Childhood and family
Stas Mikhailov was born on April 27, 1969 in the Sochi family of Vladimir Borisovich and Lyudmila Vasilievna. At that time, the couple had a seven-year-old son, Valera. The future star’s mother worked as a nurse in the gynecological department, and her father was a pilot. Stas and Valera will become close friends in the future.
The Mikhailov family was far from show business and celebrity parties. As teenagers, she and her brother wore the same pair of shoes.
As a child, the future artist became interested in sports. Fifth-grader Stas even decided to monitor his own weight. However, home-cooked food often conflicted with the sports diet. However, this did not stop him from pulling himself together and, by the age of 17, receiving a second adult rank. As a teenager, Mikhailov played basketball and even judo. The singer will continue to have a passion for sports into adulthood.
Stas Mikhailov in childhood. Instagram @inamikhaylova
After graduating from school, Stas Mikhailov entered the Belarusian State Aviation Academy (BSAA). The guy was captivated by the romance of flying, and he also hoped to continue the family tradition. After all, not only his father was a pilot, but also his older brother. The latter will show the future star the first chords on the guitar, after which he will become interested in music.
The young man was expelled from the BGAA six months later. He quickly realized that aviation was not for him. Stas Mikhailov returned home and got a job as a loader. The young man was very ashamed of such work. Often, going out into the city on errands, the young man was afraid to meet acquaintances and friends. Later he is drafted into the army, where, thanks to his driving experience, he quickly becomes the boss's personal driver.
Stas Mikhailov as a teenager. Instagram @stas_mihailoff
How did plastic surgery affect your career?
Stas’s creative career is developing with the same success as before plastic surgery. His changed and noticeably younger appearance had no effect on his career. The artist is still admired and loved. The singer has a multi-million army of fans; it is difficult to get tickets for his concerts.
Mikhailov is a frequent guest on television programs; rating programs dream of getting him as a guest. Today he is still as in demand, successful and popular as at the beginning of his musical career.
Family tragedy
In the late 80s, Stas Mikhailov lost his older brother. He dies in a plane crash. The young man will search for the body of the deceased along with rescuers. According to the artist’s recollections, he was never able to find the entire remains. What was left of Valera was placed in the coffin. At the time of his death he was only 27 years old. The tragedy will leave an indelible mark on Stas. Having gained fame, he dedicated several songs to the death of his beloved brother: “Helicopter” and “Brother.”
Devoted fans of Stas Mikhailov's work know that there is not a concert at which the singer would not perform a composition about the death of Valera. According to the star’s recollections, his brother’s coffin made him think about his own future. A very young boy realized the transience of the time allotted to a person and decided to change his life.
Stas Mikhailov dedicated several of his songs to his deceased brother. Instagram @stas_mihailoff
Stas Mikhailov enters the Tambov Institute of Culture. However, he did not study there for long and soon returned home to Sochi. In one of his future interviews, Mikhailov admits that he left his studies because of the need to earn money.
Charity
The singer and his wife help a children's charity. A special project is helping Sasha Pushkarev, who has been disabled since childhood. Stas Mikhailov fulfilled the dream of a talented boy - he performed a song with him. He also gave me a trip to Disneyland and provides financial and spiritual support. Stas helped many other people. The pop star tries not to advertise his good deeds of mercy.
First steps on stage
In the future, Stas Mikhailov will be interviewed by thousands, he will give a concert in the Kremlin and become a confidant of the Russian President. The lyrics to his songs will not only be learned by millions, they will be printed on mugs, T-shirts and even bed linen. At the same time, Channel One will shoot a documentary about the singer, where the artist admits that he achieved real success on stage only at the age of 40.
In the meantime, young Stas Mikhailov gives live performances in Sochi restaurants and works part-time in a local recording studio. At some point, the local catering crowd becomes insufficient for the young man and he leaves for Moscow. It's 1992.
