Kateryna Petrivna Kondratenko (; born 12 July 1978), known professionally as Katya Chilly, is a Ukrainian

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and

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. Her style is a fusion of

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and

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music.

Biography

Katya Chilly's debut album '' Rusalki in da House'' (Mermaids In Da House) was released in 1998. She started preparing material for the

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in 1996 when she changed her stage name to Katya Chilly. She became popular in Ukraine after

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when she toured all over the country with its participants. In 1999, Katya Chilly took part in the Scotland

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. In March 2001, she performed at more than 40 concerts in the

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. A part of her performance was also broadcast by the

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throughout the country. In 2000, Katya started working on her second album called ''

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'' (Dream). It was planned to be released in 2002 but the project was cancelled. However, this album has been informally distributed on the Internet. Katya's single " Pivni" (Roosters), in collaboration with Ukrainian Records/Andrey Dakhovsky, was released in June 2005. It included the title track and remixes made by prominent Ukrainian DJs (DJ Lemon, DJ Tkach, DJ Professor Moriarti, and others). Katya Chilly released her next album eight years after her first. On 10 March 2006 Ukrainian Records released the third album, ''Ya Molodaya'' (I Am Young). In October 2007, Katya joined the DJuice music tour and visited seven Ukrainian cities.

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's Ukrainian website announced that the fourth album, ''Prosto Serdtse'' (Simply Heart), would be released in October 2007. However, in an interview for galainfo.com.ua, Katya stated that the release would be postponed until 2008. It remains unreleased. In 2017, she participated in the seventh season of

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. In 2020, she participated in the Ukrainian National Selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Pich" but she did not qualify for the final.

Discography

* 1998 – ''Rusalki in da House'' * 2002 – ''Son'' * 2006 – ''Ya Molodaya'' * 2008 – ''Prosto Serdtse''

References

External links

Official website

Katya Chilly interview with ''Ukraina Moloda''
1978 births Living people Musicians from Kyiv 21st-century Ukrainian women singers Ukrainian pop singers Ukrainian folk singers Ukrainian rock singers Ukrainian women pop singers Ukrainian women rock singers Ukrainian women folk singers The Voice of Ukraine contestants Folktronica musicians {{Ukraine-singer-stub