Alyona Alyona Альона Альона | |
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 Alyona in 2019 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Aliona Olehivna Savranenko |
| Born | (1991-06-14)14 June 1991 (age 33) Kapitanivka,Kirovohrad Oblast,Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
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| Years active | 2018–present |
| Labels | Def Jam Polska[1] |
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Aliona Olehivna Savranenko (Ukrainian:Альо́на Олегівна Савране́нко; born 14 June 1991), better known by her stage nameAlyona Alyona (Ukrainian pronunciation:[ɐˈlʲɔnɐɐˈlʲɔnɐ]; stylized in all lowercase), is a Ukrainian rapper, singer, and songwriter. She released her debut album,Pushka (Пушка), in 2019, followed by an extended play the same year,V khati MA (В хаті МА).
Alyona has been dubbed "the new rap star of Ukraine" and "the sensation of Ukrainian rap" by Ukrainian media.[2][3] In an article titled "15 European Pop Acts Who Matter Right Now",The New York Times likened her toAzealia Banks.[4][5]
She andJerry Heil representedUkraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Teresa & Maria".
Aliona Savranenko was born in theurban-type settlement ofKapitanivka,Novomyrhorod Raion,Kirovohrad Oblast.[6] She is aChristian. She holds two bachelor's degrees,[7] one of which comes from the Gregory Skovoroda Pedagogical State University ofPereiaslav. Before doing rap, she worked as a teacher at "Teremok" kindergarten ofBaryshivka,Kyiv Oblast.[8][9] She then headed the kindergarten of the neighboring village of Dernivka.[10] In total, Savranenko worked for four years in kindergartens, and left the job once she gained popularity.
Alyona started writing rap music in the middle of the 2000s, with multiple attempts to reach a wider audience. Her initial stage name was Alyona Al.kaida.
Under her current alias, Alyona Alyona released her first videoclip in October 2018, for the song called "Rybky" ("Рибки").[2][3] On 24 October, she released the second videoclip of the same track, this time with professional directing. On 12 November, she released the videoclip of "Holovy" ("Голови"), which garnered one million views onYouTube in the first month.[11] This was followed by two more videoclips: "Vidchyniai" ("Відчиняй") on November 30, and "Zalyshaiu svii dim" ("Залишаю свій дім") in December. The latter symbolically depicts the artist leaving Baryshivka, her home town.
In January 2019, in the midst of a political scandal involving PresidentPoroshenko,[12] alyona alyona released a new song, titled "Obitsianky" ("Обіцянки", "Promises").[13] Later that year, on 8 April, Alyona Alyona released her first album,Pushka (Пушка), as well as the videoclip of the homonymous main track.[14] The album features four previously released songs, as well as nine new ones, including "Padlo" ("Падло"), in a duo with Alina Pash.[15][16] Alyona was praised in theVogue issue of that month as "Ukraine's most unlikely rap star".[17][18]
Alyona Alyona performed at theSziget Festival in Budapest in August 2019.[19] In December 2019, she wrote the lyrics of "Vilna" ("Вільна"), a song performed byTina Karol andJulia Sanina and included in the soundtrack of the Ukrainian feature filmViddana.[20] On 7 February 2020, she signed with the Polish labelDef Jam Polska.[1] On 15 January 2021, Alyona Alyona won the Public Choice Award at Music Moves Europe Talent Awards contest.[21]
Alyona Alyona was part of theUkrainian jury for theEurovision Song Contest 2021. She andJerry Heil were selected among the finalists ofUkrainian preselection for theEurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Teresa & Maria";[22] they went on to win the selection on 4 February 2024, earning the right to represent the country.[23] At Eurovision, Alyona and Heil were drawn to compete in the first semi-final, where they placed second out of 15 with 173 points, qualifying to the final, where they placed third out of 26 with 453 points.[24][25]
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| Dai Boh (withJerry Heil) |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album or EP | |||||||
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| UKR [31] | FIN [32] | IRE [33] | LTU [34] | NLD [35] | SWE [36] | UK [37] | WW Excl. US [38] | |||
| "Rybky" | 2018 | 104 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Holovy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Pushka | |
| "Jak by ja bula ne ja" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Litak" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Pushka" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Mrija" (with Brosko) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Stershenʹ (Own Core)" (withKalush,Otoy [uk],Bilyy Bo [uk], Shersen [uk], Dyktor & Djadja Vova) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Galas |
