Our today's heroine is a bright and talented singer Pauline Griffis. Biography of this sweet and beautiful girl interested in thousands of people. Do you also want to know the details of her biography and personal life? Then we recommend reading the article from beginning to end.

Polina Griffis: biography, childhood and youth

She was born on May 21, 1975 in the Siberian city of Tomsk. Polina Ozernykh is the real name of our heroine. Griffis is not a pseudonym, but the surname of her first husband. After the divorce, the girl decided to leave her.

In what family was she brought up future star Russian show business? Her parents are creative people. Polina's mother received a higher choreographic education. And my father sings great and plays the guitar. For several years he led a musical group. The grandmother of our heroine was a well-known opera singer in Tomsk.

When Polina was 6 years old, she and her family moved to the capital of Latvia - Riga. There the girl went to first grade. Soon her parents sent her to a music school, where she learned to play the piano. Several times a week, Polya attended a vocal studio and a dance club. Later, the girl began to tour with a jazz ballet, led by her mother.

When Polina was 17 years old, the family again changed their place of residence. This time they settled in Warsaw. The mother of our heroine created her own dance group. Fields were also part of it. During one of the performances, the girl was injured. After that, she decided to seriously take up vocals.

The beginning of creative activity

When did singer Polina Griffis first appear before the general public? The biography says that this happened in 1992. At one of the shows in Warsaw, an American director noticed a beautiful and self-confident girl. He invited her to participate in the creation of the musical "Metro". A year later, the Russian beauty performed on Broadway.

"A-studio"

Polina Griffis, whose biography we are considering, returned to Moscow in 2001. And all because she was invited to work in the A-Studio group. Our heroine participated in the recording of the song SOS. This composition made the band famous not only in Russia, but also in European countries.

Continuing a career

Between 2002 and 2004 Polina performed in a duet with her husband Thomas Nevegrin. The song Since You "ve Been Gone brought them the greatest success. After the divorce, Griffis took up a solo career. In 2005, she presented her composition "Blizzard" to the audience.

Polina is currently recording English-language songs. She collaborates with Western musicians (Jerry Barnes, Chris Montana and others).

Personal life

How many times did Pauline Griffis get married? The biography indicates that she twice formalized the relationship at the registry office. The first husband of the beauty was a wealthy American. At first, love, passion and mutual understanding reigned in their relationship. Over time, the feelings faded. The couple divorced without scandals and division of property. The only thing that Polina inherited from her American husband was his sonorous surname.

The tall and slender brunette was not alone for long. In the summer of 2002, in St. Petersburg, she met the Danish singer Thomas Nevegrin. They began a stormy romance. After some time, the couple got married. Thomas finally moved to Russia. Together with Polina, they began to conquer the Russian show business. They managed to release several hits. Success turned the head of the Danish musician. He became addicted to alcohol. The relationship of the spouses began to deteriorate every day. As a result, a divorce followed.

Now the heart Russian singer free. She has no children.

Finally

We talked about the path to fame that Polina Griffis made. Biography, date of birth of the singer, her personal life - all this was announced in the article. We wish this wonderful performer more hits and loyal fans!

Today, Polina Gudieva is well known in American show business, because it was in the USA that her talent as an author and performer was fully revealed. The legendary rapper Eminem included her lyric composition Legacy in his album The Marshall Mathers LP2.

The composition became a worldwide hit, which allowed Polina, along with Eminem, to become the owners of the prestigious Grammy Award.

Family and early years

However, Polina Gudieva was born in Russia. Her path to music world was predetermined, because Polina's mother was a bright Russian pop star of the 90s, singer Natalya Stupishina, who performed under the stage name Anka. Her father is an artist of Ossetian origin Ruslan Gudiev. The father is not only the author of outstanding paintings that are kept in many private collections, but it was Ruslan Gudiev who created the charismatic image of his wife, Anka the machine gunner.

Polina Gudieva's date of birth is January 6th. Her creative biography was predetermined, since tours and concerts from early childhood surrounded little Polina. And it is not surprising that at the age of six the girl went to a music school. And when Polina reached the age of sixteen, she tried to enroll in several foreign music schools, and ultimately gave preference to the Berklee College of Music, located in the United States. Impressed by the talent of the Russian girl, the college leaders gave her a scholarship.

The beginning of a creative career

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After graduating from college, Polina Gudieva moved to New York - the center of the creative elite of the United States. It was there that she began to work professionally on songs that became in demand among many producers and performers. She has worked extensively on creating dance music, in particular with such well-known DJs as Tiësto and Aoki.

