Anastasia Karpova
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Anastasia Karpova is a Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

 singer, best known as a member of girl group
Girl group
A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...

 Serebro
Serebro
Serebro are a Russian trio, formed in Moscow, Russia in 2006. They are also famously known as the band who finished third in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki with the song "Song #1"...

. She became a Serebro member after Marina Lizorkina
Marina Lizorkina
Marina Sergeevna Lizorkina is a Russian singer and a former member of girl group Serebro.-Early career:At the age of 16, she entered the Contemporary Art University in Moscow. She plays the piano, the guitar and the xylophone....

 left the band in 2009.

Early life

Anastasia Karpova was born on 2 November 1984 in Balakovo
Balakovo
-Twin towns/sister cities:Balakovo is twinned with: Pabianice, Poland Trnava, Slovakia Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States Baku, Azerbaijan-References:...

, Saratov Oblast
Saratov Oblast
Saratov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Saratov. Population: -Demographics:Population:...

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. Although she was very interested in music from an early age, Karpova dedicated herself to dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....

 and became a member of the ballet
Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...

 troupe "Street Jazz". She also attended singing classes later deciding to pursue a singing career.

Serebro

On 18 June 2009 it was announced that Marina Lizorkina
Marina Lizorkina
Marina Sergeevna Lizorkina is a Russian singer and a former member of girl group Serebro.-Early career:At the age of 16, she entered the Contemporary Art University in Moscow. She plays the piano, the guitar and the xylophone....

 had left the Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

 girl group
Girl group
A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...

 Serebro
Serebro
Serebro are a Russian trio, formed in Moscow, Russia in 2006. They are also famously known as the band who finished third in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki with the song "Song #1"...

, who represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Russian Broadcaster, Channel One, selected the Russian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 by an internal selection. Serebro represented Russia in the competition with the song Song #1 which came third with 207 points. - Internal final :...

 and eventually gained great popularity in Russia and former countries of the USSR. The producer of Serebro, Maxim Fadeev
Maxim Fadeev
Maxim "Max" Aleksandrovich Fadeev is a Russian singer-songwriter, composer and producer.-Early life and career:Maxim Fadeev was born on 6 May 1968 in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, USSR. When he was a child, he attended a musical school in Kurgan, and learned how to play bass guitar...

, had opened an audition for a new band member. Karpova replaced Lizorkina, and joined Elena Temnikova
Elena Temnikova
Elena Vladimirovna Temnikova is a Russian singer. She came to prominence as a contestant in the talent show Star Factory and as one of the three members of the Russian girl group Serebro.-2003—2006: Star Factory and solo career:...

 and Olga Seryabkina
Olga Seryabkina
Olga Yurievna Seryabkina is a Russian singer–songwriter. She is famous for being a member of girl group Serebro, which won the third place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.-Early life and career :...

 as a new singer of the trio. She stated, "The destiny does not often give you a chance to win. The thing is to use it properly".

"Судьба нередко дает нам шанс на победу. Главное – уметь им правильно воспользоваться"

Karpova appeared in public as a Serebro member for the first time at the Radio Hit Group Award in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

 on 25 June 2009. She has also recently recorded a completely new song with Serebro, "Like Mary Warner
Like Mary Warner
"Like Mary Warner" is the fifth single by Russian girl group Serebro, released on 24 August 2009 . The song is notable for its homophonic name as 'Mary Warner' can be interpreted as 'marijuana', the direct Russian name given to the English version is titled "Как марихуана"...

", and filmed an accompanying music video.

External links

  • Official Website of Serebro
    Serebro
    Serebro are a Russian trio, formed in Moscow, Russia in 2006. They are also famously known as the band who finished third in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki with the song "Song #1"...

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