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Šventoji, Lithuania

Šventoji is a small resort town on the coast of the Baltic Sea in Lithuania. Administratively it is part of Palanga city. The town is located about 10 km north of Palanga and close to the border with Latvia. Further north of the town is Būtingė and its oil terminal...

, Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

) better known as Kristina Orbakaite is a Russian

Russians

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 singer and actress. Her parents are Russian pop star Alla Pugacheva

Alla Pugacheva

Alla Borisovna Pugacheva or Pugachova , born 15 April 1949), is а Soviet and Russian musical performer. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day...

 and Lithuanian

Lithuanians

Lithuanians are the Baltic ethnic group native to Lithuania, where they number around 2,765,600 people. Another million or more make up the Lithuanian diaspora, largely found in countries such as the United States, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Russia, United Kingdom and Ireland. Their native language...

 circus performer Mykolas Orbakas.

Biography

Kristina was born in Moscow and spent much of her childhood in the Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

n town Šventoji

Šventoji, Lithuania

Šventoji is a small resort town on the coast of the Baltic Sea in Lithuania. Administratively it is part of Palanga city. The town is located about 10 km north of Palanga and close to the border with Latvia. Further north of the town is Būtingė and its oil terminal...

. At the age of 7 she debuted in the Soviet children TV program "Veseliye Notki" (Happy Music) with the song "Solnishko Smeetsa". In 1982 she sang the song "Pust' Govoryat" in the popular TV program "Utrenyaya Pochta". However, she did not become popular until 1983, when she filmed the movie "Chuchelo" (Scarecrow) where she played a girl who was different from everyone else.

Musical career

She made her singing debut in 1992 with the song "Pogovorim" (Let's Talk). After two years, she released her first album "Vernost'".
Kristina was awarded a "World Music Award" in 2002 for the "Best Selling Russian Artist", and "MuzTV Music Award" in 2005 and 2006 for the "Best Female singer" in Russia. She is currently married to a Russian businessman named Mikhail Zemtsov and has two sons: Nikita born in 1991, and Deni born in 1998. On November 19th 2011 she officially confirmed that she is pregnant and expecting a child in March 2012.

Albums

• 1994 - Верность "Loyalty"
• 1996 - Ноль Часов, Ноль Минут "Zero Hours, Zero Minutes"
• 1998 - Ты "You"
• 1999 - Той Женщине, Которая... "To that woman, Who.."
• 2000 - Май "May"
• 2001 - The Best
• 2001 - Remixes
• 2002 - Верь В Чудеса "Believe in miracles"
• 2002 - Океан Любви "Ocean Of Love"
• 2003 - Перелетная Птица "Fly away bird"
• 2005 - My Life
• 2008 - Слышишь.. это я "Can you hear...it's me"
• 2009 - The Best Part 1 and Part 2
• 2011 - Поцелуй на бис "Encore Kiss"

External links

• Official Website of Kristina Orbakaite