Michelle Andrade

Michelle Andrade
Andrade in September 2019
Born (1996-11-10) 10 November 1996 (age 28)
Cochabamba, Bolivia
Other namesMishel Stefani Andrade Chekasina
Occupations
Years active2013–present
Musical career
GenresPop
InstrumentVocals
LabelsPomitni

Mishel Stefani Andrade Chekasina (Ukrainian: Мішель Стефані Андраде Чекасіна; born 10 November 1996), commonly known as Michelle Andrade, is a Ukrainian singer and television presenter. She sings in Spanish, Ukrainian, English, Portuguese and Russian.

Early life

Andrade was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia on 10 November 1996 to a Bolivian father and a Ukrainian mother. As a child, she was engaged in rhythmic gymnastics, volleyball and dance. In 2010, she moved to Ukraine. At the same time she entered the music school with a degree in piano and at the same time took up singing.

Career

In 2013, Andrade took part in the show X-Factor, where she was noticed by producer Potap.[1] She first appeared on the big stage on 2 October 2014, performing with the band Mozgi at a concert organized by M1 TV channel.

In 2015, she appeared in the music video for the song "Scream" by the Ukrainian rock band O.Torvald.[2] On 2 October 2016, she released her first song "Amor", and in December of the same year her music video was released. On 2 November 2017, Andrade's second music video for "Enough Whistles" was released.[3][4] Two days later, her first big solo concert took place. On 15 December, she released the song "Winter" and a video for it on her YouTube channel.[5]

On 25 April 25, 2018, at the Manu Restaurant in Kyiv, Andrade presented her first mini album, La Primavera Boliviana, which was officially released on two days later.[6] The album includes five songs, a solo version of "Amor", "Winter", "Enough Whistling", "Musica" and "Taya".[7] A single called "Hasta la Vista" was released on 2 November,[8] and a video for it on 30 November.[9] On 27 June 2019, she released her first studio album called Latino Ritmo. In 2020, according to TopHit, the song "I don't know" had been played 264,396 times on Ukrainian radio stations. In 2021, together with Positive, she became a host of the Ukrainian TV travel show Orel i Reshka.[10][11]

She was part of the Ukrainian jury at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024.[12]

Discography

Studio albums

  • 2019: Latino Ritmo

EP

  • 2018: La Primavera Boliviana

Singles

  • 2016: «Amor»
  • 2017: «Хватит свистеть»
  • 2017: «Зима»
  • 2018: «Musica»
  • 2018: «Hasta la Vista»
  • 2019: «Fe»
  • 2019: «Corazon»
  • 2019: «Не знаю»
  • 2020: «Misterios»
  • 2020: «Proud»
  • 2020: «Tonight»
  • 2020: «Mirror»
  • 2020: «100 000 минут» feat. Positiff

References

  1. ^ "Michelle Andrade - Set Fire to the Rain - Adele - Кастинг в Киеве - Х-Фактор 4 - 05.10.2013 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. 6 October 2013. Archived from the original on 12 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  2. ^ "Новый клип O.Torvald "Крик"". pre-party.com.ua (in Russian). Archived from the original on 25 November 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Підопічна Потапа Мішель Андраде губами спокусливо насвистіла нову пісню". ТСН.ua (in Ukrainian). 2017-09-15. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  4. ^ ""Хватит свистеть": Мішель Андраде представила гарячий відеокліп - 24 Канал". 24 Канал. 3 November 2017. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  5. ^ "Мішель Андраде - Зима: прем'єра пісні | Телеканал СТБ". www.stb.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  6. ^ "Закрытая презентация первого мини-альбома Michelle Andrade" (in Russian). Cosmopolitan Ukraine. 26 April 2018. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Michelle Andrade презентувала свій перший міні-альбом "La Primavera Boliviana"". M1. 27 April 2018. Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Болівійські мотиви: Michelle Andrade випустила танцювальну пісню про розставання". ukr.segodnya.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 10 November 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  9. ^ "Останні новини України, новини дня". ТСН.ua. 30 November 2018. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
  10. ^ "Мішель Андраде та Позитив стали новими ведучими "Орла і решки"". 24 Канал (in Ukrainian). 22 January 2021. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  11. ^ "Мішель Андраде і Позитив стали новими ведучими "Орла і Решки"". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  12. ^ "Final of Madrid 2024 – Jury". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 2024-11-18.