Tetiana Hryhorivna Liberman (born 25 January 1985), better known by her stage name Tina Karol, is a Ukrainian singer and founder of the Tina Karol charitable foundation.
Tina Karol won more than 25 Grand Prix and first prizes at various international music competitions and festivals. Her voice range is more than 4 octaves (from the F of the small octave to the Fis of the fifth octave).
Karol is the mentor on The Voice of Ukraine (2013, 2015–2021, returned again in 2026,) and also a star coach on The Voice. Kids (2012, 2015, 2016). She hosted the TV shows “Hochu buty Zirkoyu” ("I Want to be a Star") and “Tantsi z Zirkamy” on 1+1 (TV channel) (2005–2007, 2017–2019). In 2020, she was a judge at Vidbir, Ukraine's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest.
In 2013, Tina Karol became “The most popular Woman in Ukraine” according to Google and Yandex ratings. She is a three times title holder "Singer of the Year" on the YUNA Music Award (2014, 2015, 2018) and three times title holder "Singer of the Year" on the M1 Music Awards (2015, 2017, 2018). Tina Karol also is three times the title holder of “The most beautiful Woman of Ukraine” ("VIVA!" magazine “The most beautiful people” award; 2008, 2009, 2017). In 2021 Tina Karol entered the Ukrainian national rating “Top 100 most influential women in Ukraine” according to the magazine "Focus".
On June 1, 2014, on Children's Day, Tina Karol founded the Tina Karol charitable foundation. It is a charity initiative of the singer, which aims to help children's oncology departments of city and regional hospitals in all cities of Ukraine. As a public figure and philanthropist Tina Karol also cooperates with the United Nations Population Fund on various social programs. She conducted two peacekeeping missions in the hot spots of the planetIraq and Kosovo (2005). Tina Karol toured almost all of Ukraine with the Great Tour of Schools as part of her social program. She developed the social project “Znaty ta chuty!” ("Know and Hear!"), which she presented at the UNFPA Forum in Istanbul in April 2007.
In the autumn of 2017, Karol became the first Ukrainian artist who performed seven concerts in a row at the Palace "Ukraine" the main concert venue of the country. The seventh show was charitable. Children and doctors, who are helped by the Tina Karol Foundation, were invited to it.
In the summer of 2018, Tina Karol set an absolute record in the history of Ukrainian pop musicshe gave 77 concerts during her nationwide tour “Intonations”. Throughout her career, Tina has recorded nine studio albums, three mini-albums, six live albums, seven soundtracks, forty singles, one audiobook, and three hits collections. The May 2023, videography of the Ukrainian singer Tina Karol includes forty-eight music videos, nine documentaries, four mood videos, and one lyric video.
Biography Tina Karol was born on 25 January 1985 to a Ukrainian mother and a Ukrainian Jewish father in Orotukan, Magadan Oblast, Russian Far East. Тіна Кароль. Біографія, NovynarAcross the Former Soviet Union Ukrainian Singer with Jewish Roots and New Name Takes Country by Stor, Jewish Telegraphic Agency (23 March 2006) Karol moved to Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, at the age of six. Her father, Hryhoriy Liberman, was from Vashkivtsi, Ukraine. Karol confessed in 2006 she often felt discriminated against in school because of her Jewish last name. She is fluent in both Ukrainian and Russian. As a teenager Karol (under her real name Tetiana Liberman) performed for four years with the dancing ensemble at the Kyiv branch of the Jewish Agency, and her repertoire included songs in Hebrew and in Yiddish. In 2000, she traveled with this ensemble to the United States, where the group's appearances raised money for Jewish Agency for Israel programs in Ukraine.
In her fourth year, she was awarded a scholarship by Ukraine's parliament. Karol has participated in numerous youth, regional, international, and Jewish singing contests as well as musicals and theatrical shows. Karol became the soloist of the Ensemble of Song and Dance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces as well as a television personality. In 2005, she took a less Jewish stage name after producers of New Wave had suggested that to her. In 2006, she commented on this: "It was a part of my agreement with the producers, but, to be honest, I am glad I changed my name. I felt like it hindered me in my life."
In 2005, Tina Karol gave a performance at the live televised broadcast of the Teletriumph Awards, which was partially responsible for her consideration in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. She returned to perform once again at the Teletriumph 2006, (start at 15:33) and was also awarded the Teletriumph for her work on the talent show I Want to Be a Star, which aired on ICTV.
In 2006, Karol won at the casting for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "I Am Your Queen" and therefore represented Ukraine at the event finishing 7th, scoring 145 points, with a revised version of the song entitled "Show Me Your Love". In 2006, Tina Karol released her debut album Show Me Your Love, and another album entitled Nochenka, with some of the songs of the first album in Russian and Ukrainian. Also in 2006, she started studying by correspondence at the National Aviation University in Kyiv. In 2006, she also participated in the United Nations Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS campaign against HIV/AIDS in Ukraine.Ukraine Joins Global Campaign to Galvanize Action for Children, UN in Ukraine (1 June 2006)
In 2007, she released her new album and wrote a fairy tale "Pautinka", a story about a caterpillar, portraying the show business as Tina has experienced it. Philipp Kirkorov, Alla Pugacheva, and Verka Serduchka all have "parts" in the story.
