Nadiia Volodymyrivna Dorofieieva (; born 21 April 1990), professionally known as DOROFEEVA, is a Ukrainian pop singer, fashion designer, blogger, actress and a former member of the pop duo Vremya i Steklo, which was created and produced by

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Early life and education

Nadiia Dorofieieva was born on 21 April 1990 in

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, Ukraine. From a young age, Dorofieieva was engaged in music and dancing. In 2002, at the age of 12, Dorofieieva became regional champion in

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, being crowned the prize of best ballroom dancer in her native Crimea. In 2005, after finishing the ninth class, Dorofieieva moved to

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, where she started studying at the Moscow State Art and Cultural University for a degree in singing.

Career

2002-2009: Early career

Dorofieieva first rose to prominence as a participant in several Ukrainian and foreign music competitions. In 2004, she won the first prize in the "middle category" of the

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children's singing competition in

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. In 2005, she participated in the Ukrainian television show ''Chance'', a spin-off of '' Karaoke on the Maidan''. While living in Moscow, between 2005 and 2007, Dorofieieva was part of the girl group МЧС. With the group, Dorofieieva recorded an album and also performed on Russian federal television, including a performance of the song "Monetka" on ''Cabaret of 100 stars'' on

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in 2007. At the age of 17, Dorofieieva signed up in another spin-off of ''Karaoke on the Maidan'', titled ''American Chance''. Dorofieieva was selected as one of the twelve participants of the show and traveled to

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in late 2007 to continue the selection process. There, she ended up as one of the five selected singers in the girl band Glam. Glam was acquired by David Junk, who previously acquired and promoted

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and

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in the English-speaking world, to become a Ukrainian analogue to the

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. However, during the

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, the project was dropped and Dorofieieva was told to find a new job. Glam recorded one promotional song "Thirsty", which was uploaded on YouTube in 2008, but never commercially released. After her American dream fell apart, Dorofieieva developed her own solo project, which was called Markiza, in which she took a similar pop rock style to

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. In 2008, she released a solo album under that name.

2010-2020: Vremya i Steklo

Dorofieieva passed the internet casting to become the female soloist in the duo Vremya i Steklo, alongside rapper . The duo was produced by

. With this, Dorofieieva moved back to

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. In December 2010, the duo released their first single, which only acquired mild commercial success in their native Ukraine. In the subsequent years, Dorofieieva toured Ukraine with Vremya i Steklo alongside

& Nastya. The group enjoyed their breakthrough in 2015 with the single "Imya 505", which gave the duo their final breakthrough in Russia. The song became a viral sensation and quickly became the most-watched Russian-language song ever on YouTube. Their music videos on YouTube later became a source for their popularity. As a result of the group's rise of fame, Dorofieieva became a popular influencer. In 2016, she started her own clothing line. A year later, she started vlogging on her YouTube channel DoDo Vlog, quickly becoming one of the most-subscribed to channels in Ukraine. In 2018, Dorofieieva and her colleague voiced the heroes of Ukrainian animation film – " The Stolen Princess". In autumn 2017, she took part in a Ukrainian version of the show "

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" ''(Dancing with the stars)'' on

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. After "

", she became a coach (together with her colleague Positiff, part of Vremya i Steklo) on " Holos. Dity" ''(The voice kids)'' on

. In 2018, Nadiia became a judge in the Ukrainian TV-show "Liha smikhu" ''(League of laughter)'' on

2020-present: Solo career

In November 2020, Nadiia Dorofieieva announced the start of her solo career after the breakup of the duo "Vremya i Steklo". 20 November, she released her first song as DOROFEEVA - "gorit", which quickly became a hit. In less than a week, the music video has got more than two million views on YouTube. In the spring of 2021, Dorofeeva released the first EP called "dofamin", including "a tebe", "bam bam" and others. After the

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began, she switched to performing in Ukrainian and changed her artistic direction. She participated in the GIDNA project from

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. In 2022, with

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, she released the song "", which became a symbol of support for Ukraine. In the same year, she released the album "".

Discography

Studio albums

Solo

= Studio albums

= * ''Markiza'' (2008) * (2022) * (2024)

= EP

= * ' (2021)

М.Ч.С.

* ''Seti lyubvi'' (2007)

Vremya i Steklo

* ''Vremya i Steklo'' (2014) * ''Glubokiy dom'' (2015) * (2019)

Singles

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"*" denotes the chart did not exist at that time.

Promotional singles

Other charted songs

Other featured songs

As a part of Vremya i Steklo

* 2010 – "Tak vypala karta" * 2011 – "Lyubvi tochka net" * 2011 – "Serebryanoye more" * 2011 – "Kafel" (in Russian) * 2012 – "Garmoshka" / "Harmonica" * 2012 – "Sleza" * 2013 – "#kAroche" * 2013 – "Potantsuy so mnoy" * 2014 – "Zaberi" * 2015 – "Imya 505" * 2015 – "Pesnya 404" * 2016 – "Navernopotomushto" * 2016 – "Na stile" * 2017 – "Back2Leto" * 2017 – "Ritm 122" * 2017 – "Troll" * 2018 – "Do zirok" * 2018 – "Top" * 2018 – "Promin" * 2018 – "Ye, boy" * 2018 – "Pesnya pro litso" * 2019 – "Dym" * 2019 – "Vislovo" * 2019 – "Lokh" * 2020 – "Navsegda/Nikogda" * 2020 – "Last dance"

Rewards

Nadiya Dorofeeva received the following awards, titles and distinctions: * 2002 - Grand Prix of the vocal competition ''Southern Express''. * 2002 - champion of the

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in ballroom dancing. * 2002 - second prize at the international competition of Bogatikov. *2003 - winner of the second prize ''Sun. Youth. Beauty'' (

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). *2004 - winner of the first prize of the Ukrainian competition ''

''. *2004 - Grand Prix of the Ukrainian competition ''Star Rain''. *2004 - member of the jury of the international children's competition ''Our Land is Ukraine'' in

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. *2005 - finalist of the TV project ''Chance''. *2005 - victory in the

competition ''Golden Voice''. *2006 - Grand Prix of Ilya Reznik's contest ''Little Country''. *2017 - victory in the nomination ''Singer of the Year'' in the Cosmopolitan Awards 2017. *2018 - victory in the special nomination ''Ty prosto cosmos'' in the

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music award ''Zhara Music Awards''. *2018 - winner of the Ukrainian music award YUNA in the nomination ''Best Video'' for a duet song with Dmitry Monatik ''Hluboko''.

References

External links

Official site of the group Vremya i Steklo
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