Stas Mikhailov when he was a military man. Instagram @stas_mihailoff
During this period, the artist was just beginning to test the waters of Russian show business. He meets people from the industry, looking for a stage image that is close to him. In addition, he delivers his recordings to different addresses in the hope that he will finally be heard. Everywhere the young artist is given advice on his appearance and repertoire. But Mikhailov is adamant. He did not agree to lose weight and sing other songs.
Later, having become a famous artist, he admits that he did not follow the advice of others because he wanted to follow his own path. According to Stas Mikhailov, as soon as an artist ceases to be himself and creates according to the dictates of society or the producer, he ceases to be a person. From now on, this is another musical project created for the needs of the public.
In the meantime, Stas Mikhailov, unknown to anyone, lives in Moscow and works at the Moscow State Variety Theater. As part of his troupe, the artist travels around half the country and gains experience. During this period he writes a lot, but everything goes to the table. The only composition of that era that reaches the listener is “Candle”.
The composition ends up on the radio, but does not receive the attention it deserves. Stas Mikhailov suffers a creative collapse and moves to St. Petersburg. In the city on the Neva, the artist does not fall into depression at all and does not engage in self-flagellation. Instead, he is recording a debut album.
There are still rumors in the domestic show business that the artist received funds for his first solo album from criminal circles. In addition, there is an opinion that Mikhailov allegedly himself has a prison past: this, according to some sources, explains his departures and returns home, first from Moscow and then from St. Petersburg.
In St. Petersburg, Stas Mikhailov not only records his debut album, but also shoots a video for one of the compositions. The song “Dark Eyes” becomes it. However, creativity again does not bear fruit and Stas is forced to return home in the second half of the 90s.
Finding a calling
Sochi residents recognized Stas as a musician when he turned 15 years old. At the regional song competition he performed “Poppies” by Yuri Antonov and took second place. He sang in youth ensembles, but did not believe that he could become a real artist, so after school he entered the civil aviation school in Minsk, deciding to continue the family tradition. However, after 7 months he realized that this was completely “not his” and returned home.
Stas Mikhailov with his parents, Vladimir and Lyudmila, got a job as a loader in one of the Adler stores. He considered this work shameful: every morning he had to transport a cart with goods to the fair, and along the way he met a lot of acquaintances. During meetings, Stas was shy and embarrassed. But in the evenings, he took his favorite guitar and sang songs of his own composition in restaurants.
After working as a loader for six months, Stas joined the army. He was sent to serve in Rostov-on-Don. The young man knew how to drive, so he was assigned as a driver to the commander of the Air Force of the North Caucasus Military District.
Young Stas Mikhailov at the beginning of his career (1992) After demobilization, Stas Mikhailov realized that he could earn good money from slot machines, and began to live in grand style. Sometimes he lost, but more often he hit a good jackpot, which allowed him to live comfortably in a sunny resort town. But Mikhailov did not manage to become a hardened gambling addict. The usual life collapsed after six months, and yesterday’s boy suddenly became a man.
Breakthrough
The next time the singer will make his presence known will be in a few years. In 2000, he again came to Moscow, where he recorded his second album. A song hits the radio and eventually becomes the artist’s calling card. Today “Without You” is familiar not only to fans of Stas Mikhailov’s work, but also to those who are indifferent to the performer’s music. This is understandable: there was a time when the track was played on the radio, the video shot for it was broadcast on television, and the lyrics of the song were sung by passers-by on the streets.
The album “Dedication” became the artist’s second solo album. It was released in 2002 and brought the artist his first wave of popularity. Initially, the album was intended as a gift to a narrow circle of friends. However, listeners liked him so much that word of mouth soon began to spread. This is how Stas Mikhailov became a star. However, a real breakthrough awaited him ahead.
