Zaikina Tatyana - Russian singer, performing songs in the style of disco, pop and trance. In the early 2000s she performed under the pseudonym Monokini, currently known as Mona. In 2004, she participated in the fifth season of the show "The Last Hero". In addition, she is the editor-in-chief of the Red Square television company.
Biography and career start
The actress was born in 1982, November 26, in Volgograd. Her father worked at a local factory, and her mother worked as a nurse. She graduated from music school. She also attended the Remake club, where she learned to sew and make jewelry. Tatyana Zaikina did not like school lessons and often missed because of music competitions. At 16, she attended training courses at a modeling agency.
Being an eleventh grader Tatyana received an invitation to join the then popular Volgograd group “Jam”. Together with Zaikina, Irina Dubtsova, Sofia Tikh and Prokhor Chaliapin performed on the same stage. Having received secondary education, Tatyana decided not to enter the university, since rehearsals took her all the time. The girl earned money in the evenings, speaking in Volgograd clubs.
The path from Monokini to Monet
Tatyana Zaikina was one of the most sought-after artists in Russia in the 2000s. Thanks to Anna Kornilova from the Total group, several songs of Zaikina fall into the hands of Max Fadeev. In 1999, their collaboration led to the creation of the Monokini project. The eighteen-year-old singer quickly became popular, and her compositions were led by Russian charts.
In 2001, Monokini presented her debut album, “Reach the Sun.” For the song "Sitting on the Clouds", singer Tatyana Zaikina recorded the first clip. Later, the premiere of several successful tracks, including "Run", "Ticks" and "Wind". The last two singles have repeatedly won the Russian Song of the Year festival. Four times the singer acted as a guest performer on the project "Star Factory".
In 2006, Tatyana Zaikina stopped performing, and six years later she returned to the stage under the pseudonym Mona. In November 2012, she introduced a new composition and video clip "Facets". Later Tatyana announced the imminent premiere of the new single “She's Yours”, but the long-awaited event by the fans did not take place. Today, the artist can be seen at the famous festival "Super Discotheque of the 90s", which is held twice a year. At the moment, its producer is Sergeyev Andrey.
Personal life
The first husband of the singer was a sound engineer and the younger brother of Max Fadeev - Artem. A generous man spoiled his wife with gifts of gold, cars, travel and a big house. However, after 6 years of marriage, she preferred to divorce Artyom, because the members of the Fadeevs insisted that it was time for Tatyana to have a baby and quit her career. In 2007, she married Oleg Viktorovich Milushkov, the head of the musical directorate of the Red Square channel, whom she met in one of the capital's night clubs.
Tatyana Zaikina has a daughter, Anastasia. In the summer of 2017, Tatyana shared with her fans photos from a vacation in Greece. She spent her vacation with a new lover, whose artist the artist prefers to hide.