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The difficult childhood of Korolina Kuek

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Ani Lorak (real name Karolina Miroslavovna Kuek) was born on September 27, 1978 in the small Ukrainian town of Kitsman, Chernivtsi region, into a large family: the girl had two older brothers, Igor and Sergei.

Caroline’s dad, Miroslav Ivanovich Kuek, worked as a journalist, and her mother, Zhanna Vasilyevna Linkiv, was an announcer at the Kitsman radio station.

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It is noteworthy that at first they wanted to name the newborn girl Olga, but the baby’s grandmother, who was Polish by origin, insisted on the name Caroline.

Unfortunately, the girl's parents divorced before she was born. And immediately after the divorce, the mother of the future singer got together with a man named Vasily. The man turned out to be an alcoholic: he often came home drunk, and the family never saw money from him, nor did they see care and love. However, the girl’s mother lived with him under the same roof for 17 years (although the marriage was never registered).

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The main breadwinner in the family was my mother, but her earnings as a radio announcer were not at all enough to feed three children. That’s why Carolina remembers her childhood as difficult and hungry.

In the 80s, the family moved to the administrative center of the region - Chernivtsi, where Zhanna Vasilyevna was offered a job on the radio. All the family savings were only enough for a tiny house with a kitchen and one room. At first, the family didn’t even have furniture; mother and children had to huddle on one mattress. There were no amenities either - there was no heating, and you had to go outside to the toilet.

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Throughout her childhood, Caroline didn’t even have her own things: everything came from her older brothers and, as a rule, was at least two sizes too big.

In 1985, the girl’s mother gave birth to a son (Carolina’s younger brother), who was named Andrei. And life became even harder! Because of this, Zhanna Vasilievna, with a heavy heart and out of despair, decided to send Caroline and her eldest son Igor to a boarding school. She understood that although she would see the children, they would be well-fed and warm.

Simple food from the canteen and government items then seemed unreal to the girl. And for the first time in a long time, she finally began to eat up, although the other wards of the boarding school often ate the lion's share of her lunch.

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The father, by the way, did not disappear from the children’s lives, and often visited them in the boarding school. Meetings with him were the happiest moments in Ani Lorak’s biography. The father always took the girl for a walk to Children's World and bought toys and candy. And although the man tried to persuade his son and daughter to move in with him, they did not agree - for fear of offending and upsetting their mother.

Despite the fact that Caroline spent almost her entire childhood away from her mother and saw her only on weekends, she never felt resentment towards her parents. She understood that her mother was forced to send her to a boarding school by difficult life circumstances.

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After three years of living in the boarding school, Carolina and her family moved to a spacious three-room apartment: the girl had her own room. Obtaining housing was associated with tragic events in the Kuek family: Karolina’s older brother Sergei died in Afghanistan in 1987.

After moving, the girl began to go to a regular school, but her classmates did not like her there. Cruel teenagers bullied her because of her old, shabby clothes and boarding school background.

Biography

The biography of the future star is similar to the story of Cinderella, in the role of poverty, the girl at the age of 4 clearly decided on her life goal - she dreamed of becoming a famous star, performing under the spotlights and drifting along the waves of applause. In the meantime, little Carolina was humming songs to the tunes of Pugacheva and Madonna, putting on another pair of socks so that the shoes that her brother had to wear would not fall off. She lives in caring for her younger brother and helps around the house, because her mother spends all her time at work, and often the family dinner consists of picked apples or caught fish. The parents of the future Ani Lorak separated before her appearance, and despite all the efforts of the mother, she was unable to feed the children, so all the children, including a six-year-old girl, ended up in Sadgorsky boarding school No. 4 in Chernivtsi, where she lives until the 7th grade.

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Caroline's older brother supported her sister's dreams, helped develop the musical talent that he was gifted with, taught her notes and promised to help with studying at a music school after returning from the Afghan war, but he did not return. Then the absolutely independent life of such a small but strong girl began, who continued to blindly go towards her dream on her own, with the promise that she would achieve her goal, not forgetting that every victory was dedicated to him. She received her first “fee” at the age of nine - in amateur performances.

