinfarctions".
For 2017 and 2018 Valeria released such singles, which were accompanied by video clips such as: “Heart is broken”, “With people like you”, “Cosmos”.
January 1, 2019 Valeria s Egor Creed presented a new version of the famous song "Watch".
The verses were written by Yegor, the chorus was the same. Despite the fact that the song was released in 2018, the video, released in the new year, managed to take the top of the charts.
Valeria's new work is a video for the song "No Chance", which was released on July 11, 2019. The song is lively, rhythmic, with club notes liked by fans of this genre of music.
Valeria in 2021
In March 2021, the presentation of the new single of the singer “I didn’t forgive you” took place. Valeria said that the famous producer and singer Maxim Fadeev wrote the single for her.
The Russian performer in the middle of the first summer month of 2021 pleased her audience with the release of a new musical composition. It's about the track "Losing Consciousness". Valeria said that it took her three months to record the song.
At the end of January 2022, the track "Tit" was released. Max Fadeev helped work on Valeria's work. The presented work accompanies the film “I want! I will!". By the way, Valeria herself starred in this film. The premiere of the film is scheduled for this spring.
