Lena Katina

Elena Sergeevna Katina (Russian: Елена Сергеевна Катина, born 4 October 1984),^[1] better known as Lena Katina is a Russian singer.

Lena Katina
Lena Katina in 2013
Background information
Birth name	Yelena Sergeevna Katina (Елена Сергеевна Катина)
Born	(1984-10-04) 4 October 1984 (age 40)
Origin	Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1995 – present

She and Yulia Volkova are the members of the pop group t.A.T.u.

Katina was born in Moscow. She began going to school at age seven. Within a year, she left ordinary school and went to a music school and studied piano. When she was ten, she started singing with the child group "Avenue". She sang with them for three years before joining the vocal and instrumental group "Neposedi" (Fidgety Children). While a part of Neposedy, she met Julia Volkova and they became friends. Soon Lena left the group because of her age. Neposedy is for children up to 14 years old. At the age of 15 she was selected to be a part of the group which was later named Tatu (t.A.T.u).

Discography

This section is about Lena's solo career. For her work with t.A.T.u., see t.A.T.u. discography.

Studio albums

Title	Details
This Is Who I Am[2]	Released: 18 November 2014 Label: Katina Music Inc. Format: Digital download, CD
Esta Soy Yo	Released: 1 July 2016 Label: Katina Music Inc., Maqueta Records Format: Digital download, CD
Mono	Released: 26 July 2019 Label: Katina Music Inc. Format: Digital download, Limited CD

EPs

Title	Details
RAWsession – 07.14.11[3]	Released: 2011 Format: Digital download
Never Forget (Remixes) (featuring THEE PAUS3)[4]	Released: 2012 Format: Digital download
Акустика[5]	Released: 2020 Format: Digital download
Манекен[6]	Released: 28 April 2023 Label: Katina Music Inc. Format: Digital download

Live albums

Title	Details
European Fan Weekend 2013 Live[7]	Released: 17 March 2014 Label: Katina Music Inc. Format: Digital download, CD

Singles

As lead artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		US Club
"Never Forget"	2011	1	This Is Who I Am
"Lift Me Up"	2013	31
"Who I Am"	2014	—
"An Invitation"	2015	—
"Levántame"	2016	—	Esta Soy Yo
"Silent Hills"	2017	—	Non-album single
"После нас"	2018	—	Mono
"Косы"		—
"Макдоналдс"		—
"Куришь"		—
"Стартрек"	2019	—
"Моно"		—
"Никогда"		—	Non-album singles
"Вирус"	2020	—
"Убей меня нежно"		—
"Cry Baby"		—
"Nevermind"		—
"Из темноты"	2021	—
"Stay the Same"		—
"Tакси"	2023	—	Mанекен
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

As featured artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
		US Hot Latin Songs	US Latin Pop Airplay	SPA
"Tic-Toc" (with Belanova)	2011	32	2	12	Sueño Electro II
"Here I Go Again" (with Daddy Mercury)	2017	—	—	—	Non-album single

Promotional singles

Title	Year	Album
"Lost in This Dance" (Pridefest Mix)	2010	Non-album single
"Keep on Breathing"[8]	2011
"Just a Day"	2013	This Is Who I Am
"World (Demo)"		Non-album single
"No Voy Olvidarte" (MZ Remix)[9]
"Fed Up"	2014	This Is Who I Am

Other appearances

Title	Year	Other artist(s)	Album	Note
"Guardian Angel"	2010	Abandon All Ships	Geeving
"Melody"	2012	Clark Owen	Melody – single
"Shot"/ "Я буду рядом" (Ya budu ryadom)	2013	T-killah	Boom
"Paradise"		Sergio Galoyan	Paradise – EP
"It's Christmas Time"		Orbit Monkey	It's Christmas Time – EP[10]
"Что не хватает" (Chto ne khvatayet)		7B	Fanat[11]
"Century"	2014	Re:boot (Kiro and Denis Kurus)	Century – Single
"Любовь в каждом мгновении" ("Lubov v kazhdom mgnovenii")		Julia Volkova & Legalize feat. Mike Tompkins	Lubov v Kazhdom Mgnovenii – Single
"Golden Leaves"	2015	Noemi Smorra	Trasparente – EP[12]/ "This Is Who I Am"
Новая любовь ("Novaya lubov")		Podnebeses	—
"Девочки-Лунатики (Live)" (Devochki-lunatiki)		Vintage	Live 1.0[13]

As songwriter

Title	Year	Artist	Album	Note
"Lucifer"	2014	Anna Tsuchiya	Lucifer – EP	co-writer

Music videos

Title	Year	Director(s)
As lead artist
"Never Forget"[source?]	2011	James Cox
"Lift Me Up"[source?]	2013	David Lehre
"Who I Am"[source?]	2014	Jason Wisch
"An Invitation"[source?]	2015	Livia Alcalde & Francesco Sperandeo
"An Invitation (Loaded Fist Remix Video)"[source?]
"Levántame"[source?]	2016	David Lehre
"После нас"[source?]	2018	—
"Макдоналдс"[source?]		Olga Rudenko
"Косы"[source?]
"Cry baby"[source?]	2020	Alexey Glott & Rudenko Olga
"Такси"[source?]	2023	Konstantin Cherepkov (SEVER)
"Белла чао"[source?]
As featured artist
"Tic-Toc"[source?] (Belanova featuring Lena Katina)	2011	Daniel Robles
"Melody"[source?] (Clark Owen featuring Lena Katina)	2012	Jason Wisch
"Shot"[source?] & "Ya Budu Ryadom"[source?] (T-killah featuring Lena Katina)	2013	Chopchop
"Lubov v Kazhdom Mgnoveniy"[source?] (Julia Volkova, Lena Katina, Ligalize & Mike Tompkins)	2014	Elena Kiper
"Golden Leaves"[source?] (Noemi Smorra featuring Lena Katina)	2015	Livia Alcalde & Francesco Sperandeo

Video releases

Title	Year	Note
This Is Who I Am – Live in Rome	2015	Live video, photos and mp3