The girl was born in a large family and was often malnourished

Boarding school was not the worst place for Caroline, but she had to study alongside little hooligans, children of criminals and alcoholics, and later in a regular school she had to receive ridicule from her classmates instead of courtship. Her story is the American dream, which grew through hard work, effort and self-belief. Carolina stubbornly pursued her goal, at boarding school she studies solfeggio and sings, in which she finds herself at ease, captivating listeners and teachers with a velvety jazz timbre, a range of 4.5 octaves, complemented by a chiseled manner of singing, the temperament of her voice and the appearance of a fragile, pretty, petite girl tall with a sparkle in her cat-like green eyes.

Beginning of a musical career

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As usual, Carolina knew from childhood that fame and a singing career awaited her! The girl began singing at the age of four, and as she grew older she actively took part in various city vocal competitions. The first victory (Carolina was nine years old at the time) brought her not only moral satisfaction and reinforced her desire to become famous, but also her first fee - ten rubles.

She immediately gave half of the money to her mother, proud that she was able to contribute to the meager family budget. And the rest of the money was spent on travel to school.

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And in 1992, Carolina won her first major victory at the Primrose festival. There the girl meets Yuri Thalesa, representatives of the Ukrainian production company. Carolina, without hesitation, signs a contract with the center and becomes a professional singer. The girl finishes school as an external student without a single C in her certificate.

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In 1995, Carolina was selected to participate in the popular program “Morning Star”. At the young talent show, the girl performed the song “My God.” When the singer applied to participate in the competition, it turned out that the program already had a participant named Carolina. Therefore, the girl urgently had to come up with a pseudonym for herself. She appeared on stage as Ani Lorak - the artist simply read her name backwards.

After her creative debut, the singer was recognized as the discovery of the year: this is how the artist’s ascent to the musical Olympus began.

Career

“Morning Star”, one of the most popular Russian television programs, has made changes to the singer Ani Lorak’s biography and personal life. Note! It was this program that created the stage name by reading her name backwards.

Lorak's career grew rapidly. In 1995, her first album was recorded, and already at the beginning of 1996 a CD was released by an English company. This year was a victory for her. She won the Big Apple Music 1996 Competition.

Boundless talent and desire allowed her to record such albums as:

"Shady Lady"
"Ships";
"Caroline";
"Without you";
"Don't give up";
"Autumn Love";
"The New Ex."

Ani Lorak on the set of the video “Ships”
These albums include the 7 most popular songs that we all love so much:

Shady Lady;
Sun;
At first sight;
For you;
Bring back my love;
Take it;
Mirrors.

Ani Lorak and Valery Meladze on stage
Each composition gives us the opportunity to return to past memories. I have no doubt that every girl has at least one favorite song that she associates with a certain part of her life.

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Long-awaited glory

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After “Morning Star”, Ani returned to her native Ukraine and there continued to participate in music competitions. Only now these were singing competitions not in small Chernivtsi, but much more prestigious competitions.

Having moved to Kyiv in 1995, Lorak went to the largest Ukrainian festival “Tavrian Games”, from where she took away the “Golden Firebird” figurine; in the same year she won second place at the “Chervona Ruta” festival.

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In parallel with her performances, ambitious Ani is recording her debut album in the jazz-rock style and not just anywhere, but at the British studio “Holy Music”. The records were released in a circulation of only six thousand copies, but, unfortunately, none of them reached the singer’s homeland.

Over the next two years, Lorak twice conquered the stage of the Tavria Games, becoming the winner in the Best Singer category. And a few months after the last participation in this competition, the second studio album is released.

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The end of the 90s was marked in the biography and personal life of Ani Lorak by active touring activities: the singer went on a grand tour to the cities of Ukraine, Hungary, Germany, France and the USA.

After the tour, the singer becomes the youngest Honored Artist of Ukraine, and in 2000 she signs a contract with Igor Krutoy and records the song “Mirrors” with him. At the end of 2001, the artist’s fourth music album was released, and three years later another one, “Ani Lorak,” which later went gold. The hit “Three Habitual Words” received the status of song of the year.

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In 2005, the singer, with the intention of conquering Western audiences, recorded the song Smile (it was also included in the star’s sixth album of the same name). It was with her that she went to the qualifying round for Eurovision 2005 in Ukraine. The composition was a resounding success, but already in the final the then Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Nikolai Tomenko intervened in the selection. Through his patronage, the group “Grinjoly” entered the competition. The team performed extremely poorly at the competition, taking only 19th place out of 24 possible.

