{{Short description|Ukrainian singer and actress (born 1989)}} {{Infobox person | name = MamaRika | image = M1_Music_Awards_2019_052_MamaRika.jpg | caption = MamaRika at the 2019 M1 Music Awards | other_names = {{flatlist| * Erika }} | birth_name = Anastasia Oleksandrivna Kochetova | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|04|13}} | birth_place = Chervonohrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | citizenship = Ukrainian | occupation = {{flat list| * Singer * actress}} | years_active = 2003–present | height = | spouse = {{marriage|Serhiy Sereda|2020}} | module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | genre = {{hlist|Pop|pop rock|alternative hip-hop|funk|jazz}} | instrument = Vocals | associated_acts = | label = }} }}
'''Anastasia Oleksandrivna Kochetova''' ({{langx|uk|Анастасія Олекса́ндрівна Кочетова}}; born 13 April 1989), known by her stage name '''MamaRika''' and previously '''Erika''', is a Ukrainian singer and actress.
== Early life == Kochetova was born on 13 April 1989 in Chervonohrad. She graduated from the Faculty of Foreign Languages of the University of Lviv, where she specialized in translating to English. She worked as an office manager and vocal teacher.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}}
== Career == === Early career === At the age of 14, Kochetova won the Chervona Ruta competition. At the age of 17, she participated in the talent show American Chance, led by producer David Junk, who had previously achieved success in the United States with the Russian groups t.A.T.u. and Smash!! She was one of five girls who were grouped as Glam. However, the project was halted due the 2008 financial crisis and a low amount of interest in the project from the American music industry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ирина Смирнова-Журавель "Квітка" - выбор вслепую - Голос страны 7 сезон |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUIvVzPL2to |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/oUIvVzPL2to |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|website=YouTube.com | date=5 February 2017 |publisher=The Voice of Ukraine |access-date=3 June 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Glam released one promotional song, "Thirsty", which was never released commercially.<ref>{{cite web |title=GLAM - Thirsty |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTRQ571ZZKQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/kTRQ571ZZKQ |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|website=YouTube.com |publisher=glammusic |access-date=3 June 2021 |date=10 June 2008}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
=== 2009–2015: Erika === At the age of 19, Kochetova, under the pseudonym "Erica", became a finalist in the talent show "Fabryka Zirok 3" under the direction of Konstantin Meladze. She returned as a host of live broadcasts of Fabryka Zirok 4 and took part in Fabrika Zvyozd: Russia-Ukraine.
From 2010 to 2015, Erika was a singer at the UMMG Production Center under producer Serhiy Kuzin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.erika.ua/ummg/|title=Продюсерский центр UMMG|work=www.erika.ua|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407012706/http://www.erika.ua/ummg/|archive-date=7 April 2013|language=uk}}</ref>
On 7 April 2011, the premiere of the animated film Rio took place, in which Erica voiced Jewel in the Ukrainian dub.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.umoloda.kyiv.ua/number/1863/164/66216/|script-title=uk:Навздогін за синім птахом|publisher=Ukrayina Moloda|date=2011-04-08|language=uk}}</ref> Erica's conference has repeatedly accompanied local and large-scale events, including concerts in Maidan Nezalezhnosti.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D_OJ2m9K_Q |title=Еріка на концерті як ведуча ВІДЕО |website=YouTube|accessdate=16 April 2013 |archive-date=29 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329155906/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D_OJ2m9K_Q }}</ref> In 2012 she starred in the musical "Happy New Year, Peace!" in Kazakhstan. In 2013, Erica collaborated with American opera singer George Komsky, as well as with Grammy-winning producers Bobby Campbell and Andrew Kapner of AngelHouseStudios in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJbRUdhGbYk |title=Новая Эрика с хитом из Америки |website=YouTube|accessdate=23 July 2016 |archive-date=24 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124234552/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJbRUdhGbYk }}</ref>
In November 2015, it became known that Erika stopped working with Serhiy Kuzin and changed her pseudonym to "MamaRika".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-24 |title=Певица Эрика лишилась псевдонима, репертуара и продюсера - Новости на KP.UA |url=https://kp.ua/culture/534900-pevytsa-eryka-lyshylas-psevdonyma-repertuara-y-produisera |access-date=2023-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424171048/https://kp.ua/culture/534900-pevytsa-eryka-lyshylas-psevdonyma-repertuara-y-produisera |archive-date=2020-04-24 }}</ref> According to the Ukrainian music publication Muzvar, the case of the artist and her manager was included in the TOP-5 most famous cases of break-ups in the music industry of Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=muzvarua |date=2023-10-29 |title=У TUARON запевняють, що Wellboy, Козловський, Шурiн - це тільки початок затяжної кризи |url=https://muzvar.com.ua/u-tuaron-zapevniaiut-shcho-wellboy-kozlovskyi-shurin-tse-tilky-pochatok-zatiazhnoi-kryzy/ |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=МУЗВАР |language=uk}}</ref>
