Lubov Uspenskaya

Lyubov Uspenskaya is a popular singer working in the genres of Russian chanson and urban romance. Date of birth - February 24, 1954, age - 64 years.

Childhood and teenage years

The future celebrity was born in Kiev. Her mother died, barely giving birth to a daughter, so the girl was raised for some time by her grandmother. When Luba's father, Zalman Sitsker, married again, the girl began to live with him. Her father, who always wanted his daughter to study music, took her to music school himself.

After graduating from it, the girl entered a music school, then began to sing in the capital's restaurants. The pay here was not bad, but Lyuba dreamed of getting rid of parental care, so she gave in to the entreaties of friends and left for Yerevan. It was here that the singer's first success came. Her performances were very popular, but the local authorities did not like her way of singing, as well as too free statements about the way of life in the USSR. The singer is given to understand that her creativity goes against the Soviet ideology. Unable to withstand the pressure, Lyuba leaves first to Italy, and a year later - to America.

Life abroad

In her autobiography, the singer admits that it was a trip to nowhere. But she did not give up her decision - and did not regret it. It turned out that in America she has a lot of fans from among immigrants. With the help of friends, she finds a job and starts singing in the restaurant "Sadko" on Brighton Beach.

The first solo album "Beloved" was released in 1985, it became the brightest event in the creative biography of the artist. The success of the disk was incredible, illegally he got even in the Soviet Union. Lyubov began to receive offers of cooperation, to sing a duet with her wished Mikhail Shufutinsky himself.

In the 90s there are several more albums of the singer. The most popular of them are "Carousel" and "I'm Missing". After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the talent of the singer was recognized in her homeland. Love Uspenskaya begins to go to Russia on tour, and by the end of the 90's finally moved to Moscow.

At home, the singer treated the public to several new disks, among them:

• "Express to Monte Carlo";
• "Bitter Chocolate";
• "To the only tender";
• "Carriage".

Currently, the popular performer lives in the capital, actively works on new compositions together with Russian authors, with pleasure performs on the Kremlin stage in the project "Chanson of the Year". Details about her creative activity - in our blog about artists.

Personal life of the queen of chanson

In the personal life of the queen of Russian chanson there were also many ups and downs, beautiful novels and attempts to arrange their female happiness. For the first time Lyuba Uspenskaya married very young - at the age of 17 - to musician Viktor Shumilovich. Being in this marriage, the young woman gave birth to two twin boys, but the children died after barely coming into the world. This grief has greatly affected the relationship of the spouses, between them began to occur spats, which led to the final breakup.

The second husband of the singer was Yuri Uspensky, whose surname she left, even entering into new marriages. This union was also short-lived, emigrating to America, the spouses soon divorced.

In the U.S. Uspenskaya met her old friend Vladimir Lisitsa. He became not only the third husband of the singer, but also her producer. However, another novel of the artist stopped and this union.

The fourth chosen one of Lyubov Uspenskaya became a businessman Alexander Plaksin. It was he who gave the singer the happiness of motherhood, to which she was so eager. In 1989, Uspenskaya gave birth to a daughter Tatiana, who today lives and works in America.

Recently in the media there have been many rumors that in the family Uspenskaya not everything is not so cloudless. Star chanson in every possible way refutes this information, explaining the absence of her husband his business trips. Currently, Lubov Uspenskaya lives in a large country house with her pets and household helpers.