Full name: Zemfira Talgatovna Ramazanova
Stage aliases: Zemfira
Age: 42 years
Zodiac sign: ♍ Virgo
Place of Birth: Russia, Bashkortostan, Ufa
Nationality: Tatar
Growth: 172 cm
Family status: Unmarried
Activity: singer, composer, singer-songwriter, writer
Instagram:@zemfiralive
Biography of Zemfira
Zemfira is a singer, which many call the "voice of the generation" and the founder of "female rock". She was born in the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa, on August 26, 1976. The full name of the girl is Ramazanova Zemfira Talgatovna.
Zemfira's family: parents and brother
Zemfira grew up in a prosperous, loving family. The girl's father, Talgat Talkhovich, was a teacher of history, and her mother, Florida Khakievna, worked as a specialist in physical therapy.
Photo of little Zemfira with her mother
Zemfira had an older brother, whose name was Ramil. Since childhood, the singer and her brother have developed a very warm relationship. Ramil was a major entrepreneur, director of the Polushka trading network.
Zemfira with parents and brother
Unfortunately, in June 2010 he died - the man drowned in the river during spearfishing. The singer's parents are also no longer alive.
Zemfira in childhood
Zemfira recalls that as a child she hated bows, at school she often took them off her head and hid them in her briefcase, next to her older brother's toy gun. Ramazanova was more interested in games in the company of boys than in the “cares” of girls. At school, she was called "Ramazan Partisan" - for a short haircut, jeans, sweaters and T-shirts.
Childhood photo of Zemfira
Since childhood, the singer was fond of music, and those around her noted that the girl was talented. At the age of five, Zemfira was sent to study at a music school in piano. The girl once appeared on local television, singing a funny children's song. And Zemfira wrote her first song at the age of seven and did not hesitate to sing it at her mother's work.
Zemfira at school age
It is known that Zemfira listened to the songs of Viktor Tsoi and Thom Yorke, she learned to play the guitar and often performed the compositions of "Cinema", "Aquarium", "Nautilus Pompilius" and foreign performers - George Michael and Freddie Mercury right on the street.
Zemfira in his youth
When the girl graduated from high school, she had to choose between music and basketball, which she was also seriously interested in. Zemfira decided to connect her life with creativity and immediately entered the 2nd year at the local art school.
Career of the singer Zemfira
It was Zemfira who was destined to open a new page in Russian rock and become the "erupted voice of a generation." Even in her student years, she worked as a singer in Ufa restaurants.
Zemfira Ramazanova, 1999
After college, she got a job at the Bashkir branch of the Europa Plus radio station, where she recorded her first demos. Further, Zemfira's career developed rapidly.
1997-1999: release of the Zemfira album
Thanks to familiar journalists, her recordings came to Leonid Burlakov (producer of the Mumiy Troll group). In 1998, the girl recorded the first album "Zemfira", the music producer of which was Ilya Lagutenko. In the spring of 1999, the presentation of the album was held at the 16 Tons club. The success was overwhelming, in the first six months 700 thousand copies were sold, clips were shot for three compositions.
Zemfira and Mumiy Troll: first concerts
In February of the same year, the composition "Speed" was constantly heard in the programs of the radio stations "Nashe Radio" and "M-radio". On September 1, Zemfira's first tour started in Moscow, she traveled throughout Russia and several cities of the near abroad.
2000-2001: recording of the collection "PMML"
In 2000, the singer recorded the second collection "Forgive me, my love", which became the most popular disc in Russia. The song "Looking for" sounded in the cult film "Brother-2".
Zemfira, "Forgive me, my love"
In 2000, the OM magazine recognized Zemfira as the "Performer of the Year". In 2001, due to overexertion, she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown and took a sabbatical.
2002-2006: Release of Fourteen Weeks of Silence and Vendetta
In 2002, the third album "Fourteen Weeks of Silence" was released, and in 2003 the singer became the owner of the "Triumph" award. The new album "Vendetta" Zemfira presented in 2005, it turned out to be the best-selling release in the country.
Zemfira's album "Vendetta"
The collection won the "Domestic Album of the Year" nomination at the "Record" award ceremony in 2006. Soon the singer began to collaborate with director Renata Litvinova, she wrote the music for her film "Goddess: How I Loved".
2007-2010: the release of the album "Thank you"
In 2007, the next album “Thank you” was released, and a year later a big tour took place in support of it. In 2009, a collection of b-sides "Z-Sides" appeared on the Web, and on New Year's Eve 2010, the singer presented the "live" album "Zemfira.Live".
2011-2014: recording of the album "Live in your head"
In 2011, Nashe Radio premiered the song No Chance, which was subsequently included in the new album. In the spring, Zemfira performed with her songs at the Maxidrom 2011 festival, and in the summer she took part in the Muz-TV Prize as a headliner. 2012 - participated in the concert of the Queen group in the Olympic, performed at the festival "Invasion-2012".
