Zemfira, born Zemfira Talgatovna Ramazanova (Земфира Талгатовна Рамазанова, Земфира Тәлгать кызы Рамазанова, Zemfira Tälğät qızı Ramazanova; born 26 August 1976 in Ufa, Bashkortostan) is a Russian rock musician. She has been performing since 1998 and has been popular in Russia and other former Soviet republics. To date Zemfira has sold over 3 million records. An ethnic Volga Tatar, she was born in a typical middle-class family – her mother is a doctor, and her father a history teacher. At the age of 4, Zemfira became interested in music, entering a music school the following year (where she studied piano performance and voice) and writing her first song when she was seven years old.