Michel Andrade

Michelle Andrade - Ukrainian singer, actress, TV presenter

Year of birth: 1996

Started her professional career as a singer: 2016

Genre: pop

Number of music albums: 3

The Ukrainian star born in Bolivia.

Popular Ukrainian singer, actress, dancer, model and TV-presenter, born on November 10, 1996 in South America. Michelle Andrade was the third child in the family of Bolivian Mario and Ukrainian Svetlana. According to a long tradition, the girl was given the middle name Stefania.

The future star spent her childhood in her hometown of Cachabamba, Bolivia. The gifted girl has always dreamed of being an artist, singing, shining on stage, dancing, and composing poetry. The family took her hobbies seriously. At one time, Michelle's father was a member of a group performing folk songs, and her mother was his ardent fan. The parents passed on their love of music to their daughter. But they could not develop her singing talent because there was no music school nearby.

From an early age, her mother took daughter to all the concerts. At the age of 10, Michelle went to a performance by Canadian pop R&B singer Justin Bieber, who became her creative reference point. The brilliant musician and actor impressed the girl with his sincerity and freedom. "He's the real deal!" she said, and from that moment on, she began to write her own songs and seriously think about a possible future career. And at the age of 12, the young beauty was already shooting for a magazine, for which she received her first fee.

At the age of 13, a new stage in Michelle's life began. From an early age, she listened with interest to her mother's stories about a distant beautiful country. In 2010, the family moved to Ukraine. New opportunities opened up for the young talent in the capital. With her inherent energy and enthusiasm, the girl quickly learned the language and plunged into the new environment.

The capital had everything that was missing in Bolivia. Here Michelle realized her long-held dream of entering a music school. Vocal lessons helped her singing talent to unfold. There were no more doubts. The dream became a goal, and in 2013, a sixteen-year-old Ukrainian with Bolivian roots decided to take part in the fourth season of the X Factor talent show.

A modest, plainly dressed, smiling girl came on stage and announced that she would perform the song "Set Fire To The Rain" by British singer Adele. The complicated melody and dramatic lyrics were more likely to be performed by an adult and experienced performer. The tired judges just looked at each other. The music started, the song began, and in a few minutes the hall burst into applause. The country learned about a new future star.

Michelle worked hard on herself and continued to conquer new heights of musical Olympus. She is also fond of sports and dancing. After graduating from high school, she entered the R.M. Glier Kyiv Institute of Music, where she improved her skills at the pop vocal department. She acts in music videos and movies, writes songs, and records albums. She describes her main goal as follows: "I want to inspire people!" And she succeeds.

A talented person, as you know, is talent in everything. Confirming this rule, the multifaceted personality of the young singer is revealed rapidly and vividly. "Inspiration" is a favorite word and a constant state of the young artist. It could easily become her third name.

Michelle spends a lot of time training and can't imagine spending a day without sports. She tries to eat right. But once a week, she breaks all taboos and indulges in "unhealthy" delicacies - burgers, sandwiches and other small pleasures. She loves dumplings and Ukrainian cuisine in general.

Creativity growth and new projects

In 2014, Serhiy Parkhomenko, aka rapper Seryoga and the only member of the X Factor jury who said no to Michelle, invited the actress to play the lead role in the movie Gadjo, launching the young talent's acting career.

After performing in the talent show X-Factor, Michelle became really popular. She began to be invited to open events, parties, and concerts.

At one of the performances, sound producer Vadym Lisitsa saw the young singer. Fascinated by her singing, Vadym invited the girl to Mozgi Bar & Shop on Facebook. It was in this Kyiv restaurant that the fateful meeting took place, which launched the dizzying career Michelle had dreamed of all her life.

She was offered cooperation by the famous producer Oleksiy Potapenko. And on October 2, 2016, Michelle performed with the Mozgi band on the Stereo Plaza stage. It was a concert in honor of the Ukrainian-Korean friendship holiday.

Her dream came true. The track "Amor" recorded together with Mozgi was a great success, and the appearance of the young singer can only be compared to the birth of a supernova. In December, the video was released. The popular song has three versions: Ukrainian, Spanish-English and Spanish-Anglo-Russian. Michelle herself took part in the work on the Spanish-language version.

In February 2017, another dream came true. Michelle became the host of a hit parade on the M1 TV channel.

The singer's first solo video "Хватить свистеть" was released on November 2, 2017. The song was written by Oleksiy Potapenko and Oleksiy Zavgorodny. In it, Michelle demonstrated her talent in the original genre and incredible courage for the first time. Michelle sang the chorus with a whistle and fearlessly flew on the rope of a crane without a safety net.

The singer's first big solo concert took place on November 4, 2017. And on December 9 of the same year, together with the Mozgi band, Michelle Andrade won the M1 Music Awards in the Project of the Year nomination.

On December 15, 2017, a new collaboration appeared. Together with Ed Kamenev and Ruslan Storozhik from the Mozgi band, Michelle recorded the song "Winter" and a beautiful video for the Youtube channel. Lyrics and music by Oleksiy Potapenko.

For Valentine's Day 2018, Michelle released a very personal song "Musica" and a video on her Youtube channel. The song was released on February 14. In it, the girl talked about her breakup with her boyfriend.

On April 25, 2018, the first mini-album of the young Ukrainian singer "La primavera boliviana" was released. The premiere took place at the Manu restaurant in Kyiv.

On May 10, 2018, Michelle Andrade, together with MOZGI and Vremya i Steklo, recorded the song "Промінь" in Ukrainian, which became the soundtrack to the movie Crazy Wedding. On May 17, 2018, a musical video for the song "Musica" was released. A magical story from the wonderful Michelle and the wonderful director Alan Badoev.

On August 26, Michelle Andrade took to the floor of Dancing with the Stars 2018. Michelle's partner on the floor was Ukrainian choreographer Evgeny Kot. The following year, on the same stage, the singer presented her Ukrainian-language song "Не знаю", for which she later received an award from the Top Hit Music Awards. That same year, Michelle completed work on her first studio album Latino Ritmo, which includes 10 tracks in Spanish, Ukrainian and Russian, as the singer herself described the record: "An introduction album". 

During the full-scale invasion, Michelle was working on a new mini-album “Неприховане” and released the tracks “Час”, “Світло” and “Абсурд/Любов”. The singer participates in charity concerts in support of Ukraine, works on new songs and records new duets.

Awards and nominations of the young singer

2017 Project of the Year, (MOZGI and Michelle Andrade - Amor), M1 Music Awards

2017 nomination Breakthrough of the Year, M1 Music Awards

2017 nomination Best Performance at the ceremony, (song Хватит свистеть), M1 Music Awards

2018 nomination Best Duo (MOZGI and Michelle Andrade - Amor), YUNA

2018 nomination for Discovery of the Year, YUNA

2018 Golden Gramophone "Musica", M1 Music Awards

2018 nomination Fan Club of the Year, M1 Music Awards

2020 Song of the Year (Female Vocal) (song Не знаю), Top Hit Music Awards

Music albums:

• Неприховане (EP) 2022

• Latino Ritmo 2019

• La Primavera Boliviana (EP) 2018 

Roles in movies:

• Продюсер (2019) – video blogger

• Прислуга (2018) – Lara

• Ніч святого Валентина (2016) – student

• Гаджьо (2014) – main role