Biography of Oksana Pochepa
Oksana Aleksandrovna Pochepa is a famous Russian pop singer who performs under the pseudonym Akula. The girl managed to become famous back in the 90s thanks to the hit song “Acid DJ”. At that time, she was one of the most popular singers in Russia and toured not only her entire native country, but also Europe and the States.
Singer Shark – Oksana Pochepa
From that moment on, she managed to shoot several dozen videos and even became the main character in the scandal that revolved around actor Mel Gibson. The girl also proved herself as an actress, playing a small role in the film “Street Racers” (2009) and starring in the short film “At least 109 Years.”
Childhood and family of Oksana Pochep
The future star of Russian pop music was born on July 20, 1984 in Rostov-on-Don. Her older brother Mikhail was already growing up in the family. Since childhood, Oksana has shown creative inclinations in various fields of art
Oksana Pochepa in childhood
And yet, the girl’s vocal abilities were especially pronounced. Noticing their daughter’s talent for singing, her parents, without hesitation, enrolled her in several creative clubs. Thus, from childhood, the girl sang as part of a city ensemble and performed solo with songs of her own composition.
Oksana Pochepa has always loved to sing
In parallel with this, she was engaged in acrobatics. Oksana admitted that if she had not become so passionate about singing, she would definitely have continued her sports career.
The beginning of Oksana Pochepa's singing career
In 1991, Pochepa began studying at the music school named after. Rimsky-Korsakov. To be more precise, it was her father who advised her to go there. In the past, Alexander Pochepa also wanted to be creative, but life turned out differently, so he did his best to help his daughter make her wishes come true. She, a little genius, was accepted at the beginning of the 3rd quarter.
Oksana started her professional singing career completely by accident. To support her friend, she went with her to an audition, which was conducted by the VJ of a local radio station, Andrei Baskakov, who was recruiting soloists for the new musical project “Maloletka”. Unfortunately, her friend was left with nothing, but Oksana managed to beat hundreds of competitors and charm Andrei. Thus, at the age of 14 she signed her first contract and began earning money by singing.
Oksana Pochepa – “Little Girl”
As a “Little Girl”, Oksana performed on the biggest stages of her native city, even in the Rostov Sports Palace. In addition, she had the opportunity to go on the Youth Against Drugs tour, and then on tour to Germany. The girl repeatedly performed with other stars of that time, among whom were the famous rapper Decl and Legalize. She soon attracted the attention of the famous performer and producer Sergei Zhukov.
Oksana Kovalevskaya and the Kraski brand from 2003 to the present
What happened to the group and specifically to the singer is now difficult to describe with 100% certainty. As often happens, the creative conflict turned out to be implicated in family “misunderstandings.” In 2001, Kovalevskaya and Voronov got married, and in 2002 they left for the USA - it was planned that they would remain there for permanent residence. Something went wrong in their relationship because Oksana left America. Or maybe everything was in order, there was simply a child left in the singer’s homeland, whom she also wanted to take with her. Only Voronov and Oksana know the parents’ plans for the future of the family and their eldest son.
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The producer of “Krasok” later described this moment calmly in his blog; at first there were no hints of a family conflict in his text. According to him, Oksana flew home to continue performing in the group, and he gave the ensemble administrator the right to organize five or more concerts a month. The cost of the concert was even agreed upon - $800. What follows is completely mysterious and interesting. Sergei Drozdov (the same producer) invites Oksana to renew the contract, according to which he guarantees her an income from each concert of as much as $4,000! Who would refuse such a lucrative offer?
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Let us return again to the memories of Alexei Voronov: “I begged her not to sign any papers. He said: now you are on the wave, the producer and the audience need you, and tomorrow he will change his mind and take another, more vocal girl instead of you, and she will be promoted on our brand.” Well, the man turned out to be wiser; Drozdov soon told Oksana that the project was unprofitable, that the promised four thousand dollars for the concert was too high a price. They actually took another girl in Oksana’s place, and in the Monolit studio they recorded a new album under the “Kraski” brand – all the songs in the album were Oksana’s!
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The singer also got involved in the fight for the name, and this fight finally put an end to her relationship with her husband. In 2006, being pregnant, she filed for divorce. You can talk at length about several trials “Voronov – Kovalevskaya”, but the details will only be important to lawyers. Listeners of good hits and fans of the singer were interested in only one thing: will Oksana perform further? During that difficult period, she was supported by many artists, including Evgeny Kholmsky (group “H2O”) - he helped her achieve authorship for early songs that were performed by the initial lineup of “Krasok”.
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Voronov, while in America, managed to win the right to the Kraski brand, but what about Oksana’s solo albums, which were released under the same name? The legal confusion continued, but at the same time no one took away the singer’s talent: in 2004, Kovalevskaya recorded a new “color” disc, blue – “Spring”. Two years later, in collaboration with Andrei Gubin, she releases the single (at the same time a video) “Those who love.” At that time, there were as many as three groups called “Paints”: one from Oksana, the second from her ex-husband, the third was organized by a certain Anton, who worked for a short time as an administrator for Kovalevskaya and gained access to financial seals and documents. The third option was definitely illegal: in 2017, this young man was arrested for unauthorized use of someone else’s brand.
After the success of the track “Those Who Love,” the singer decided to go on a world tour: Oksana visited the Netherlands, Austria, the USA, England and Germany. Apparently, she was tired of the endless struggle for the word “Paints”, and she created her personal project “Kovalevskaya”. Under this brand, she continued to tour the CIS countries until 2010, visited Greece and Germany again. In 2010, it was decided to take a time-out from concerts, but not because the singer “was exhausted,” on the contrary: the artist realized that she needed to add education to her talent, and went to study at a university.
The songs “Oceans”, “I Know What You’re Silent About” and “Another”, created by her after receiving her diploma, are not at all similar to her previous creations - they are gentle, soft, lyrical. In 2016 and 2017, she continues to create; her fans especially remember the video “Infinity.” Participation in Timur Garafutdinov’s video did the young man excellent service: based on the success in Oksana’s project, he easily won a high rating in “House 2”. And the video “Blue Eyes,” filmed for Kovalevskaya’s song of the same name in 2018, was viewed almost 4 million times in a week!
Now the artist has finally gotten rid of the no longer relevant brand “Kraski”, she performs, tours and writes new songs, signing her last name. She changed her image a long time ago, but her fans like the new, more sensual and “adult” one, with chic outfits and long flowing hair. In 2019, the new single “I Know” is gaining momentum; concerts in Transbaikalia are planned for early May, and on May 24, the singer personally announced a tour in Voronezh on social networks.
Oksana Pochepa aka Shark
Zhukov invited the girl to become the central figure of his new musical project “Shark”. After analyzing this proposal and consulting with her parents, Pochepa, of course, agreed and soon was on her way to the capital. Having considerable experience behind her, Oksana already knew what to expect from the music business. The girl worked on herself every day, recorded new songs and practiced vocals.
Just a year later, 17-year-old Shark released her debut album entitled “Acid DJ”. The song of the same name and the album as a whole created such a sensation in the music field that the girl instantly became a new star. The title song of the album was played on all music TV channels and was played furiously on the radio. Soon the tracks “Little” and “Running Away” were released, and in 2003 the album “Without Love” was released.
At this time, difficulties began in the singer’s life. Due to such an early start in her musical career, it becomes more and more difficult for her to overcome fatigue and stress every day. During her world tour, Oksana flew to America to perform, where she remained until 2006.
However, she did not leave music overseas either. Pochepa continued to perform, but managed her time independently. She was forced to fly to her homeland by the love of her devoted fans, who regularly sent letters to the idol with words of support and requests to return back. In 2006, Shark released her third album entitled “Such Love,” which included 13 tracks and 2 remixes.
In 2007, the girl shot a video for the song “Morning without you.” Soon Oksana and Sergei Zhukov terminated the contract, so the singer went on a solo voyage. For some time she was the host of the most popular hit parade “Uni-hit” on the radio station “Yunost”, after which she returned to her career as a singer under her own name, presenting the public with many incendiary dance hits and lyrical compositions.
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Shark is the pseudonym of the Russian singer Oksana Aleksandrovna Pochepa, who performs in the dance genre. Oksana was born on July 20, 1984 in Rostov-on-Don. From early childhood she knew that she would become a singer. Studying at the music school named after. Rimsky-Korsakov gave little Oksana great pleasure. One day, Oksana’s friend asked her to accompany her to an audition. At radio station 103.0 in Rostov-on-Don, VJ Andrei Baskakov organized a competition to select a soloist for the musical project “Little One”. The girls decided to try their luck. The ease with which Oksana beat several hundred applicants was a complete surprise for her. At the age of 14, a new period of artistic life began. After some time, the Maloletka project began to enjoy great success: concerts, interviews, tours. The young, talented artist could not go unnoticed. Soon Andrey Baskakov and Oksana received an offer of cooperation from the production center of Sergei Zhukov. At the age of 16, Oksana moved to Moscow, already having rich concert experience. Fans of her work said that Oksana not only performs her songs, but lives them, that she feels like a fish in water on stage, so without hesitation Oksana’s new project was called Shark. First two albums: “Acid DJ”
and “Without Love” were released one after another in 2001-2002. Joint and fruitful work with Sergei Zhukov lasts for more than four years, then everyone goes their own way. Singer Akula is preparing and releasing her solo album, and Sergei Zhukov is engaged in his own business. During this period of her life, Oksana was completely absorbed in the creative process of new songs and albums; she worked at the Yunost radio station, where she hosted the popular music program Uni-Hit. Songs and compositions of the singer Shark - “Morning without you”,
"Flocks of Birds"
"Snowstorm",
"Words"
and others became famous and popular, sounded in all fashionable clubs and discos in all cities of Russia and neighboring countries. Then followed a trip to distant lands, to another country. Several years of life and creativity away from family and fans changed almost nothing in the Rostov girl and the capital’s popular singer. Currently, Oksana Pochepa, the singer Shark, has returned home again, creating her creative team of music colleagues, like-minded people and is full of new plans, which we are about to learn about from new songs, videos and albums. She works as a radio presenter at the Yunost radio station and hosts the Uni-Hit hit parade.
“Such love”
"She"
“I’m running away”
"Few"
“Star (feat OnAir)”
"Shark"
- Stas: November 19, 2012 at 15:09
Shark’s creativity is very strange. It seems that there are good songs, but there are also complete... - Victor: January 5, 2013 at 11:04 pm
This is complete nonsense, Pocherk decided to ditch Zhukov and signed a contract with another producer, and at that time she had a contract with Zhukov, so he sank Shark, and she, in turn, went over the hill , but nothing worked out for her there, so she came back, now she’s trying to stay afloat! Yes, no one needs her anymore!!!! - Victor: January 5, 2013 at 23:06
Sori, Pochepa! Fucking T9 - Ekaterina3: June 29, 2013 at 9:50
cool creativity - Maxim: February 11, 2014 at 23:25
Sings normally! is it weak on your own? damn on the internet everyone can criticize! I'm just fucking with you! It’s better to support and wish you success than to smear!
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Personal life of Oksana Pochep
The popular singer's relationships have always been as unpredictable as the girl herself. Unfortunately, we know few details about her personal life, but in 2009 Oksana was involved in a scandal related to the name of the famous actor Mel Gibson. At that time, the happily married Hollywood hero was spotted on the beach in the company of his mistress. Over time, the girl’s name was revealed – Oksana. Very soon the media found out her full name and occupation.
Oksana Pochepa for Maxim magazine
The singer was not at a loss and confirmed that she was the girl who destroyed the marriage of the popular actor. But the more questions journalists asked, the less certain her story became. Ultimately, it became clear that the actor’s real lover was another girl named Oksana, and Pochepa was just using Gibson’s name for her own PR.
Personal life
Oksana Pochepa is a young and beautiful girl. She always had many fans. Both ordinary guys and respectable older men courted her. Our heroine cannot be called a flighty person. She never throws away her relationships and feelings. Her first love happened at the age of 14. The feelings turned out to be mutual. The girl still cherishes memories of the guy she met in her youth.
In 2009, Oksana began an affair with a musician from her group. A couple of months later, the guy asked her to live together. The blonde agreed and moved her things to a rented apartment. At first, their life together resembled a fairy tale. But soon the guy began to show his aggressiveness and unreasonable jealousy. Oksana repeatedly left the young man. However, he managed to beg her forgiveness.
In 2013, Pochepa finally broke off her relationship with her boyfriend. Currently, the singer carefully hides her personal life. It is known that she is not officially married. She also has no children.
Oksana Pochepa today
The year 2013 marked a significant date for the singer - 15 years of her singing career. In this regard, Oksana organized a big concert, which was attended by a record number of listeners.
In 2014, she released a new solo album, “Star,” which included 14 tracks. In the fall of the same year, the singer performed at the opening of the Spartak FC stadium. In 2020, Oksana Pochepa delighted listeners with two new songs: “Farewell, Berlin” and “Melodrama.”
Now Oksana Pochepa still performs on stage
