Max Barskih
{{Short description|Ukrainian singer-songwriter (born 1990)}}
{{Update|date=August 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{family name hatnote|Mykolaiovych|Bortnyk|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Max Barskih
| background = solo_singer
| image = MaxMarskih (cropped).jpg
| caption = Max Barskih in April 2024
| birth_name = Mykola Mykolaiovych Bortnyk
(Микола Миколайович Бортник)
| alias = Max Barsky, Mickolai
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1990|03|08}}
| birth_place = Kherson, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
| genre = Pop, dance-pop, electropop, Russian pop
| instrument = Vocals
| label = Sony
| associated_acts = Svetlana Loboda,[http://e-motion.tochka.net/49182-svetlana-loboda/ Max Barskih Working with Svetlana Loboda] Tayanna, Misha Romanova
| website = {{URL|www.maxbarskih.com}}
| occupations = Singer
}}
Mykola Mykolaiovych Bortnyk ({{langx|uk|Микола Миколайович Бортник}}, born 8 March 1990), better known by his stage name Max Barskih ({{langx|uk|Макс Барських|links=no}}) and alter-ego Mickolai, is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter. He was raised in Kherson, Ukraine, and moved to Kyiv after his graduation. He has released six studio albums, one compilation album and one extended-play.[http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/m/star/282205/bio/ Max Barskih (Nikolai Bortnik) Biography]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430211708/http://www.bestpeopleofrussia.ru/persona/Max-Barskih/bio |date=30 April 2012 }}
Career
Max Barskih rose to fame in Ukraine and post-Soviet countries in 2008 as a participant of the Ukrainian talent show "Fabryka Zirok 2" (Star Factory 2).{{Cite web|title=Макс Барских – биография, фото, личная жизнь, жена и дети, рост и вес, слушать песни онлайн 2020|url=https://uznayvse.ru/znamenitosti/biografiya-maks-barskih.html|access-date=2020-08-28|website=Uznayvse Magazine Russia|language=ru}}
In 2010, Max Barskih won his first big prize with being awarded "Best Ukrainian Act" at the MTV Europe Music Awards. {{Cite web |url=http://ema.mtv.co.uk/artists/max-barskih |title=Max Barskih best performer on Ukrainian version of MTV EMA 2010 |access-date=28 December 2012 |archive-date=11 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111020624/http://ema.mtv.co.uk/artists/max-barskih |url-status=dead }}
Max Barskih also had his acting debut in 2010, when he starred in Lara Fabian's musical feature film Mademoiselle Zhivago (that was published in 2013).
In 2012, Barskih entered the Eurovision Song Contest Auditions for Ukraine with the English version of his song "Dance",{{Cite web|date=2012-07-02|title=Украина выбирает участника «Евровидения 2012»: анонс финала {{!}} Вечерний Харьков|url=https://vecherniy.kharkov.ua/news/60868/|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Vecherniy Kharkov Ukraine}} but narrowly lost to Gaitana who represented Ukraine in Baku with her song "Be My Guest".{{Cite web|title=Макс Барских|url=https://grammofon.com.ru/persons/63|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Grammofon Russia|language=ru}}
Max Barskih has won numerous awards, including "Singer of the Year" Awards at the Baltic Music Awards 2011, the "Crystal Microphone" Awards 2011,{{Cite web|title=Max Barsky recognized as the singer of the year!|url=http://www.screenmedia.com.ua/maks-barskix-priznan-pevcom-goda/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812040402/http://www.screenmedia.com.ua/maks-barskix-priznan-pevcom-goda/|archive-date=12 August 2011|access-date=29 December 2012}} the M1 Music Awards 2017, the GQ Men of the Year Awards 2018, the New Radio Awards 2019, the Love Radio Awards 2019{{Cite web|title=Макс Барских «Лей, не жалей»: история песни, интересные факты, текст, содержание|url=https://soundtimes.ru/populyarnye-pesni/maks-barskikh-lej-ne-zhalej|access-date=2020-08-28|website=soundtimes.ru|language=ru}} and at the Top Hit Music Awards 2020.
Forbes Magazine USA and Vogue Ukraine called Barskih "the internationally most successful Russian language singer".
