Alla Pugacheva
Alla Borisovna Pugacheva (Russian: А́лла Бори́совна Пугачёва, Russian pronunciation: ['alːɐ bɐ'rʲisəvnɐ pʊgɐˈt͡ɕɵvɐ]; sometimes Pugachova; born 15 April 1949) is a Soviet and Russian singer-songwriter. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day, even though she has retired from performing. For her "clear mezzo-soprano and a full display of sincere emotions", she enjoys an iconic status across the former Soviet Union as the most successful Soviet performer in terms of record sales and popularity.
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| Pronunciation | IPA: [ˈalːə pʊɡɐˈtɕɵvə] |
| Born | Alla Borisovna Pugacheva 15 April 1949 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Other names | Boris Gorbonos |
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| Years active | 1965–present |
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| Title | People's Artist of the USSR |
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| Spouses | Mykolas Orbakas
(m. 1969; div. 1973)Yevgeniy Boldin
(m. 1985; div. 1993)Philipp Kirkorov
(m. 1994; div. 2005)Maxim Galkin (m. 2011) |
| Children | 3, including Kristina Orbakaitė |
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Pugacheva's repertoire includes over 500 songs in Russian, English, German, French, Kazakh, Hebrew, Finnish, and Ukrainian, and her discography has more than 100 records, CDs and DVDs. In addition to Russia and the former Soviet Union, Pugacheva's albums were released in Japan, Korea, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria. In total, Pugacheva has sold more than 250 million records.
She became a People's Artist of the USSR in 1991, a Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in 1995, and was decorated as a Chevalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II, III and IV degrees. In December 2022, Pugacheva was included in a list of the 100 most inspiring and influential women in the world (BBC, 2022), one of the three Russian women on the list.