Nadiia Volodymyrivna Dorofieieva ( uk, Надія Володимирівна Дорофєєва; born 21 April 1990), professionally known as DOROFEEVA, is a Ukrainian pop singer, fashion designer, blogger, actress and a former member of the pop duo

Vremya i Steklo Vremya i Steklo (russian: Время и Стекло, lit=Time and Glass, a pun on phrase ''время истекло'' meaning 'time's up') was a Ukrainian pop duo formed in 2010 by Oleksiy Potapenko, consisting of and Nadiya Dorofeeva. They ...

, which was created and produced by

Potap Oleksiy Andriyovich Potapenko ( uk, Олексій Андрійович Потапенко; born 8 May 1981), known professionally as Potap, is a Ukrainian singer, rapper, songwriter and producer. He has been involved as a performer and/or pro ...

Early life and education

Nadiia Dorofieieva was born 21 April 1990 in

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, Ukraine. From a young age, Dorofieieva was engaged in music and dancing. In 2002, at the age of 12, Dorofieieva became regional champion in

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, being crowned the prize of best ballroom dancer in her native Crimea. In 2005, after finishing the ninth class, Dorofieieva moved to

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, where she started studying at the

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for a degree in singing.

Career

2002-2009: Early career, ''Chance'' and Glam

Dorofieieva first rose to prominence as a participant in several Ukrainian and foreign music competitions. In 2004, she won the first prize in the "middle category" of the

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children's singing competition in

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. In 2005, she participated in the Ukrainian television show ''Chance'', a spin-off of ''

Karaoke on the Maidan ''Karaoke on the Maidan'' (Ukrainian: ''Караоке на Майдані'', ''Karaoke on the Square'') was a Ukrainian music programme and television talent show created by Ihor Kondratiuk and Andrey Kozlov. During its runtime between 1999 and ...

''. While living in Moscow, between 2005 and 2007, Dorofieieva was part of the girl group МЧС. With the group, Dorofieieva recorded an album and also performed on Russian federal television, including a performance of the song "Monetka" on ''Cabaret of 100 stars'' on

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in 2007. At the age of 17, Dorofieieva signed up in another spin-off of ''Karaoke on the Maidan'', titled ''American Chance''. Dorofieieva was selected as one of the twelve participants of the show and travelled to

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in late 2007 to continue the selection process. There, she ended up as one of the five selected singers in the girl band Glam. Glam was acquired by David Junk, who previously acquired and promoted

t.A.T.u. t.A.T.u. (russian: Тату, ) were a Russian music duo that consisted of Lena Katina and Julia Volkova. The singers were part of children's music group Neposedy before being managed by producer and director Ivan Shapovalov and signing with ...

and Smash!! in the English-speaking world, to become a Ukrainian analogue to the Spice Girls. However, as the U.S. financial crisis erupted, the project was dropped and Dorofieieva was told to find a new job. Glam recorded one promotional song "Thirsty", which was uploaded on YouTube in 2008, but never commercially released. After her American dream fell apart, Dorofieieva developed her own solo project, which was called Markiza, in which she took a similar pop rock style to Avril Lavigne. In 2008, she released a solo album under that name.

2010-2020: Vremya i Steklo, national breakthrough

Dorofieieva passed the internet casting to become the female soloist in the duo

, alongside rapper Oleksii Zavhorodnii (Positiff). The duo was produced by

. With this, Dorofieieva moved back to

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

. In December 2010, the duo released their first single, which only acquired mild commercial success in their native Ukraine. In the subsequent years, Dorofieieva toured Ukraine with Vremya i Steklo alongside

& Nastya. The group enjoyed their breakthrough in 2015 with the single "Imya 505", which gave the duo their final breakthrough in Russia. The song became a viral sensation and quickly became the most-watched Russian-language song ever on YouTube. Their music videos on YouTube later became a source for their popularity. As a result of the group's rise of fame, Dorofieieva became a popular influencer. In 2016, she started her own clothing line. A year later, she started vlogging on her YouTube channel DoDo Vlog, quickly becoming one of the most-subscribed to channels in Ukraine. In 2018, Dorofieieva and her colleague Oleksii Zavhorodnii voiced the heroes of Ukrainian animation film – "