Throughout his career, Barskih has worked closely with Alan Badoev, who is his producer{{Cite web|title=250 страниц. Вышла в свет книга об украинском режиссере и клипмейкере Алане Бадоеве|url=https://nv.ua/style/znamenitosti/vyshla-kniga-ob-alane-badoeve-badoev-mir-kotoryy-sozdal-alan-poslednie-novosti-50063469.html|access-date=2020-07-23|website=NV Magazine Ukraine|language=ru}}{{Cite web|date=2019-08-01|title=Алан Бадоев рассказал, сколько зарабатывают Макс Барских и TAYANNA|url=https://tsn.ua/ru/glamur/alan-badoev-rasskazal-skolko-zarabatyvayut-maks-barskih-i-tayanna-1388133.html|access-date=2020-07-23|website=TSN News Ukraine|language=ru}} and has also directed most of his music videos.{{Cite web|title=За какой из своих клипов Макс Барских упрекает Алана Бадоева - Новости Русского Радио {{!}} Москва 105.7|url=https://rusradio.ru/news/lyudi-s-oblozhki/za-kakoj-iz-svoih-klipov-maks-barskih-uprekaet-alana-badoeva|access-date=2020-07-28|website=rusradio.ru|language=ru}}{{Cite web|title=Макс Барских - Артисты Русского Радио онлайн {{!}} Москва 105.7|url=https://rusradio.ru/artists/maks-barskikh|access-date=2020-08-28|website=Radio Russia|language=ru}} Barskih's videos have gained popularity in the CIS nations. The director likes to use a variety of visual effects for many of his videos, such as in the music videos for "Теряю тебя" ("Lost in Love") which was released in 3D format in the CIS nations.[http://caprica.mk.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=133&Itemid=3 Max Barskih's single released in 3D in the CIS Nations]
Barskih composes the music and writes the lyrics of his songs himself (and was e.g. nominated at the 2019 Russian National Music Awards for "Lyricist of the Year"), and partly also does the producing.{{Cite web|date=2017-02-21|title="YUNA 2017": повний список номінантів премії|url=https://afisha.tochka.net/ua/78095-yuna-2017-predstavlyaem-polnyy-spisok-nominantov-premii/|access-date=2020-08-31|website=Tochka Magazine Ukraine|language=uk}} Most of his songs are in Russian,{{Cite web|title=Украинская песня стала лидером на российском Apple Music|url=https://glavcom.ua/scotch/showbiz/ukrainskaya-pesnya-stala-liderom-na-rossiyskom-apple-music-457638.html?fbclid=IwAR2m8JYS8v5cQmRBZHWxm_EsRefHOyLrrkV9Za-ByjU37D_5wzKmr2MfTdA|access-date=2020-08-29|website=Glavcom Magazine Ukraine| date=8 December 2017 |language=ru}}{{Cite web|date=2018-06-18|title=Американский Forbes считает Макса Барских самым горячим русскоязычным артистом|url=http://bestin.ua/news/news-world/amerikanskij-forbes-schitaet-maksa-barskix-samym-goryachim-russkoyazychnym-artistom/|access-date=2020-08-29|website=BESTIN Magazine Ukraine|language=ru}}{{Cite web|last=Vogue.ua|title=Эксклюзив: Макс Барских о новом альбоме, запуске модного бренда и своем альтер эго|url=https://vogue.ua/article/vogueman/lifestyle/eksklyuziv-maks-barskih-o-novom-albome-svoih-kompleksah-i-zapuske-modnogo-brenda.html|access-date=2020-08-29|website=Vogue Ukraine|date=8 July 2020 |language=ru}} but he has also sung in Ukrainian (e.g. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWvYiyoD5Jw& "Небо"]{{Cite web|last=Егорова|first=Виктория|date=2013-11-06|title=Макс Барских представил новый клип «Небо» на украинском (видео)|url=https://glamurchik.tochka.net/216038-maks-barskikh-predstavil-novyy-klip-nebo-na-ukrainskom-video/|access-date=2020-08-29|website=Tochka News Ukraine|language=ru}} and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbPoNIVtDJo& "Двоє"]){{Cite web|date=2020-03-10|title="Стрілою у серце»: Макс Барских представил украиноязычный хит «Двоє"|url=https://elle.ua/man/hobbies/strloyu-u-serce-maks-barskih-predstavil-ukrainoyazichniy-hit-dvo/|access-date=2020-08-29|website=Elle Magazine Ukraine|language=ru}} and in English (e.g. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e483ZS73Hbg& "Z.Dance"] (partly in English){{Cite web|title=Макс Барских - полная биография {{!}} Журнал Cosmopolitan|url=https://www.cosmo.ru/stars/biography/max-barskih/|access-date=2020-08-28|website=Cosmopolitan Russia|language=ru}} and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysvN3omAycM "Silence"] (entirely in English)).{{Cite web|title=Премьера: англоязычный сингл Макса Барских SILENCE|url=https://vogue.ua/article/culture/muzyka/premera-angloyazychnyy-singl-maksa-barskih-silence.html|access-date=2020-08-28|website=Vogue Ukraine|date=7 August 2020 |language=ru}}
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Barskih joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.{{Cite web|title=Макс Барських з автоматом в руках показав, як проходить його військова підготовка|url=https://www.unian.ua/lite/stars/maks-barskih-z-avtomatom-v-rukah-pokazav-yak-prohodit-yogo-viyskova-pidgotovka-11775532.html|website=UNIAN|language=Ukrainian|access-date=2020-04-11|date=6 April 2022}}
In summer 2023, he started a world tour in support of Ukraine from Lisbon.{{Cite web|title=MAX BARSKIH (Lisbon)| website=YouTube | date=20 June 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuYOKgw2U5o}}
Other ventures
= Songwriting =
Barskih writes his songs himself and occasionally also works as a songwriter for other artists.
= Acting =
Discography
=Studio albums=
- 1:MAX BARSKIH (2009){{Cite web|title=Макс Барских|url=https://glamurchik.tochka.net/dossie/156-maks-barskikh/|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Tochka News Ukraine|language=ru}}
- Z.Dance (2012){{Cite web|date=2012-05-04|title=Макс Барских выпустил виртуальный альбом Z.Dance|url=https://newsmuz.com/news_3_25377.htm|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Music News Russia|language=ru}}
- По Фрейду (By Freud, 2014){{Cite web|date=2014-03-13|title=Макс Барских - «По Фрейду» ***|url=https://www.intermedia.ru/news/254491|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Intermedia News Russia}}
- Туманы (Mists, 2016){{Cite web|date=2016-09-23|title=Премьера сингла: Макс Барских «Туманы»|url=http://bestin.ua/culture/music/premera-singla-maks-barskix-tumany/|access-date=2020-07-08|website=BESTIN Magazine Ukraine|language=ru-RU}}
- 7 (2019){{Cite web|date=2019-02-18|title=Рецензия: Макс Барских - «7» ***|url=https://www.intermedia.ru/news/332483|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Intermedia News Russia}}
- 1990 (2020){{Cite web|title=Барских отменяет карантин. Певец презентовал саундтрек будущего лета. Видео|url=https://gordonua.com/bulvar/news/barskih-otmenjaet-karantin-pevets-prezentoval-saundtrek-budushchego-leta-video-1499988.html|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Gordonua News Ukraine}}
=Compilation albums=
- Words (2015)
=EPs=
- Mickolai – EP (2015)
= Singles =
- 2009: S.L. (Suka Lyubov') [Love is a bitch]
- 2009: Пусто (Pusto) [Empty]
- 2009: DVD (with Natalia Mogilevskaya)
- 2010: Агония (Agoniya) [Agony]{{Cite web|title="Концерт Макса Барских в Москве 2020: иммерсивный спектакль и новый альбом"|url=https://www.kp.ru/afisha/moskva/kontserty/retsenzii/maks-barskix-v-moskve-2020/|website=KP News Russia|language=ru}}