| "Dancer" (withVladimir Cauchemar [fr]) | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Tvij denʹ (Z k/f najkrashchi vykhidni)" (withOnuka,Artem Pyvovarov, and Julia Sanina) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Ridni moji" (featuringJerry Heil) | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Chomu?" (featuring Jerry Heil) | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Kupala" (featuring Jerry Heil and ela.) | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Dolja" (with Krechet) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ukrajinofikacija | |
| "Viter viie" (with Jerry Heil andGedz [pl]) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dai Boh | |
| "Dai Boh" (with Jerry Heil andMonika Liu) | 190 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Zozulia" (with Jerry Heil and Ginger Mane) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Ljuli, ljuli" (with Artem Pyvovarov) | 195 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Posmakuj" (with Jerry Heil andTrill Pem [pl]) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Ekzamen" (with Jerry Heil) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Palaj" (with Santorin) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Shto ya? |
| "Nebo khylytʹsja" (withKola) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Shchedra nich" (with Kola and Jerry Heil) | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Teresa & Maria" (with Jerry Heil) | 2024 | 1 | 14 | 55 | 2 | 68 | 30 | 100 | 130 | Maria |
| "Podolyanochka (Get Up)" (with Jerry Heil) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Tato" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Moye pokolinnya" (withVyshebaba) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Til'ky v tvoyikh obiymakh" (with Kler) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "A shcho bude" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Dvi dushi" | 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Zaprosi mene" (with Kler) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Album or EP |
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| UKR [31] | |||
| "Shali" (Jamala featuring alyona alyona) | 2019 | — | Svoji |
| "Voda" (Kalush featuring alyona alyona) | 2020 | — | Non-album single |
| "Gori" (Kalush featuring alyona alyona) | 2021 | 139 | Hotin |
| "Krajna ditej" (Okean Elzy featuring alyona alyona) | 153 | Non-album single | |
| "Rozdam spovna" (ProBass and Hardi featuring alyona alyona) | 2022 | 107 | Dobroho vechora, my z Ukrajiny! |
| "Dosytʹ" (Tvorchi featuring alyona alyona) | 89 | Heart of Steel | |
| "Zahadaju" (Vlada K [uk] featuring alyona alyona) | 2024 | — | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||
| Year | Title | Album | Director | Ref |
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| 2018 | "Rybky" / «Рибки» | — | Delta Arthur | |
| "Rybky 2" / «Рибки 2» | Yan Bolotov | |||
| „Holovy” / «Голови» | Pushka / «Пушка» | Sasha Prylutskyi | ||
| "Vidchynyai" / «Відчиняй» | Yan Bolotov | |||
| "Zalyshayu sviy dim" / «Залишаю свій дім» | Delta Arthur | |||
| 2019 | "Pushka" / «Пушка» | Delta Arthur, Igor Basket | [14] | |
| "Padlo" / «Падло» (with Alina Pash) | Nathan Daisy | |||
| "Velyka i smishna" / «Велика й смішна» | Delta Arthur, Basket Films | |||
| "Bullying" / «Булiнг» | — | Delta Arthur | ||
| "Zavtra" / «Завтра» | V khati MA / «В хаті МА» | Basket Films | ||
| "Mamyn sup" / «Мамин суп» | Yan Bolotov | |||
| "Zabyrai" / «Забирай» (withJamala) | — | Win-Win Productions | ||
| 2020 | "Dyki tantsi" / «Дикі танці» | V khati MA / «В хаті МА» | Anya Velosipedova |
| Year | Title | With | Album | Director | Ref |
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| 2019 | "Hory" / «Гори» | Kalush | — | Delta Arthur | [39] |
| 2020 | "Zhali" / «Жалі» | Jamala | Svoi / «Свої» | Dmytro Chernyavskyi |
| Award | Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| Yearly Ukrainian National Awards | 2018 | Best Hip-Hop Hit | "Rybky"(Рибки) | Nominated | [40] |
| Anchor Award of Reeperbahn Festival | 2019 | Best New Artist | Herself | Won | [41] |
| M1 Music Awards [uk] | Debut of the Year | "Velyka i smishna"(Велика й смішна) | Nominated | [42] | |
| Dance Parade | "Padlo"(Падло) (withAlina Pash) | Nominated | |||
| Rap.ua Awards [uk] | Breakthrough of the Year | "Pushka"(Пушка) | Won | [43] | |
| Best Release | Won | ||||
| Aprize Music Awards | 2020 | Best Ukrainian Album of the Year | Won | ||
| Yearly Ukrainian Music Awards | |||||
| Best Album | Nominated | [43][44][45] | |||
| Best Hip-Hop Hit | Nominated | ||||
| "Gory" (withKalush) | Won | ||||
| "Padlo"(Падло) (with Alina Pash) | Won | ||||
| Best Duo | Nominated | ||||
| Best Beginning of the Year | Herself | Nominated | |||
| Best Female Artist | Won | ||||
| Women in Arts | Women in Music | Won | [43][46] | ||
| Music Moves Europe Award | 2021 | Music Moves Europe Talent Award | Won | [47] | |
| Public Choice Award | Won | ||||
| Eurovision Awards | 2024 | Best Artistic Vision | Herself (withJerry Heil) | Won | [48] |
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| Preceded by | Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest (withJerry Heil) 2024 | Succeeded by |
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