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Maarja-Liis Ilus, sometimes better known by her performing name Maarja (born December 24, 1980 in Tallinn, Estonia) is a pop musician who has achieved chart success in a number of countries across Europe and Asia. Ilus has also represented her native Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, and is often credited as being the first Estonian solo artist to achieve international chart success.

Ilus’ music career started at the age of four, when she began performing major roles in children’s musicals across Estonia. Having gained a lot of performing experience at any early age, Ilus released her self-titled debut album Maarja in 1996, achieving reasonable success in her home country. Although the album made her known within her country, true national success would not come until the Eurolaul event later on that year. Ilus would perform two songs in the Eurolaul, “Kaelakee Hääl” and “Kummalisel Teel”, the former a duet with Ivo Linna. The duet would ultimately win the competition, and she would go onto finish 5th in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996. The exposure from competing in Eurovision would ultimately make Geffen Records notice the young Ilus, signing her for her first international album release.

Meanwhile, Ilus entered the Eurolaul again in 1997, winning with the solo “Keelatud Maa”. Ilus would eventually finish 8th in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997. The result helped to further solidify her popularity in Estonia, making her second album First In Line an instant success there when released on August 25, 1998.
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  • danieladrian

    Music from my childhood! Remember when she came to Perú. She still being so cute :)

    22 Jan 2012 Reply

  • deadgrave

    nice

    22 Mar 2011 Reply

  • Debzwebz

    @ bestis... that isn't Maarja or Marya roxx singing that but some other artist completely :-)

    1 Nov 2010 Reply

  • inKannabis

    ESTONIA <3

    16 Aug 2010 Reply

  • soratanu

    Her voice on the album First in Line is so cute

    24 Apr 2010 Reply

  • rockerfrankie

    right the marya above is now called marya roxx,you can see what she's doing today on www.maryaroxx.com

    5 Feb 2010 Reply

  • Erling_L

    You've got two different artists mixed up here. The one on the photo is Maarja Kivi, now known as Marya Roxx; former member of the Estonian band Vanilla Ninja.

    19 Mar 2009 Reply

  • bestis

    I liked maarja back in the 90s, and just remembered her. The songs from First in Line are still good. But that version of hard rock hallelujah that I found from her homepage is horrible :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtUseVhQI8I City life wasn't so good or so I remember (have to listen it first) but some new albums that I've never heard, maybe I need to go to record store in next visit to Tallinn. (Also Kivi could make music with some other name than Maarja, people will mix them up)

    10 Jan 2009 Reply

  • codziennie

    few good songs :)

    31 Jul 2008 Reply

  • Sandrusiek

    Maarja kivi rules!

    27 Apr 2008 Reply

  • Rock_with_me

    hier werden wohl die beiden estnischen maarjas miteinander gemischt...

    7 Jul 2007 Reply

  • reibz0r

    keep on roQuing1

    9 May 2007 Reply

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