Three years later, Ani Lorak again attempts to participate in Eurovision, which was then held in Russia. And this attempt turned out to be successful! The singer took the stage with the song Shady Lady, whose composer was Philip Kirkorov, and lost first place only to Dima Bilan (not a single judge could resist his composition Believe!).

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After participating in Eurovision, Ani Lorak woke up as a real star! Songs from singers from the new album “Sun” actively appeared in the hot rotation of Ukrainian and Russian TV channels and radio stations. Thanks to this, it subsequently became platinum, and later brought the artist the prestigious Golden Gramophone award.

In 2008, Lorak received an offer to perform together from the popular singer Anastacia. And at the end of the year she appeared at the legendary “Christmas meetings” of Alla Borisovna Pugacheva with the lyrical ballad “Waiting for You.” Participation in such meetings ensured the favor and patronage of the Prima Donna.

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In 2013, to the delight of fans, the next album “Light Up Your Heart” was released. But it is not he who becomes the most successful and popular, but the album “Did You Love...” released three years later. Recorded in collaboration with Igor Krutoy and Igor Nikolaev. It included 20 songs, including two duets with Grigory Leps.

A few hours later, the official release of the album took first place on the iTunes list of Ukraine and Russia, and music critics called the album the singer’s most mature creation.

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The video for the album's title song was symbolically released on Anya's 38th birthday and created a real sensation - largely thanks to the efforts of Alan Badoev, with whom Lorak has collaborated on several occasions.

It is noteworthy that Lorak often used her talent for good purposes. For example, the singer took part in recording a music album and social videos in support of people living with HIV.

Ani Lorak for children

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Ani Lorak’s love for children also resulted in creativity. The artist has voiced popular cartoons more than once. For example, the Kid speaks in her voice in the dub of the Norwegian cartoon “Carlson Who Lives on the Roof,” the cat Bruno and the bee Susumu in “The Adventures of Lotte from Samodelkino.”

In addition, Ani discovered her talent as a writer. She has published three books for children: “How to become a princess”, “How to become a culinary star in 7 days”, “How to become a star”.

But Lorak’s main achievement was participation in the charity program “No to Orphanhood!”: the singer became its face. And a little later, he became the UN Goodwill Ambassador in Ukraine on AIDS and HIV issues.

For this, the artist was awarded the highest state awards of Ukraine.

Childhood star

The girl was born in the small provincial town of Kitsman in Ukraine on October 27, 1978. Ani Lorak's difficult childhood was predetermined even before she was born. The singer's parents divorced before Caroline was born, so she had to live in complete poverty.

After birth, Ani Lorak received the silent surname of her father, whose name was Miroslav, but after the advent of popularity she abandoned it. The girl's family lived quite poorly , since she was far from the only child. At the age of 7, Zhanna Vasilyevna placed Ani in a special Sadgorsky boarding school on the outskirts of Chernivtsi. She lived there until the eighth grade, because her mother worked around the clock, but was still unable to feed the children.

From the age of four, little Carolina dreamed of becoming a famous singer, but life did not allow her to achieve this. At the boarding school, the girl constantly took classical music lessons and participated in all little-known competitions, where her abilities were noticed, which became a ticket to the Ukrainian stage.

Tragedies in the personal life of Ani Lorak

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The first man in the singer’s life was her first producer, Yuri Thales. When they met, the girl was only 13 years old, while Thalesa was 18 years older than her! Ani quickly became part of the producer’s family: she met Yuri’s wife and became friends with his children.

Only in 1997, when Ani was 19 years old, the truth was revealed. It turns out that all this time the producer and his ward had romantic feelings for each other, although they did not demonstrate them in any way. Moreover, in one of the interviews, Thales admitted that Anya had her first sexual experience with him at the age of 13. Then the man had no idea how old the girl really was; she looked much older than her age. But Lorak herself did not comment on such statements, and, most likely, these words were an attempt to make money from the scandal with the singer.

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Ani and Yuri began to live together as a couple. However, neither the creative union nor the family union lasted long. In 2005, after Lorak was removed from performing at Eurovision, disagreements began between the couple. Thales said that the singer blamed him for the failure, and after that the couple could no longer live together; Yuri left all the copyrights to his former lover. In addition, Lorak named infidelity as one of the reasons for Thales’ separation. According to the former producer, the singer began an affair with football player Sergei Rebrov (who was married at that time).

