Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Tatarka
Person · female · Russia · Naberezhnye Chelny · born 1991 · recording since 2016
Russian hip hop singer and video blogger
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Also known as Irina Aleksandrovna Smelaya · 蒂塔卡
Timeline
3 events◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1▣ Album 1
1990s
2010s
· Debut release
Debut release: Altyn
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2020s
Biography
English biography176 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1369919282
Biography
Irina Aleksandrovna Smelaya (Russian: Ири́на Алекса́ндровна Сме́лая; born 21 December 1991), better known by her stage name Tatarka (Russian: Татарка, lit. 'Tatar woman'), is a female hip-hop artist from Tatarstan, Russia. Her songs are written in Tatar and English.
Music and vlogging
Smelaya was born in Naberezhnye Chelny. She currently lives in St. Petersburg and is a vlogger. Her YouTube blog named "Tatar Days" (Татарские будни, Tatarskiye budni) has almost a million subscribers.
"Altyn
AltynSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Altyn3:042Altyn3:04" ("gold" in Tatar) was her first song, which was released in 2016 and earned her recognition in the Russian music scene.
Smelaya released her debut album, Golden Flower
GOLDEN FLOWERSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1AYE3:252LOLITA3:343KAWAII2:074BUBBLEGUM3:175ICY2:476BRING THE NOISE2:377LOCO2:398VROOM3:319PAPI4:0210BOYS&GIRLS3:06, in October 2020.
Personal life
Smelaya married Ilya Prusikin, the vocalist and frontman of the Russian pop-rave-band Little Big, on 6 July 2016.
She gave birth to her and Prusikin's son Dobrynya on 26 November 2017.
Smelaya and Prusikin publicly announced their separation on 21 August 2020.
Participations
2014 – Little Big – "Public Enemy"
2016 – Little Big – "Big Dick"
2016 – Little Big – "Hateful Love"
2018 – Bread – "Shashlyndos"
2019 – Animal Jazz – "Feelings"
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 15 | 85th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 7 | 21th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (15 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
2020 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 10 tracks · 31:05
1AYE3:252LOLITA3:343KAWAII2:074BUBBLEGUM3:175ICY2:476BRING THE NOISE2:377LOCO2:398VROOM3:319PAPI4:0210BOYS&GIRLS3:06
Single · 14
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | AltynSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:081Altyn3:04 2Altyn3:04 | 8 December 2016 | ||
| 2017 | U Can TakeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:531U Can Take3:53 | 22 February 2017 | ||
| 2017 | Алтын (DJ Цветкоff & Hokkan remix)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 7:221Алтын (DJ Цветкоff & Hokkan radio edit)3:13 2Алтын (DJ Цветкoff & Hokkan remix)4:09 | Remix | 27 March 2017 | |
| 2017 | Pussy PowerSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:231Pussy Power3:23 | 19 September 2017 | ||
| 2019 | AUSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:261AU2:26 | 28 June 2019 | ||
| 2020 | VROOMSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:311VROOM3:31 | 24 September 2020 | ||
| 2020 | BUBBLEGUMSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:171BUBBLEGUM3:17 | 15 October 2020 | ||
| 2021 | KAWAII (Cream Soda remix)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:081KAWAII (Cream Soda remix)2:08 | Remix | 28 January 2021 | |
| 2021 | LOLI BOYSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 7:491LOLI BOY2:39 2LOLI BOY (PARTIBOI69 REMIX)5:10 | 19 November 2021 | ||
| 2022 | KAWAIISearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 6:181KAWAII (sped up)1:51 2KAWAII (slowed + reverb)2:20 3KAWAII2:07 | 24 June 2022 | ||
| 2022 | Feel My VibeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:361Feel My Vibe2:36 | 8 July 2022 | ||
| 2022 | Black DressSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 1:091Black Dress1:09 | 7 October 2022 | ||
| 2022 | ТУГАН ЯКSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:521ТУГАН ЯК2:52 | 16 December 2022 | ||
| 2023 | Dance With MeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 4:081Dance With Me2:10 2Dance With Me (speed up)1:58 | 23 June 2023 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Tatarka head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 15 | 85th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 7 | 21th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tatarka_%282019%29_%28cropped%29.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/10280329-f154-49ec-995c-9fb5fc406caddiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/10280329-f154-49ec-995c-9fb5fc406cadcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32361736genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32361736seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina_Smelayabiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina_Smelaya
Why this artist is in the database
- List of hip-hop musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Oli Zitch · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q32361736 · MusicBrainz: 10280329-f154-49ec-995c-9fb5fc406cad
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