Anatoly Tsoi - biography, personal life, photos, songs and latest news 2020

Anatoly Tsoi is a Russian and Kazakh singer, participant and soloist of a youth pop group called MBAND, winner of the vocal competition “I want to Meladze” and finalist of the Kazakh show “X-Factor”.

This guy’s character is still the same: having arrived in Moscow, he managed to pass auditions in three popular song shows at once - “The Voice”, “Artist” and “I Want to Meladze”.

The biography of Anatoly Tsoi is directly related to music - the guy has been singing and dancing great since childhood! He has a unique, soulful, clear voice of three octaves, excellent plasticity and charming appearance. What else does an artist need?

Are you familiar with the biography of Anatoly Tsoi from the MBand group? If not, then you are in the right place. This man is able to pull out any most complex note, because he has as many as three vocal ranges. In this article we will talk about the singer’s creative path, as well as his victories and defeats.

Biography of Anatoly Tsoi (“MBAND”)

Born on July 28, 1989 in the city of Taldykorgan (formerly Taldy-Kurgan, Almaty region), Kazakhstan. Anatoly is Korean by nationality, but has lived all his life in Kazakhstan. He grew up and was brought up in an ordinary family in which no one was associated with music, dancing or other types of creativity. Anatoly was the only one in his family who fell in love with music and vocals. At the age of five, the boy began to sing; his parents noticed his talent. Realizing that Tolik had all the makings of a professional singer, mom and dad began to strongly support their son in his endeavors. At the age of six, Anatoly went to school and joined the choir. In one of the interviews, retelling his own biography, Anatoly Tsoi admitted that he has been singing almost his entire life, starting from a conscious age.

The beginning of the way

Anatoly is Korean by nationality. He was born at the end of July 1989 in Kazakhstan, the city of Taldykorgan - the center of the Alma-Ata region. The boy grew up in an ordinary family, completely unrelated to creativity, but from an early age he was interested in everything related to music. It was to his mother that Anatoly later expressed gratitude for the fact that she managed to notice his talent and direct the boy in the right direction, enrolling him in the nearest music school at about the age of five.

Anatoly Tsoi admits that he has been singing for as long as he can remember. He can pull out any note, even the most complex, since he has three vocal ranges

Photo of Anatoly Tsoi, one of the members of the popular boy band MBAND, in the VK office

Anatoly started earning money early. Already at the age of 14, he performed at various parties, corporate events and concerts. According to the artist himself, he always gave part of the money he earned to his parents, and saved the rest for the future. The artistry, perseverance and hard work of the young man allowed him to quickly gain popularity in his native country, while the most important prize for the guy was always the praise of his father - a man stingy with emotions, very restrained, reasonable and even a little authoritarian. We can say that it was his parents who laid the foundation for the biography of Anatoly Tsoi as a creative person.

Education and respect for parents

As a child, Tolik always helped his parents, who instilled in him a strong character and such strong-willed qualities as determination, generosity and honesty. This only benefited the guy in the future. Anatoly grew up as a hardworking and responsible child.

At the age of 14, he already began to earn good money. Everyone in the city knew that the guy’s singing talent had no equal, so Anatoly was often invited to perform at city celebrations and corporate events.

At his age, a teenager could afford almost everything: a bicycle, a telephone, a player, etc. Anatoly had all these things, but the main thing for the teenager was the praise of his father. Recalling his childhood and biography, Anatoly Tsoi said that his father was a very strict, reasonable and authoritative person, his approval was the most important and valuable. That is why, as a child, he was ready to do anything if only his father would appreciate him.

First victory in a song competition

At the age of 16, Anatoly won his first victory in the vocal-song competition at the Delphic Games and received an award in the “Variety Vocal” category.

A few years later, Anatoly Tsoi decided to try his luck at the casting of the Kazakh “X-Factor”. Here he passed the selection without any problems and reached the very final. However, it is worth noting that Tsoi performed not alone, but in a duet with Talgat Kenzhebulatov, who took the pseudonym National. Unfortunately, we failed to win the show. As Anatoly himself claimed, he lost due to the fact that the Kazakh public was not yet ready for this format of performing the songs that he demonstrated.

After participating in The X Factor, he began to be recognized everywhere. The guy did not achieve wide popularity, but in narrow vocal and singing circles he had already become a fairly famous performer. For example, the group SugarBeat, in which Anatoly Tsoi was the lead vocalist, was popular throughout Kazakhstan.

Participation in the project “I want to see Meladze”

In 2014, Anatoly Tsoi went to another musical casting - this time it was a large-scale show organized by Konstantin Meladze himself. Every young artist dreams of getting to this producer, so the competition here was simply enormous!

Anatoly had been singing for several years in a “Western” manner, which was not appreciated in Kazakhstan, except for advanced connoisseurs. Now that there was a chance to demonstrate my talents on the show “I want to go to Meladze”, I had to give my all 100%. At the same time, Anatoly decided to play it safe and audition for the shows “The Voice” and “Artist”. Why the hell isn't he kidding? That’s what Kazakh Justin Timberlake thought, because anyway, all the selections took place in Moscow. As it turned out, the guy got into all the shows, but chose the highest priority for himself - “I want to go to Meladze.”

