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- Ruslana abstract "Ruslana Lyzhychko (Ukrainian: Руслана Лижичко, Ruslana Lyžyčko; born on 24 May 1973), known mononymously as Ruslana, is a World Music Award and Eurovision Song Contest winning artist, holding the title of People's Artist of Ukraine. She is also a former MP serving as deputy in the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) for the Our Ukraine Party. Ruslana is the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Ukraine. She is recognized as the most successful Ukrainian female solo artist internationally and was included in the top 10 most influential women of 2013 by the Forbes magazine. The U.S. Secretary of State honored her with the Woman of Courage Award in March 2014.She is a singer, songwriter, producer, musical conductor, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, voice actress and social activist. She writes, composes and produces her own songs and music videos. Since 28 December 1995 she has been married to Oleksandr Ksenofontov, a Ukrainian record producer. Together they have run the company Luxen Studio since 1993, producing radio and film trailers.Ruslana was the first artist coming out from the former Soviet Union to officially receive a platinum disc, her Dyki tantsi album selling more than 170,000 copies in the first 100 days after its release, even without a supporting tour. This album is the best selling Ukrainian album to date, together with its English version, more than 1,000,000 copies being sold solely in Ukraine.She won the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Wild Dances receiving 280 points, which at that time was a record of points. Following her victory, she rose to fame in Europe and became one of the biggest pop stars from the Eastern part of the continent. Her winning song Wild Dances has dominated the European charts for 97 weeks peaking at number one in Belgium for 10 consecutive weeks. Later that year, she received a World Music Award in Las Vegas.Also in 2004, she was among the top 15 performers in a ranking conducted in Belgium with her singles "Wild Dances" and "Dance with the Wolves". Ruslana was named the most popular person in Belgium, the sexiest girl in Greece, the most influential public person in Ukraine and was the first foreigner who received the award of the Federation of Journalists in Turkey.In 2005, Ruslana designed the cover for Jonathan Safran Foer's "The Unabridged Pocket Book of Lightening" which was produced as part of Penguin Books' 70th birthday celebrations.In 2006, her song "Wild Dances" has been named the best ever Eurovision winning song by a survey arranged by the German public television broadcaster ARD. During the television program Grand Prix Hitliste, Wild Dances was presented as the winner, ahead of famous songs, such as Waterloo and Germany's only winner (at the time), Ein Bißchen Frieden, which finished sixth and twelfth, respectively. The programme was viewed by a television audience of approximately six million people in Germany.In 2008, she was elected by Rockstar Games to play 'DJ Ruslana' in the open world action-adventure video game Grand Theft Auto IV. The Ukrainian version of her song Wild Dances has been featured on the soundtrack of the game and became one of the most popular tunes among the fans. Grand Theft Auto IV broke the Guinness World Records for "Highest grossing video game in 24 hours" and "Highest Revenue Generated by an Entertainment Product in 24 Hours". It sold 3.6 million copies on day one, which equalled roughly $310 million in revenue. Also in 2008, she signed a major contract with Warner Music for the worldwide release of her second international album called Wild Energy.In 2009, she was invited to attend the 6th Asia Song Festival which took place in Seoul, Korea. Even if she was supposed to receive only an award for her contribution to the cultural exchange between Ukraine and Asia in music, in the end she also won the main award of the festival, receiving the golden statue for the best artist of the Asia Song Festival 2009In 2011, her song Wild Dances has been used by the American gymnast Jordyn Wieber as the soundtrack for her floor exercise. Wieber eventually became the 2011 World Women's All-Around Champion and won the golden medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics performing her floor exercise on Ruslana's song.".
- Ruslana activeYearsStartYear "1996".
- Ruslana alias "Ruslana (Руслана)".
- Ruslana alias "Руслана Степанівна Лижичко (Ukrainian)".
- Ruslana associatedBand Goran_Bregovi%C4%87.
- Ruslana associatedBand Helmut_Lotti.
- Ruslana associatedBand Missy_Elliott.
- Ruslana associatedBand Peter_Maffay.
- Ruslana associatedBand Slavi_Trifonov.
- Ruslana associatedBand T-Pain.
- Ruslana associatedBand Varvara_(singer).
