Show business stars - singers, actors, musicians, showmen - often take pseudonyms for themselves. For some reason, some do not like their real name, others simply do not want to "shine" their surname, others want a unique individuality, so they come up with original nicknames.
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For example, the famous singer and people's artist Nadezhda Babkina with the passport of Zasedatelev. And Babkina is her maiden name. She chose her for the stage image, believing that the name with which she became a celebrity would be more associated with Russian folk songs. Moreover, it is easier to pronounce and easier to remember.
Singer Valeria is actually called Alla Perfilova. As she herself said in an interview, it all started with the recording of the first album in English for European listeners. They thought that the name Allah in Europe would be associated with Allah, therefore they decided to replace it with a pseudonym. So the singer became Valeria. It turns out that this name was given to her by her mother in early childhood. But then, for some reason, Alla was recorded in the child's birth certificate. By the way, already being famous, the artist changed her name in the passport to Valeria.
But the real name of the famous singer Katya Lel is Ekaterina Chuprina, she was quite happy with it. But to her first producer Yuri Aizenshpis, it seemed too long and not memorable. Then the girl proposed as a pseudonym a hero of one of the works of Rimsky-Korsakov - Lel, very close to her in spirit. So a new star appeared in the music world - Katya Lel.
One of the sex symbols of the Russian stage, the singer and actress Vera Brezhneva in ordinary life bore the name Galushka. Dneprodzerzhinsk is a city in the Dnepropetrovsk region in Ukraine, where the girl was born, and also the birthplace of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev. In this regard, the producer of the VIA Gra group, in which Vera sang at that time, came up with a pseudonym for his ward.
Surnames of some other stars:
Elena Vaenga - Elena Khruleva
Christina Asmus - Christina Myasnikova
Pavel Volya - Denis Dobrovolsky
Anfisa Chekhova - Alexandra Korchunova
Bianca - Tatiana Lipnitskay
Extravagant singer Elka in the world Elizaveta Ivantsiv. For her love for bright and extraordinary outfits from childhood, the artist was called the Christmas tree by her family and friends. And over the years, the matured Christmas tree became a Christmas tree. With the same name, she entered the big stage.
The singer of popular songs Ani Lorak is not at all Anya. Her name is Carolina Kuek. She received her pseudonym back in 1995, when she took part in the Morning Star music competition. It so happened that there was already a participant with the name Carolina, and the girl was offered to perform under a pseudonym. The host of the competition, Yuri Nikolaev, helped the girl quickly come up with a stage name. Ani Lorak is Carolina, just backwards.
Natasha Koroleva - Natasha Rush
Nyusha - Anna Shurochkina
Timati - Timur Yunusov
Alena Apina - Elena Levochkina
Verka Serduchka: Andrey Danilk
You can't drink the skill …
Many stars of show business are sure that a well-chosen pseudonym is the first step to fame and success in the creative field. As you name the ship, so it will float on the waves of show business. Although for fans, as a rule, the quality of performance is much more valuable. And it doesn't matter what the celebrity's last name is. They love their heroes for their songs, music, artistry. If a singer or actor does his job well, he will be remembered and loved even with a gray and ordinary surname. An excellent example of this is the People's Artist of Russia Igor Nikolaev. And his name is one of the most common, and his songs have been known and loved for many years.
