Катя Лель

俄羅斯女歌手。
Katya Lel (Russian: Катя Лель), born Ekaterina Nikolayevna Chuprinina (Russian: Екатерина Николаевна Чупринина), on September 20, 1974 in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (now the Kabardino-Balkaria republic) is a Russian pop singer.
Katya spent her childhood and adolescence in Nalchik where she graduated from music school.
In 1994, she came to Moscow to continue her music studies at the Russian Academy of Music’s vocal department. There, her teachers were Joseph Kobzon, who was acclaimed as the “official voice of the Soviet Union” and Lev Leshchenko, another renowned singer, who performed the closing theme at the 1980 Summer Olympics, held in Moscow. In 1998, she graduated from the Academy with top honours.
Following her graduation, in 1998, she started a solo career, releasing the successful album Champs Elysee and beginning a successful tour. In 2003, she changed the style of her performing music and began to work with producer Maxim Fadeev. During their partnership, the hit Moy Marmeladny became a top chart song in a few ofCommonwealth of Independent States.