1. In October 2022, Ani Lorak was sanctioned by the Ukrainian government because she continued to work and live in Russia after the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
26 Facts About Ani Lorak
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Ani Lorak had a notably tough childhood, which she later claimed shaped her personality.
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Ani Lorak was born in the provincial city of Kitsman, Chernivtsi Oblast in Western Ukraine.
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Ani Lorak lived in the same house as Hero of Ukraine, singer and composer Volodymyr Ivasyuk spent his childhood, as Lorak's maternal grandfather had bought it from the Ivasyuks after they had decided to move away from Kitsman.
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Ani Lorak developed the desire to become a singer as early as the age of four.
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Ani Lorak moved to Kyiv later that year to start recording her first album.
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Ani Lorak was named "Discovery of the Year" at the popular Ukrainian festival Tavria Games in 1996.
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At the outset of 1999, Ani Lorak started her first extensive and international touring, performing in the United States, France, Germany, Hungary, and in every major city of Ukraine.
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In 2005, Ani Lorak made her first attempt to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest and was virtually certain to sing the home country's entry in Kyiv, but ultimately failed to be selected.
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Ani Lorak finished in second place in the Ukrainian national final with the song "A Little Shot Of Love".
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Shortly after the album's release, Ani Lorak ended her contract with Falyosa and started to work with producer Konstantin Meladze.
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That same year, Ani Lorak released a duet with Meladze's brother Valery Meladze, which became Ani Lorak's first radio hit in Russia.
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In late 2007, it was announced that Ukrainian public broadcaster NTU had internally selected Ani Lorak to represent the country at Eurovision in Belgrade, and that the public and a jury would choose the song.
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On 23 February 2008, Ani Lorak performed five potential entries in a special show.
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Ani Lorak took second place in the final after Dima Bilan, giving Ukraine its second runner-up position in a row and its third-best score of all-time.
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In October 2009, Ani Lorak was ranked 41st in a top 100 of "most influential women in Ukraine" compiled by experts for the Ukrainian magazine Focus.
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In 2010, Ani Lorak released a compilation album titled "The Best".
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In 2013, Ani Lorak returned to Greece to produce her fourteenth "Zazhigay serdtse" together with Kontopoulos.
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From March to June 2014, Ani Lorak was a coach on the fourth season "Holos Krainy".
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Meanwhile, Ani Lorak scored large commercial success in Russia, performing several duets alongside singer Grigory Leps, which included "Ukhodi po-angliyski" and "Zerkala," which both fared well in the Russian radio charts.
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At the start of 2018, Ani Lorak started her next tour, titled DIVA, which received positive reviews from music critics.
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In late 2019, Ani Lorak released her twelfth studio album Za mechtoy, for which she wrote the majority of the songs herself.
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Ani Lorak participated in several catalogues and developed a new fragrance called Chiffon by Ani Lorak.
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In 2011, Ani Lorak was announced the fifth richest singer in Ukraine, with her team's revenues amounting to $2.35 million that year.
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On 19 October 2022, Ani Lorak was added to Ukraine's sanctions list and is prohibited from entering the country until 2027.
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In September 2023 Ani Lorak held a concert in Moscow of which parts of the revenue was send to a fund that helped to relocate children from Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia.