Irina Zabiyaka, soloist of the well-known musical group Chi-Li, is a talented singer with extraordinary vocal abilities. The creative path to fame was not easy, but Irina still managed to become famous.
Childhood
Irina Zabiyaka was born in the city of Kirovograd on December 20, 1982. Ukrainian by nationality, the girl was born and raised in the absence of her father. Irina’s mother went to sea, and therefore Zabiyaka grew up in Kaliningrad with her grandmother.
Once Ira asked her mother for information about her father, to which she, not wanting to tell the truth and injure the psyche, replied that he was a Chilean revolutionary. Little Zabiyaka believed what she heard and proudly declared to her friends that her dad was originally from Chile. So the girl got her unusual, at first glance, nickname.
From early childhood, Irina Zabiyaka (Chile became her second name) basically talked to boys and was a rather difficult child. At first, Zabiyaka’s voice did not differ much from the voices of other girls. However, as a teenager, he began to break down, like a boy. The result was a contralto.
Happy meeting
The acquaintance of Irina Zabiyaka with the arranger and composer Sergei Karpov took place at a student concert. As Sergey recalls, on that day he performed in new leather pants, which seemed to him unusually cool, and then a girl came up to the stage and began to tug on her trouser leg. Karpov regarded this action as a hint of acquaintance, and very close, which significantly increased his self-esteem as a novice musician. In fact, as Zabiyaka later tells, she came up to Sergey simply out of curiosity - to find out if it was genuine leather.
A few days later, Irina and Sergey, future participants in the musical tandem, met again. The venue was the university hall, where the KVN team rehearsed on the site, with whom Zabiyaka was good friends, and Karpov was preparing to leave behind the scenes. Hearing the girl’s voice, Sergey, without hesitation, made her an offer to be his backing vocalist, to which Irina agreed. And so their cooperation began.
On the road to fame
Initially, the main role in the created duet was assigned to Sergey, who was also an arranger, composer and frontman. Irina Zabiyaka, whose biography as a creative person began her development, so far was content only with secondary parties.
In 2002, the Chi-Li team, the name of which Zabiyaka came up with, took a box of disks with them, and went on to storm the Moscow show business. But the first visit to the capital, despite dozens of successful club concerts, does not bring significant victories - radio stations and record labels in no way respond to the demo recording.
First successes
Upon returning home, the duo, which had by then become popular in their native Kaliningrad region, received an invitation to go on a tour to Poland. Throughout the summer, children successfully perform at various festivals and in small clubs. However, this is not enough for Irina and Sergey, because their task was to conquer Moscow.
Purposeful in nature, they began to distribute discs in various companies. Despite the fact that many directors spoke in a rather rude manner about their work, Zabiyaka and Karpov did not lose faith. Understanding that it was necessary to add some zest to his own tracks, Sergey suggested that Irina be brought to the forefront.
This idea was so original and successful that the songs of "Chi-Li" hit the Polish radio broadcast. On the chart at one of the popular FM stations in Warsaw, the team managed to rise to third place and hold out in the charts for 20 weeks, ahead of the star Russian band tATu
Peak of popularity
Having gained popularity in Poland, Chi-Li is again storming the capital. Thanks to one acquaintance, the demo of the team came to Yaznur Garipov, a well-known sound producer, who, having felt the huge potential in the recording, invited the artists to record material.
On June 2, 2005, the long-awaited recording began, for which the musicians carefully prepared: from more than a hundred composed songs, Irina Zabiyaka and Sergey Karpov selected 12 best tracks for their new album. In the fall of the same year, the song "Chi-Li" "Crime" is in the rotation of "Russian Radio". In just 1 month, Zabiyaki’s unusual unique voice sounded on the air of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
Soon after the first single, the dramatic track “New Year in bed” followed, consolidating the success of the group. Over the years of its existence, the Chi-Li team has achieved popular recognition, as evidenced by the numerous prizes and awards: the Golden Gramophone in the capital, the Golden Gramophone in St. Petersburg, Alma-Ata and other cities.
When the Chi-Li group appeared, many listeners for a long time could not understand who was singing the songs: a man or a woman. Zabiyaka Irina, whose photo soon began to show off on the covers of magazines, dispelled the doubts of her fans.
Personal life
Zabiyaka Irina is not just a successful successful creative personality, but also a loving wife and a caring mother. The singer for a long time tried to keep her personal life secret from journalists and hid her civil husband Vyacheslav Boyko, the leader of the Mama Band.
January 8, 2013 30-year-old Zabiyaka Irina became a mother. In one of the Moscow clinics, a beautiful baby was born through a cesarean section. Irina Zabiyaka, whose baby was 54 cm tall at birth and weighs 3 kg 900 g, is immensely happy. Baby was called the beautiful name Matvey. As the singer admitted in a recent interview, the baby every day pleases parents with their small new victories.
Interesting Facts
By nature, the singer Zabiyaka is a very impulsive, positively restless, temperamental person. Because of her huge love for cats, she made a tattoo on her shoulder in the form of an image of this animal.
For two years, Irina was engaged in kickboxing and still tries to visit the gym whenever possible. The singer is very fond of reading mysticism, and her favorite authors are Ann Wright, Dean Kunz, Dan Siemens, Stephen King.
Zabiyak spends a considerable part of his fee on the acquisition of musical instruments. Irina believes that the equipment should be the best, because it writes material performed by the popular Chi-Li team.
Irina Zabiyaka is an extraordinary creative person, whose biography is full of colorful and bright moments.