Alisa Kozhikina

Alisa Alekseyevna Kozhikina (, born 22 June 2003) is a Russian singer. In 2014, she became the first person to win The Voice Kids Russia. Later that year she represented Russia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Malta with her song "Dreamer."

Early life Alisa Kozhikina was born on 22 June 2003 in Uspenka, a rural village in Kursk Oblast. Alisa herself is no stranger to singing contests, thus having received a variety of awards. She has taken part in various contests, including the 2010 Rose of the Winds, the 2011 Constellation of Youth, and the 2012 New Wave Junior.

Musical career

2014: The Voice Kids Russia and 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest In April 2014, Kozhikina won the grand final of TV singing contest The Voice Kids Russia on the Russian Channel One. (with newly-written Russian lyrics by Maxim Fadeev, her coach on the show). The prize was 500 thousand roubles and a recording contract with Universal Music.

On 22 September 2014 it became known that Alisa Kozhikina was selected to represent Russia at the 12th annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Malta, with her song "Dreamer". The song was composed by Maxim Fadeev, the lyrics were written by Kozhikina herself along with Serebro's Olga Seryabkina. and voiced all the vocal parts of the main heroine for the Russian-language version of the 2014 U.S. musical film Annie, which was released in Russian cinemas on 19 March 2015.

2015–2016: Recording debut In April 2015 Alisa Kozhikina released her debut single, which was a cover of the song "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk.

In 2016 she lent her singing voice to the soundtrack of the Russian version of the children's animated series Princess Sissi which had been shown on the Russian TV channel Gulli since December 2015.

Before that, in 2015, Alisa together with Semyon Treskunov recorded the main theme song for the Russian animation feature film . (The song plays during the ending credits.) She also played the title role of Alice (in Russian, the name is "Alisa") in the illusionists New Year's show Alice in Wonderland. During the New Year holidays it was attended by over 12,000 people.

On 13 May 2016 in Belgorod Alisa Kozhikina gave her first ever solo concert.

On 1 November 2016 Alisa Kozhikina released her first ever album, titled I Am Not a Toy . gathered its first 1 million views there in less than 48 hours.

Discography

Music ratings title = "I'm Lying on the Beach" subtitle = MC = rev1 = InterMedia Label: Mikhail Chertishchev Records

Released: 1 October 2018 Label: Alisa Kozhikina

Singles and selected songs Title Year Charts Notes Album CIS* RU Top HitWeeklyGeneral Top HitWeeklyRussia "Little Red Riding Hood" ("Шапочка") — —Digital single I Am Not a Toy "I'm Lying on the Beach" ("Я лежу на пляже") 216 1077Digital single "I Was Falling" ("Падала") — —Digital single "I Became Stronger" ("Стала сильнее") 53 74Digital single "Your Road" ("Твоя дорога") (with Semyon Treskunov) — —Digital single "Black Smoke" ("Чёрный дым") — —Digital single "White Snowflakes" ("Белые снежинки") 345 1524Digital single I Am Not a Toy "Princess Sissi" 2016 — — "I Am Not a Toy" ("Я не игрушка") 368 1605 I Am Not a Toy "In Wonderland" ("В стране чудес") 2017 — —Digital single "Back Off" ("Сдай назад") — —Digital single "According to the Pick-up Rules" ("По правилам пикапа") — —Digital single The Top Hit Weekly General chart's rankings are based on airplay on 230 radio stations in Russia, as well as 200 Russian-language radio stations all over the world (in Ukraine, the CIS countries, the Baltic states, Cyprus, Israel, Germany, the United States, and Canada). Russia's Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 entry Alisa Kozhikina's debut single From the soundtrack for the Russian animated feature film The Russian-language title song for the French animated television series Princess Sissi