Denis Alekseevich Mikhailov (, born November 5, 1990, Norilsk, Russia), better known by his stage name MITCHEL is a Russian singer. Biography 1990—2015: Early years Denis was born on November 5, 1990 in Norilsk, where he began his career. Since 2006 he has been actively participating in online hip-hop battles, winning most of them. In 2009 he created the group "Mon a more" and after having recorded his debut album "On Vinyl", he received the response from various producers in Moscow. Until 2014 he recorded tracks unofficially releasing on the VKontakte social network. In 2015 he decided to move to Saint Petersburg, where he lives and creates songs to this day in his recording studio. Career 2015—2018: Early career In 2017 he created the "Mitchel" project, releasing about 30 tracks that did not gain mass popularity. In 2018 he wrote the song «Айкос», which instantly went viral on Tiktok and brought attention to all labels in Russia and CIS countries. The track and remix entered the VK top chart, rising to line 23. 2018—2023: Duo breakup, solo career Then half a year later, the song «Во дворе ходит Слух» was released, which also instantly rose to the top, reaching the second line. And half a year later, the artist's biggest hit «А уже фсё» came out, which also took the 2nd line of all Russian tops in the charts and by 2022 already has 12 platinum status. The artist continues to release tracks that have multi-million streams and many of them have also achieved platinum status. He often experiments with sound and genres. And he skated more than 300 cities of Russia with concerts. In 2023 he released a music album, in which such artists as: «3rd January», «Khanza» and others took part. Joint duo First success At the beginning of his career, the project was a joint duet with another Russian musician. Together they created the singles "A already FSE" and others. 2022: Project collapse In 2022 the duo broke up and became a single project. Before the breakup, the duo created releases for radio rotation, together they filmed a joint video. After the collapse, the rights to the project went to. Discography Studio albums Singles References 1990 births Russian musicians Russian singers Living people 21st-century Russian musicians