Vika Jigulina (born Victoria Corneva; February 18, 1986) is a Moldovan-born record producer, singer, and DJ of

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descent.

Life and career

Victoria Corneva was born in

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(

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). She is

through her mother’s side and

through her father’s side. In 2000, Jigulina moved to

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and continued her studies while there. She worked in various local clubs and eventually worked in the capital city

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. She landed weekly shows on Romanian radio stations that gained her nationwide exposure and fame. In 2010, Jigulina officially became a Romanian citizen. She is currently working as a disk jockey for Radio 21 Romania and

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. Jigulina has made mixes with

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Tomcraft Thomas Brückner (born 12 June 1975), known by his stage name Tomcraft, is a German DJ and producer. He specializes in progressive house and progressive trance music and is better known for having created the tracks "Loneliness" and "Prosac", w ...

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and other artists. She is widely known as the vocalist in the international dance hit "

Stereo Love "Stereo Love" is a song recorded by Romanian DJ Edward Maya with Moldovan-Romanian musician Vika Jigulina, released as their debut single in 2009 from Maya's album, ''The Stereo Love Show''. The refrain is from " Bayatılar", composed by Azerba ...

" by Romanian producer and musician

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. Jigulina's first solo single, "Memories," was released on September 29, 2012. She has also appeared on the cover of the Romanian edition of ''

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'' in March 2012. Jigulina was chosen to dub Althea's voice in the animated movie '' Onward''.

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

References

External links

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Vika Jigulina
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Vika Jigulina
at Mayavin Records {{DEFAULTSORT:Jigulina, Vika 1986 births Living people People from Cahul Romanian DJs Romanian dance musicians English-language singers from Romania Moldovan emigrants to Romania Naturalised citizens of Romania 21st-century Romanian singers 21st-century Romanian women singers Women DJs Electronic dance music DJs Romanian people of Bulgarian descent Romanian people of Russian descent