Kateryna Petrivna Kondratenko ( uk, Катерина Петрівна Кондратенко; born 12 July 1978), known professionally as Katya Chilly, is a Ukrainian
singer and
songwriter
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. Her style is a fusion of
world
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and
new-age
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music.
Biography
Katya Chilly's debut album ''
Rusalki in da House'' (Mermaids In Da House) was released in 1998. She started preparing material for the album in 1996 when she changed her stage name to Katya Chilly. She became popular in Ukraine after
Chervona Ruta when she toured all over the country with its participants.
In 1999, Katya Chilly took part in the Scotland
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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. In March 2001, she performed at more than 40 concerts in the
United Kingdom
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. A part of her performance was also broadcast by the
British Broadcasting Corporation #REDIRECT BBC
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throughout the country.
In 2000, Katya started working on her second album ''
Son
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Social issues
In pre-industrial societies and some current c ...
'' (Dream). It was planned to be released in 2002 but the project was cancelled. However, this album has been informally distributed on the Internet.
Katya's single "
Pivni
"Pivni" is the first maxi-single released by Katya Chilly on July 1, 2005. The original lyrics of Pivni (Roostes) is based on a traditional Ukrainian song Ne Spivayte Pivni (Roosters, don't sing). That was the first song written by Katya for the ...
" (Roosters), in collaboration with Ukrainian Records/Andrey Dakhovsky, was released in June 2005. It included the title track and remixes made by prominent Ukrainian DJs (DJ Lemon, DJ Tkach, DJ Professor Moriarti, and others).
Katya Chilly released her next album eight years after her first. On 10 March 2006 Ukrainian Records released the third album, ''
Ya Molodaya'' (I Am Young).
In October 2007, Katya joined the DJuice music tour and visited seven Ukrainian cities.
MTV
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's Ukrainian website
[http://www.mtv.ua ] announced that the fourth album, ''Prosto Serdtse'' (Simply Heart), would be released in October 2007. However, in an interview for galainfo.com.ua, Katya stated that the release would be postponed until 2008. It remains unreleased.
In 2017, she participated in the seventh season of
The Voice of Ukraine
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.
In 2020 she participated in the
Ukrainian National Selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song “Pich” but she did not qualify for the final.
Discography
* 1998 - ''Rusalki in da House''
* 2002 - ''Son''
* 2006 - ''Ya Molodaya''
* 2008 - ''Prosto Serdtse''
References
External links
Official websiteKatya Chilly page at myspaceKatya Chilly community at livejournalKatya Chilly interview with ''Ukraina Moloda''
Katya Chilly - "U Zemli" (I Wannabe remix)
1978 births
Living people
Musicians from Kyiv
21st-century Ukrainian women singers
Ukrainian pop singers
Ukrainian folk singers
Ukrainian rock singers
The Voice of Ukraine contestants
Folktronica musicians
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