Zemfira and Queen concert, 2012
In 2013, the official release of Zemfira's sixth studio album “Live in your head”, the tour “Zemfira. Tour 2013 ”, a performance with the composition“ We crash ”was held at the closing of the World Summer Universiade in Kazan.
2015-2016: release of the album "Little Man"
The longest tour - the Little Man tour, announced in the fall of 2015, began in February 2016. During the tour, the singer announced that she was ending her concert activity.
Zemfira's album "Little Man"
At the end of the year, Zemfira released the album “Little Man. Live". Since 2017, Zemfira has given few concerts, in the summer of 2018 she took part in the Wild Mint festival.
Personal life
There are a lot of rumors and speculation about Zemfira's personal life in the media. Interestingly, some of them were provoked by the singer herself in order to draw attention to her person, as was the case with the wedding story of Zemfira and Vyacheslav Petkun.
Zemfira and Renata Litvinova
Of great interest to the singer's fans is her relationship with Renata Litvinova. Celebrities have repeatedly explained that they are connected by strong female friendship. So, Zemfira declares that Litvinova is her only friend, and this is enough for the girl.
Zemfira and Renata Litvinova
The singer does not like company - this is not her style. But Zemfira considers Renata a multifaceted and interesting person, with whom he is never bored. The girls are connected by many years of cooperation - together they released several clips, recorded the soundtrack for Renata's film "Rita's Last Tale" and created the film "Green Theater in Zemfira".
Zemfira's novels
Zemfira's first love was Vlad Kolchin, with whom the girl studied at the Ufa School of Arts. In the mid-nineties, they worked together in one of the restaurants in Ufa - "Jespar". Roman Zemfira and Kolchin lasted several years until the guy moved to St. Petersburg.
In the photo: Zemfira and Vlad Kolchin (right)
After Zemfira began dating Sergei Anatsky, who was her boss at the Europa Plus radio station. The man was married, and when Zemfira moved to Moscow, their relationship ended. In the capital, Zemfira lived with sound engineer Arkady Mukhtarov. It was this person who helped the aspiring singer record her first "demo" and played a role in the video of the girl "Macho".
Arkady Mukhtarov in Zemfira's video "Macho"
In 1999, Zemfira announced an affair with the leader of the Dancing Minus group, Vyacheslav Petkun. They even shared with the media their plans for the wedding. After 5 months, it became known that the relationship between Zemfira and Petkun was a PR stunt.
Roman Zemfira and Vyacheslav Petkun
The press also talked about the relationship between Zemfira and Roman Abramovich, thanks to which, allegedly, the girl became incredibly popular. The singer's romantic relationship with the oligarch, according to media reports, lasted several years. After the man became interested in Dasha Zhukova. The singer does not comment on these rumors.
Husband and children
Zemfira is not married and has no children of her own yet. True, the girl has been taking care of her nephews, left without a father, Arthur and Artem for many years.
Zemfira with her nephew Arthur
Together with them, Zemfira created the rock band The Uchpochmack and recorded several musical compositions.
Zemfira's interview
The singer rarely agrees to an interview, this way of communication is a real stress for her. She feels much more comfortable performing in a concert hall or in a stadium among fans than talking to someone under the guns of many cameras. Nevertheless, Vladimir Pozner and Ivan Urgant managed to invite Zemfira to their programs.
Vladimir Pozner
In December 2015, before the Little Man concert tour, the singer visited the author's program of Vladimir Pozner. She said that she first sang a song about a worm on Ufa television at the age of five. And the beginning of his professional musical career considers admission to the College of Arts after school.
To the host’s question: “Is Zemfira a glamorous person?”, She answered categorically “no”, adding that she is more suitable for an informal girl.
Once again she admitted that her favorite performers are Viktor Tsoi and Paul McCartney. She said that she spends a lot of time on the Internet, and the morning begins with watching sports and political news.
Zemfira at Vladimir Pozner
After this interview, fans left about two million comments. Many wrote that Zemfira looked bored during the conversation, to which the singer replied: “It’s convenient for me to be like this, there is more demand from smart people.”
Ivan Urgant
In October 2016, Zemfira visited Channel One in the Evening Urgant show. The singer said that the audience who come to her concerts always have the right to count on a good evening, she never lets her fans down.
Zemfira in the TV show "Evening Urgant"
Recently, during performances, Zemfira jumped from the stage into the crowd several times. When she does this, she tries to tighten her legs strongly so as not to injure someone with her shoes. In addition, the singer shared that she prefers running and fitness from sports activities. She does not like training in silence, she always listens to “running” music.
Yuri Dud
The well-known video blogger and journalist Yuri Dud, who interviewed many famous personalities, has long dreamed of talking with Zemfira. But the singer refused him, explaining that she did not need it, now she does not give interviews to anyone, including Dudya.
