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Ani Lorak
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Ukrainian-born Russian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur
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Ani Lorak, born Karolina Myroslavivna Kuyek in 1978 in Kitsman, is a Ukrainian singer, composer, poet, and model. She has performed in genres including pop music, pop rock, synth-pop, and dance-pop, playing the piano and using her voice. Her native name is Ані Лорак. She began her work period in 1992 and was educated at Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts.
She holds the awards Merited Artist of Ukraine and People's Artist of Ukraine. A participant in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, she is associated with record label Moon Records Ukraine. She speaks Russian, Ukrainian, and English. She has resided in Russia and holds citizenship in the Soviet Union, Ukraine, and Russia. She has one child.
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Film & TV
Kitsman, Chernovitskaya oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Karolina Myroslavivna Kuiek (born 27 September 1978), better known as Ani Lorak, is a Ukrainian-born Russian singer. Having been awarded the title of People's Artist of Ukraine (revoked in 2024), she has been cited as one of the most influential and popular women in Ukraine, and has also been ranked as one of the most beautiful women from Eastern Europe. In 2014, she reported the highest income…
Known for
- Ужин с Роговым — Self - Guest2025
- Поймай меня, если сможешь — Self - «star»2024
- Volya's Show — Self - Guest2023
- Конфетка — Self - Star singer2023
- Музыкальная интуиция — Self - Star Participant2021
- Дуэты — Self - Singer2021
- Фактор. BY — Self - Guest2021
- Show "DIVA" — Herself2020
- The Masked Singer Russia — Кот2020
- Sing Without Rules — Self - Guest2020
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Russia
- Active from
- 1978
Discography
- Хочу летать1996
- Я вернусь1998
- Ангел Мрій Моїх — Dream Angel1999
- www.anilorak.com2000
- Там, де ти є...2001
- Remix мрій про мене2003
- Ані Лорак2004
- Smile2005
- Розкажи...2006
- 152007
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 30,495
- Total plays
- 421,582
Tags
Ani Lorak (Ukrainian: Ані Лорак, Russian: Ани Лорак), real name Carolina Myroslavivna Kuiek (Ukrainian: Кароліна Мирославівна Куєк) (born 27 September 1978, Kitsman, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine) is a successful Ukrainian singer and artist. She has three times appeared to be a strong front-runner to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest. Lorak represented Ukraine at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Shady Lady and came in 2nd place. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/%D0%9
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Karolina
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Kitsman
- Occupation
- entrepreneur
- Educated at
- Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 2008
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- deep house
- Instrument
- voice
- Mass
- 49
- Official website
- www.anilorak.com
- Image
- Ани Лорак (3) (Белые ночи Санкт-Петербурга — 2021. Григорий Лепс собирает друзей) (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 162
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Russia
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- Ani Lorak
- date of birth
- 1978-09-27
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- Ani Lorak
- name in native language
- Ани Лорак
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
- social media followers
- 1000000
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Music
- birth name
- Каролина Мирославовна Куек
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- Ani Lorak
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Encyclopedic overview
Karolina Myroslavivna Kuiek (born 27 September 1978), known as Ani Lorak, is a Ukrainian-born Russian singer. Having been awarded the title of People's Artist of Ukraine (revoked in 2024), she has been cited as one of the most influential and popular women in Ukraine, and has also been ranked as one of the most beautiful women from Eastern Europe. In 2014, she reported the highest income of all singers in Ukraine.
After her performance of the song "Shady Lady" while representing Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, Lorak began gaining considerable fame outside of the former Soviet Union, coming in second place behind "Believe" by Russian singer Dima Bilan. In 2018, she received a ZD Award in the category for Best Singer of the Year.
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