Biography
Who is Nadia Meiher?
Early life and education
Nadia Meiher was born in Zbruchivka, within the Volochysk Raion of the Ukrainian SSR. Her family later moved to the city of Khmelnytskyi, where she began her formal training in dance and music. She eventually moved to Kyiv to enroll at the Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, where she studied the English language.
During her time in Khmelnytskyi, she performed in local theater productions. In 2000, the Russian singer Valery Meladze saw her perform. He connected her with producers Konstantin Meladze and Dmytro Kostyuk. They invited her to move to Kyiv and audition for the group Nu Virgos.
Rise to musical fame
Nadia Meiher joined the original lineup of Nu Virgos, also known as VIA Gra, alongside Alena Vinnitskaya. Their first single, Popytka No. 5, arrived in 2000 and became a major success in Russian pop music. The group released a studio album with the same name, which sold over 700,000 units and earned Golden certification.
She left the group three separate times during her career. Her first departure occurred in 2002 due to pregnancy. She returned in September 2002 to perform alongside Anna Sedokova and Vera Brezhneva. This specific combination of singers is widely cited as the golden era for the group. She left again in 2006 to pursue solo work, returned in 2009, and departed for the final time in 2011.
Solo career and television work
Nadia Meiher began focusing on solo projects around 2006. She moved into television hosting, working on programs for the STB channel. Her hosting credits include Incredible Love Stories and The Incredible Truth about the Stars. She also participated in reality programs such as the Russian version of Your Face Sounds Familiar, titled Odin v odin, in 2014.
In the field of music, she released her debut solo single, Delo ne v tele, in May 2014. Her second solo track, Tango vozvrasheniya, followed in October of that same year. She continued to release music with tracks like Ostansya in 2015 and a cover of Historia de un amor in 2016. Beyond music, she published a collection of her poetry titled Momentary Attraction in 2009.
Personal life and business ventures
Nadia Meiher is also a fashion entrepreneur. In 2016, she opened her own boutique, Meiher by Meiher, located at the Gulliver centre in Kyiv. This store features her own clothing designs.
Regarding her family, she has three children. Her son, Ihor, was born in 2002 with her former partner Oleksandr Lishenko. She later married Russian businessman Mikhail Urzhumtsev in 2014. They have two daughters together named Anna and Mariya, who were born in 2012 and 2015 respectively.
Birthday and age
Nadia Meiher was born on April 10, 1982, which makes Nadia 44 years old today. That birthday falls under the Aries sign. Nadia shares the date with 69 other famous people.
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