The Woman, The Legend

Biography:
Maksim, also known as Marina Maksimova Abrosimova (Марина Максимова) is a young Russian singer. She was born on June 10th, 1984 (she revealed that she was born on 10th day of Summer in a publication in a website) in the city of Kazan of the Tatarstan Republic in southern Russia. This means she is presently 24 years old.

More than just a singer, Marina is also a great songwriter and sports enthusiast. That second aspect of her life comes from the influence of her family. In fact, her father being a volleyball coach, her older brother a speed-skater, and her mother also working in the sports field, it's no wonder that Maksim was herself a very strong sportswoman. As a martial art, she studied Karate for many years.

She wrote her first song at the age of 7 and it was about war. Very impressive from a girl of her age. In fact, not only did she write songs, but she also composed poems.
Marina first performed at the age of 14. She is a big fan of british and american rock bands such as Deep Purple and Pink Floyd.
While studying at school, she took part in many talent shows and came to be known as a "Teen star". At these talent shows, she would perform songs by well known singers such as: Celine Dion (well known french-canadian singer from Quebec, Canada), Mariah Carey (American star), Whitney Houston (American star) and Janna Aguzarova (Russian legend) in a way that she captivated that croud.

Not only is she a pretty face with musical talent, but also, at a young age, Maksim also showed great talent in sports and was somewhat a tomboy as previously mentionned. Never did she think at that point that she would make it as far as she is today in the music field.
She grew famous thanks to friends of hers who secretly sent a CD of her songs to GALA records company (a big player in Russian music production). Her voice immediately persuaded GALA records to "take Maksim in" and make her a star. It came to be that Maksim signed a professional contract with GALA records.

Later on in the year 2006, her album "Trudnyj Vozrast" ("Difficult Age") (see the video of it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMIlzpkRUpc), typically referring to the ages of 11 until 18, sold out for about 500 000 copies. Maksim then released a video for the same hit which was on the top charts on MTV. For 18 weeks her song "Nezhnost" ("Tenderness") held the first place as the best song on pop Russian Radio.

My personal favorite song by Maksim is Ne Otdam. Here it is: