Max Barskih

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Mykolaiovych and the family name is Bortnyk.
Max Barskih
Background information
Birth name Mykola Mykolaiovych Bortnyk
Also known as Max Barsky, Mickolai
Born (1990-03-08) 8 March 1990
Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Genres Pop, dance-pop, electropop
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Vocal
Associated acts Svetlana Loboda,[1] Glukoza
Website www.maxbarskih.com

Mykola Mykolaiovych Bortnyk (Ukrainian: Микола Миколайович Бортник, born 8 March 1990), better known by his stage name Max Barskih (Ukrainian: Макс Барських, also written as Max Barsky) and alter-ego Mickolai, is a Ukrainian singer. He was raised in the town of Kherson, Ukraine, and moved to Kiev after his graduation.[2][3]

Career

In 2008, Max Barskih made his debut in performing on the Ukrainian talent show "Fabrika Sirok 2" (Star Factory 2).

In 2010, Max Barskih was nominated the best performer on the Ukrainian version of MTV Europe Music Awards.[4]

Barskih throughout his career has worked closely with the Ukrainian director Alan Badoev, who has directed most of his music videos. Barskih's videos have gained popularity in the CIS nations. The director preferred to use a variety of visual effects in order to gain such popularity such as in the song "Lost in Love | Теряю тебя" which was released in 3D format in the CIS nations.[5]

August 9 Max Barskih was named "Singer of the Year" at the annual award ceremony of the "Crystal Microphone".[6]

In 2012, he entered the Eurovision Song Contest Auditions for Ukraine with the English version of his song 'Dance' but inevitably lost to Gaitana who represented Ukraine in Baku with her song 'Be My Guest'.

Max was nominated in the category "Creative Person/Group of the Year" at RU.TV Awards, which took place on September 29, but failed to win the award.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

EPs

Singles

References

  1. ↑ Max Barskih Working with Svetlana Loboda
  2. ↑ Max Barskih (Nikolai Bortnik) Biography
  3. ↑ Max Barskih Best People of Russia Biology
  4. ↑ Max Barskih best performer on Ukrainian version of MTV EMA 2010
  5. ↑ Max Barskih's single released in 3D in the CIS Nations
  6. ↑ Max Barsky recognized as the singer of the year!
  7. ↑ Album on iTunes store showing the Date of release
  8. ↑


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.