Iryna Mykolayivna Bilyk ( ua, Ірина Миколаївна Білик, born 1970 in

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) is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter, and

People's Artist of Ukraine People's Artist of Ukraine is an honorary and the highest title awarding to outstanding performing artists whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts (theatre, music, dance, circus, cinema, etc.). Establ ...

. She wrote her first song at the age of ten. In 1995, Bilyk performed for the United States President

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. She has produced twelve musical albums (including several in Russian and one in Polish), many video clips, and continues to be active in the music industry. On 27 October 2007 Iryna Bilyk married her dancing partner from the TV show "Dances with the Stars-2", 22-year-old Dmytro Dykusar. The wedding ceremony took place in

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Discography

; Albums * ''Kuvala zozulia'' (1990) * ''Ya rozkazhu'' (1994) * ''Nova'' (1995) * ''Tak prosto'' (1996) * ''Farby'' (1997) * ''OMA'' (2000) * '' Biłyk'' (2002) * ''Kraina'' (2003) * '' Lyubov. Yad'' (2004) * ''Na bis'' (2008) * '' Rassvet'' (2014) * '' Bez grima'' (2017) ; Singles * " Ne khovay ochey" (2018)

Awards

Order of Princess Olga The Order of Princess Olga ( uk, Орден княгині Ольги) is a Ukrainian civil decoration, featuring Olga of Kiev and bestowed to women for "personal merits in state, production, scientific, educational, cultural, charity and other ...

, Third Class (2020)Decree of The President of Ukraine № 254/2020
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References

External links

Official site of Iryna Bilyk
1970 births Living people 21st-century Ukrainian women singers Ukrainian pop singers Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine Recipients of the title of Merited Artist of Ukraine Musicians from Kyiv Ukrainian LGBT rights activists 20th-century Ukrainian women singers Recipients of the Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class {{Ukraine-singer-stub