Mia Boyka
Russian singer (born 1997)
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Maria Nikolaevna Boyko (Russian: Мария Николаевна Бойко, born 15 February 1997, Zakhonye-2, Russia) is a Russian singer who became famous on YouTube and TikTok.[1][2]
February 15, 1997
Mia Boyka | |
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.jpg) Mia Boyka in February 2025 | |
| Born | Maria Nikolaevna Boyko February 15, 1997 Zakhonye-2 |
| Occupations | singer, tiktoker |
| Years active | 2019–present |
Early life
Boyko was born in Zakhonye-2, a village in Leningrad Oblast. She graduated from high school and later began attending the faculty of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics.[3] She approached the world of music at a young age; however, her parents did not want her to become a singer, so she decided to take an economic education path.
Career
In 2019, she started working with T-killah.[4] She then made her debut in the recording industry, being pushed by the label Klever Label of the rapper and producer T-killah and went on tour.[3]
Mia Boyka gained notoriety primarily as a TikToker, becoming one of the most popular, influential and followed Russian personalities on the platform.[5] Pikachu (2020), a duet with Egor Šip, was one of the five most viewed videos in the Russian Federation on YouTube during the year, totaling almost 400 million views since its release.[6] In August 2021, her debut studio album "Farewell Album" was released.[7][8] Known in Russian as Proščal'nyj al'bom, it was positively received in a review by critic Aleksei Mažaev.[9] She was nominated for Discovery of the Year at the Muz-TV awards and for Music Blogger at the RU.TV awards for two consecutive years.[10][11][12]
Drama, released in November 2022, became her first radio hit, reaching the top 40 of the Tophit national hit parade.[13] She was included in the annual Forbes Russia under 30 list.[14] In May 2022, the Russian Forbes in its "30 under 30" rating, which placed Mia Boyko at 25 as one of the winners in the "Music" category.[15] She then recorded Russkoy pochodkoy , a song against Russophobia which was released in January 2024 and whose cover features her wearing a fur hat with the Spasskaya Tower in the background.[16]
Outside music
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In 2021, she released her debut album "Farewell Album".[7][8]
In 2024, she was a contestant on the Russian version of The Masked Singer. In September, she drew public attention and outrage after she posted a Tiktok video of herself humiliating a little girl who was a quadrober at a concert in Nadym and inciting the audience to boo the lost eight-year-old to tears. After fans and child safety authorities scolded the singer for this, she avoided a scheduled public meeting with fans who had been waiting to see her, instead sneaking out a fire exit.[17][18]
In 2024, she participated in Celebrities in Africa.[19]
Discography
| Year | Name | Charts | Notes | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIS[20] | |||||
| TopHitTop Radio & YouTube Hits | TopHitTop YouTube Hits | ||||
| 2019 | "We're Flying Away" | — | — | digital single, vol. Jan 10 2019 | no album |
| "Bablo" | — | — | digital single, vol. Feb 15 2019 | ||
| "Behind the Neon" | — | — | digital single, vol. Mar 29 2019 | ||
| "We're Flying Away" (DJ Noiz Remix) | — | — | digital single, vol. 23 Apr. 2019 | ||
| "Wild Lamp" | — | — | The video clip was released on May 20, 2019. | "Wild Lamp" | |
| "Mom Don't Know" (Mia Boyka & T-killah) | digital single, vol. Jun 6 2019 | "Wild Lamba" / "Farewell Album" | |||
| "Ice and Night" (T-killah & Mia Boyka) | — | — | digital single, vol. Jul 9 2019 | "Wild Lamp" | |
| "Pineapple Adidas" | 43 | digital single, vol. Oct 1 2019 | "Farewell Album" | ||
| "Pink Stars" | — | — | digital single, vol. Nov 12 2019 | no album | |
| "Nike Strikes" (Mia Boyka & T-killah) | — | — | digital single, vol. Dec 3 2019 | ||
| 2020 | "Mamba" | digital single, vol. Mar 3 2020 | |||
| "My life is running out..." | — | — | digital single, vol. 17 Apr. 2020 | ||
| "Amamdance" | 98 | 19 | digital single, vol. May 20, 2020 | "Farewell Album" | |
| "Samurai" (Skazka Music Remix) | — | — | digital single, vol. Jun 14 2020 | ||
| "Pikachu" (Mia Boyka & EGOR SHIP ) | 2 | 1 | digital single, vol. Jul 30 2020 | no album | |
| "Hide and Seek" | 78 | 11 | digital single, vol. 7 Sep. 2020 | "Farewell Album" | |
| "Fendi Mood" | digital single, vol. Oct 8 2020 | no album | |||
| "Picnic" (Calvin, DAVA & Mia Boyka) | digital single, vol. Oct 13 2020 | ||||
| "Gray Wolf" | — | — | digital single, vol. Nov 13 2020 | ||
| "Auf" (cover of Sqwoz Bab song ) | — | — | digital single, vol. Dec 7 2020 | "Farewell Album" | |
| "Snowflake" (Mia Boyka & Anya Pokrov ) | 93 | 17 | digital single, vol. Dec 10 2020 | ||
| 2021 | "Petal" (Mia Boyka & T-killah) | digital single, vol. Jan 29 2021 | |||
| "The Last Hero" ( B-2 & Mia Boyka) | digital single, vol. Feb 3 2021 | no album | |||
| "Naruto" (Mia Boyka & EGOR SHIP) | digital single, vol. Mar 4 2021 | "Farewell Album" | |||
| "Running down the path" | digital single, vol. 23 Apr. 2021 | ||||
| "Little finger" | digital single, vol. May 24. 2021 | ||||
| "Alen" | digital single, vol. Jul 8 2021 | ||||
| "Sea battle" | digital single, vol. Aug 6 2021 | no album | |||
| "Ma Ma Ma" (Sevenn & Mia Boyka) | digital single, vol. Sep 16 2021 | ||||
| "Trap (Magical Ariel)" ( Konfuz & Mia Boyka) | digital single, vol. Sep 24 2021 | ||||
| "Butterflies" | digital single, vol. Nov 25 2021 | ||||
| 2022 | "Inhale" | digital single, vol. May 19. 2022 | |||
| "Gagarin" | digital single, vol. Jun 30 2022 | ||||
| "Salamander" (Mia Boyka & T-killah) | digital single, vol. Sep 9 2022 | ||||
| "High" | digital single, vol. Oct 25 2022 | ||||
| "Drama" | digital single, vol. Nov 11 2022 | ||||
