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Background information | |
Native name | ქეთევან თოფურია |
Birth name | Ketevan Topuria |
Also known as | Keta Topuria |
Born |
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
9 September 1986
Genres | Pop, pop rock, new wave, Russian pop |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2005–present |
Labels | Veter Entertainment, Real Records |
Associated acts | A-Studio |
Ketevan "Keti" Topuria (Georgian: ქეთევან "ქეთი" თოფურია born September 9, 1986, in Tbilisi), also sometimes known as Keta Topuria (Georgian: ქეთა თოფურია), is a Georgian singer and the current lead vocalist for the Kazakh group A-Studio. She currently lives in Russia.
Topuria's late father, Andro Topuria, was a Georgian crime lord and her mother, Natalia Topuria, is a chemical engineer. They have some Italian and Polish roots.
Topuria has been involved in music since childhood. In 1998, she graduated from Gogi Sudradze Music School in Tblisi, and in 2003, graduated music school with a specialty in vocals. Also in 2003, Topuria was accepted into the State University of Georgia psychology department, but declined after being selected to replace Polina Griffith in the group A-Studio and moved to Moscow. In March 2005, she was introduced as the new vocalist for A-Studio, which is her position to this day.