Svetlana Loboda

Svitlana Serhiivna Loboda, also known by the stage name LOBODA (Ukrainian: Світлана Сергіївна Лобода; born 18 October 1982) is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter. Honored Artist of Ukraine (2013).
Svitlana Loboda was born on October 18, 1982, in Oleksandrivskaya Clinical Hospital in Kyiv, in the family of Sergii and Natalia Loboda. Till 1989, she lived with family in Irpin (Kyiv region), where the singer spent her childhood. She graduated from a music school in the classes of piano, conducting, and academic vocal.
After receiving her first musical education, she entered the Kyiv Variety and Circus Academy in the Variety Vocal Department. Already in the 1st year, Svitlana became a member of the musical group "Cappuccino", which occupied a worthy place on the Ukrainian stage. However, she later realized that it was not quite her format and left the group at the end of her contract.