Nastya Kamensky

NK. Nastya Kamenskykh.

Birth name: Anastasiya Kamenskykh

Year of the begging of the music career: 2004

Occupation: singer, musician, songwriter

Genres: pop, R&B, latin pop 

Former member of the duo «Potap and Nastya».

Early years

On May 4, 1987, a smart and beautiful girl Nastya was born to a Kyiv family. The talented girl was incredibly lucky with her parents. Anastasia says that it was they who taught her how to manage her time and instilled in her the habit of strict self-discipline.

Music has surrounded Anastasiia since she was born. Her mother is a singer in the National Academic Folk Choir. Her father was first the captain of the Dynamo volleyball team, and later became the concert director of the choir in which his wife sang. Even her godmother Alla Kudlay, was a singer. Nastya was eagerly engaged in vocals and ballet, graduated from music school with a degree in piano, and was fond of tennis. After graduating from high school, she entered the Ukrainian American Humanities Institute.

The future specialist in "Foreign Economic Activity" never stopped thinking about a singing career and at the age of sixteen went to the Black Sea Games festival. The dazzlingly beautiful owner of pure vocals captivated both the audience and the judges. In 2004, the girl received her first award, the Grand Prix. And that was just the beginning. Recognition, applause, and awards came rushing into the girl's life.

But Nastya considers the UBN Awards, which she received a year later, to be the most significant event in her career. The first international recognition and meeting those she thought were unattainable celebrities was a great start.

Music career

In 2006, the brilliant duo “Potap and Nastya” was born. Anastasia plunged into the original project with great pleasure and, without fear of experimentation, willingly realized Potap's most incredible fantasies.

Since their first appearance on the stage, the band has been at the very top of the musical Olympus. Four albums, concerts, awards. The creative couple blew up the charts with their songs one after another. Their popularity was constantly growing. There were no limits to it.

Absolute winners in the Five Stars competition, they were on stage for over 10 years and delighted fans with their positive attitude and songs. Later, Nastya started her solo career.

Career on TV

The bright and photogenic beauty tries her hand at various TV projects. Nastya took part in the “Two Stars” competition and the “Star + Star” project. But she felt and looked much more organic in the role of a TV presenter of the program "Guten Morgen!".

In 2016, without any casting, Volodymyr Zelenskyy invited Nastya Kamenskykh to play the role of a presenter in the children's version of the project "Make a Comedian Laugh". He needed a girl whom children would love. The first season of "Make a Comedian Laugh. Children" showed that the choice was very successful.

Start of a solo career.

In 2017, the duo “Potap and Nastya” announced a hiatus, and Anastasia was invited to become a judge on the jury of the 8th season of the Ukrainian version of the X-Factor project. Also in 2017, Kamenskykh announces the start of her solo career and chooses the creative pseudonym “NK”. The first song released by the artist, "#этомояночь", immediately became a hit and has millions of views on the YouTube platform.  In the winter, NK pleased her fans with an acoustic collection of Christmas songs "Xmas with NK".

The first album of her solo project was “No Komments”, released in the fall of 2018. The album includes 10 tracks, including the first Ukrainian-language song "Тримай" for which the singer received the YUNA award for Best Pop Hit. In 2020, the artist released the album Eclectica, the album includes 7 songs in Spanish, she received an award from the Top Hit Music Awards for the track “Elefante”, and the video for the song "Попа как у Ким" has collected more than 70 million views on YouTube. The third studio album by NK is the musical work "Красное вино", the singer released the album in 2021, it includes 15 tracks, in Russian, Ukrainian, English and Spanish. In 2022, the singer released several singles: “Коли мине війна”, “Я – Україна”, “Мама-Зима”, “Кришталь” and in 2023, she released the song "Душа" and the Ukrainian version of the previously known hit “#этомояночь” - “це є моя ніч”.

Video blog on YouTube

By taking on the pseudonym NK, Nastya Kamenskykh has launched not just a solo project. According to her, this is a new chapter in her life and work. Being a modern and progressive person, the singer decided to write it in the most natural language for herself and her fans.

The meeting place is the official YouTube channel “NKofficial”.

The second channel, “NKblog”, tells about the star's life.

Own clothing line

Along with her solo project, the singer launched a line of her own sportswear and named the brand NKsport. The first collection includes 17 models of tracksuits, leggings and T-shirts.

Discography:

• Albums:

2018 — “No Komments”

2020 — “Eclectica”

2021 — “Красное вино”

• Collections: 

2017 – Xmas with NK

NK awards:

• 2017 – winner in the nomination “Newsmaker of the Year”, Star Trek (Ukrainian TV channel)

• 2017 – winner in the nomination “The best Christmas song”, Music Platform 

• 2018 – winner in the nomination “Newsmaker of the Year”, MEDIA SIESTA

• 2018 – winner in the nomination “Video of winter”, M1 Music Awards

• 2018 – winner in the nomination “The singer of spring”, M1 Music Awards

• 2018 – winner in the nomination “Video of the Year”, M1 Music Awards

• 2018 – winner in the nomination “The singer of the Year”, M1 Music Awards

• 2018 – winner in the nomination “International Star”, Star Trek (Ukrainian TV channel)

• 2018 – winner in the nomination “The singer of the Year”, Cosmopolitan

• 2019 – winner in the nomination “The singer of the Year”, M1 Music Awards

• 2019 – award “Chervona Ruta” (for song “Обіцяю”), M1 Music Awards

• 2019 – winner in the nomination “The best pop hit” (for song “Тримай”), YUNA

• 2019 – winner in the nomination “Video of the Year (female vocal) YouTube Ukraine” (for “Попа как у Ким”), Top Hit Music Awards

• 2019 – winner in the nomination “The best performer YouTube Ukraine”, Top Hit Music Awards

• 2019 – winner in the nomination “Video of the Year (female vocal) YouTube Ukraine” (for “Elefante”), Top Hit Music Awards

• 2019 – winner in the nomination “The best performer on the radio”, Top Hit Music Awards