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". In autumn 2017, she took part in a Ukrainian version of the show "

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" ''(Dancing with the stars)'' on 1+1. After "

", she became a coach (together with her colleague Positiff, part of Vremya i Steklo) on " Holos. Dity" ''(The voice kids)'' on 1+1. In 2018, Nadiya became a judge in the Ukrainian TV-show "Liha smikhu" ''(League of laughter)'' on 1+1.

2020-present: Solo career

On 20 November 2020, she released her first song as DOROFEEVA, gorit. In less than a week, the music video has got more than two million views on YouTube.

Discography

Studio albums

Solo

* ''Markiza'' (2008) * ''Sensi'' (2022)

М.Ч.С.

* ''Seti lyubvi'' (2007)

Vremya i Steklo Vremya i Steklo (russian: Время и Стекло, lit=Time and Glass, a pun on phrase ''время истекло'' meaning 'time's up') was a Ukrainian pop duo formed in 2010 by Oleksiy Potapenko, consisting of and Nadiya Dorofeeva. They ...

* ''Vremya i Steklo'' (2014) * ''Glubokiy dom'' (2015) * ''Vislovo'' (2019)

Singles

Solo

Vremya i Steklo Vremya i Steklo (russian: Время и Стекло, lit=Time and Glass, a pun on phrase ''время истекло'' meaning 'time's up') was a Ukrainian pop duo formed in 2010 by Oleksiy Potapenko, consisting of and Nadiya Dorofeeva. They ...

* 2010 – "Tak vypala karta" * 2011 – "Lyubvi tochka net" * 2011 – "Serebryanoye more" * 2011 – "Kafel" (in Russian) * 2012 – "Garmoshka" / "Harmonica" * 2012 – "Sleza" (feat.

) * 2013 – "#kAroche" * 2013 – "Potantsuy so mnoy" * 2014 – "Zaberi" * 2015 – "Imya 505" * 2015 – "Pesnya 404" * 2016 – "Navernopotomushto" * 2016 - "Na stile" * 2017 - "Back2Leto" * 2017 – "Ritm 122" * 2017 - "Troll" * 2018 - "Do zirok" * 2018 - "Top" * 2018 - "Promin" (feat. Michelle Andrade & Mozgi band) * 2018 - "Ye, boy" * 2018 - "Pesnya pro litso" * 2019 - "Dym" * 2019 - "Vislovo" * 2019 - "Lokh" * 2020 - "Navsegda/Nikogda" * 2020 - "Last dance"

Rewards

Nadiya Dorofeeva received the following awards, titles and distinctions: * 2002 - Grand Prix of the vocal competition ''Southern Express''. * 2002 - champion of the

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in ballroom dancing. * 2002 - second prize at the international competition of Bogatikov. *2003 - winner of the second prize ''Sun. Youth. Beauty'' (

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). *2004 - winner of the first prize of the Ukrainian competition ''

''. *2004 - Grand Prix of the Ukrainian competition ''Star Rain''. *2004 - member of the jury of the international children's competition ''Our Land is Ukraine'' in Artek. *2005 - finalist of the TV project ''Chance''. *2005 - victory in the

competition ''Golden Voice''. *2006 - Grand Prix of

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's contest ''Little Country''. *2017 - victory in the nomination ''Singer of the Year'' in the Cosmopolitan Awards 2017. *2018 - victory in the special nomination ''Ty prosto cosmos'' in the

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music award ''Zhara Music Awards''. *2018 - winner of the Ukrainian music award YUNA in the nomination ''Best Video'' for a duet song with Dmitry Monatik ''Hluboko''.

References

External links

Official site of the group Vremya i Steklo
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