History and beginning of career[ | ]

Show “I want to go to Meladze”[ | ]

After the successful reality show “I Want V VIA Gro,” Konstantin Meladze decided to start a project to search for members of a new boy band under his leadership. On April 30, 2014, the start of casting for young people from the CIS countries was announced. The show was scheduled to premiere in Russia (“NTV”), Belarus (“ONT”) and Kazakhstan (“Seventh”) on September 6, 2014, and in Ukraine (“Ukraine”) on September 7, 2014. In the initial stages of the show, participants were selected by a jury. Its chairman was Konstantin Meladze himself; in addition, the women's jury included Anna Sedokova[6], Polina Gagarina and Eva Polna, and the men's jury included Sergei Lazarev, Vladimir Presnyakov Jr. and Timati. On November 22, 2014, in the grand final, the winners were chosen by the audience via SMS voting. According to its results, the four of Anatoly Tsoi, Artyom Pindyura, Nikita Kiosse and Vladislav Ramm won[7].

History of the established team[ | ]

In December 2014, the group, called MBAND, presented its debut video for the song “She Will Return”[8][9]. The composition was first presented during the grand final of the show “I want to go to Meladze”, and was officially released as a single on November 24, 2014. The music for it was written by Konstantin Meladze, the lyrics are a joint work of Konstantin and Artyom Pindyura. In five months, the video clip filmed by Sergei Solodkiy gained over 10 million views on the YouTube video service[10]. The single “She Will Return” also became successful: for two weeks it topped the Golden Gramophone chart[11], subsequently receiving this award, and topped the Russian radio chart “Tophit”, as well as a similar Kiev radio chart[12].

The group's first major performance was an appearance at the annual large-scale concert "Big Love Show 2015", organized on February 14, 2015 by the radio station "Love Radio"[13]. After this, the band began to tour actively[14]. In March 2020, a second single called “Give Me” was released[15]. At the end of the same month, the results of the Kids' Choice Awards 2015 were summed up, where the group won in the Russian Musical Breakthrough of the Year category[16], and at the RU.TV 2015 awards held in May, the group won in the category Real arrival"[17]. In addition, the group was presented in the “Breakthrough of the Year” category at the Muz-TV 2015 award, but in the end they failed to win it[18]. At the gala concert of the same award, held on June 7, the group, according to the portal “Woman.ru”, was recognized as “Favorite Artist of the Year”[19]. On June 8, the boy band won the “Discovery of the Year” category at the 6th annual Fashion People Awards 2015[20].

On May 29, 2020, the group presented their new single “Look at Me” on the Love Radio radio station, and on June 23, 2020, on the RU.TV channel, the group presented their video clip for this song. Konstantin Meladze took part in the filming of the video, playing the role of a gardener[21], as well as the singer Nyusha in the role of the girl to whom the song was addressed[22]. In addition, on June 23, a gift album dedicated to the anniversary of Valery Meladze was released on the iTunes Store, in which the band presented a cover of the singer’s composition “Do it right now”[23][24]. On October 10, 2020, the group gave their first solo concert at the Moscow club Bud Arena, which was broadcast on the STS Love channel on December 31, 2020[25]. On November 12, 2020, it became known that Vladislav Ramm was suspended from work and was leaving the group[26].

In April 2020, the single “Everything Is” was released, which became the official soundtrack to the film of the same name starring members of the boy band[27]. On May 31, 2020, the socio-musical video project “Raise Your Eyes” was presented, created by members of the MBAND group especially for Children’s Day, in which children from orphanages took part[28]. In June 2020, MBAND together with Nyusha starred in the 360° panoramic video “Try... Feel”, created specifically for advertising Coca-Cola. The song from the video is the Russian version of the Coca-Cola anthem “Taste the Feeling”[29]. And in July, a new video for the boy band, “Unbearable,” was released[30].

In 2020, the group released two albums: “No Filters”[31] and “Acoustics”[32].

In December 2020, the boy band presented a video for the song “Ballerina”, which was included in the soundtrack of the Russian dubbing of the French animated film “Ballerina”[33]. The song itself was written back in 1995 and was originally performed by Valery Meladze.

In April 2020, the group recorded the song “Life is a Cartoon,” which was included in the soundtrack of the Russian dubbing of the Ukrainian animated film “Nikita Kozhemyaka (Ukrainian)”; and the main character of the cartoon in the Russian version was voiced by Nikita Kiosse[34]. In May they released the single “The Right Girl”[35], and in November - “Slow Down”.

In March 2020, the single “Thread” was released. In June, the group released the album “Rough Age”[36]. In October, a joint video by MBAND and Valery Meladze “Mom, don’t worry!” was released.

On April 16, 2020, the group announced their breakup.