The girl, unexpectedly for fans, became active in social networks, answered some of their questions and shared several posts on her official Facebook page.
How much does Zemfira earn?
Despite the rather modest environment in which Zemfira lives, she is one of the richest and highest paid stars of domestic show business.
Financial condition according to Forbes
In recent years, the singer has firmly established herself in the TOP-50 Russian celebrities according to Forbes magazine. Her name first appeared on this list in 2005. In 2016, she entered the top ten with an income of $6 million.
In 2017, the amount decreased slightly, according to the magazine Zemfira earned about $5 million. In 2018 - $1.5 million. Main sources of income: concerts, performances at corporate parties, tracks on the Internet.
How much does Zemfira's concert cost?
In 2003, the singer bought an apartment in Moscow on Frunzenskaya Embankment. She managed to earn the necessary amount to purchase housing in one of the most elite areas of the capital on fees for performances. 1 hour of her concert cost about $50 thousand.
Concerts are Zemfira's main source of income
Since then . For example, Zemfira's performance at a corporate party on New Year's Eve 2017 cost businessman Suleiman Kerimov, a big fan of her work, 150 thousand euros. The most profitable tour of her career was the "Little Man" tour. Tickets for performances cost from 65 to 150 dollars. The fees from only two Moscow concerts exceeded 150 million rubles.
Zemfira: height, weight, eye color
Zemfira never had problems with being overweight, but in recent years she has seriously lost weight. The singer is tall for a girl, and in her youth she was the captain of the junior women's basketball team.
Zemfira figure parameters:
- Age: 42 years (as of October 2018)
- Growth: 172 cm
- The weight: 47 kg
- Dimensions: 78/56/81
- Foot size: 39
- Eye color: brown
- Hair color: brunet
A few years ago, the singer weighed 58 kg, but she rapidly lost weight. The girl recalls that in 2006 she plunged headlong into work, lived in a grueling rhythm. Ramazanova lost about 10 kg, and she liked it.
Zemfira is tall and athletic.
The singer began to move more and get less tired. Zemfira stopped having dinner, gave up alcohol, and started running in the morning. In addition, Zemfira included in her rider a request to provide her and the musicians with mineral water, freshly squeezed juices and fruits.
Zemfira lost weight and she likes it
The girl does not consume dairy products - she considers them harmful. The singer is very worried about how she looks. Therefore, Zemfira often looks in the mirror. Even at the age of 13, she watched her reflection in the piano lid and imagined how she would look on stage - she honed her winning poses.
Zemfira does not use harmful products
But when a girl starts, in her opinion, there is too much - she tries not to look at her reflection. Some consider Zemfira too thin, but she strives to maintain her weight and not get better.
Zemfira now - latest news
After a grandiose tour with the Little Man program, the singer rarely appears on stage, performing only for the elite. So in May 2018, she sang at a private Kommersant party as part of the SPIEF, where representatives of Russian secular society gathered.
“... I will write an album. I don't know how long this will last...
And in August 2018, she performed in Sochi at Rosa Khutor as part of the Live Fest Summer music festival. Zemfira sang in the mountains at an altitude of 1600 m and called this concert the last in the foreseeable future. She still communicates with fans on the VKontakte social network, where she recently gave a description to the singers Monetochka and Grechka.
Fans are waiting for Zemfira's new concerts
Admirers of her talent do not want to believe that the "Little Man" tour was the final one, and there will be no more such space concerts from a sincere singer with a "magnetic" voice. Indeed, for 20 years of creativity, the girl managed to create her own galaxy in the musical universe, and in each of her albums there is a new Zemfira.
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Zemfira Talgatovna Ramazanova (August 26, 1976) is a Russian rock singer, songwriter, musician and composer. She is often called the founder of a new musical direction - female rock.
Childhood
Zemfira Talgatovna was born on August 26 in Ufa, in an ordinary average family. Her father was an engineer at a car factory, and her mother worked as a kindergarten teacher. Zemfira was the only child in the family, so all the attention and parental love went only to her.
From early childhood, thanks to her mother, Zemfira begins to study music. Initially, her parents planned to send her to choreography classes, but the girl said that she wanted to study in a singing circle, which at that time was opening at her mother's place of work. So, young Zemfira signed up for choral singing and was in the children's group, in which her mother began to teach.
Incredibly talented and creatively gifted, young Zemfira constantly wanted to learn something new. In addition to music, she still signed up for dancing, basketball, and even foreign language courses for children. She willingly attended absolutely all classes, and at the age of 7 she asked her parents to enroll her in a music school. It is from this moment, according to the singer herself, that her serious craving for everything connected with this type of art begins.
