Main points
- Iryna Bilyk lives in Ukraine and continues her musical career while touring Ukrainian cities.
- In December 2025, she released an updated version of the song “Françoise” with Khrystyna Solovya.
Iryna Bilyk / Collage of Channel 24
Iryna Bilyk is an Honored and People's Artist of Ukraine who was wildly popular in the 1990s and early 2000s. The singer was born in Kyiv, and her parents were not creative people: they worked as engineers at a factory.
- 1 Early career
- 2 Switching to Russian
- 3 The beginning of a full-scale invasion and a return to the Ukrainian-language repertoire
- 4 Personal life
- 5 Where is Iryna Bilyk now and what does she do?
Bilyk has been involved in music, dancing, and classical ballet since childhood. She performed in the children's song ensemble “Sonechko” and participated in television and radio programs, writes 24 Kanal .
Beginning of career
In 1993, Iryna Bilyk graduated from the Glier Kyiv State Music College. She majored in “Pop Vocals.” Later, she entered the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts.
In 1989, the singer took part in the “Chervona Ruta” festival. In 1990, the “Spring Hopes” festival was held in Vinnytsia, where Bilyk met her future producer and chosen one Yuri Nikitin , as well as Georgy Uchaikin and Zhan Bolotov, with whom she created the group “This Rain Lasts Long”.
Young Nikitin and Bilyk / Photo from the producer's Instagram
Bilyk released her debut album in 1990. It was called “Kuvala Zozulya”. Four years later, the artist's second album, “Ya Rozkazu”, was released, which brought her popularity.
In 1995, Iryna presented the album “Nova”, which included the popular song “You Are Mine”. The singer went on a concert tour of the same name, as part of which a big show was held at the National Palace “Ukraine”, which was sold out. In 1996, Bilyk became an Honored Artist of Ukraine.
Iryna Bilyk – “You Are Mine” (1995): watch the video online
In 1997, the artist went on an all-Ukrainian tour “Tak Prosto”, which covered 25 major cities. As part of the tour, two shows were held in April at the National Palace “Ukraine”.
In the same year, Bilyk presented the album “Farby”, which became quite successful. The collection included such popular songs as “Odinokaya” and “A ya plyvu”. In the 2000s, the singer tried to enter the foreign market. She released the album Biłyk, which she recorded in Polish, but it did not receive much attention.
Iryna Bilyk – Droga (from the album Biłyk): watch the video online
Switching to Russian
In 2004, Iryna Bilyk unexpectedly switched to Russian . She created the Russian-language album “Love. Poison”, which received the status of “platinum”. The collection included the songs “Remember”, “Snow”, “Love. Poison” and others.
In an interview with “Glavkom”, Konstantin Hnatenko, who wrote a number of songs for the artist, explained why she recorded the album in Russian.
You know, I once talked to El Kravchuk about this. By the way, he has almost no Russian-language songs. He explains it this way: if you sang in Russian, it was the only way to get anywhere. Because you couldn't get anywhere with Ukrainian songs at all, no one would take them, no one wanted to listen to them, you just had to sing in Russian. Ira already had a child at that time and she also had to live. Believe me, it wasn't done for good when she started singing in Russian,
– he noted.
Iryna Bilyk – “Love. Poison”: watch the video online
In 2008, Bilyk received the title of “People's Artist of Ukraine”, but continued to sing in Russian. In 2014, she ended her collaboration with Yuri Nikitin.
I like to be taken care of only by me. And Yura somehow has a lot of his own plans and projects. I didn’t understand this and decided that I was given little time, little attention, few minutes on the phone… In general, I am a capricious woman,
– the singer said in the program “High Life”.
The beginning of a full-scale invasion and a return to the Ukrainian-language repertoire
Iryna Bilyk condemned Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The singer said that occupiers lived in her house near Kyiv for almost a month.
In her work, she returned to the Ukrainian language. In particular, she translated her hits “We Will Be Together”, “Snow”, “Girl”, “We Are Not There”. Bilyk also released new tracks.
Iryna Bilyk – “Snow”: watch the video online
By the way, in September 2025, the artist announced that Yuriy Nikitik had transferred the rights to her songs. Bilyk became the owner of her music catalog. The singer called the producer's act “noble.”
Personal life
Iryna Bilyk and Yuriy Nikitin lived in a civil marriage for 8 years, without officially legalizing their relationship. The thing is that the singer wanted children, but the producer was focused on his career.
Yuri Nikitin and Iryna Bilyk / Photo from the producer's Instagram
After breaking up with Nikitin, Bilyk began an affair with model Andrey Overchuk . They even got married. In 1999, the couple had a son, Gleb, but two years later the lovers broke up.
He cheated on me. He still lives with the girl he cheated on me with. I communicate with everyone, I make sure that dad doesn't disappear for a long time. But I think he rarely sees his son, he doesn't help much. That's his right, I'm not offended,
– Iryna said in 2020.
Iryna Bilyk and Andriy Overchuk / Photo from the singer's personal archive
Irina Bilyk and Dmitry Kolyadenko had a stormy love story. The relationship between the celebrities began in 2003, and it was a real Italian passion.
In an interview with the publication “Gordon”, the singer said that there were scandals in her relationship with the choreographer. Kolyadenko even beat the woman, which led to the police arriving. According to Bilyk, he was very jealous of her.
Dmitry cut pictures, grabbed my hair. Yurko Nikitin proposed marriage, gave me an engagement ring. When I refused, he took it away. If these dramas had not happened in my life, I would never have managed to write so many songs,
– Irina admitted.
Dmitry Kolyadenko and Iryna Bilyk / Photo from the singer's Instagram
Kolyadenko repeatedly proposed to Bilyk, but the couple was not officially married. In 2006, they broke up. Then the choreographer sold nude photos of the singer to the publication “Paparazzi” for 10 thousand dollars. However, after the incident, the artists reconciled. In November 2025, Irina said that they do not communicate.
In 2007, Bilyk took part in the 2nd season of the talent show “Dancing with the Stars”, where her partner was Dmitry Dikusar, who was 15 years younger. Thus, a romance began between the celebrities.
The dancer and singer married that same year in Rio de Janeiro, but their marriage was not valid in Ukraine. Already in 2010, Bilyk announced her separation from Dikusar.
Iryna Bilyk and Dmytro Dikusar / Photo from the Internet
Irina Bilyk's only official husband is Russian photographer and artist of Azerbaijani origin Aslan Akhmadov . In 2015, thanks to surrogacy, the couple had a son, Tabriz.
Bilyk and Akhmadov divorced in 2021. At first, the artist said that the marriage could not be saved due to the distance, because she lived in Ukraine and her husband in Russia, and later shared:
“That's how it happens in life: you live with a person for 5-10 years and you are already different, and the person is a little different. Maybe that's why people get divorced, because they can't hold on to that first feeling, the first moments.”
Iryna Bilyk and Aslan Akhmadov with their son / Photo from the singer's Instagram
Where is Iryna Bilyk now and what is she doing?
Iryna Bilyk lives in Ukraine and continues to make music. For example, the singer is currently on tour in Ukrainian cities, and last year she played three anniversary concerts at the Palace “Ukraine”.
In December 2025, Bilyk released an updated version of the song “Françoise”, which was included in the 1996 album “Tak Prosto”. She sang the composition together with Khrystyna Solovia.
Iryna Bilyk and Khrystyna Soloviy – “Françoise”: watch the video online
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