Yana Kay


Jana Kivlenika, known professionally as Yana Kay, is a Latvian-Russian singer and songwriter.
Yana Kay's discography includes albums in English, Russian, Latvian, Spanish and Italian. At the international Eurovision [Song Contest 2003], she represented Latvia with the song "Hello from Mars" as a member of F.L.Y., the trio. She is known for her collaboration with many international projects in the genre of Drum'n'bass, Progressive House and Trance. Together with Ilya Lagutenko and his band Mumiy Troll, she is the performer of the famous song Medveditsa. She is one of the few Russian-speaking performers, whose songs got in English playlists, namely that of BBC Radio 1.

Early life

Yana Kay was born on April 20, 1970, the daughter of Juris Kivleniks, born on September 13, 1948, who is Latvian by his nationality.
Her mother Gita Kivlenika, born on April 2, 1947, is a nurse and Russian by nationality. Yana's parents got together, when they were very young; they met in a circus studio; both of them were keen about sports, acrobatics and gymnastics.
Very early in Yana's childhood, her mother drew attention to her daughter's musical aptitude; so at the age of 6, she sent little Yana to a music school. Since then, she learned to play piano; besides, a year later at the age of 7, she began to study in a choreographic studio, too, where she danced for 8 years. At the age of 16, after successful graduating from both the music school and the secondary school, Yana almost managed to enter the theater faculty at the Latvian Conservatory; she missed just one point to the passing score. In the same year, she entered the Riga College of Culture, which she graduated with honors.
Yana Kay's musical career began as early as in her high school years. She became a member of a school musical band, where she played synthesizer and at the same time she was a vocalist of this school band. After the college graduation, the guys did not give up their hobby but created a professional band; they began performing at various events. From 1990 to 1994, Yana performed in music halls in Greece.
In 1995, Yana began her professional career as a songwriter and performer by recording her first own song with Len Davies, the British sound producer.

Discography

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Albums

  • Loveland
  • Everything is different
  • Never look back
  • Magnetic
  • Kaut kas starp mums...
  • Anima Viva
  • Decadance

Singles

  • My heart is your sweet home
  • Let me fly with you away
  • How can I forget? + Baby girl
  • I Wanna B
  • Remember me
  • Staraja Plastinka
  • Tears in the rain
  • Run away
  • Hello from Mars
  • U & Me
  • Sinergy EP
  • Remember me
  • Eyes of a perfect stranger
  • Take me to your ride
  • Tears in the rain
  • Weapon
  • Paloma
  • Deep dive
  • Forbidden
  • Poedem v Sochi
  • Monaco
  • Flame of bitter love
  • Kino
  • Hologram
  • Telescope
  • Puzzle
  • October

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