# Alisa Mon

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{{Short description|Soviet-Russian musician, composer, & poet (born 1964)}}
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{{Infobox person
|name         = Alisa Mon<br />{{small|Алиса Мон}}
|image        = Alisa Mon.jpg
|caption      = Alisa Mon in 1991
|image_size   = 260
|birth_name   = Alisa Vladimirovna Mon
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1964|8|15|df=yes}}
|birth_place  = [Slyudyanka](/source/Slyudyanka), [Irkutsk Oblast](/source/Irkutsk_Oblast), [RSFSR](/source/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic), [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union)
|occupation   = {{hlist|Singer|lyricist|composer}}
|years_active = 1985–present
}}

'''Alisa Vladimirovna Mon''' (born 15 August 1964) is a Soviet and Russian pop singer who became popular in the late 1980s after performing the song "Plantain". The second wave of popularity was associated with her 1997 hit "Diamond".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Алиса Мон: биография, личная жизнь, фото и видео|url=https://stories-of-success.ru/alisy-mon|access-date=2021-09-27|website=stories-of-success.ru}}</ref>

== Early life ==
She was born '''Svetlana Vladimirovna Bezukh''' in [Slyudyanka](/source/Slyudyanka), [Irkutsk](/source/Irkutsk).

In 1983, in Novosibirsk, she entered the pop department at a music school. She worked as a singer in restaurants in [Novosibirsk](/source/Novosibirsk). In 1985 she became a soloist of the school's jazz orchestra. Subsequently, she left the educational institution without receiving secondary education (in her own words, she was expelled for incompetence ).

== Career ==
She took the pseudonym "Alice Mon", which is consonant with the word "[Mona Lisa](/source/Mona_Lisa)".

From January 1986 to December 1989 she worked in the Labyrinth collective under the direction of Sergei Muravyov at the {{ill|Новосибирская государственная филармония|lt=Novosibirsk State Philharmonic|ru||WD=}}.

In 1988, the album "Take My Heart" was released. It also included the song "Plantain" (lyrics by Mikhail Tanich), which became the singer's first hit after her performance in the program " Song-1988 ". The festival brought the performer the Audience Award and all-Union popularity. In the late 1980s, the first big tour of the Labyrinth group took place.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Take My Heart - Album|url=https://www.discogs.com/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82-%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B8-%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%91-%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%86%D0%B5/release/2807901|website=discogs.com|year=1989 }}</ref>

In 2021, she appeared on the programme, Superstar! Return on the [NTV channel](/source/NTV_(Russia)). She also performed ''[Can't Get You Out of My Head](/source/Can't_Get_You_Out_of_My_Head)'' on the programme S''howmaskgoon''on the same channel.<ref>{{Citation |title=Can't Get Out of My Head - Алиса Мон {{!}} "Хит из всех утюгов" | date=25 September 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MkmghZf1ZE |access-date=2021-09-27 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2022, she performed as a cat as a special guest in the Russian version of [''The Masked Singer''](/source/The_Masked_Singer_(Russian_TV_series)).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Пчела |first=Анубис, Джокер, Дракон, Козерог, Леопард, Лошадь, Малыш, Монстрик, Мухомор, Осьминог, Павлин, Пёс, Пончик |title=Шоу "Маска" |url=https://www.ntv.ru/peredacha/The_Masked_Singer/last27515150/ |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=www.ntv.ru |language=ru}}</ref> In 2025, she will appear on ''[One to One!](/source/One_to_One!)''.

== Personal life ==
She lives in [Moscow](/source/Moscow).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Алиса Мон попала в музей|url=http://baikal-info.ru/friday/2008/28/014001.html|access-date=2021-09-27|website=Байкал Инфо|language=ru}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.alisamon.com/ Official website]
* [https://music.apple.com/ru/artist/459417265 Apple Music]
* [https://www.facebook.com/alisamonpop Facebook]

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Category:1964 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Irkutsk Oblast
Category:20th-century Russian women singers
Category:21st-century Russian women singers
Category:Soviet pop singers
Category:Russian pop musicians
Category:Musicians from Novosibirsk
Category:Moscow State Art and Cultural University alumni

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