Soon, her solo dance track Fade to Love conquered the charts, and the video on YouTube collected millions of views. This was followed by another hit House of Love, which also became successful, including in his native Russia. Here, at home, Polina Gudieva received recognition - she began to be invited as a guest to many television shows, she became a guest in the New Star Factory. This made her widely popular in her homeland.

Private life

Dima Bilan and Polina Gudieva. Instagram – polina

The personal life of the star remains an unsolved mystery for fans.

After recording the song “Drunken Love” with Dima Bilan, the fans decided that these stars have a much closer relationship than just creative ones. Photos on Instagram threw fuel on the fire, and although both stars did not confirm their close relationship with each other, popular rumor did it for them.

Project CONTESSA

With the release of the video for the song "Running" in 2017, the performer began to develop her own new project CONTESSA. This project is a kind of eclecticism of luxury of the 17th century and complex futuristic transformations. In an image that combines many roles, the singer is trying to comprehend the vision of the artist on stage. It is a search for oneself through space and time. The aesthetics of neo-aristocratic existence in the project's videos is reminiscent of the visuals of films by Peter Greenaway and Luc Beson. According to the artist, these directors influenced the formation of her creative personality. In this project, she fulfills her cherished childhood dream - to travel through time.

creative plans

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Now Polina Gudieva has entered a wonderful age. She is full of ideas and plans. Despite a strong connection with her homeland, Polina is determined to make a career in the United States. And although so far, apart from a number of successful singles, the singer has no full-length albums, she continues to work on her numerous musical projects. And not only musical ones. The singer plans to implement new projects in the cinema, as well as in the modeling business. She already has the experience of performing at shows as a model, since height and weight allow. The singer has repeatedly participated in charity events, where she demonstrated the development of designer clothing for people with disabilities. In 2017, she became the ambassador of Bezgraniz Couture in Russia and took part in the show of the brand's next lookbook.

Most of our readers may not be as familiar with EDM as they are with hip hop. Nevertheless, another artist appeared on the horizon, who tried himself both there and there. Singer with Russian roots Polina [Gudieva] took part in Eminem's song "Legacy" from his new album "The Marshall Mathers LP 2". The song has already been compared to "Stan" - mainly in terms of musical accompaniment, as well as in a certain similarity in the mood of the songs. In early April, Igor Basenko interviewed Polina, in which she spoke about herself, her musical heritage, the history of the creation of "Legacy" and work with Eminem.

Eminem feat. Polina - "Legacy": "truth" in emotions and sound.

Igor Basenko: Polina, I am very pleased to finally interview in Russian. Tell us a little about yourself. I know that you moved to the USA at the age of 16. Where were you born? Where did you grow up?

Polina Goudieva: I was born and raised in Moscow, and lived there before moving to the USA.

Igor Basenko: Tell us a little about your childhood and studies.

Polina Goudieva: Initially, I entered the gymnasium with a bias in Spanish and began to study it. But classical piano lessons required all my attention and time, so I had to go to a regular school, where I began to study English, and after the sixth grade I left school altogether and switched to home schooling and took everything externally. My parents and I already understood then that music would dominate in my life, and sitting out chemistry and geography lessons would be a waste of time, in my case all the time was devoted to music.

[ About musical career]

Igor Basenko: As a child, did you want to play music?

Polina Goudieva: I have been surrounded by music since birth. My mother is a singer, Natalia Stupishina, known to everyone under the pseudonym Anka and her hit of the 90s - “And you are not a pilot”. And dad is an artist, Ruslan Gudiev, in his youth he was also a musician. Mom claims that I wrote my first melody at 2.5 years old, swinging, which she recorded when she came home.

Igor Basenko: When did you realize that you wanted to be part of the music industry?

Polina Goudieva: I was sent to a music school at the age of 6, despite the fact that I was seriously engaged in classical music, I always liked western pop music. At 4 years old, I could spend hours in front of the mirror, dancing to Michael Jackson. Of course, the fact that I had an example of my mother in front of my eyes also influenced my choice: concerts, tours, film sets, backstage - all this worried and attracted me very much. I felt too constrained in classical music, in terms of self-expression.

Igor Basenko: How did your creative path begin?

