Mia Boyka
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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 |
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]
Boyko was born in Zakhon'e-2, a village in Leningrad. 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 happened to be 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]
