Valeriya Interview

6 months ago 12th May 09:17

In her native Russia singer Valeriya could be compared to the likes of Madonna having sold in excess of 100 million records during her career.

But The Party's Over is Valeriya's first release in the UK and with the help of Robin Gibb and a string of European writers and producers she has produced an album that she hopes will break into the western mainstream.

But noy everything has been plain sailing for the singer when she suffered from domestic violence at the hands of her ex-husband and she left the music industry in 2001 to recover and care for her three children.

I caught up with her to discuss he plans to break into the UK as well as her marital ordeal.

What can we expect from your new album?

You can expect success (laughs) because ewe did some very good songs it sounds very international but still a very passionate Russian sound.

How did you get into music?

I was brought in a musical family, my parents were musicians, so for me it was very natural it wasn’t difficult to choose a profession. I graduated the Musical Academy in Moscow I always wanted to be able to sing.

And were your parents supportive as it’s a very uncertain career?

I always had support from my mother’s side I moved when I was seventeen to Moscow to enter the Academy and I had no support, except from my mother, and we had no money and no friends in this new city. Somehow I was admitted and spent five years there and this city became my city.

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