1. Lena Katina started her career at the age of eight, joining the Russian children's act Avenue, soon after that joining Neposedy.
15 Facts About Lena Katina
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In 2014, Lena Katina released her debut album, This Is Who I Am, which was reissued in Spanish under the name Esta Soy Yo two years later.
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Lena Katina was born in Moscow on 4 October 1984 to musician Sergey Katin.
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When she was seven, Lena Katina began regular school and within a year, she entered music school for piano classes.
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Lena Katina was the opening act of PrideFest in Milwaukee on 12 June 2010 and on the same day, she released a free download of a song from her upcoming album, titled "Lost in this Dance".
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Lena Katina contributed vocals to the song "Guardian Angel" by Canadian electronic metalcore band Abandon All Ships, which was featured on their 2010 debut album, Geeving.
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In September 2011, Lena Katina released the song "Waiting" and featured on the track "Tic-Toc" by Mexican pop band Belanova.
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In September 2012, Lena Katina collaborated with Russian rapper T-Killah on the track "Shot".
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On 24 September 2013, Lena Katina issued the single "Lift Me Up", which peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs.
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In October 2017, Lena Katina released her new English-language single "Silent Hills".
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Lena Katina married her boyfriend of three years, Slovenian musician Sasha Kuzmanovic, in 2013.
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Lena Katina announced in November 2014 that she was three-and-a-half months pregnant with her first child during a concert in Rome and gave birth to a son on 22 May 2015.
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In June 2021, Lena Katina revealed that she was in a relationship with Russian businessman Dmitry Spiridonov, the CEO of CloudPayments.
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The organisers noted that "Lena Katina's participation in Queerfest is a truly historic moment: for the first time such a high-profile Russian artist supports the festival".
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Lena Katina voiced the fairy Zarina in the Russian dub of the 2014 Disney film The Pirate Fairy.