Youth
As a schoolgirl, Zemfira continued to attend numerous electives, but only two of them occupied a special place: music and basketball. From the third grade, she began to play in the national team, she was taken as point guard. Despite her small stature (the rest of the basketball team was a head taller than her, as Zemfira admitted), she managed not only to make successful passes, but also to win matches. The team's coach, Yuri Maksimov, spoke more than once about the young Zemfira's sports talent, so when, after graduating from school and facing the choice of "sport or music", she decided to leave the team and pursue a musical career, he was incredibly upset.
After graduating from school, Zemfira already knew for sure who she wanted to be. Since there were still a few months left before entering the university, the girl decided not to waste time in vain and engage in self-improvement. She started by singing and playing guitar in the passageways and on the street. She performed compositions by such domestic performers as the Kino group, Nautilus Pompilus, Aquarium and others. She did not forget about foreign compositions: according to Zemfira herself, she always liked the singles of Freddie Mercury and George Michael.
As soon as the time came to enter the university, Zemfira successfully passed immediately to the second year of the Ufa School of Arts. No one knows for sure what exactly caused this, since even the singer herself never mentioned this topic. One way or another, the young and talented person was accepted immediately to the second year and assigned to the teacher Masalimova, who became for the girl not only an artistic director, but also a good friend, and even a PR agent in the future, when Zemfira had already successfully graduated from the university and needed sponsors for the performance of their songs. By the way, she graduated from an educational institution in 1997, having received a red diploma in the specialty "pop performer".
Career
After leaving the educational institution behind, Zemfira agrees for several months to joint performances with saxophonist and her childhood friend Vlad Kolchin, with whom they perform in small restaurants and bars in the city. However, the singer absolutely does not like the atmosphere and how visitors accept their compositions, so after a couple of months she refuses such dubious popularity.
The next step is the Europa Plus radio station, which gladly takes a girl to record jingles - short commercials. Since the work was absolutely not difficult, and the recordings were made only in the mornings, Zemfira devotes the rest of the time to writing her first songs. During this period, she composes such compositions as "Rockets", "Forecaster", "Why", "Snow" and others.
In parallel with her, Arkady Mukhtarov is working on recording his own album at the studio. Seeing that with his help she can advertise her own songs and gain recognition, Zemfira asks him to make a joint album. After numerous persuasion and, according to Mukhtarov himself, thanks to the rock-hard nature of the singer, he briefly leaves his own album and works in tandem with the aspiring artist.
As soon as Zemfira realizes that her first songs will soon be able to be heard by the public, she begins to assemble her own group. Initially, only bass guitarist Sergei Sozinov was present there, while Zemfira herself performed both vocal and instrumental parts of many songs. For rehearsals, a room was rented in the teenage club "Orange", the director of which the singer begged and begged for a long time.
Gaining Popularity
A year later, the whole republic begins to learn about the songs performed by Zemfira. This happens quite unexpectedly: journalist Svetlana Rutskaya, trying to get exclusive material in the musical field, decides to take a short interview with a young, talented and as yet unknown girl Zemfira. She talks about her plans for the future, allows you to take a few photos from the group's rehearsals and gives you the whole compositions that have already been created for listening. Impressed by the talented guys, the journalist later even makes some sacrifices so that her article about the group is published in a regional magazine, which becomes the group's first step to fame and popularity.
A few months later, when more and more people begin to learn about the beginning group from Ufa and its creative soloist, the musical group finally gathers as a whole: keyboard player Sergey Mirolyubov becomes the last member, and solo guitarist Vadim Solovyov joins the group before him. In this composition, the group records several more songs, which, thanks to the same journalist, "come" to the annual musical event "Maksidrom", where they accidentally fall into the hands of Leonid Burlakov (producer of "Mumiy Troll").
In 1999, together with the group's producer Zemfira, he recorded several songs at the Mosfilm studio. They are such tracks as "Snow", "Scandal" and "-140", which will later be included in the singer's debut album. At the same time, Zemfira accepts an invitation from the soloist of the Mumiy Troll group, Ilya Lagutenko, to travel together to London, where the group's home studio is located. There, Zemfira's first album is created, which immediately occupies top positions in several domestic charts and radio broadcasts.
Personal life
Despite the fact that today Zemfira is the idol of many young people, and also has a solid authority in the music industry and show business, she openly declares that she does not plan to look for a young man, and even more so for a husband.
“At the moment I am too passionate about creativity. A musical career, touring, performing and recording CDs is my only pleasure so far. I haven’t even planned to look for a soul mate and tie myself hand and foot with family relationships yet ”.
She graduated from the pop vocal department of the Ufa College of Arts.
Since 1996, she worked as an operator at the Ufa branch of radio "Europe Plus". At the same time, she wrote her first songs: "Why", "Snow", "Forecaster".
