Anna Asti

Anna Asti
Анна Асти
Asti in 2025
Asti in 2025
Background information
Born
Anna Anatolyevna Dzyuba

(1990-06-24) 24 June 1990 (age 35)
Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
OriginKyiv, Ukraine
Genres
OccupationSinger
Years active2007–present
LabelsUniversal Music Russia (2022) Fenix Music (2023–present)
Formerly ofArtik & Asti (2010–2021)

Anna Anatolyevna Dzyuba (Russian: Анна Анатольевна Дзюба;[1] Ukrainian: Ганна Анатоліївна Дзюба, romanizedHanna Anatoliivna Dzyuba; born 24 June 1990), known professionally as Anna Asti (Анна Асти), is a Ukrainian and Russian singer.[2]

From 2010 to 2021, she was the soloist of the Ukrainian musical duo Artik & Asti. In 2022, she began her solo career, releasing several singles and a debut album, which became popular in Russia.[3][4][5]

Career

Anna Asti performing at the Zhara Music Awards [ru] in 2022

Artik and Asti: 2010–2021

In 2010, producer Artem Umrikhin thought about creating a new musical project — Artik & Asti. On the internet, he came across Anna's recording and offered her his cooperation. In a music studio in Kyiv, they recorded their first joint composition "Antistress".[6]

In 2011, they moved to Moscow. After realising their second studio album Zdes' i Seachas (Here and Now) the group gained great popularity: the album was recognized as one of the most popular in 2015 according to Yandex Music.

In 2020, Anna opened a beauty salon "3.33 by ASTI" in Moscow.

In 2023, she opened a bar “Spletny by Anna Asti” in Saint Petersburg.

Solo career: 2022–present

On 2 November 2021, Artik announced that Anna Asti left the band. Since leaving the band, Dzyuba has started her own solo career.[7]

On 14 January 2022, the singer released her debut solo single and video clip "Feniks". On 29 April, she released collaboration "Khobbi [ru]" with Philipp Kirkorov.

Personal life

Anna Dzyuba was born in Cherkasy. In December 2020, Dzyuba secretly married entrepreneur Stanislav Yurkin.[8]

The singer was visiting Ukraine when in February 2022 Russian troops launched an invasion of Ukraine.[9] She spent a few days in a bomb shelter with her husband.[9] She soon returned to Russia.[9] She never publicly spoke out against the invasion and never publicly provided help to Ukrainian victims of the war.[10]

In 2023, she took Russian citizenship.[11] Following the March 2024 Crocus City Hall attack in Moscow Oblast, she gifted more than $10,000 to help the families of those killed and injured and called on her fans to also donate.[10]

Discography

Studio albums
  • Feniks (2022)
  • Tsaritsa (2023)
  • Vysshiye sily (2025)

References

  1. ^ "Реестр произведений российских правообладателей". Russian Authors' Society (in Russian). Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Певица Анна Asti стала россиянкой - Газета.Ru | Новости". Газета.Ru (in Russian). 30 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Anna Asti стала самой популярной артисткой "Звука" по итогу лета". InterMedia (in Russian). 16 September 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  4. ^ Ольга Мамиконян (1 December 2022). "Певица Anna Asti стала самой популярной артисткой на «Яндекс Музыке» в 2022 году". Forbes (in Russian). Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  5. ^ "VK Музыка обнародовала итоги 2022: среди чемпионов — Miyagi & Эндшпиль, Macan и Anna Asti". The Flow (in Russian). 19 December 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Artik & Asti: "У каждого из нас своя личная жизнь"". MSN (in Russian). 17 July 2015. Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Artik & Asti распались". Газета.Ru (in Russian). 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Вокалистка Artik & Asti Анна Дзюба тайно вышла замуж". RIA Novosti (in Russian). 24 December 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  9. ^ a b c "Українка стала "співачкою року" в Росії". UNIAN (in Ukrainian). 24 May 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Співачка з України Анна Асті задонатила $10 тис. жертвам теракту в "Крокус Сіті Холі"". Espreso TV (in Ukrainian). 25 March 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  11. ^ Voronezhsky, Maksim (2 October 2023). "Певица Анна Asti стала россиянкой". Gazeta.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 9 October 2023.