Alina Grosu ( uk, Аліна Ґросу; born in
Chernivtsi
Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the u ...
,
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...
[Alina Grosu]
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Grosu was born in Chernivtsi
Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the u ...
, Ukraine. She entered the music business after winning in a singing contest. The prize was to record a song in a studio, where she met the singer Iryna Bilyk
Iryna Mykolayivna Bilyk ( ua, Ірина Миколаївна Білик, born 1970 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter, and People's Artist of Ukraine.
She wrote her first song at the age of ten. In 1995, Bilyk performed for the United S ...
. They released four albums. After her success in music, she moved to Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
Ky ...
for practical reasons.[
Grosu has participated in singing contests such as ]Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk
The International Festival of Arts “Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk” ( be, Міжнародны фестываль мастацтваў «Славянскі базар у Віцебску», uk, Міжнародний фестиваль мист ...
and Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest (often shortened to JESC, Junior Eurovision or Junior EuroSong) is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) annually since 2003. It is held in a diff ...
national finals.
Discography
* 2000 — ''Разом зі мною''
* 2002 — ''Бджілка''
* 2004 — ''Море волнуется''
* 2006 — ''Я кохана донечка''
* 2006 — ''Хочу шалить''
* 2007 — ''На 19 этаже''
* 2010 — ''Мелом на асфальте''
* 2018 — ''Бас''
References
1995 births
Living people
Musicians from Chernivtsi
21st-century Ukrainian women singers
Ukrainian pop singers
English-language singers from Ukraine
Ukrainian people of Romanian descent
Child pop musicians
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