Polina Goudieva: At the age of 14, I entered Yuri Saulsky and Vladimir Khachaturov for the first year of the pop-jazz school, at the same time graduating from the classical music school. She started writing and producing her songs seriously, and recorded demos at her mother's studio outside of shifts. A lot of commercials were voiced in our studio. And so I became the voice of several of the largest Russian advertising jingles (rollers). My music had a Western character. On the advice of several people, I sent my demos to the Berklee College of Music. I was given a scholarship and I went to study in America.

Back when I was in Berkeley, I was signed by a large management company and I moved to New York. There I started working with producers and shaping my sound [shaping my sound]. In New York, I also made my first collaborations with DJs from the electronic dance world. And signed a contract with Ultra Music Publishing.

Igor Basenko: You have already managed to prove yourself in different genres of music, work with different performers. What genre did you enjoy working in the most? Electronic or Hip Hop?

Polina Goudieva: The range of my musical tastes is huge: from classical to hard electro. The main criterion for me is always what I feel when I listen to this or that track, or work on a song. If it touches me, it will most likely affect other people as well. I've enjoyed working in the studio with DJs like Tiesto, Kaskade and Steve Aoki, as well as playing big life festivals like Ultra and Tomorrowland.

But I'm also comfortable doing smaller gigs, as well as recording my melancholy hip-hop work.

Igor Basenko: What other genre of music would you like to work in?

Polina Goudieva: In your own! IN last years I recorded a lot of collaborations and also wrote songs for major world artists. Now I'm completely focused on my album and my vision of music.

Igor Basenko: List your biggest accomplishments musical career.

Polina Goudieva: I wrote a song
"Sleep All Day Party All Night" for US artist Sean Kingston, which hit number one on the UK charts. Collaborations with the biggest DJs in the world (Tiesto, Steve Aoki, Kaskade, Laidback Luke, Moguai and others), my joint song with Eminem "Legacy" on his new album "The Marshall Mathers LP 2", and of course my own single "Fade To Love", which, by the way, is now on the first lines in Russian and European charts.

Igor Basenko: You have achieved great success in music, in songwriting. Where else would you like to try yourself? Maybe in a movie or TV show. Or maybe writing books?

Polina Goudieva: If the opportunity presents itself, I would like to try myself in the cinema. The visual world, style, creating an image are very close and interesting to me.

[ About Legacy]

Igor Basenko: I know that from the first recording of "Legacy" to its inclusion on the MMLP2 album, it's been almost two years. When I first heard "Legacy", I was surprised by the fact that your vocals were hardly processed. This gives the track a particularly sensual sound. Has the final version changed much compared to the first one?

Polina Goudieva: Practically has not changed. Eminem left my demo vocal and didn't even ask me to cover it, which surprised me. I think for a song like "Legacy" the "truth" in emotion and sound is very important...even if it's not perfect in terms of performance. I think this song is what bribed Eminem in the first place.

Igor Basenko: Tell us what you wanted to convey to the listener with this song?

Polina Goudieva: For me, this is a very personal and emotional song. The main idea that it brings to me is that we are insured against pain, there is no guarantee for anything in this world. But I will still go forward, not be afraid to feel and live to the fullest. This is my #legacy legacy.

Igor Basenko: Which version of the track do you like best? Yours, the original one or the one on the MMLP2 album?

Polina Goudieva: Initially, it was a full song with my melodic verses, which, in the well-known version, was replaced by Eminem's rap. I love them both. Eminem's emotionally charged verses certainly sent the song into the stratosphere.

Igor Basenko: Why isn't your name on the MMLP2 album tracklist? Is this one of the legal features of your agreement?

Polina Goudieva: A game of tug-of-war between label and artists is part of the program. It was more important to me that the world heard the song than to go to war over whether my name would be listed or not. My amazing fans fixed it on social media anyway!

Igor Basenko: Who wrote the words and music for "Legacy"? Did David Brooke contribute to the lyrics of the song?

Polina Goudieva: David and I both wrote the music and the lyrics within an hour of our first meeting in the studio.

Igor Basenko: Did Eminem write his own verses?

Polina Goudieva: Yes

Igor Basenko: Who else took part in the work on the track "Legacy".

Polina Goudieva: Amazing producer Emile Haynie.

Igor Basenko: Have you performed "Legacy" live anywhere?

Polina Goudieva: I will perform "Legacy" for the first time in Moscow, at Luzhniki on May 1 at the show "Opening of the season: hip-hop mayday!".

On this day, HIP-HOP MAY DAY was held in Luzhniki - the first musical open-air of this season. Entrance to the festival is traditionally free.