=== 2016–present: MamaRika === In early April 2016, Kochetova had stopped working with Kuzin and changed her stage name to "MamaRika".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kp.ua/culture/534900-pevytsa-eryka-lyshylas-psevdonyma-repertuara-y-produisera|title=Певица Эрика лишилась псевдонима, репертуара и продюсера|publisher=KP|language=ru|date=2016-04-04|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424171048/https://kp.ua/culture/534900-pevytsa-eryka-lyshylas-psevdonyma-repertuara-y-produisera|archivedate=2020-04-24}}</ref> The same month saw the premiere of the comedy TV series Once Upon a Time in Odesa, in which she played the role of Yulia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tsn.ua/glamur/spivachka-erika-pishla-vid-prodyusera-i-lishilasya-svogo-psevdonimu-624168.html|title=Співачка Еріка пішла від продюсера і залишилася без псевдоніма та пісень|publisher=ТСН|date=2016-04-04|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424171416/https://tsn.ua/glamur/spivachka-erika-pishla-vid-prodyusera-i-lishilasya-svogo-psevdonimu-624168.html|archivedate=2020-04-24}}</ref> In 2017, she performed at the first MRPL City festival in Mariupol In December of the same year in one of Kyiv's clubs she presented a concert program and a second studio album "KACH".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://viva.ua/lifestar/news/46931-kontsert-dlya-svoih-mamarika-raskachala-stolitsu.html|title=Концерт для своих: MamaRika раскачала столицу!|work=VIVA.ua|language=ru|date=20 December 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171221020143/https://viva.ua/lifestar/news/46931-kontsert-dlya-svoih-mamarika-raskachala-stolitsu.html|archivedate=21 December 2017}}</ref>
==Personal life== Kochetova is married to Serhiy Sereda.<ref>{{cite web |date=25 February 2016 |title=Співачка Еріка офіційно розсекретила бойфренда |url=https://tsn.ua/glamur/spivachka-eirka-oficiyno-rozsekretila-boyfrenda-598459.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514132838/https://tsn.ua/glamur/spivachka-eirka-oficiyno-rozsekretila-boyfrenda-598459.html |archive-date=14 May 2021 |accessdate=20 December 2017 |work=TCH.ua}}</ref> Kochetova met Sereda in 2015 when they were invited to a show for a music channel.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Peleshenko |first=Elina |date=August 2, 2021 |title=MamaRika і Сергій Середа вперше стали батьками |url=https://stars.segodnya.ua/ua/stars/ukrainian/mamarika-i-sergey-sereda-vpervye-stali-roditelyami-1566839.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331215959/https://stars.segodnya.ua/ua/stars/ukrainian/mamarika-i-sergey-sereda-vpervye-stali-roditelyami-1566839.html |archive-date=31 March 2023 |access-date=31 March 2023 |website=segodnya.ua |language=uk}}</ref> They got engaged in January 2018.<ref name=":0" /> They married in Thailand in March 2020.<ref name=":0" /> On 2 August 2021, she gave birth to a son.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Сергій Середа хоче стати багатодітним татом.|url=https://novy.tv/ua/pekelna-kuhnya/news/2021/12/10/sergij-sereda-hoche-stati-bagatoditnim-tatom/|date=10 December 2021|access-date=15 May 2022|website=novy.tv |language=uk}}</ref>
== Discography ==
=== Studio albums=== * 2012 — ''Папарацци'' (Paparazzi) * 2017 — ''КАЧ'' (Quality)
=== Singles === * 2013 — ''Душа'' (Soul, featuring Motor'rolla) * 2011 — ''Смайлик'' (Smiley) * 2013 — ''Папарацци'' (Paparazzi) * 2016 — ''МамаРіка'' (MamaRika) * 2016 — ''Ніч у барі'' (Night at the Bar) * 2017 — ''We are one''
== Awards and honors == In August 2011, Kochetova won the Crystal Microphone show business award in the Singer of the Year category.<ref name="Mikrofon">{{cite web |date=2011-08-16 |title=Співачкою року назвали Еріку, а співаком — Макса Барських |url=https://p-p.com.ua/news/16974/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424174142/https://p-p.com.ua/news/16974/ |archivedate=24 April 2020 |work=Під прицілом}}</ref> In 2017, she was nominated for a YUNA award in the "Discovery of the Year" category.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 November 2019 |title=Шоста церемонія. YUNA 2017 |url=https://yuna.ua/post/yuna-2017/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331211945/https://yuna.ua/post/yuna-2017/ |archive-date=31 March 2023 |access-date=31 March 2023 |website=YUNA |language=uk}}</ref> In 2018, she won a RAP.UA award in the "Best music video" category for her music video ''ХХДД''.{{cn|date=April 2023}} She was first place in the "Radio Discovery of the Year" category for the 2019 TopHit radio chart.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 15, 2020 |title=Итоги года ��а Tophit.ua ?? Радио чарты 2019 |url=https://tophit.com/news/show/23570 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331212931/https://tophit.com/news/show/23570 |archive-date=31 March 2023 |access-date=31 March 2023 |website=tophit |language=ru}}</ref> In 2021, her song "Mavka" was nominated for a YUNA award in the "Best Hip-Hop Hit" category.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 December 2020 |title=YUNA 2021: стали известны номинанты Национальной музыкальной премии |url=https://tophit.com/news/show/24042 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331214356/https://tophit.com/news/show/24042 |archive-date=31 March 2023 |access-date=31 March 2023 |website=tophit |language=ru}}</ref>
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