This Is Who I Am (Lena Katina album)
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| Studio album by Lena Katina | |
| Released | 18 November 2014 01 July 2016 (Spanish Album) |
| Recorded | 2009-2014 Los Angeles, California, United States and Moscow, Russia |
| Genre | Pop, rock, soft rock |
| Length | 48:56 |
| Language | English Spanish (re-release) |
| Label | Katina Music Inc. |
| Producer | Katina and Sven Martin (exec.) |
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Spanish edition release cover
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This Is Who I Am is the debut studio album of the Russian singer-songwriter, Lena Katina, released on 18 November 2014. The album marks the beginning of Katina's solo career as she and her former bandmate, Julia Volkova announced the separation of their music group, t.A.T.u. on 2011. Katina has writing credits on all of the album's songs including those co-written with her husband, Sash Kuzma. Musically, the album is a pop genre and lyrically it mostly speaks about herself.
Four singles were released from the album, and her first and main single of the album "Never Forget" reached No. 1 on the MTV Russia Top 10 and also won the said station - 2011 Video of The Year. The remix track of "Never Forget" by Dave Audé also reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and reached No. 1 in Greece. "Lift Me Up" released as the second single and the track has a positive feedback from Spanish audiences. The third and fourth single, "Who I Am" and "An Invitation" has been successful in several Europe countries such as Germany, Italy, Spain and her homeland, Russia.
This Is Who I Am received both positive and negative reviews from critics. The album was released worldwide as a digital download and the physical copy of the CD was released on Katina's official website.
When Katina announced the separation of t.A.T.u., she immediately left Russia and went to USA to find a label and start her solo career. However, several label groups rejected her and Katina said in an interview, "I am trying to find a label, but they don't want me, for some reason..." Despite this, the singer still pursued her own career through funding it with her own money and was supported by former t.A.T.u.'s executive producer, Boris Renski.
Katina spent a few years in Los Angeles, California recording and writing her first solo album with her band members, Sven Martin, Domen Vajevec, Steve Wilson and Jörg Kohring. It took almost five years to finish the entire album and Katina said in an interview, "It is a good result of a hard work and a long path of becoming a solo singer and a songwriter, of finding myself... I am so happy that my fans are still waiting and I finally have a chance to share my emotions with them through my songs"
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