Maria Nikolaevna Boyko (, born 15 February 1997, Zakhonye-2, Russia) is a Russian singer who became famous on YouTube and

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Early life

Boyko was born in Zakhon'e-2, a village in

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. She graduated from high school and later began attending the faculty of the

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. She approached the world of music at a young age; however, her parents did not want her to become a singer, so she decided to take an economic education path.

Career

In 2019, she started working with T-killah. She then made her debut in the recording industry, being pushed by the label Klever Label of the rapper and producer T-killah and went on tour. Mia Boyka gained notoriety primarily as a TikToker, becoming one of the most popular, influential and followed Russian personalities on the platform. ''Pikachu'' (2020), a duet with Egor Šip, was one of the five most viewed videos in the Russian Federation on

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during the year, totaling almost 400 million views since its release. In August 2021, her debut studio album "" was released. Known in Russian as ''Proščal'nyj al'bom'', it was positively received in a review by critic Aleksei Mažaev. She was nominated for Discovery of the Year at the Muz-TV awards and for Music Blogger at the RU.TV awards for two consecutive years. ''Drama'', released in November 2022, became her first radio hit, reaching the top 40 of the Tophit national hit parade. She was included in the annual ''Forbes Russia'' under 30 list. In May 2022, the Russian ''

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'' in its "30 under 30" rating, which placed Mia Boyko at 25 as one of the winners in the "Music" category. She then recorded ''Russkoy pochodkoy'' , a song against

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which was released in January 2024 and whose cover features her wearing a fur hat with the

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in the background.

Outside music

In 2021, she released her debut album "". In 2024, she was a contestant on the Russian version of '' The Masked Singer''. In September, she drew public attention and outrage after she posted a Tiktok video of herself humiliating a little girl (who happened to be a quadrober) at a concert in Nadym and inciting the audience to boo the lost eight-year-old to tears. After fans and child safety authorities scolded the singer for this, she avoided a scheduled public meeting with fans who had been waiting to see her, instead sneaking out a fire exit. In 2024, she participated in Celebrities in Africa.

Discography

External links

Mia Boyka
on YouTube

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boyka, Mia 1997 births 21st-century Russian women singers Living people Plekhanov Russian University of Economics alumni Russian pop singers Russian TikTokers Russian YouTubers Russian National Music Award winners