On 16 January 2009, President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko awarded Karol the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine. Ющенко зробив Тіну Кароль та Козловського заслуженими артистами, proUA. com (23 January 2009) In October 2009, she was ranked 92nd in a Top 100 Most Successful Women in Ukraine compiled by experts for the Ukrainian magazine Focus. Рейтинг Фокуса: 100 самых влиятельных женщин и 100 деталей о них, Focus
In February 2009, she received the Most Beautiful Singer of Ukraine of 2008 award from the organizers of the beauty contest Miss Ukraine Universe-2009. In February 2009, for the second time, she received the title The Most Beautiful Woman of Ukraine according to the readers of the glossy edition Viva! The premiere of a new song "Ne boysya, malchik" was also held there. In March 2009, two songs – "U neba poprosim" from the album Polyus prityazheniya and a new composition "Lyubol" – became soundtracks for two television series.
In the spring of 2011, together with Sergey Lazarev and the duo Alibi, she became the host of the music TV show .
In the fall of 2012, she served as a contestant coach on the Ukrainian reality talent show The Voice Kids, and in the spring of 2013, she went on the 3rd season of The Voice of Ukraine as a coach.
On November 24, 2013, Tina Karol's nationwide tour kicked off in Ukraine with the solo tour Sila lyubvi i Golosa, which ended in late February 2014.
On February 6, 2014, the fifth album Pomnyu was released. On February 14 the premiere of the film The Power of Love and the Voice was held, based on the show of the same name
On March 26, 2014, she won the Yuna Music Award in the nomination for Best Singer Of The Year. June 1, 2014, opened a charity foundation "The Pole of Attraction" to help cancer patients. In 2014, the release of the single "#MNOD" was released, and in the same year, a music video for this song was released. In 2015, a video for the song "Ya vse yesche lyublyu" appeared on the screens, in the same year she went on a tour with her team in the cities of Ukraine with the performance "Ya vse yesche lyublyu."
In the winter of 2015, Karol came back as a coach on the second season of The Voice Kids the winner of that season was on her team. On the show, she released "Ukraina – tse ty", which she wrote inspired by children on her team. Latter a video with contestants from the show was released. In spring 2015, she came back as a coach on the fifth season of The Voice of Ukraine. March 25, 2015, won Yuna Music Award in the nomination Best Performer. April 28, 2015, on the anniversary of the death of her husband Yevhen Ohir, released a single "Spasibo"
November 26, 2015, won the M1 Music Awards in the category Best Singer. In winter 2015, she became a star coach in the 6th season of The Voice of Ukraine. In autumn 2016 she became a star coach in the 3rd season of The Voice Kids.
January 22, 2017, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko awarded Tina Karol the title of People's Artist of Ukraine.
In winter 2017 she became the star coach in the 7th season of The Voice of Ukraine.
2018 Tina Karol became the face of Ukraine International Airlines (UIA).
March 8, 2018 released a musical film The Intonations of Tina Karol.
April 26, Tina Karol performed a special performance on the air of The Voice of Ukraine. The Ukrainian pop diva performed songs from its platinum plate Intonatsii.
On July 5 she presented a new concert program in Minsk, Belarus.
On July 27 the Viber company released personal stickers of Tina Karol.
On August 26 the 1+1 TV channel released the premiere of the TV version of Tina Karol's musical concert Intonatsii.
August 27, the premiere of the album Intonatsii (Live).
In the fall of 2018, Tina Karol again took part in the project Shchyrі-2018 from Elle Ukraine.
On November 13, Tina Karol's Big European Tour began (Israel, Italy, Czech Republic, Moldova).
In winter 2018 she became the star coach in the 9th season of The Voice of Ukraine.
On December 7, the premiere of the new song "Sila vysoty" ("The Power of Heights").
On December 14, The Crashes won at the Best Shorts Competition International Film Festival in the nomination Best Short Film 2018.
2019 April 4, Tina Karol and Boombox released "Bezodnya" ("The Abyss"), which became their first joint work. The idea of a sudden creative tandem belongs to the leader of the band Andriy Khlyvniuk.
On August 22, Tina Karol is back with a brand new single and video clip. The song is entitled "Vabyty" (Attract).
On August 24, Tina Karol took part in the "Procession of Dignity" on the Independence Day of Ukraine. The singer performed a fragment of the national anthem of Ukraine on the roof of the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music.
In the same month she was the host of “Dancing with the stars” Tantsi z zirkamy. In October, together with the Moldovan singer Dan Balan, she presented the single “Domoy” (Home) at Dancing with the Stars.
In November, Tina Karol became the face and Ambassador of the Ukrainian jewelry brand Ukrzoloto. In the same month she presented a new video for the song " Idi na zhizn " ("Go to the life").
On November 30 Tina Karol and Dan Balan performed the single “Domoy” at the M1 Music Awards.
On December 12, Tina Karol and soloist of The Hardkiss band Julia Sanina presented a duet song “Vilna” (Free) and music video(clip) for it. This single became the soundtrack to the film “Viddana”.
In December 2019, Tina Karol was included in the list of the 100 most influential Ukrainians by Focus, taking the 85th place.
2020–2021
In winter 2020, she came back as a coach on The Voice of Ukraine.