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Iryna Bilyk
Iryna Mykolayivna Bilyk (Ukrainian: Ірина Миколаївна Білик, born 6 April 1970 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian singer-songwriter, holder of the Order of Princess Olga of the 3rd class, Merited (1996) and People's Artist of Ukraine (2008). With a repertoire of songs in Ukrainian, Russian and Polish, Bilyk practically reached the top of the Ukrainian show business in the 2000s. She is often called the "Ukrainian Madonna" due to many of her songs becoming hits in the 1990s, frequent style changes and influence on the Ukrainian musical media scene. YUNA considered Bilyk "the best singer of the two decades" in 2012.
Iryna Bilyk was born on 6 April 1970 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR. Her parents were engineers who worked at an aircraft factory. Bilyk has a younger brother, Serhiy.
From the age of five, Bilyk was engaged in dancing and classical ballet. At the age of six, she started singing in the children's song ensemble "Sonechko". Bilyk toured the USSR with the ensemble and appeared on central television for the first time. She wrote her first song at the age of ten.
After graduating from the music school, Bilyk worked as a music teacher.
In 1989, Bilyk participated in the Chervona Ruta Ukrainian music festival. A year later, she performed at another music festival Spring Hopes, where she met musicians like Yuri Nikitin, Georgy Uchaykin and Jean Bolotov. Together they formed the group "Tsey Dosh nadovgo", releasing their first album Kuvala Zozulya in 1990.
In 1992, Bilyk made her first music video for the song "Lyshe Tvoya" and became the laureate of the international festival "Song Vernissage. The new Ukrainian wave". In 1993, she graduated from the Glier State Music College, where she studied at the pop and vocal study department. The following year, she took part in such festivals as "Maria" and "Slavianski Bazaar", where she performed the song "Nova". Later, the members of the group "Tsey Dosh nadovgo", having come under the management of Iryna Bilyk, established the production agency "Nova". Then they worked on the next album Ya roskazhu, which was eventually released in 1994.
Bilyk embarked on the "Nova" tour in 1995. She gave her first solo show in the "Ukraine" Palace in Kyiv, tickets for which were fully sold-out. In the same year, according to the statistics of the American embassy in Ukraine, Iryna Bilyk became the most popular singer in the country, with journalists of "Mystetsky tops rock-95" coming to the same conclusion by a survey. Bilyk performed for the United States President Bill Clinton in 1995 as the most popular Ukrainian singer of that time.
President Leonid Kravchuk honoured Iryna Bilyk as the Merited Artist of Ukraine in 1996. Then she took part in another festival "Tavriyskie igry", where she received the "Zolota Zharptytsya" award in the field of contemporary Ukrainian music and mass entertainment in the nomination of "The Singer of the Year" and "The Song of the Year". A year later, Bilyk received the Grand Prix of the “Hit-Parade Parade” festival, from which point onward people began considering Bilyk as the "Ukrainian Madonna".
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Iryna Bilyk
Iryna Mykolayivna Bilyk (Ukrainian: Ірина Миколаївна Білик, born 6 April 1970 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian singer-songwriter, holder of the Order of Princess Olga of the 3rd class, Merited (1996) and People's Artist of Ukraine (2008). With a repertoire of songs in Ukrainian, Russian and Polish, Bilyk practically reached the top of the Ukrainian show business in the 2000s. She is often called the "Ukrainian Madonna" due to many of her songs becoming hits in the 1990s, frequent style changes and influence on the Ukrainian musical media scene. YUNA considered Bilyk "the best singer of the two decades" in 2012.
Iryna Bilyk was born on 6 April 1970 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR. Her parents were engineers who worked at an aircraft factory. Bilyk has a younger brother, Serhiy.
From the age of five, Bilyk was engaged in dancing and classical ballet. At the age of six, she started singing in the children's song ensemble "Sonechko". Bilyk toured the USSR with the ensemble and appeared on central television for the first time. She wrote her first song at the age of ten.
After graduating from the music school, Bilyk worked as a music teacher.
In 1989, Bilyk participated in the Chervona Ruta Ukrainian music festival. A year later, she performed at another music festival Spring Hopes, where she met musicians like Yuri Nikitin, Georgy Uchaykin and Jean Bolotov. Together they formed the group "Tsey Dosh nadovgo", releasing their first album Kuvala Zozulya in 1990.
In 1992, Bilyk made her first music video for the song "Lyshe Tvoya" and became the laureate of the international festival "Song Vernissage. The new Ukrainian wave". In 1993, she graduated from the Glier State Music College, where she studied at the pop and vocal study department. The following year, she took part in such festivals as "Maria" and "Slavianski Bazaar", where she performed the song "Nova". Later, the members of the group "Tsey Dosh nadovgo", having come under the management of Iryna Bilyk, established the production agency "Nova". Then they worked on the next album Ya roskazhu, which was eventually released in 1994.
Bilyk embarked on the "Nova" tour in 1995. She gave her first solo show in the "Ukraine" Palace in Kyiv, tickets for which were fully sold-out. In the same year, according to the statistics of the American embassy in Ukraine, Iryna Bilyk became the most popular singer in the country, with journalists of "Mystetsky tops rock-95" coming to the same conclusion by a survey. Bilyk performed for the United States President Bill Clinton in 1995 as the most popular Ukrainian singer of that time.
President Leonid Kravchuk honoured Iryna Bilyk as the Merited Artist of Ukraine in 1996. Then she took part in another festival "Tavriyskie igry", where she received the "Zolota Zharptytsya" award in the field of contemporary Ukrainian music and mass entertainment in the nomination of "The Singer of the Year" and "The Song of the Year". A year later, Bilyk received the Grand Prix of the “Hit-Parade Parade” festival, from which point onward people began considering Bilyk as the "Ukrainian Madonna".
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