Vika Jigulina | |
Birth Name: | Victoria Corneva |
Birth Date: | 18 February 1986 |
Birth Place: | Cahul, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union |
Origin: | Bucharest, Romania |
Instrument: | Guitar, piano, vocals |
Years Active: | 2000–present |
Label: | Cat Music, Mayavin Records, Stereo Tunes Records (UK) |
Associated Acts: | Edward Maya |
Vika Jigulina (born Victoria Corneva; February 18, 1986) is a Moldovan-Romanian record producer, singer, and disc jockey.
Jigulina was born on February 18, 1986, in Cahul, a city concurrently in the Moldavian SSR of the Soviet Union and currently in Moldova. She is Bulgarian through the maternal line and Russian through the paternal line. In 2000, she moved to Timișoara, Romania, and continued her studies there while working in a variety of local clubs. Later, after moving to Bucharest, she landed weekly shows on Romanian radio stations that gained her nationwide exposure and fame. In 2010, Jigulina officially became a Romanian citizen.
She is currently working as a disc jockey for Radio 21 Romania and Vibe FM.
Jigulina has made mixes with ATB, Tomcraft, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, and other artists. She is widely known as the vocalist in the 2009 international dance hit "Stereo Love" by Romanian producer and musician Edward Maya. Jigulina's first solo single, "Memories," was released on September 29, 2012.
She has also appeared on the cover of the Romanian edition of Playboy in March 2012.[1]
Jigulina was chosen to dub Althea's voice in the 2020 American animated film Onward.[2]
Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||
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BEL [3] | CAN [4] | FRA [5] | GER [6] | IRE [7] | NLD [8] | SPA [9] | SWE [10] | SWI [11] | UK [12] | US [13] | |||||
"Stereo Love" (with Edward Maya) | 2009 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | The Stereo Love Show | ||
"Memories" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="2" | ||
"Love of My Life" (with Edward Maya) | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
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BEL | CAN | FRA | GER | IRE | NLD | SPA | SWE | SWI | UK | US | ||||
"This Is My Life" (Edward Maya featuring Vika Jigulina) | 2010 | 12 | — | 2 | — | — | 42 | — | 58 | 43 | — | — | The Stereo Love Show | |
"Desert Rain" (Edward Maya featuring Vika Jigulina) | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Mono in Love"[22] (Edward Maya featuring Vika Jigulina) | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Stereo Love Show | |
"Be Free"[23] (Edward Maya featuring Vika Jigulina) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |