Ruslana

Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko (Ukrainian: Руслана Степанівна Лижичко, Ruslana Stepanivna Lyžyčko; born on 24 May 1973), better known as simply Ruslana, is a World Music Award winning and MTV Europe Music Award nominated artist, and the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. holding the title of People's Artist of Ukraine. She is also a former MP serving as deputy in the Ukrainian parliament Verkhovna Rada for the Our Ukraine Party.

She was the first artist from the former USSR countries to officially receive a platinum disc as her Dyki tantsi album sold more than 170,000 copies in the first 100 days after its release without a supporting tour.

She is a singer, songwriter, producer, conductor, and pianist. She writes, composes and produces her own songs and music videos. Since 28 December 1995 she has been married to Oleksandr Ksenofontov, a Ukrainian record producer. Together they have run the company LuxenBourg Studio since 1993, producing radio and film trailers.

She won the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Wild Dances" receiving points from 34 of the 35 countries participating in the contest.

In 2009 she was invited as a Special Guest Star to the 6th annual Asia Song Festival, where she received two trophies. The first of them was the golden statue of The Best Artist Award of The Asia Song Festival, the main award of the festival and the second special award was for the contribution to the cultural exchange between Ukraine and Asia in music.

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