Biography

At the age of 7 Marya won the main Estonian singing contest for children, Laulukarusell 1993 (in English, Singing Carousel) organized by Estonian National Television. She also won in 1994 and 1998. She has been the only person who has won it 3 times. In 1997 she won the TV 3 contest, Tahtede laul (in English, Song of Stars). In 2002, she took 7th place in the Estonian Eurovision Contest.

She has studied saxophone 8 years and she also plays piano and bass.

From 2003-2004 Marya Roxx was one of the solo-singers and a bass-player of a girl pop-rock band. Soon, the band enjoyed a fast ride to fame in Estonia -- the first album sold more than 20,000 units (population 1.3 million), and was an audience favorite at Estonian Eurovision contest at 2003.

In 2004, the band had great success in the international arena. The first international album reached golden and platinum status in Germany, Austria, Switzerland (sold more than 200,000 albums). The albums were released in many countries around the world: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Japan, South Africa, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Hungary, Russia, Czeck Republic etc.

Despite the success, Marya and the band parted ways. After that, Marya Roxx released 2 singles in 2006 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Estonia, Finland. Both singles reached top 50 in Germany, Austria, Estonia and Switzerland. All those years, Marya Roxx wrote her own songs.

Recently, Marya Roxx has made her dreams comes true and recorded her own album with mostly her own tracks. The album was recorded at the Document Room in Malibu with world famous producer Kevin”Caveman” Shirley (Iron Maiden, Dream Theater, Led Zeppelin, Him, etc.), with amazing musicians Paul Crook (MEAT LOAF, ex-ANTHRAX, SEBASTIAN BACH) on guitar, Scott Metaxas (ex-NUCLEAR ASSAULT) on bass, Derek Sherinian (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ex-DREAM THEATER) on keyboard, and Brian Tichy (ex-OZZY OSBOURNE, SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, GILBY CLARKE, PRIDE & GLORY) on drums. The album is ready to be released all over the world in 2009.