Ksenia Andreyevna Novikova (; born May 17, 1980) is a Russian singer. She is the soloist of the female pop group

Blestyashchiye Blestyashchiye ( rus, Блестя́щие, p=blʲɪˈsʲtʲæɕːɪɪ, lit. '' the brilliant ones'') is one of the first all-girl singing groups in Russia. History 1996–1999: "Tam, tol'ko tam" and "Prosto mechty" Originally Blestyashchiye con ...

Biography

Ksenia Andreyevna Novikova was born in Moscow. At the age of five she became a soloist of the Loktev's Choir.

Musical career

In August 1999, Ksenia was invited to the group

in place of the departed Polina Iodis. Before the official participation in the group Ksenia was her back-vocalist. During the entire period of Ksenia's participation, the group recorded four studio albums and one compilation. Composition Olga Orlova,

Zhanna Friske Zhanna Vladimirovna Friske (; born Zhanna Vladimirovna Kopylova; 8 July 1974 – 15 June 2015), was a Russian actress, singer and model. She was a member of the girl group Blestyashchiye. Family Her father Vladimir Kopylov (later known as Vlad ...

, Ksenia Novikova and Irina Lukyanova is still considered the golden composition of the group. In 2006 she appeared on the covers of the magazines ''

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'' and ''XXL''. In the middle of 2007 Ksenia left Blestyashchiye, in which she stayed the longest soloist (eight years). In June 2011, four years after leaving, Novikova returned to the group. Since 2012, Ksenia is engaged in solo work. Since 2014 she has been teaching at

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. In May 2018, she returned to the group for the third time.

References

External links

Official site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Novikova, Ksenia 1980 births Living people Singers from Moscow Russian pop singers Russian women pop singers Russian record producers Russian child singers 20th-century Russian women singers 21st-century Russian women singers Russian women record producers Moscow State Art and Cultural University alumni