- Ruslana associatedMusicalArtist Goran_Bregovi%C4%87.
- Ruslana associatedMusicalArtist Helmut_Lotti.
- Ruslana associatedMusicalArtist Missy_Elliott.
- Ruslana associatedMusicalArtist Peter_Maffay.
- Ruslana associatedMusicalArtist Slavi_Trifonov.
- Ruslana associatedMusicalArtist T-Pain.
- Ruslana associatedMusicalArtist Varvara_(singer).
- Ruslana background "solo_singer".
- Ruslana birthDate "1973-05-24".
- Ruslana birthPlace Lviv.
- Ruslana birthPlace Ukraine.
- Ruslana birthPlace Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic.
- Ruslana birthYear "1973".
- Ruslana hometown Ukrainians.
- Ruslana instrument Trembita.
- Ruslana occupation List_of_UNICEF_Goodwill_Ambassadors.
- Ruslana recordLabel EMI.
- Ruslana recordLabel Warner_Music_Group.
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- Ruslana wikiPageExternalLink www.ruslana.ua.
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- Ruslana alias "Ruslana".
- Ruslana alternativeNames "Руслана Степанівна Лижичко".
- Ruslana associatedActs "T-Pain, Missy Elliott, Goran Bregović, Slavi Trifonov, Varvara, Harem, Helmut Lotti, Peter Maffay, "Zhittya" Ballet".
- Ruslana background "solo_singer".
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- Ruslana birthDate "1973-05-24".
- Ruslana birthName "Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko".
- Ruslana birthPlace Lviv.
- Ruslana birthPlace Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic.
- Ruslana caption "Ruslana speaking during a press conference in Kiev, Ukraine in May 2012".
- Ruslana dateOfBirth "1973-05-24".
- Ruslana genre "Pop, ethno-pop".
- Ruslana hasPhotoCollection Ruslana.
- Ruslana instrument "Vocals, piano, guitar, drums, keyboards, trembita, tambourine".
- Ruslana label EMI.
- Ruslana label Warner_Music_Group.
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- Ruslana name "Ruslana Lyzhychko".
- Ruslana name "Stepanivna, Ruslana Lyzhychko".
- Ruslana nativeName "Руслана Лижичко".
- Ruslana nativeNameLang "ukr".
- Ruslana occupation "Singer, dancer, producer, composer, conductor, pianist, lyricst, voice actress, former politician, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, activist".
- Ruslana origin "Ukrainian".
- Ruslana placeOfBirth "Lviv, Ukraine".
- Ruslana shortDescription "Ukrainian singer".
- Ruslana spouse(s)_ Oleksandr_Ksenofontov.
- Ruslana title List_of_Eurovision_Song_Contest_winners.
- Ruslana title Ukraine_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest.
- Ruslana title "Best Artist – Asia song festival".
- Ruslana title "Best Ukrainian Act – World Music Awards".
- Ruslana website www.ruslana.ua.
- Ruslana years "2004".
- Ruslana years "2009".
- Ruslana yearsActive "1996".
- Ruslana description "Ukrainian singer".
- Ruslana description "Ukrainian singer".
- Ruslana subject Category:1973_births.
- Ruslana subject Category:English-language_singers_of_Ukraine.
- Ruslana subject Category:Eurovision_Song_Contest_entrants_of_2004.
- Ruslana subject Category:Eurovision_Song_Contest_winners.
- Ruslana subject Category:Hutsuls.
- Ruslana subject Category:Living_people.
- Ruslana subject Category:Lviv_Conservatory_alumni.
- Ruslana subject Category:MAD_Video_Music_Awards_winners.
- Ruslana subject Category:People_from_Lviv.
- Ruslana subject Category:People_of_the_Euromaidan.
- Ruslana subject Category:Recipients_of_the_International_Women_of_Courage_Award.
- Ruslana subject Category:Recipients_of_the_title_of_People's_Artists_of_Ukraine.
- Ruslana subject Category:The_Voice_(TV_series)_judges.
- Ruslana subject Category:Ukrainian-language_singers.
- Ruslana subject Category:Ukrainian_Eurovision_Song_Contest_entrants.