1. MakSim rose to fame in the Russian-speaking world in the mid-2000s after releasing her debut album Trudnyi vozrast in 2006.
11 Facts About MakSim
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In 2007 and 2008, MakSim won the award for Best Female Russian Singer at the MTV Russia Music Awards and in 2008 and 2009 won the same prize at the Muz-TV Music Awards, winning the prize for Best Album in 2008 for Moy ray.
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MakSim had participated in several music competitions in her schools prior, but then decided to become the lead singer of the Kazan group Pro-Z.
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In that time, MakSim shot her first music videos for the songs "Trudnyi vozrast" and "Nezhnost'".
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In 2007, MakSim was first nominated for the MTV Russian Music Awards.
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At the Muz-TV Awards, MakSim won the nomination Discovery of the Year and Best Ringtone for her song "Nezhnost'".
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On 22 March 2008, MakSim became one of the few Russian pop artists to have performed at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow with a solo concert.
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In late 2008, it became known that MakSim was pregnant with her first child.
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In June 2009, MakSim received the award for Best Female Singer for the second time at the Muz-TV Awards.
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In 2010, MakSim released her next single "Dozhd'", which became her first focus single to not top the TopHit general charts in several years.
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In late 2016, MakSim got recognised with the title Honoured Artist of Tatarstan, her home region in Russia.