Russian singer Nyusha (real name Anna Vladimirovna Shurochkina) first appeared on stage at the age of eleven as part of the Grizzly group. Then she tried to pass the casting for the "Star Factory", but could not get on the show due to age restrictions. In 2007 she became the winner of the "STS Lights a Superstar" competition.
Wide popularity came to Nyusha in 2010, after one of her compositions climbed to the top lines of the Russian charts and sounded on many radio stations. From that moment on, her creative career began to develop rapidly. Already in 2013, Nyusha was included in the list of the highest paid representatives of show business according to Forbes magazine, earning $ 3.8 million.
short biography
The future star was born in the Russian capital in the summer of 1990 into a musical family. The girl was named Anna. She changed her name to Nyusha at the age of seventeen.
Her father is a famous musician, songwriter Vladimir Shurochkin, who performed in the "Laskoviy May" group. Mom was also related to music and was the lead singer of one of the popular groups. When the girl was only two years old, her parents separated.
The girl has a brother named Ivan. He is the youngest of two children and also a half-sister, Masha. They have nothing to do with creativity. My brother is actively involved in a sports movement called martial arts tricking, and my sister is a professional athlete performing in synchronized swimming. Nyusha also went in for sports from an early age, in particular, Muay Thai, but in the end she chose a creative career.
The father often took the girl to rehearsals and tried to instill in her a love of music. When Nyusha was eight years old, she first demonstrated her creative and musical talent by writing her own song.
A few years later, she already performed on stage as part of the Grizzly group and toured not only in Russia, but also abroad. After one of the concerts in Germany, the girl was offered to sign a contract with a well-known production company, but she decided not to leave Russia and continue her career at home.
To make herself known to the whole country, Nyusha decided to try to pass the casting to participate in the show "Star Factory". However, she was not taken because of her age.
None of the girl's relatives and friends had any doubts that, having excellent external data, recognizable voice timbre, good plasticity and dance training, she would definitely make her way onto the big stage and declare herself all over the country.
Musical career
Nyusha began to participate in various shows and television projects and soon was able to win the competition for young performers "STS Lights a Superstar". She demonstrated her vocal skills by performing well-known compositions in several languages.
After winning the competition, the performer's career began to develop rapidly. It was during this period that she decides to change her name Anya to Nyusha in order to attract even more attention to herself.
She goes to the next competition in 2008 and performs on the "New Wave". She failed to win there, the girl took only seventh place.
A year later, she recorded a single and shot a video clip "Howl to the Moon", which very soon took the leading positions in the charts. They said that in order to give his daughter the opportunity to release a full-fledged video, the father sold his apartment. Whether this is true or not, one can only guess.
With the song "Howl at the Moon" Nyusha performed at the final concert "Song of the Year" in 2009 and received a well-deserved award and recognition of the audience. The performer's creative achievements were noted by several more music awards.
A year later, the singer released another hit - "Don't Interrupt", which rose to the third line of digital releases. For this composition she was nominated for the Muz-TV Prize. This was followed by her album, which was highly appreciated by music critics. They started talking about the talented performer as a new star of Russian pop music.
A few months later, Nyusha was invited to appear in an advertisement for the popular MAXIM magazine for men. In the winter of 2010, a photograph of the singer has already graced the cover of the publication.
The following year, the performer recorded new singles, and was again nominated for a number of music awards. She also won the MTV award for Best Russian Artist. Her songs sounded not only on radio stations, but also in many television entertainment programs, and all the singer's fans liked the new video clips.
Nyusha's next single "Memories" held the first place on the Russian music portal TopHit for more than five months, which was a real record. The composition was noted by "Russian Radio", the singer became a laureate of the "Golden Gramophone" award.
The further career of the artist is associated not only with concert performances and recordings of new albums. The girl began to appear in many television projects. She took part in the Ice Age ice show, then hosted music programs on MuzTV and RU. TV, starred in several films and voiced cartoon characters.
In the winter of 2017, she appeared on the popular show Voice. Children”as a mentor of young talents. In addition, the singer was included in the jury of the "Success" music competition, which was held on the STS channel.
Personal life, projects, income
In 2017, Nyusha announced her engagement, and soon she had a wedding. The girl's chosen one was Igor Sivova. A year later, a significant event took place in the family - the birth of a beautiful baby. In connection with the birth of a child, the singer stopped her concert activities for some time, but literally a month later she again pleased her fans with her appearance on the stage. She gave her first concert after the decree in the United States in December 2018.
In 2019, the singer showed off her clothing collection under her own brand NYUSHA WEAR. She herself took to the podium, which made her fans very happy. Many noted that the singer looks amazing and in just a few months was able to restore her figure after the birth of her daughter.
Going on maternity leave affected the performer's fees. According to data from open sources, the singer had to pay 1.5 million rubles for the performance of the singer, and in 2019 the figure became slightly less. According to the concert director, in the spring Nyusha's performance was estimated at 1.2 million rubles.
Nyusha got into the rating of the highest paid representatives of Russian show business in 2013, taking the twelfth place with an income of $ 3.8 million, in 2014 - fifteenth place with an income of $ 3.7 million, in 2015 - seventeenth place with an income of $ 2.6 million, in 2016 - the twentieth place with an income of $ 1.3 million, in 2017 - thirty-third place with an income of $ 1 million.