[ On working with Eminem]

Igor Basenko: In your interviews, you said that you are an ardent fan of Eminem. Tell us what you like most about his work?
Name your 5 favorite Eminem tracks.

Polina Goudieva: First of all, I like the fact that he is diverse as an artist and successfully combines different alter egos. One of my favorite tracks with deep meaning, 'Stan' is very different from the super self-mocking 'The Real Slim Shady', both equally talented and masterfully crafted.

Igor Basenko: Now, in the modern music industry, the interaction of performers when working together on tracks comes down to remote work, the exchange of material by e-mail and subsequent processing and mixing. Have you personally worked in the studio with Eminem or seen him?

Polina Goudieva: Unfortunately no. I recorded my vocals for "Legacy" in New York with the producer of the track - Emile Haynie, and Eminem recorded his rap in Detroit. I heard the final version just before the release of the album.

Igor Basenko: When Neil Jacobson told you that the Legacy record was going to Eminem, how did you feel? Did you think Eminem would like her? Did you believe it would be on his album?

Igor Basenko: Here's your song on the most anticipated and one of the most successful albums of the year. By the way, she is one of my favorites 🙂 What can you say about MMLP2? Did you like the album? Will he be able, in your opinion, to repeat the success of the first MMLP?

Polina Goudieva: It can be difficult to replicate the success of albums that a relatively new artist releases at the peak of his popularity. The wisdom of Eminem lies in the fact that he went out of sight for a while. Therefore, the MMLP2 album is very long-awaited, which is reflected in such a wave of support from the fans. I personally liked the album.
Igor Basenko: If it happens that the management of the label Shady Records decides to make a video for the track Legacy, how do you see it?

Polina Goudieva: It would look like a sequel to the Stan video, but with a different storyline.

[ What's next?]

Igor Basenko: Recently you said that you are working on your new album. Is the name already known?

Polina Goudieva: For now, it's a secret.

Igor Basenko: What genre will it be?

Polina Goudieva: My album combines all the genres that have shaped me as an artist, a kind of Indie Pop. My fans from the EDM world will also find echoes of electronic music there. My first single "Fade To Love", which quickly entered the radio and TV charts, was produced by Alex Gaudino. At the beginning of the flight, the next single is being prepared for release.

Igor Basenko: What else would you like to work on? With what performers?

Polina Goudieva: Would love to work with Calvin Harris. Collaboration with Giorgio Moroder, legend and godfather of Synth Disco is also being discussed.

Igor Basenko: Do you plan to come with performances to Russia?

Polina Goudieva: Yes, a number of my concerts in Russia will be announced in the near future.

Igor Basenko: Well, our editors are closely following the development of your musical career. We are looking forward to the release of your new album and hope that Russian listeners will appreciate it highly.

Polina Gagarina was born in Moscow, but spent her early childhood in Greece with her parents, studying Greek for three years. Polina's mother worked in Athens under a contract, being a professional dancer. Education had to be interrupted due to a tragic incident: in 1993, Polina's father dies of a heart attack. Having hardly survived the tragedy, the family returns to Russia and, on the urgent recommendation of her grandmother, Polina decides to stay to study in Saratov.
The girl tries herself in ballet, but in the end, her grandmother brings Polina to a music school: at the very beginning creative way the future singer surprised the teachers by choosing the complex composition of Whitney Houston to be performed at the entrance exam. And so, the school was successfully completed and the young singer enters the music school, where in the second year she received an offer - to take part in the “Star Factory”.
In 2003, Polina successfully passed all stages of the competition of the second "Factory" and received an offer to cooperate with Maxim Fadeev, whose songs the girl sang. However, for unspecified reasons, Polina refuses. 2005 - a new attempt, Gagarina performs "New Wave" with a lullaby song and takes third place. Despite the bronze, the composition becomes a hit and a video is shot for it.
2007 is marked by the beginning of cooperation with producer Konstantin Meladze: under his supervision, the single “I will never forgive you” is published. A little later, in July, the full-length first album “Ask the clouds” was released, which included the hits “I will never forgive you” and “I am yours”. And so, in December 2012, at the Golden Gramophone awards, Polina Gagarina received the coveted statuette for the song “The Performance is Over”.