In 2005, Ani Lorak went on vacation to Turkey, where she met her second future husband, 30-year-old businessman Marut Nalchadzhioglu, a Turk by nationality. After just a year of periodic meetings and constant visits to each other, Murat realized that he could no longer live away from his beloved, and moved to Kyiv with her.

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It was Murat who became the support that Lorak needed in all her failures on stage (the businessman helped the artist survive the failure in her first Eurovision). And a year after his triumph at the international competition, he proposed marriage to the singer.

The wedding was double and incredibly luxurious! The first took place in Kyiv (first the couple signed in one of the capital's registry offices), and a week later the guests celebrated the second wedding, but in Turkey. 200 people gathered at the celebration, and a huge multi-tiered cake and fireworks in honor of the newlyweds summed up that fabulous evening.

Poverty, the death of a brother and the betrayal of her husband: what Ani Lorak went through

Ani Lorak celebrated her birthday on September 27.
The singer turned 41, and Anya has recently begun a new life. Ani had to go through many difficulties to become a famous singer and gain worldwide popularity. She also got married and gave birth to a daughter. But ten years later the idyll collapsed.

Ani Lorak in childhood
Ani Lorak in childhood
Carolina's (the singer's real name) childhood was very difficult. They lived in a cold house, warmed themselves by huddling together under a blanket, my mother worked several jobs, but there was not enough money. Caroline and her brothers were constantly hungry. As a result, the woman had no choice, and she sent Caroline and her brother to a boarding school. The children were glad that they would be able to live in a warm place and would not go hungry.

Caroline and her brother returned home when she was eleven. The mother of the future singer received a three-room apartment, since her eldest son died in Afghanistan. However, it was not possible to arrange the apartment right away. The girl slept on a broken bed, and there were no proper clothes. After winning one of the competitions, Carolina got the opportunity to purchase furniture.

Ani Lorak in her youth
It was not easy for her at school. Her classmates bullied her and teased her because of her appearance. Caroline’s family didn’t even have the opportunity to buy her a backpack; the girl went to school with a bag, but one day she made everyone applaud herself. Carolina performed at a school amateur competition. No one could have imagined that a modest girl could sing so well.

During one of the concerts, Carolina met producer Yuri Thalesa. He came up with a pseudonym for her, reading the name backwards. The young singer went to the Morning Star competition. By the way, she already used a new pseudonym there, because another singer Carolina was presented at the competition.

Ani Lorak in her youth
Then Ani released her first album, “I Want to Fly.” She began to participate in various competitions, where she demonstrated her vocal abilities. Little by little, Ani won the love of the audience. In 1998, the singer received the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine. Not a single event, not a single concert took place without her.

In 2008, Ani announced herself to the whole world. She represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest. The singer took second place, but her performance is still considered one of the most successful. Ani is often invited to become one of the jury members in various shows. She sat in the mentor's chair on the show "The Voice".

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Ani Lorak at Eurovision 2008
As for her personal life, the singer’s first love can be called Thales. At first, the producer treated her like a daughter. When he saw the conditions in which Caroline lived, he was horrified. He began to help them, hired tutors for the singer, since she was lagging behind in her school curriculum, and introduced her to sports.

The producer himself was married and raised two children. He didn't even think about any relationship with Caroline. But his wife Olga suspected something and directly asked her husband how he felt about the girl. Thales was taken aback by the question, but then realized that he liked her.

Ani Lorak and Yuri Falyosa
Ani herself did not perceive the producer as a lover. The sparkle in her eyes appeared later. By this time, Yuri had already separated from his wife, and when he realized that he was not indifferent to Ani, they began an affair. However, they hid their relationship from the public. At first everything was fine, they enjoyed life, but then Ani felt freedom. Yuri allowed her to go to events, communicate with people, and he did not accompany her. At one of these events, Ani met football player Sergei Rebrov. The relationship with Thalesa ended. He realized that Ani simply lacked male attention since childhood, and she simply saw him as a father, brother, friend, but confused this feeling with love.

But the affair with Rebrov also did not lead to anything. They quickly broke up, and then Ani went to Turkey on vacation. There she met Murat Nalchadzhioglu. After the singer left, they began to correspond, and then Murat moved to Kyiv for her sake. They got married in 2009 and became parents two years later. Ani gave birth to a daughter, Sofia.