The artist gives his first concert in St. Petersburg. 300 people come to it, but the chansonnier has the feeling that there are many more people coming. Stas Mikhailov experienced a lot of emotions at that moment. He even prostrates himself in front of the audience and thanks them for coming. Having become a truly popular performer, he will remember St. Petersburg with tenderness. Today, the musician allows himself leisurely walks around the city center. As an aspiring singer, he had to think about where he could get food.
The third album was released in 2004 under the title “Call Signs for Love.” The super-popular “Without You” was included there; it is played around the clock on Radio Chanson. In the same year, a video for the song “Halves” was released on television. The artist's popularity skyrockets. Stas Mikhailov receives long-awaited recognition from the listener.
Ahead of the musician is the recording of ten more studio albums. Records come out almost every year. In addition, Stas Mikhailov will gather the entire stadium of the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall, one of the largest concert venues in St. Petersburg. Later he will be invited to perform at the capital's Cosmos Hotel. Then Mikhalov will receive two Golden Gramophones, and Radio Chanson will name him Artist of the Year. In 2010, Stas Mikhailov received the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
In 2022, Stas Mikhailov was a confidant of V.V. Putin. Instagram @stas_mihailoff
It seems that awards are pouring in on Stas Mikhailov as if from a cornucopia and nothing will stand between him and the listener. However, evil tongues do not sleep. Not everyone liked the singer receiving the title of Honored Artist. There was talk among Russian show business that the chansonnier was allegedly celebrated thanks to the efforts of the wife of the then President of the Russian Federation.
As for Stas Mikhailov himself, the gossips breathing in his back only provoke him. Because he continues to create and achieve new successes. Already in 2011, Forbes recognized him as the main star of Russian domestic show business. Later, the chansonnier took first place in terms of frequency of requests according to Yandex.
At the same time, for a long time it was believed that the work of Stas Mikhailov was intended exclusively for women of Balzac’s age. The artist responded to the spiteful critics with a duet with rapper Dzhigan, popular among young people. He also sang with Zara, Taisiya Povaliy, the idol of millions of teenagers Ani Lorak, the pop group Artik&Asti and many other colleagues.
Today Stas Mikhailov is one of the most sought-after artists in Russian show business. The singer’s schedule is planned several years in advance; his music is heard not only on television, but also in the headphones of the younger generation of music lovers. However, the artist’s relationship with fashion trends was not always cloudless.
Awards and achievements
In 2008, Stas Mikhailov performed for the first time at the State Kremlin Palace with the presentation of the new album “Heaven”.
In 2009, Mikhailov became “Artist of the Year” according to Radio Chanson, and for the composition “Between Heaven and Earth” he was awarded the National Golden Gramophone Award. With the same song, Mikhailov first appeared on the stage of the Song of the Year festival. By 2022, his collection of awards included 10 Chanson of the Year awards and 8 Golden Gramophones.
Stas Mikhailov has 8 “Golden Gramophones” At the end of the summer of 2010, Channel One aired the concert “Between Heaven and Earth” (TV version of the concert program “Live”). The broadcast was a huge success with audiences, and the artist’s popularity soared. Soon, a poll by VTsIOM showed that in popularity among male musicians among Russian audiences, Mikhailov was second only to Nikolai Baskov and Philip Kirkorov.
In the photo: Stas Mikhailov with Taisiya Povaliy On the eve of 2011, Stas Mikhailov became an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
In the summer of 2011, Mikhailov displaced tennis player Maria Sharapova from the first line of the “50 Top Russian Celebrities” ranking compiled by Forbes magazine. At the same time, this was Mikhailov’s “debut” on the pages of this authoritative business publication. Stas Mikhailov and Elena Sever - Don’t Call, I Can’t Hear Stas Mikhailov rarely sings duets with other performers, but each such composition is certainly a success: “Let Go” with Taisiya Povaliy, “Sleeping Beauty” with Zara, “Love-Anesthesia” with Dzhigan, “You Are Alone” with Nadezhda Babkina, “Shores” with Emin Agalarov, “Don’t Call, I Can’t Hear” with Elena Sever.