In early 1998, she organized her own group "Zemfira". For the first time, the group performed on June 19 of the same year at a celebration dedicated to the birthday of the Silver Rain - Ufa radio.
The recording of the group came to Leonid Burlakov, the producer of the Mumiy Troll group, and he decided to record an album with the new group. Work on the debut album continued for several months, and in May 1999 the presentation of the Zemfira album took place. The album became very popular and quickly sold out in large numbers throughout Russia.
In September 1999, in Moscow, the singer began her first concert tour, which ended in early January 2000 in Riga.
In March 2000, the next album of the singer was presented, called "Forgive me, my love." In 2000, this album became the leader in sales in Russia, the circulation of the album exceeded one and a half million copies.
The first big solo concert of the singer was held with great success on April 1, 2000 in the capital's sports complex "Olympic".
In 2002, the third album "Fourteen Weeks of Silence" was released. The album includes 13 new songs. By this time, Zemfira completely changed the composition of the group. The tour in support of the new record started in Chelyabinsk in April.
In March 2004, she released the album "Vendetta" and in May began a new tour. In the same year, she was admitted to the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University, but during her studies she took academic leave to record the next album, after which she did not begin to recover at the university.
A significant event in Zemfira's life was the performance on October 16, 2004, together with the Queen group, with the song We Are The Champions at the MTV Russia Awards ceremony.
On June 13, 2006, the singer performed in St. Petersburg at the "Stop Counterfeit" festival together with the Scorpions.
In 2007, Zemfira continued to perform with concerts, held the Deja Vu tour, during which she performed songs from previously released albums. In the same year, she released a DVD with clips Zemfira.DVD, which also included a clip shot by Renata Litvinova.
In October 2007, the album "Thank you" was released with songs written in 2006-2007. After the release of the album, Zemfira held a tour that ended with a final concert on April 1, 2008 in Moscow at the Olimpiyskiy.
In the same period, a film was released on the screens, shot by director Renata Litvinova during a concert in the "Green Theater" of the park. Gorky June 8, 2007.
On March 21, 2009, an album of b-sides (songs not previously released on numbered albums) Z-Sides appeared on the Internet. The singer planned to release this album a few years ago, but postponed the release due to work on the albums "Vendetta" and "Thank you".
On January 1, 2010, on New Year's Eve, the second "live" album "Zemfira.Live2" appeared on the singer's website. The album includes 11 songs recorded during the "Thank you" tour.
On February 14, 2013, the sixth studio album "Live in your head" was released on the Yandex.Music service. Its official release took place on February 15, 2013. The income from the album sales for the first month amounted to two million rubles, which was a record for online sales of works by Russian artists.
In total, Zemfira has released six studio and two live albums (including an album of b-sides). Most often, she produces her albums herself.
Many of Zemfira's songs became very popular and topped the charts in Russia. Among them are such compositions as "Sky of London", "Arividerchi", "Do you want", "Daisies", "Infinity", "We are breaking", etc.
In 2008, Zemfira became the producer of the film "Green Theater in Zemfira", which was highly appreciated by critics.
In 2012, Zemfira and Renata Litvinova became producers of the film "Rita's Last Tale". In addition, Zemfira wrote the musical score for this film. The picture took part in the Odessa and Moscow film festivals.
The singer began the Little Man tour. During a concert in Nizhny Novgorod, Zemfira said that this tour would be her last. The first part of the tour covered 20 cities in Russia and neighboring countries and ended with two concerts in Moscow on April 1 and 3, the second part will open on September 26 with the only concert in Russia in Yekaterinburg. After that, the singer will give concerts in Germany, the UK, the USA and Canada.
The singer is actively involved in charitable activities. She directs the funds from the concerts to financially support large families, orphans, and for the treatment of cancer patients.
In 2000, Zemfira was awarded the State Youth Prize of the Republic of Bashkortostan in the field of culture named after Shaikhzada Babich.
In 2003 she became the winner of the Russian youth award "Triumph" for outstanding achievements in the field of culture and art and the MUZ-TV award for the best album ("Fourteen Weeks of Silence").
In 2008, Zemfira received the prize of the annual music award in the field of rock and roll "Chartova Dozen. Top 13" in two categories: "soloist of the year" and "music" (for the song "We are breaking" from the album "Thank you").
In June 2008, the singer became twice the winner of the Stepnoy Volk alternative direction award, established by music critic Artemy Troitsky.
In 2010, she became a laureate of the honorary award "For contribution to the development of science, culture and art" of the Russian Authors' Society (RAO).
In 2013, Zemfira received the MTV Europe Music Awards in the category "Best Russian Performer".
The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources
Our today's article will be of interest to everyone who is a fan of the domestic rock scene. You will be able to get acquainted with the life and creative milestones of the popular Russian rock singer, who writes her own lyrics - Zemfira.
Some journalistic publications note that she gave rise to a new direction in music called female rock. Not surprising, because she really brought many new features to the domestic scene, which influenced a large number of musical groups. In other words, she turned the page and opened up new trends for domestic rock music. Needless to say, the popularity that she won in the territory of the CIS countries over the twenty years of her musical career.
Height, weight, age. How old is Zemfira
Very often, fans are interested in various data regarding a particular person. It can be a sign of the Zodiac, hometown and so on. Do not forget about external data that, for one reason or another, attracts the attention of the public. Of course, our today's singer is no exception, and fans are interested in her height, weight, age. How old is Zemfira - young people and older people ask. Not surprising, since several generations have passed since she began her musical career.
There is nothing special to hide here, and the information is available to any user - Zemfira's height is just over 172 centimeters, and her weight is 58 kilograms. Last summer, Zemfira celebrated her 41st birthday. Photos in her youth and now will confirm that for so many years she has hardly changed in appearance.
Biography of Zemfira
Zemfira's biography begins in the city of Ufa, in 1976. The family had Tatar-Bashkir roots, which, one way or another, was reflected in the appearance of the singer. Father Talgat Talkhovich worked at a school, and his mother Florida Khakievna was engaged in physical therapy. Also, her older brother, Ramil, was brought up in the family. By the way, the real name of the future performer is Zemfira Ramazanova.
She began to show her desire for music at an early age. As a five-year-old girl, Zemfira is sent to a music school, where she learns to play the piano and sings in the choir along the way. Even then, she appeared on local TV channels, where she performed children's songs.
At the age of seven, Zemfira composes her own musical composition, where she was first presented to the public at her mother's work. While at school, she is fond of the work of the Kino group, and in the future she will tell that this significantly influenced her musical views.
Despite her relatively small height, Zemfira played basketball and was the captain of the youth team of the Russian Federation. Because of this, before graduation, there was a choice - to go in for sports or music. After a little thought, she decides to give preference to the second and enters the school of the city of Ufa, where she studies pop-jazz vocals. Being in her second year, Zemfira begins to earn extra money - she performs famous songs in the restaurants of her native city. And already in 1996, she got a job at a radio station. Around the same time, the first recordings of their own songs were released.
Radical changes took place in the life of the singer a year later, when one of her recordings came to the producer of Mumiy Troll. He invites Zemfira to record a full-length album, and already in 1998 a full-length album was released. Some songs from there appeared on the radio even before the official release, and the first crowds of fans began to appear.
Of course, the resounding success of the young singer was ensured. In just six months, more than 700,000 copies of the album have been sold. A little later, video clips were released, which were often broadcast on television. In 1998, the first tour in Russia starts. As expected, the concert venues were packed to capacity. And in the last days of the tour, Zemfira acted as the headliner of "Invasion" - a popular rock music festival.
After the end of the tour, the singer proceeds to the second album, no less popular with fans. The name was not chosen immediately - "Forgive me, my love." Some songs from this album became soundtracks for Russian films of those years. After the commercial success of this work, Zemfira takes a short sabbatical for two years.
In 2002, a new album appears before the listeners. It is noteworthy that its novelty is associated not only with the compositions, but also with the stylistic framework. Now these are exclusively independent works, without the influence of Mumiy Troll. The new album was sold in huge circulation, and received no less than various awards. Zemfira herself received the title of "Performer of the Year", thanks to several music magazines.
In 2004, several significant events happened for the career of the performer. More precisely, two performances on the same stage with Ilya Lagutenko and Queen. The second pair is interesting in that one of the most famous songs of the band, “We are the Champions”, was performed.
2005 is also bearing fruitful results. First of all - Renata Litvinova, whom they met while writing the music for the film. In the future, thanks to their partnership, several Zemfira clips were financed.
In the fall of 2007, another album appears, which brought some changes to creativity. The singer announced the termination of her activities as part of the group, and now her work will be exclusively solo. At the same time, a competition was announced - ordinary listeners were offered to make a remix for the song "Boy", and the top ten will be released as a single.
In the future, creativity came out without any changes. Several times, Zemfira's albums received various well-deserved awards. Many critics point out that the singer chose the right vector of development, and to some extent filled the empty niche on the domestic rock scene in time. MTV several times awarded the prestigious award to Zemfira - she was awarded the "Best Performer from Russia".
So far, Zemfira has released several new albums, each of which opens a new page in domestic rock. By the way, in 2016 she announced that she would stop touring. But, despite this, new compositions still continue to come out.
Zemfira's personal life
Zemfira's personal life is interesting to both fans and journalists. Therefore, various rumors and speculation often appear, which rarely have any basis. Some of them, of course, are connected with the actions of the singer herself. For example, she announced a wedding with Vyacheslav Petkun, which never took place. After a while, the rock singer admitted that it was an ordinary PR company.