Ani Lorak and Murat Nalchadzhioglu
The singer worked a lot, toured, filmed videos. Murat ran a restaurant business in Kyiv, and he also had a club. Their family was considered exemplary; they did not give rise to gossip. Although Anya’s fans in recent years have begun to write everywhere that Murat is not faithful to the singer. Ani herself did not pay attention to this.

However, in the summer of 2020, Murat was caught with a girl in a club. She turned out to be model Yana Belyaeva. Murat and Yana communicated very nicely, he hugged her. After this, Ani began to go out without a wedding ring. It turned out that Murat was constantly having fun with other girls while Ani was on tour.

They did not comment on their divorce. On September 1, 2020, Ani and Murat took their daughter to first grade together, they took several photos together, congratulated the heiress, and a month later they began divorce proceedings. As a result, the couple separated quietly and peacefully, Sofia remained to live with her mother. Murat can see his daughter whenever he wants.

Murat Nalchadzhioglu and Ani Lorak
When divorce documents hit the network, it became clear that the spouses had separated even earlier. For the last two years they have not lived together. Also, the reasons for the divorce stated that the spouses have different views on life, and reconciliation is impossible.

After the divorce, Murat went bankrupt and closed his club and restaurant. He himself did not comment on this situation, but the press wrote that Murat’s business was supported by Ani, and after the divorce he was unable to do anything. Murat himself later explained this by saying that he wants to open a new business, and he is already preparing a project.

Murat broke up with Yana, and later they began to see him in the company of another model, Samia Akhmetova. They have already managed to relax in Spain. Murat admits that he is very happy.

But Ani is not very upset by the divorce. She is already in a relationship with the sound producer of the Black Star label, Yegor Gleb. They have a significant age difference of 14 years, but the lovers do not worry about this.

Ani Lorak and Yegor Gleb
However, Ani’s fans worry about her. The fact is that Yegor was already married, he has a son, but he treated his ex-wife very badly. While still married, he disappeared for several weeks, constantly walked, drank, beat his wife, cheated on her, and did not see his son. As a result, his wife could not stand it and left him. She is sure that 26-year-old Yegor is not going to build a serious relationship with Ani.

The singer herself talks about happiness, personal harmony and comfort in the home. She was able to find everything she dreamed of, although the path was not so easy.

Children of Ani Lorak

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In June 2011, Lorak and Nalchadzhioglu had their only daughter, Sofia. Philip Kirkorov himself became the godfather of the charming baby.

Ani and Murat lived together for a little less than ten years, when tired Lorak, returning from a performance in Baku, discovered photographs of her husband having fun in one of the clubs in Kyiv with Ukrainian model Yana Belyaeva. And no matter how Ani Lorak’s husband tried to justify himself, it turned out that he had been having an affair with this woman for a long time.

Personal life of Carolina

Caroline's personal life is extremely open to the public. From 1995 to 2003, she lived with her producer and inspirer Yuri Thalesa in a civil marriage. In 2009, the singer got married to the director of Turtess Travel, Murat Nalchadzhioglu . Ani Lorak's future husband met her in Turkey, and a year later he moved to live in the capital of Ukraine.

At the beginning of 2011, the singer gave birth to a charming daughter, Sofia, who legally received her father’s surname Nalchazhdiogl. In March 2012, she underwent a baptism ceremony in Kyiv, and Philip Kirkorov was chosen as her daughter’s godfather. Lorak said that the pop king became for her an older brother, whom she lost in early childhood. The singer goes to training every day. The girl began to get involved in sports after giving birth, as she gained 16 kilograms, which is a lot for her height.

Nowadays there are many rumors about Caroline's plastic surgeries. People comment on photos on the singer’s Instagram page, which show the girl’s greatly enlarged lips. But experienced plastic surgeons assure that this shape appeared after special makeup, and not surgical intervention. Lorak does not comment on this news in any way, instead posting new photos online without any funds.

In the summer of 2020, the singer’s husband was spotted in the company of Ukrainian socialite Yana Belyaeva. Murat showed her various signs of attention while Carolina gave a concert at the stadium in Baku. For several months the couple did not comment on this event, and at the beginning of this year they officially divorced.

Since Lorak’s zodiac sign is Libra, she is characterized as a very sensitive, active and cheerful girl. With the help of her determination, she always achieves her goal. Friends describe her as a romantic person who values devotion and fidelity.