Polina Gagarina – Performance Finished04:01/* */2013. Polina takes part in numerous photo shoots, and is not always satisfied with the result. But with one of the photographers, a strong understanding was established - the pictures are perfect. Increasingly collaborating together, a romantic connection arises between them - this is how the relationship with her future husband, Dmitry Iskhakov, began.
After a series of successful singles and three albums, in March 2015, Channel One announced that Polina Gagarina would perform for Russia at Eurovision 2015. After a difficult struggle with the Swede Mons Zelmerlev, Polina sang “A million voices”, took the “silver” and received, in addition to excellent reviews about the performance, a significant replenishment of the army of fans.

Polina Gagarina - A Million Voices03:07 /* */ Polina speaks of her character as explosive and impulsive, while describing her husband as a gentle and calm person. Together they like to spend time at home, ride bicycles. In recent interviews, Polina admitted that she does not like to cook and hates being called a “star”.

Polina Gudieva - known as a singer and creative person. Came into being July 6th in 1982 in the heart of our country - Moscow.

It has recently gained its popularity. Despite the fact that she is Russian by nationality, Russia learned about her success in her work literally a year ago. Polina achieved her stunning success in the States.

She moved there at the age of 16 and decided to stay and work there. Polina performed several times in a duet with Eminem, dj Tiesto and Steve Aoki.

Polina's childhood

Gudieva was born into a creative family, so the girl could not avoid developing her talents. Her mother is the famous Natalya Stupishina, who in the 90s performed under the pseudonym Anka. Known for her hits “And you are not a pilot”, “Diana”.

Pauline's father famous artist and designer. During the formation of his wife's career, he sewed costumes for her and created stage images.

In an interview, Polina frankly said that there were only two roads in her life. One of them to become an artist and designer, and the second to become famous singer. art she was not attracted, as it was required to have good perseverance, so Polina devoted herself to music.

Polina composed her first song, according to her parents at the age of three. Swinging on a swing in the yard and singing an unknown tune, my mother filmed this moment. Later, after a family council, they decided to send the talented girl to a music school.

First of all, she learned to play the piano. And despite the fact that Polina was not attracted to classical music, she wanted to build a career professional pianist, until her mother showed her the sphere of show business. Gradually she fell in love with this bright world filled with emotion and adventure.

Polina at school studied poorly, knowledge of physics and geography was not given to her, the teachers understood that Polina had other interests that she needed to develop. Since the girl loved foreign music, her parents decided to provide her with training abroad.

Immediately after graduation, she applied to several well-known music schools. Her recording with the composition was also sent to Switzerland and UK, where her talent was appreciated on merit, and they sent an invitation to free education. But young Polina decided to choose to study at an elite US college. The school administration provided her scholarship and corporate apartment.

Gudieva's career

After graduating from a music school in the USA, Polina decided to move to New York. In her opinion, she should have succeeded there. But according to one interview, Polina got into a very cruel world of show business, which knows no pity for young talents. Fortunately for her, she met a group of talented young musicians, who in turn taught her a lot.

Polina did not immediately manage to go on stage and start performing her compositions. For a long time she was just an ordinary author for major established stars. With a musical education behind her, she began to create electronic music. Her compositions gained popularity in the DJ world, and after half a year, she was performing with such famous personalities of electronic music as Tiësto and Ayoki.

After another quarrel with a guy, Polina went to the studio and recorded a cover for the song "Legacy". A little later, she included this record in her portfolio, after another casting she was noticed. She really liked the unchanging the producer of Eminem himself.

Polina realized that she was able to catch luck by the tail. In 2013, they released a joint track and video. After the hit, rumors began to circulate about the romance of the aspiring singer and Eminem. Polina, of course, denied a romantic connection, emphasizing that they are just good friends.

The joint hit became popular, and the performers received a Grammy- the most prestigious award. After that, Polina's creativity and fame went up at a crazy speed. Many wealthy producers became interested in her. In Russia at that time, no one knew about Polina at all.

After recording a new dance composition, which gained several million views on YouTube, all of Russia learned about it. The girl gained fame in her homeland and began to come home to Moscow more often.

In 2017, she was invited to shoot comedyclub. She was able to melt the cold heart of many residents and made friends with them.

Personal life

Little is known about the singer's personal life. She was credited with affairs with all the men with whom she worked. But in one of the photos on the Instagram page Dima Bilan the singer was spotted in a very private setting. The press immediately spread information about their romance.

Later, Polina explained that they were working on a joint project with Bilan, they were connected only by a working relationship. Many fans of Polina and Dima believe that such private photos were taken for the rating.