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Let's hide our tears from strangers: ex-wife, children and haters in the life of Valery Meladze

Valery Meladze // Photo: Legion-Media

Every second song by Valery Meladze became a hit. A strong voice, charisma and charm made the artist a star. Since the 90s, listeners have not ceased to admire the talent of the performer of the compositions “Sera”, “Tequila Love”, “Beautiful”.

But if everything went smoothly in Meladze’s work, then on the love front he was faced with ups and downs. The real test for the musician was the breakup with his first wife. For many years, the artist did not dare to divorce, but his feelings for Albina Dzhanabaeva turned out to be stronger, and the secret affair led to the creation of a new family.

Now fans admire the harmonious union of artists: the lovers are raising two sons and managing to build a career. In addition, Valery managed to maintain good relations with his ex-wife and daughters. On June 23, loved ones congratulate the singer on his 55th birthday, and we remember his difficult path to success and personal happiness.

NATURAL TALENT

Valery Meladze with his parents // Photo: Instagram

Valery Meladze was born in a small village near Batumi. Two generations of the future artist’s family worked as engineers and were not associated with art, but they loved to sing. Both Valery and his brother Konstantin showed an aptitude for music from childhood. The boys learned to play the piano together.

Valery Meladze showed his parents for the first time. PHOTO

Dad played a huge role in the brothers’ lives. My parent had a good tradition: getting together with friends and singing. He could perform his favorite composition even on the street, without being embarrassed by the people around him. However, the sons did not immediately appreciate their father's enthusiasm.

“My brother and I were so uncomfortable, we were still small and stupid. They told him: “Dad, why are you singing, they’ll think we’re crazy!” — Valery shared in the MaximMaxim program.

Valery and Konstantin Meladze began their musical careers together // Photo: Legion-Media

As a child, Valery was interested in football, wrestling and swimming. The future artist was the leader of the company, often getting into dangerous situations due to his passion for adventure: he climbed into closed areas of factories, construction sites, and ships. After graduating from school, the graduate worked as a telephone operator, but quickly realized that his fate awaited him far beyond Batumi. Meladze followed in his brother’s footsteps and went to Ukraine, where he entered the Nikolaev Shipbuilding Institute.

Valery's life changed when, together with his older brother, he took up amateur artistic activities at the university. Aspiring musicians were accepted into the April ensemble. A few months later the team became popular outside of Nikolaev. The future pop performer tried himself as a rocker, performing with the group “Dialogue”. Even then, the author of most of the performer’s songs was Konstantin Meladze.

In the early 90s, Valery made his solo debut as part of the Starry Evening concert. And the first hit, which Meladze’s fans still adore, was the composition “Don’t disturb my soul, violin.” Producer Evgeny Fridlyand noticed the talented artist and offered him a contract.

At the end of 1993, the singer performed in “Christmas Meetings” by Alla Pugacheva, and then everything went like clockwork: “Sir’s” first album, which became the best-selling album in the country, hits “Samba of the White Moth”, “Beautiful”, “Light a Fire” . Each new track by the artist became popular. In show business they started talking about the “phenomenon” of Valery Meladze, incomparable to any vocalist of that time. He filled the halls of the Olympic Stadium, but this was only the beginning of the performer’s journey.

FIRST LOVE AND FIRST LOSS

Valery Meladze married Irina after graduation // Photo: Legion-Media

Valery never suffered from a lack of attention from the opposite sex. But the artist began a serious relationship while studying at the university. He was in his third year when he met Irina Malukhina. After graduation, the couple played a modest wedding. The lovers were happy to learn that Irina was expecting a child.

The expectant mother felt great, but shortly before giving birth she woke up with a fever. Considering the pills harmful, Irina did not take antipyretics and went to the hospital on foot. She had to endure all further horrors alone, because her husband was recording an album in another city.

“I was alone in the hospital. Howled like a beluga. Then the baby was born and was immediately taken to intensive care,” Malukhina said in the “Human Fate” program.

Valery Meladze’s second daughter Sophia is considered a copy of her father // Photo: Instagram

Irina never once held the baby in her arms. Only later did she find out that the boy had been suffering from terrible convulsions for five days. The singer’s wife did not lose hope for the child’s recovery, but 10 days later he died. With a heavy heart, Valery returned home after the recording and buried his son.

The ex-wife of Valery Meladze spoke for the first time about the loss of her son

The couple did not despair and firmly decided to start a big family. Fortunately, Irina soon became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter, Inga. When Meladze was already at the peak of his popularity, Sophia was born in 1999, and Arina in 2002. The artist had everything: a house, a loving wife, three heiresses. But this was not enough.

A BIG SECRET

A new round of Valery Meladze’s career was associated with collaboration with the VIA Gra group. Together, the artists presented the listeners with the compositions “Ocean and Three Rivers” and “There is No More Gravity.” Viewers still remember the “golden cast” of the team: Vera Brezhneva, Anna Sedokova and Nadezhda Granovskaya. But Meladze’s fate was radically changed by another soloist.

Having his own team of assistants, Valery performed with backing vocalists. One of them was a graduate of the Gnessin School Albina Dzhanabaeva. The talented and promising singer received an invitation to work at VIA Gre, but did not accept it immediately: in 2004 she gave birth to her son Konstantin and went on maternity leave. Meladze’s wife also congratulated Albina on the joyful event, thinking that the boy was born from a certain musician. But even then Irina felt that her husband’s behavior had changed, he became detached, and often stayed late after concerts.

Ex-wife of Valery Meladze: “If he had returned at first, I would have forgiven”

Valery could not immediately admit to his wife that he sincerely fell in love with Dzhanabaeva. The singer conquered him, and there was no turning back. Kostya became the couple’s first common child. Irina learned about her husband’s infidelity much later.

“I felt that something bad was happening two years before the final breakup. Valera refused to talk, although I tried to find out the reason for the change in his behavior. And one day he simply lost his temper and told everything, but did not mention her name,” Malukhina admitted in the “Fate of a Man” program.

Irina did not think that Valery Meladze would create a new family with Albina Dzhanabaeva // Photo: Instagram

What I heard came as a shock to Irina. Later, she learned from a friend that Meladze’s new chosen one was Albina Dzhanabaeva. “Of course, I knew Albina, but I couldn’t even imagine that she already had a son from Valera,” Malukhina shared.

At first, there was no talk of divorce, because the couple wanted to save the family for the sake of their daughters. But such a life was unbearable for all sides of the love triangle. For several years, Valery was torn between two families. “It was incredibly difficult for Irina, and for Albina too. This is actually true! It would seem that one has lost, the other seems to have gained. But it was hard for both of them. These seven years were a test for both that family and this one,” Valery Meladze later recalled.

NO FUSS

At first, Valery Meladze and Albina Dzhanabaeva did not appear in public, but now they are happy to go out together // Photo: Legion-Media

Only in 2014, Valery Meladze officially divorced and was able to talk openly about his relationship with Albina. The singer was absolutely happy. Haters still blame the artist for abandoning his family, but in fact, the vocalist never refused to help the heiresses and maintained communication with them. Two years ago, he led his eldest daughter Inga to the altar, becoming one of the main guests at a luxurious celebration.

Valeria Meladze's daughter separated from her husband

Irina had difficulty establishing contact with her ex-husband, but she stepped over herself for the sake of the children. Now Malukhina is grateful to her ex-husband for the trials through which she came to religion and self-improvement. The daughters often spend time with their dad and are friends with their brothers.

“The girls recently met their brother, Valera’s son. I saw that this was a sore subject for him, that he needed it. That's why we sat down and talked. So, my daughters communicate with their brother,” the singer’s ex-wife said in the program “The Fate of a Man” in early June.

Valery Meladze often sees his daughters // Photo: Instagram

Albina Dzhanabaeva and Valery Meladze have been together for a long time, but are still madly in love with each other. They have experienced the condemnation of others and carefully keep their feelings from strangers, talking little about their family and children. Thus, artists still do not publish pictures on microblogs where the faces of their grown-up sons are clearly visible. Valery is always ready to stand up for loved ones and protect them from attacks from haters. “I fell in love with Albina many years ago and did everything to make her fall in love with me. My daughters are not deprived of my love. I adore them and take care of them as if they were my dearest people! Albina and I have two sons, of whom I am proud,” Meladze explained on the Internet.

Albina Dzhanabaeva about Valery Meladze’s divorce: “I’m tired of reading fantastic versions”

Valery Meladze found inspiration when he began to live with Albina. With enviable regularity, the artist releases heartfelt songs and beautiful videos. The musician shares his wealth of experience with aspiring performers. So, Valery was a mentor several times in the show “The Voice.Children”.

To date, Meladze has achieved success in all areas of life. The Honored Artist of Russia, however, does not intend to stop there. Development and progress are important for a singer. In the future, the performer plans to record many more compositions, and, perhaps, become a dad again - Albina Dzhanabaeva dreams of a daughter.

Based on materials from “7 Days”.

First love – Yana Summ

Being a connoisseur of beauty, Konstantin noticed his chosen one, Yana Summ, among the participants in the Miss Ukraine-92 contest. Several dates with an 18-year-old girl made it clear to the composer that she was the love of his life, and he proposed to her. In 1994, the couple officially registered their relationship.

In his marriage to Yana, Konstantin had three children. The first-born was daughter Alice, born in 2000. Four years later, the family was replenished with a daughter, Leah, and a year later, with a long-awaited son. Konstantin, like his brother Valery, named his son in honor of his brother. The couple hid the fact that their child was autistic for a long time.

It’s difficult to call Yana and Konstantin’s family life ideal. Rumors about the composer’s constant infidelities and affairs and his circle of sexy beauties from the VIA Gra team could not help but leave their mark. The musician perceived gossip about his mistresses as an inevitable evil and a cost of the profession, which could not help but get on his wife’s nerves.

Sooner or later one of the rumors had to become true. Konstantin was unable to overcome the charms of the sexy Vera Brezhneva, with whom he played tricks while he was married. Yana felt something was wrong and openly asked questions to her rival, but Vera replied that she and Meladze had only working and friendly relations.

The long-term deception was revealed only in 2005 - Yana was pregnant with her third child at that time. Despite the outright betrayal, the woman decided to save the marriage, but this did not help, and family life went downhill. In 2013, Yana decided to divorce, despite Konstantin’s clear desire to prevent this. The composer left for Moscow, while his ex-wife remained to live with their children in a country house near Kiev.

Yana did not give up on her personal life and soon married a Ukrainian businessman. Today she is raising children, including her son Valery, who requires special care and close attention. The woman created the Kiev Special Center for Applied Behavior Analysis, designed to help children with a similar diagnosis.