Vanya Dmitrienko
Ivan Viktorovich Dmitrienko, known professionally as Vanya Dmitrienko is a Russian singer, songwriter and actor. Winner of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Award in category "Music" in 2023.
He became known in Russia after releasing the song titled "Venera-Yupiter" in January 2021. In 2025, his singles "Shyolk" and "Siluet" topped the official Russian streaming chart. His other popular songs include "Pizza" and "Ne predstavlyayesh", the latter one recorded with Russian band 5utra.
Biography
Vanya Dmitrienko was born on 25 October 2005 in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. As a child, he studied vocals with a teacher as well as in the theater Etti Deti.In 2020, Dmitrienko took part in the project Khochu s Open Kids. He became one of the three winners on the show. In June the same year, he published a music video for the song "Otvet mne". In the summer of 2020, he signed a contract with the Russian music label.
In 2021, Vanya's cover of a song by the group t.A.T.u. was included in their official tribute album. The same year, he became one of the guests at White Nights Festival, which took place on the nights of June 25 and 26.
In the same year, he received Golden Gramophone Award, also being the youngest artist to receive the win in the whole history of the award.
On 1 January 2022 release on Channel One during the New Year's show Ciao, 2021! under the name Giovanni Demetrio, he sang the song "Venere-Urano".
In 2022, he participated in the 13th season of the celebrity talent show, Russian version of Strictly Come Dancing.
On 17 February 2023, he released his debut album titled Paranoik.
From February to March 2023, Dmitrienko was a participant of the fourth season of the show The Masked Singer under the pseudonym Raven.
In May 2023, Dmitrienko was included at Forbes 30 Under 30 in the category of Music, where he was the youngest person in that category, at the age of 17.
In October 2024, he became a model for rapper Kanye West's new Yeezy collection.
In 2025, he was named Artist of the Year by Yandex Music: Throughout 2025, Dmitrienko’s tracks were the most streamed on the platform, with his total audience exceeding 19 million users. Additionally, his duet single "Siluet" recorded with Anna Peresild set a new record for streaming pre-saves and was recognized as the Most Anticipated Release of 2025 on the platform.