- 2010: Сердце бьётся (Serdtse Byotsya) [Heart is Beating] (with Svetlana Loboda){{Cite web|title=Новый клип Лободы и Барских обошелся в 140 000 долларов|url=https://korrespondent.net/showbiz/music/1081317-novyj-klip-lobody-i-barskih-oboshelsya-v-140-000-dollarov|access-date=2020-08-29|website=Korrespondent News Russia|language=ru}}
- 2010: Студент (Student){{Cite web|date=2010-09-06|title=Макс Барских в центре Киева в одних трусах искал любви (видео)|url=https://tsn.ua/ru/glamur/shou-biznes/maks-barskih-v-centre-kieva-v-odnih-trusah-iskal-lyubvi-video.html|access-date=2020-08-29|website=TSN News Ukraine|language=ru}}
- 2011: Lost in Love | Теряю тебя (Terayu Tebya) [Losing you]{{Cite web|title=Макс Барских стал зомби в новом клипе|url=https://www.cosmo.ru/lifestyle/music/maks-barskih-stal-zombi-v-novom-klipe/|access-date=2020-08-29|website=Cosmopolitan Russia|language=ru}}
- 2011: Белый ворон (Beliy Voron) [White Raven]
- 2011: Atoms | Глаза-убийцы (Glaza-ubiytsi) [Eyes of a Killer]
- 2011: Downtown
- 2011: Dance
- 2012: F**K OFF
- 2012: Higher
- 2012: Alive | Пылай (Pylay) [Blaze]
- 2012: I Wanna Run | Я болею тобой (Ya boleyu toboy) [I'm a fan of you]
- 2013: По Фрейду (By Freud){{Cite web|title=Кліп Алана Бадоєва знову визнаний кращим в Росії (+відео)|url=http://charivne.info/news/klip-alana-badova-znovu-viznaniy-kraschim-v-rosi-video|access-date=2020-08-29|website=Charivne Magazine Ukraine|date=29 May 2013 |language=uk}}
- 2013: Какой была твоя любовь? (What was your love?){{Cite web|date=2013-07-02|title=Макс Барских показал новые грани своего творчества|url=https://tsn.ua/ru/lady/news/show-biznes/maks-barskih-pokazal-novye-grani-svoego-tvorchestva-312295.html|access-date=2020-08-29|website=TSN News Ukraine|language=ru}}
- 2013: Hero_in{{Cite web|date=2013-09-06|title=Макс Барских выпустил скандально-эротический клип на песню Hero In|url=https://tsn.ua/ru/glamur/maks-barskih-vypustil-skandalno-eroticheskiy-klip-na-pesnyu-hero-in-322720.html|access-date=2020-08-29|website=TSN News Ukraine|language=ru}}
- 2013: Небо (Sky)
- 2014: Отпусти (Let Me Go){{Cite web|title=Макс Барских - "Отпусти"|url=https://www.cosmo.ru/stars/krupnim-planom/maks-barskih-otpusti/|access-date=2020-08-29|website=Cosmopolitan Russia|language=ru}}
- 2014: Всё серьёзно (Everything's Serious){{Cite web|date=2014-04-28|title=У Макса Барских «Все серьезно»|url=https://www.intermedia.ru/news/257000|access-date=2020-08-29|website=Intermedia New Russia|language=ru}}
- 2015: Хочу танцевать (I Want To Dance){{Cite web|date=2015-02-13|title=Макс Барских отправился в шальные 90-е|url=https://www.intermedia.ru/news/272469|access-date=2020-08-29|website=Intermedia News Russia|language=ru}}
- 2015: Подруга – Ночь (Night is my friend){{Cite web|date=2015-07-28|title=Кейт Андервуд в клипе Алана Бадоева для Макса Барских|url=http://bestin.ua/culture/music/kejt-andervud-v-klipe-alana-badoeva-dlya-maksa-barskix/|access-date=2020-08-29|website=BESTIN Magazine Ukraine|language=ru}}
- 2016: Займёмся Любовью (Let's Make Love){{Cite web|date=2016-02-15|title=Макс Барских предложил поклонникам "заняться любовью"|url=https://tsn.ua/ru/glamur/maks-barskih-predlozhil-poklonnikam-zanyatsya-lyubovyu-579294.html|access-date=2020-08-29|website=TSN News Russia|language=ru}}
- 2016: Последний летний день (Last Day of Summer)
- 2016: Туманы (Mists)
- 2016: Неверная (Unfaithful)
- 2017: Моя любовь (My love)
- 2017: Февраль (February){{Cite web|title="Февраль". В новом клипе Барских снялся его отец, с которым певец не общался с 11 лет. Видео|url=https://gordonua.com/bulvar/news/fevral-v-novom-klipe-barskih-snyalsya-ego-otec-s-kotorym-pevec-ne-obshchalsya-11-let-video-221653.html|access-date=2020-08-29|website=Gordonua News Ukraine|language=ru}}
