Prokhor Shalyapin is a notorious Russian pop singer, whose star path began with participation in the Star Factory show program. Participant of various music competitions, a favorite of the public. His name has more to do with a lot of gossip and scandals than a career in music. However, the presence of good vocal abilities makes Prokhor Chaliapin a rating star of the Russian stage.
Biography of Prokhor Chaliapin
Prokhor Shalyapin - participant of the Star Factory show program, singer, musician. His biography is no different. Prokhor Chaliapin is a pseudonym that gave the singer the opportunity to talk about his relationship with the famous Fyodor Chaliapin. The real name of the singer is Andrei Andreevich Zakharenkov. He was born on November 26, 1983 in Volgograd in a family that has nothing to do with the Russian scene. His father, Andrei Zakharenkov, is a steelmaker. Mother - Elena Kolesnikova - is a culinary specialist in the same enterprise.
Life in a society of workers, poor people forced the young man to look for any ways to improve his well-being. From an early age, Prokhor began to study music in the accordion class, participated in various music competitions. Most of all, Prokhor was engaged in vocals, participated in the work of the choir. At the age of 9, Prokhor first appeared on stage as part of the "Bindweed" ensemble.
At the age of 15, the young man becomes a member of the youth group "Jam" and records his first album. However, he had no success. Copies of the album were sold to friends and relatives of the singer. Prokhor strove to increase his popularity by any means. Prokhor received his musical education at the Samara Academy of Arts and Culture. Studied at the Moscow Ippolitov - Ivanov School of Music. A few years later he entered the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music.
In 1996, Prokhor wrote the first song "Unreal Dream". In 2006, he became a participant in the Soundtrack music competition. Ranked third in the Star Chance competition organized by Edita Piekha.
Popularity came to the artist after his appearance in the music show "Star Factory - 6". To participate in such a large-scale project, the young man changed his passport data to more euphonic ones. Then there were rumors about his relationship with Fyodor Chaliapin, which were denied by journalists and the daughter of the famous musician.
Musical career of Prokhor Chaliapin
After participating in the "Star Factory" Prokhor received several offers to record an album. He worked with Viktor Drobysh. As a result of the project, Prokhor took fourth place. Together with V. Drobysh, Prokhor recorded folk songs in modern processing, gave concerts in the country and abroad. In 2007, due to the outbreak of a scandal, the collaboration between the singer and the producer was terminated. The new producer of Prokhor Chaliapin is the singer Agnia. The greatest popularity was brought by the songs "White Swan" and "Dubinushka". For their performance, the singer was awarded the prize "For the revival of Russia in the 21st century."
It was not only his musical career that contributed to the increase in the popularity of the singer. In the early 2000s, Prokhor starred in the film "Courage" and the TV series "Zhukov" and "Who is on top?" In these pictures, Prokhor played the roles of singers and composers.
The personal life of the singer
The singer's musical career and personal life is rich in rumors, gossip and scandals. Prokhor was married several times. For the first time, the singer married Larisa Kopenkina, who was 22 years older than Prokhor. As the singer himself admitted, this marriage was his wife's business idea. At that time, Larisa was the director of a real estate agency and the marriage was needed to create an advertisement for her agency. The couple divorced in 2014.
In the second marriage, actress Anna Kalashnikova became the singer's wife. In 2015, she gave birth to a son, Daniel, to Prokhor. For a long time, the couple did not tell anyone that Daniel was not the singer's own son. After several years of marriage, the couple also filed for divorce.
Currently, Prokhor Chaliapin continues his singing career, takes part in various television programs, and is in search of a soul mate.
