Draft:Artik and Asti



Artik & Asti (Артик и Асти, Артік і Асті) is a Ukrainian pop group. Formed in 2010, the group consists of two performers.

Artyom Umrikhin (Artik) and Anna Dziuba (Asti) were the founding members. On 2021.11.02, Umrikhin announced that Dziuba had decided to leave the group and start a solo career. The following January, singer Sevil Velieva (Seville) made her debut with the group.

Artik
Artyom Igorevich Umrikhin (Artik) was born on 1985.12.09 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. He first became interested in hip-hop at age eleven, through the work of Malchishnik. In 2003, Umrikhin moved to Kyiv, adopted the moniker Artik, and started his first music group, Carats. Artik married his wife Ramina in 2016, and has two children with her.

Asti
Anna Dziuba (Asti) was born on 1990.06.24 in Cherkasy, Ukraine. Although she had inherited a love of music from her family, she had only posted songs on social media before she joined Artik in 2010. Asti is the godmother of Artik's daughter.

Seville
Sevil Velieva (Seville) was born on 1992.11.20 in Fergana, Uzbekistan. At the age of three, she moved with her family to Crimea, where they settled in Simferopol. She showed interest in singing as a young child. She taught herself how to sing, with the help of vocal instructors, but does not have a formal music education. She graduated with a degree in philology from the Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University. Velieva competed in the third season of The Voice in Russia, and has also appeared on X-Factor in Ukraine. She was announced as a new member of Artik & Asti in 2022.