Stas Mikhailov filed a lawsuit against Alexander Revva
In 2012, the comedy “The Understudy,” starring Alexander Revva, was released on the big screen. In the story, his character, the young actor Igor Uspensky, becomes a nominee for a prestigious award. If he gets it, then all of Russia will talk about him. However, among his rivals is Mikhail Stasov. The image of Stas Mikhailov is instantly recognizable in the hero. He is also played by Alexander Revva.
Still from the film “The Understudy,” directed by Evgeny Abyzov, 2012 / Kinopoisk
The singer took the comedian’s parody as an insult and filed a lawsuit against him in a Russian court. In addition to the leading actor, the authors of the film and the distributor came under attack. The claim for moral damages was rejected by the Russian court. Then the singer appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), where Mikhailov’s case lay for several years and came to light at a time when the conflict between Revva and Mikhailov was resolved.
The legal side of the matter was controlled by the singer’s wife Inna. According to her, Alexander Revva apologized to Stas Mikhailov personally. This happened at one of the social events where both stars were invited.
Other facts
Quotes
“Write and sing songs that you won’t be ashamed of.”
“It’s great to bring joy to your loved ones. I don’t mind spending any money for this.”
“Usually artists start their way to the top by attacking TV channels and radio stations. I’ve always been more concerned about how people perceive my songs.”
"Love. This is the most important drug for “star fever”. Love those around you, and it will be much easier.”
“Politics, business, power are the prerogative of men. A female leader is unacceptable to me.”
“Since childhood, a simple truth was ingrained in my head: if you give your word, you must keep it.”
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Love of travel
As the singer himself noted, in his free time from touring and performing, he likes to travel around Europe, and knows every corner and attraction.
Frequently visits Montenegro and Italy. He tries to spend as much time as possible outdoors with his family and friends.
Although the artist claims that he is not an active user of social networks, he still sometimes shares pictures from different parts of the world with fans on his Instagram.
Conflict with Revva
In 2013, the film “The Understudy” was released, in which Alexander Revva performed a parody of Mikhailov. Mikhail Stasov appeared in the film.
In 2022, it became known that the singer filed a complaint to the court against the image that the actor portrayed. It was said that the “bad parody” insulted the artist and hurt his dignity.
However, a couple of hours later, the singer’s official representative denied this information and stated that the conflict was settled back in 2014. Now there are no conflicts or omissions between Mikhailov and Revva.
Had coronavirus
In April 2022, it became known that the singer was hospitalized with double pneumonia. As it turned out later, the man had COVID-19 and was being treated at a hospital in Lapino. The artist himself spoke about this on social networks and demonstrated the test results. Fortunately, he suffered from a mild form of the disease, without complications.
According to the performer, the main signs of coronavirus were not observed, but at the same time, his back ached, his muscles ached and there was a feeling of weakness. Feeling these kinds of symptoms, the artist decided that it was a common cold and tried to be treated at home.
Before the singer himself suffered from coronavirus, he was skeptical about COVID-19, but after his illness he changed his attitude towards it. At the moment he feels great and has already started working on new projects.
Wives and children
The personal life of Stas Mikhailov is no less intense than his work. At the moment, the artist is married for the third time. The unknown Stas Mikhailov met his first wife Inna Gorb in the mid-90s. The young people not only signed at the registry office, but got married in the church. In 2001, the couple had a son, Nikita. However, the family could not keep the man from his dream. Mikhailov is still trying to get through to the listener. Behind him is work at the Moscow Variety Theater, and before his eyes is a big dream - a solo career.
Mikhailov is again trying to conquer Moscow. For a long time, Inna has been visiting her husband in the capital. According to insiders, omissions between the spouses began against the backdrop of fans of his work who appeared next to Stas. Inna can't stand it and files for divorce. The singer dedicated the song “Well, that’s all” to the separation from his first wife.