- 2018: Берега (Shores)
- 2019: Неслучайно (For a Reason){{Cite web|title=Макс Барских представит в Москве новую программу и премьеру песни "Двое"|url=https://rg.ru/2020/03/07/maks-barskih-predstavit-v-moskve-novuiu-programmu-i-premeru-pesni-dvoe.html|access-date=2020-08-28|website=RG News Russia|date=7 March 2020 |language=ru}}
- 2019: Лей, не жалей (Pour, Have No Regrets){{Cite web|title=Макс Барских «Лей, не жалей»: история песни, интересные факты, текст, содержание|url=https://soundtimes.ru/populyarnye-pesni/maks-barskikh-lej-ne-zhalej|access-date=2020-08-28|website=soundtimes.ru|language=ru}}
- 2020: Небо льёт дождем (Sky is Raining)
- 2020: ПО СЕКРЕТY (In Secret){{Cite web|title=Премьера клипа "По секрету" от творческого союза "Барских, Бадоев и Богдан"|url=https://www.cosmo.ru/stars/news/15-05-2020/premera-klipa-po-sekretu-ot-tvorcheskogo-soyuza-barskih-badoev-i-bogdan/|access-date=2020-08-29|website=Cosmopolitan Russia|language=ru}}
- 2020: Silence{{Cite web|last=Vogue.ua|title=Премьера: англоязычный сингл Макса Барских SILENCE|url=https://vogue.ua/article/culture/muzyka/premera-angloyazychnyy-singl-maksa-barskih-silence.html|access-date=2020-08-11|website=Vogue Ukraine|date=7 August 2020 |language=ru}}
- 2021: Bestseller (feat. Zivert)
- 2021: Tequila Sunrise
- 2022 Don’t Fuck With Ukraine{{cite magazine |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |date=29 April 2022 |title='Don't Fuck With Ukraine': How Ukrainian Pop Star Max Barskih Joined the Army and Wrote a New Anthem |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/dont-fuck-with-ukraine-max-barskih-army-russia-1344499/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=26 June 2022}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable collapsible autocollapse" width="100%"
! colspan="6" |Appearances on TV shows |
| Year
!English title !Original title !Production type !Role !Remarks |
|---|
| 2008
|{{Langx|uk|«Фабрика зірок»/«Fabrika Zirok»}} |Singing talent show |Participant |
| 2012
|{{Langx|ru|«Фабрика звёзд»/«Fabrika Zvyozd»}} |Singing talent show |Member of the "Ukrainian National Team" |Special season of the show in which the best graduates of the Russian and Ukrainian versions of "Star Factory" competed against each other in "national teams" |
| 2017
|"Dancing with the Stars" Ukraine (Season 5), Final{{Cite web|date=2019-11-25|title=Макс Барских презентовал новую песню в финале шоу «Танцы со звёздами»|url=https://www.cosmo.com.ua/maks-barskih-prezentoval-svoyu-novuyu-pesnyu-v-finale-shou-tanci-so-zvyozdami/|access-date=2020-08-05|website=Cosmopolitan Ukraine|language=ru}} |{{Langx|uk|«Танці з зірками»/«Tantsi z Zykarmi»}} |Celebrity dancing show |Guest appearance |Guest appearance in the 5th Season's Final |
| 2019
|{{langx|uk|«Ікс-Фактор»/«X-Factor»}} |Singing talent show |Guest performance |Guest performance in the 10th Season's Final; Performed his songs «Февраль» (in a duet with the show's finalist Maria Stopnyk) and «Лей, не жалей» |
Awards and nominations
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official website|http://maxbarskih.com}}
{{MTV Europe Music Award for Best Ukrainian Act}}
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Category:21st-century Ukrainian male singers
Category:English-language singers from Ukraine
Category:MTV Europe Music Award winners
Category:Musicians from Kherson
Category:Russian-language singers of Ukraine
Category:Ukrainian pop singers
Category:Winners of the Golden Gramophone Award
Category:Ukrainian military personnel of the Russian invasion of Ukraine