After a while, new rumors. Now, the press connects Zemfira and Renata Litvinova, moreover, ambiguously hinting that there is something big in their friendship. The journalists did not miss the moment and started talking about the wedding in Sweden. Star persons themselves do not undertake to comment on such gossip. This does not stop the press, and they are increasingly interested in spreading lies about the wedding. The thing is that Swedish law has allowed same-sex marriage since 2009. Around this period, Zemfira was with Renata on vacation in this country. Great matches for the yellow press.
It is known that Zemfira did not have any serious relationship and marriage. Or, she hides them very well from the general public. Now, according to her, she is in love with a young man, but it is still impossible to get other details.
Zemfira family
As we mentioned a little earlier, the Zemfira family had Tatar and Bashkir roots. The singer herself received the nationality of the Tatar. Zemfira's father, Talgat, worked as a teacher of historical sciences. Mom Florida was a doctor by training, and gave classes in physical therapy. By the way, it was at the work of her mother that Zemfira performed her first song.
Not all fans know that in the early 2010s, several misfortunes befell the singer at once. In 2009, Zemfira's father died, who had suffered from an illness for a long time. A year later, during underwater fishing, my brother died - there was an accident, and he simply drowned. In 2015, the performer's mother died. At that time, she was 69 years old. Zemfira herself, at that time, commented on everything to a minimum, referring to a series of irreparable losses and unwillingness to communicate with the press.
Children of Zemfira
As far as is known at the moment, the singer has not yet been married. However, fans do not get tired of waiting and hoping that the topic "Children of Zemfira" will be filled with information. The singer herself notes that there is nowhere to rush, because creativity, for her, is in the first place.
After a series of losses in the family, Zemfira began to devote more and more time to her nephews - Arthur and Artem. In 2013, a side project was even created, where the singer participates in recordings with them. So far, the group has one album to its credit. It is known that for some time, the nephews studied directing, and recently moved to London, where they receive an education in pop vocals.
Zemfira's husband
On account of the popular Russian singer, there are several novels, which, however, did not develop into official relations. It is impossible to say for sure - Zemfira hides her chosen ones well, or really is not in a relationship with anyone.
Throughout her career, journalists and the media have tried to attribute various marriages to her. In particular, some time ago, the headlines kept saying that Zemfira's husband is Slava Petkun, which the singer herself spoke about. But later she admitted that it was just a publicity stunt to increase popularity.
Fans often note on social networks that the rock singer does not change outwardly, throughout her career. That is why, some fans are wondering if she used the services of plastic surgeons. Of course, they do not get tired of looking for photos of Zemfira before and after plastic surgery.
It’s worth saying right away that all this is in vain - there are no photographs before or after. Zemfira claims that she adheres to the natural canons of beauty and believes that only those who have nothing to surprise fans resort to such radical methods.
Instagram and Wikipedia Zemfira
The popular Russian performer tries to maintain an active enough social life to always be “on the same wavelength” with her fans. Therefore, I got myself several pages on social networks - it is very convenient and practical. In addition, anyone can see photos from the last performance or concert.
Instagram and Wikipedia Zemfira are still very popular, despite a long career. Yes, it is worth noting that she did not become a “star of one hit” and to this day works are released that attract new fans and warm up the interest of old ones.
By the way, the performer continues her creative activity, releasing new songs and performing at concerts. In the last round, Zemfira performed in twenty cities of the Russian Federation. It is noteworthy that the singer is also loved and known abroad - Germany, Israel, England and America. In these countries, concert venues are often full.
A couple of times, Zemfira got into the camera lenses at not the most appropriate moments, which then resulted in scandals. The first happened in 2008 - then the singer started a fight because the cashier was slowly discussing the queue. As you know, a year later, the store owner apologized, and everything was resolved peacefully.
A few years later, there was another scandal - at a private party, the star was "caught" using white powder. In the end, she had to sue. She won the case, thus proving that there were no drugs.
In 2013, Zemfira quarreled with fans from Rostov. The thing is that due to problems with the director of the local recreation center, the concert was in jeopardy, which she immediately announced to her fans. However, everything went well, but the mood was spoiled. Due to the "dry" acceptance by the public, the performer announced her unwillingness to return to Rostov-on-Don. Later, a public apology was given, where Zemfira noted that she got excited and regretted what had happened.
In the summer of 2016 there was another scandal, this time in Latvia. The skirmish with journalists "spread" to ordinary fans. As usual, normative vocabulary took over in these disputes. As she herself stated, she was dissatisfied with the constant attention from the press. It was not possible to calm down even after some time, so after leaving the Theater, the skirmish was repeated again. Article found on alabanza.ru
Zemfira is a Russian rock singer, composer, producer and songwriter. Zemfira is called the founder of "female rock" and the "voice of a generation."Childhood and youth
Zemfira Talgatovna Ramazanova was born in Ufa in 1976. Already at the age of five, the future celebrity began to study music, enrolling in a music school in piano, where she was accepted into the choir. Already at the age of 7 she wrote her first works. 
During her studies at school, Zemfira tried herself in many ways, attending seven circles. For example, she was the captain of the junior women's basketball team of the Russian Federation, and in 1990 her team even won the youth championship of Russia.
However, Zemfira chose a musical career and immediately entered the second year of the Ufa College of Arts in the pop vocal department, which she graduated in 1997. During her studies, the future rock singer worked as a presenter in the Ufa branch of the famous Europa Plus radio channel.
Musical career
Zemfira wrote her first works, which made her famous throughout the country, in parallel with her work on the radio. In early 1997, she created the Zemfira musical group, and a year later she moved to Moscow. It was then, after listening to her songs by the producer of the Mumiy Troll group, Burlakov, that she was invited to record her debut album at the Mosfilm tone studio. Ilya Lagutenko volunteered to be the music producer for him, and Vladimir Ovchinnikov was the sound engineer. The music of the first record was unlike anything that existed in Russian rock at that time. At first glance, understandable themes of creativity, such as love, loneliness, nostalgia, were dressed in non-trivial texts and the original sound of the melody.Zemfira - "Arivederchi"
Already in February 1999, the song "Speed" broke into the rotation of the radio stations "Nashe Radio" and "M-radio". A month later, Zemfira filmed her first video in Prague for the song "Arivederchi". The girl's official first performance took place on March 24 at the Republic Beefeater club in Moscow, and six months later she left for her first concert tour of the CIS cities until 2000.
On March 28, 2000, the presentation of Zemfira's next album "Forgive me, my love" took place. During this year, the singer recorded a video for the song "Iskala", which will sound in the cult feature film of Alexei Balabanov "Brother 2" and received the first Shaikhzada Babich Prize in the field of culture, awarded in the Republic of Bashkortostan.
Zemfira - "Looking for"
April 2002 began for the singer with the presentation of the new, third, album "Fourteen Minutes of Silence", for which Zemfira received the prestigious Russian Triumph Award in 2003.
On October 16, 2004, Zemfira was honored to perform the hit "We Are The Champions" together with the Queen group during the MTV Russia Awards ceremony. In the same year, Ramazanova entered the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University, but after taking academic leave to write an album, she never recovered.
Queen & Zemfira - "We are the champions"
In 2005, a new album, Vendetta, was released, and a year and a half later, sales of a DVD with her clips called Zemfira.DVD started.
In July 2006, Zemfira performed on Lake Seliger at a rally of the Nashi political movement, which she later called her mistake.
By the end of the year, the singer released another album with concert recordings "Zemfira.Live", which included 10 hits from previous records.
October 2007 launched the sales of the singer's new album Thank You, which continued with a concert tour that ended at the Olympic. In March of the following year, Zemfira was awarded the famous "Chart Dozen" music award, where she won in the "Music" and "Soloist of the Year" nominations.
In 2008, the full-length musical film "Green Theater in Zemfira" by Renata Litvinova, the singer's closest friend, was released. The film revealed the theme of the uniqueness of Zemfira's work: a completely new image of a self-sufficient woman appeared on the Russian stage.
In 2011-2013, the singer worked on the album "Live in your head." Prior to its creation, an extraordinary collection of b-sides was released, called "Z-Sides". During this period, Zemfira gives concerts in the cities of the Czech Republic, Belgium, Germany and other European cities, and also participates in the creation of soundtracks for the film "Rita's Last Tale" by Renata Litvinova.
Soundtrack to the film "Rita's Last Tale"
In April 2012, the singer for the first time in a long time appears on television with the presentation of the song "Money" on Ivan Urgant's show "Evening Urgant".
In 2013, she was awarded the most honorable MTV Europe Music Awards in the Best Russian Performer nomination, and by the end of the year, Zemfira's sixth album, Live in Your Head, was available on the Yandex.Music service. For a long time, the relationship between Renata Litvinova and Zemfira was discussed in the press. The girls were often seen together, and they often worked on joint projects. In 2017, information appeared in the media that Zemfira and Renata Litvinova got married in Stockholm, but both girls did not comment on this news.
Zemfira today
In 2018, the singer performed at the Live Fest Summer festival in Sochi and at the Afisha picnic in Moscow.Zemfira - "Non-vulgar" (2018)
In the summer of 2018, there was a conflict between Zemfira and the singers Monetochka and Grechka. It all started with the release of the show on the YouTube channel "Viska", where Liza Monetochka called Zemfira "a complex person, closed and incomprehensible." She, in turn, sharply criticized the work of young performers, saying that Grechka has a “terrible appearance”, and Monetochka has a “disgusting voice”.