The next woman in Stas Mikhailov’s life was Natalya Zotova, the cousin of singer Valeria. The future favorite of millions met her already in Moscow. The girl was a backing vocalist in his musical group. The couple never got married, but their relationship is evidenced by the birth of a girl. It will be a long time before the artist acknowledges paternity.
Stas Mikhailov left Natalya before the birth. Her celebrity sister and her husband Joseph Prigogine helped her get back on her feet. The girl was named Dasha. The singer did not recognize her as his child for seven years. However, as soon as he saw her, the artist’s heart thawed. However, this did not prompt Mikhailov to return to his former common-law wife.
The singer met his second wife Inna Mikhailova in a restaurant where he was relaxing with friends. The music was turned on in the hall, the girl came out to dance. Stas, passing by, was fascinated by the stranger’s shape and lightly pinched her waist. A humorous conversation ensued between Stas and Inna, which would develop into a serious relationship, and then into an official marriage.
Stas and Inna got married in 2011. They have two children. Instagram @inamikhaylova
Both were over 30 and each had two children. Moreover, Inna at that time was still married to football player Andrei Kanchelskis. Insiders claim that Inna’s meeting with Stas came at a time when the athlete’s career began to decline. Before this, her husband’s work fed and clothed Inna, and she became accustomed to luxury. Professional problems allegedly ruined their relationship. So Inna found herself in the arms of the idol of millions of women.
Other sources claim that at the time of meeting his future wife, Stas Mikhailov lived in a small apartment. But Inna, being the wife of a professional football player, is accustomed to a high standard of living. Nevertheless, the woman preferred the artist.
The couple met in 2006, but registered their relationship only in 2011. The wedding took place in France, in the 16th century castle of Esclimon. However, the first fruit of Stas and Inna’s love was born back in 2009. The girl was named Ivanna, and the daughter born a year later was named Maria. Stas Mikhailov's children grow up in modesty. Girls are sincerely happy to receive simple gifts like an ordinary doll.
According to the father of the family, he really does not want his children to grow up spoiled. At the same time, the artist notes that he does not forget to please his offspring from time to time. In the meantime, the youngest of Stas Mikhailov’s six children are busy with toys, and the elders are building their own relationships, the singer himself tours the world, writes songs and gives love to millions of listeners.
Personal life
Didn't advertise his past personal life
He rarely comments on his personal life; for many years he carefully hid all his love relationships, and only in January 2022 did he invite journalists to his house.
However, persistent paparazzi still managed to shed light on the artist’s most tumultuous romances.
Stas Mikhailov and Inna Gorb
Stas had known his first wife Inna since his youth; in 1996, the couple married and were solemnly married in a church.
After 5 years, the first-born Nikita was born.
Inna moved with her husband to Moscow, supported all his endeavors in every possible way, however, with the advent of popularity, the star husband began to devote less and less time to his family.
Filming, touring, and a busy schedule finally made Stas the husband into a fashionable, famous and independent singer. In 2003, the Mikhailov-Gorb couple officially divorced.
Natalia Zotova
The next lover of the Sochi Casanova was the young backing vocalist Natasha Zotova.
In order not to undermine the image of the star bachelor, the couple hid their romance, but the pregnancy of the young employee made its own adjustments. Mikhailov leaves his expectant mother and does not communicate with her for several years.
In 2005, little Dasha was born, whom dad recognized 6 years later.
Stas Mikhailov and Inna Kanchelskis
The current wife of the star singer is the ex-wife of the legendary Soviet football player Kanchelskis Inna.
They first met in 2006. The lovers were over thirty, each had a relationship behind them, Inna was raising two children, Stas was developing creatively and was not yet so popular, but these difficulties did not prevent the couple from building a strong relationship.
The third wife gave birth to two girls, Ivanna and Maria, for her star husband. Their marriage continues to this day. Stas not only does not hide his relationship, but also does not hesitate to openly demonstrate it in public.