Performance on the show “I want to go to Meladze”

For the on-air casting, Anatoly Tsoi prepared a whole number with backup dancers for the song Naughty Boy - La La La ft. Sam Smith. From the very first seconds, the performance was interrupted by presenter Igor Vernik, who argued his gesture by saying that according to the rules of the competition, participants must perform exclusively individually, without dance accompaniment. Tsoi had to start the performance again, and when the guy reached the chorus, the hall simply burst into applause and applause, as did all members of the jury, including Konstantin Meladze himself.

Winning the show and joining the MBAND team

Despite the successful performance, the Kazakh singer was still almost sure that he would not go further. It always seemed to Anatoly that his “non-standard” singing was too far from the domestic listener. However, the guy was wrong in this forecast - his stage style and manner of singing were liked by the audience, who subsequently voted for him.

The main goal of the project “I want to go to Meladze” is to assemble a male vocal group (group, band) of four people. Fortunately, Anatoly Tsoi managed to get into this cherished quartet and become a member of the newly formed MBAND team. Upon completion of the project, Anatoly received many contracts and commercial offers from other popular producers, but Tsoi was bound by a contract with the MBAND group.

The debut song “She will return” became popular among the Russian-speaking population in a matter of days. In the first six months, the clip collected more than 10 million views on YouTube (now the views have exceeded 65 million).

Currently, the guys from MBAND are touring and recording new songs. Unfortunately, this band does not have a full album yet. Despite this, the team already has several hits: “She’ll Come Back,” “Fix Everything,” “Lift Your Eyes” and others.

Personal life

The main woman for Anatoly was always his mother, and the real critic of the singer remained his father, to whose words Tsoi listened carefully.

As for romantic relationships, for a long time the press wrote that Anatoly Tsoi had a stormy affair with his mentor Anna Sedokova. But the Kazakh singer debunked these rumors. In fact, he has a girlfriend, whose name the performer does not disclose. But the rising star has very little time to develop these relationships, and besides, Anatoly tries not to mix creativity and personal life.

Anatoly Tsoi and Anna Sedakova

In one of the interviews, Anatoly Tsoi opened up and said that his girlfriend had been supporting him for many years. She believed in him even when everyone else doubted the guy's talent. During the difficult tests that the contestant went through at the first stage of the “I want to see Meladze” project, his beloved was next to Anatoly in Moscow.

Today, Anatoly Tsoi, although single, is not free. True, the rising star with a smile reassures his many fans, claiming that he is loving, and his love is enough for everyone. He is extremely pleased to receive hundreds of letters every day with declarations of love. The oriental handsome man is in the prime of his life: he is talented, he is 28 years old, and is already popular and famous today.

Anatoly Tsoi

On Anatoly Tsoi’s Instagram page there are more than 700 thousand subscribers who support their pet and expect news and new photos from him. The singer’s fans are interested in any information from the life of their idol: they know his height and age, they know Anatoly’s favorite color (black), the name of the perfume (Shakira Aquamarine) and the film (“1+1. The Untouchables”).

Anatoly Tsoi

In October 2020, a small scandal occurred, which, however, confirmed the veracity of Anatoly Tsoi’s words about his love of love. Paparazzi photographed the teenage idol in one of the Sochi clubs, where he was relaxing with colleagues from the boy band. The guys arrived at the opening of the New Wave festival and in the evening decided to have a full rest. Anatoly Tsoi noticed a beautiful blonde and danced with her until the morning, while the couple tenderly hugged and kissed, not embarrassed by the presence of hundreds of eyes.

Anatoly Tsoi: biography and personal life

Little is known to his fans about Anatoly’s personal life. After the end of the “I Want to Meladze” project, rumors actively spread online that the young Kazakh singer had an affair with his mentor Anna Sedakova, who is 7 years older than him. Popular online publications wrote that the couple was spotted at the star-studded Fashion People Awards, where they often hugged and whispered something in each other's ears.

Some time later, Anatoly Tsoi denied the cheap rumors and stated that he had been in a serious relationship for several years. He did not reveal the identity of his beloved, did not even mention her name. In one of his interviews, Anatoly openly said that his beloved girl was present next to him and supported him at every casting in Moscow.

Personal life and family

Having become a public person, Tsoi diligently hides her personal life from prying eyes, thereby giving rise to many rumors among her fans, who subsequently developed “sedak syndrome” for a long time. On social networks, Anatoly indicated about himself only that he loves the color black, cars, motorcycles and closed parties. Fans also know his height and weight, date of birth and zodiac sign (Leo). It's no secret that the singer is actively involved in sports.

At one time there were rumors about Tsoi’s affair with Sedakova and his involvement in the birth of her child. These rumors were regularly fueled by many photographs of the couple published by various publications around the world. However, soon the vocalist completely denied the gossip, explaining that in his life there is a unique, beloved and beautiful girl, whose name he will not disclose. In one of his television interviews, the singer said that he started dating his fiancée about two years ago, now she is not just a girlfriend for him, but a common-law wife who supports him in everything.

In 2020, Anatoly began to actively participate in many television projects as a presenter . For his work on television he received the Tefi Award. In addition, the singer and a friend created the blog “One and a Half Koreans,” which hosts auctions to raise funds for the needs of orphans.

Another interesting and rather unexpected turn in his career was the release of his own designer clothing line.