Nyusha

Biography

Anna Vladimirovna Shurochkina (Russian: Анна Влади́мировна Шу́рочкина; born 15 August 1990), better known simply as Nyusha (Russian: Нюша), is a Russian singer, songwriter, actress, activist and television host. One of the most popular musicians in contemporary Russia, Nyusha has eight number-one singles in Russia. The daughter of former Laskovyi Mai member Vladimir Shurochkin, Nyusha began her career as a teenager, competing in New Wave 2008, where she placed seventh. Afterwards, she was signed to Warner Music Russia and released her debut studio album Choose a Miracle in 2010; the album went on to produce four number-one singles in Russia and Nyusha won Best Russian Act at the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards. Her second studio album Union was later released in 2014, producing four more number-one singles and she winning the award for Best Russian Act again at the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards. Nyusha is also the winner of the awards Golden Gramophone, Song of the Year, Zhara Music Awards, Zhara Media Awards, Muz-TV, RU.TV, MusicBox, Glamour Awards: Woman of the Year, Woman.ru, Fashion People Awards.

== Early life == Nyusha was born on 15 August 1990 into a family of musicians, her father, Vladimir Shurochkin was a former member of the musical group Laskovyi Mai (Ласковый май). Her mother, Irina Shurochkina sang in a rock band in her youth. At age 11 she began performing on stage in the group Grizli. The group toured in Russia and Germany. At age 17 she changed her name from Anna to Nyusha.

== Career ==

=== 2007–2009: Early career === In 2008 Nyusha took seventh place in the international contest New Wave 2008 and also wrote the final song of the heroine in the dubbed version of the film Enchanted. In 2009, she released her first single "Howl at the Moon". Her composition won Song of the Year 2009. At the concert Europa Plus Live 2009 she introduced the new songs "Angel" in Russian and the English "Why".

=== 2010–2011: Choose a Miracle === In February 2010 Nyusha released her second single "Do Not Interrupt". The song became the most popular Russian hit in April 2010. On June 18, 2010, the song reached number three on the Russian digital singles chart. Nyusha was nominated as Best New Artist for the 2010 Muz-TV Awards. In September 2010, Nyusha signed a contract with Gala Records. At the same time, the third single "Choose a Miracle" becomes number one on the Russian radio chart and debuts at the seventh position of digital singles. The debut album Choose a Miracle was released on November 11, 2010. The album reached number six on the Russian album chart and was nominated in the category Album of the Year at the 2011 Muz-TV Awards. In 2011, she released three new singles: "Hurts", "Higher" and "Plus Près (We Can Make It Right)" with french DJ and producer Gilles Luka. On March 22, Nyusha was announced among the nominees for the 2011 Muz-TV Awards, in the nominations for Best Female Artist and Best Album. In October, Nyusha won Best Russian Act at the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards. The editors of the Russian Billboard included her victory in the list of twenty main musical events for 2011. In December, Afisha Magazine included the song "Choose a Miracle" in the list of the main songs of 2011, and the song "Hurts" in the list of the brightest and most memorable Russian pop hits over the past 20 years.

=== 2012–2014: Union === In January 2012, the song "Higher" became number one on many Russian charts. On April 28, she gave the first big show at Crocus City Hall in Moscow, which was called Choose Your Miracle. During the concert, Nyusha presented three new songs: two singles "Memory" and "Alone" and a duet with her father "You Are My Life". "Higher" won Best Song at the 2012 Muz-TV Awards. In early June, Nyusha's new single "Memory" was released, which received positive reviews from critics. On the radio, the song was first performed on June 10 on the air of the program Big Love 20 (Love Radio). "Memory" was on the number one of the chart at the request of listeners, compiled by the TopHit, continuously for 19 weeks, longer than any other song in the history. In 2012, Nyusha took 17th place in the final list and 2nd place in the nomination Audience Interest in the list of 50 Russian celebrities annually compiled by Forbes in 2011. On August 1, 2012, RU.TV presented the nominees for the second awards ceremony. Nyusha was nominated in three categories: Best Dance Song ("Higher"), Best Song ("Higher") and Best Female Artist. According to the results of the voting, Nyusha won the nomination Best Female Artist. At the 2012 Glamour: Woman of the Year Nyusha won the Best Artist award by performing Christina Aguilera's song "But I Am a Good Girl" from the movie Burlesque. On November 27, the music video for "This Is the New Year" was released. The song became the soundtrack for the animated film The Snow Queen, in which Nyusha voiced Gerda. In cinemas, the film was released on December 31, 2012. On January 28, 2013, preparations began for the new show Union, which took place on November 2 at the Crocus City Hall. In addition to the new program, a new, second in a row, studio album was presented. On March 8, 2013, at the Valentin Yudashkin show, Nyusha performed the song "Alone", which became the second single in support of the new album. The shooting of the music video took place from March 19 to 21 in Kyiv. The official release of the song was March 18 on TopHit. The digital release of the single took place on April 15, and on May 9 a video for the song was released. On March 21, 2013, the animated film The Croods started in cinemas, in which Nyusha voiced one of the main roles, Gip. In June, the single "Memory" won the 2013 Muz-TV Awards in the Best Song category. On February 22, 2014, the release of the third single "Only" and the pre-order of the second album Union took place on Russian iTunes. On April 22, 2014, Union was released, and on April 26, its presentation took place at the Arena Moscow Club. On May 19, 2014, the music video for "Only" was released. On May 31, 2014, Crocus City Hall hosted the RU.TV Award, Nyusha won the Best Female Artist. On July 23, 2014, the song "Tsunami" was chosen as the fourth and last single from Union. In October 2014, a music video was released. The song reached number one on the radio chart and became one of Nyusha's most commercially successful singles. At the 2015 Muz-TV Awards, "Tsunami" won Best Song.

=== 2015–2017: Further success and development === In April 2015, Nyusha released "Where Are You, There I Am", a dance-pop single inspired by Indian culture, as well as a music video released in June. "Where Are You, There I Am" was nominated as Best Music Video and Best Song at the 2016 Muz-TV Awards, won Best Dance Video at the 2016 RU.TV Awards, Best Music Video at the 2016 MusicBox Awards and Trend of the Year at the 2025 Zhara Media Awards, ten years after the single release. In early April 2016, Nyusha released "Kiss", a pop-rock single, that won the Golden Gramophone Award a year later. On November 2, 2016, Nyusha's third big show, 9 Lives, took place at Crocus City Hall, where new songs intended for the third studio album were presented. At the end of November, the single "To Love You" was released, which was officially released in English in March 2017 under the title "Always Need You". Nyusha performed the song "I'm Not Afraid" for the first time on Europa Plus Live 2017. In October 2017, the maxi-single "I’m Not Afraid" was released, and in November a music video was premiered, directed by Sergey Solodky.