Artik (singer)
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December 9, 1985
- Singer
- songwriter
- producer
- composer
- rapper
- director
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 Artik in 2020 | |
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| Born | Artem Ihorovych Umrikhin December 9, 1985 |
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| Member of | Artik & Asti |
Artyom Igorevich Umrikhin (Russian: Артём Игоревич Умрихин; Ukrainian: Артем Ігорович Умріхін, romanized: Artem Ihorovych Umrikhin; born 9 December 1985), better known as Artik, is a Ukrainian singer, director, producer, and composer. He is the recipient of "Pesnya goda 2011", as well as "Golden Gramophone 2011" for the music to the song "Отпусти" by GeeGun & Yulia Savicheva.[2]
Umrikhin wrote many compositions, including "Над землей" (T-Killah & Nastya Kochetkova), "Отпусти" (GeeGun & Yulia Savicheva), "Ты рядом" (GeeGun & Jeanna Friske), and "Домой" (Ivan Dorn).[3] He's also worked with Dima Bilan,[4] Anna Sedokova, DJ Smash,[5] Leonid Rudenko, and Evgeny Milkovsky (Nervy).[6]
Musical career
In 2005 the group was nominated "best RnB/HipHop group" by the Ukrainian music award "ShowBiz AWARD".[7]
Artik and Asti
In 2010 Artik listened to the work of an unknown vocalist at the time, Asti. He launched the project «Artik & Asti», continuing his creative activity.[8] The team gained popularity with the release of the single «Моя последняя надежда». The video for the song went on YouTube and in a few months garnered about one and a half million views.[9]
In January 2023 Artem Umrikhin emigrated from Russia to the United Arab Emirates.[citation needed]
Personal life
Artik's wife, Ramina Umrikhina (Ezdovska), is of Romani descent. His son, Itan, was born in 2017 in Miami and, therefore, has United States citizenship.[10] On 9 August 2019 his daughter Naomi was born.[citation needed]
