She represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, held in Rotterdam, where she placed ninth out of 26 countries, receiving 204 points. At the final, held in Moscow on 8 March 2021, Manizha was declared the winner after receiving 39.7% of the public vote. Manizha would be taking part in the Russian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song " Russian Woman". Her debut solo extended play Womanizha was released in April 2019.Ģ021–present: Eurovision Song Contest
Describing the album, Manizha stated that it was based around the "architecture of the personality" of a person. Following the release of Manuscript, Manizha began working on her second studio album, ЯIAM, which was released in March 2018. The singles were followed by the release of her debut studio album Manuscript, which was independently released in February 2017. In 2016, Manizha returned to her music career, with the release of several independently released singles. After leaving the group, Manizha moved to London, and later began studying gospel music in both London and New York City. Due to creative differences between herself and the band, she later opted to leave the group. With Krip De Shin, she recorded an extended play and performed at various music festivals throughout Russia. She later left Assai to join Krip De Shin soon after, which was formed along with other former members of Assai. Manizha later left the Ru.Kola project, and joined the Russian group Assai in 2011. That year, she became a finalist at the Five Stars music competition in Sochi. She recorded a number of songs in both Russian and Tajik, before joining the music project Ru.Kola in 2007. She took part in a number of children's singing competitions, winning the Grand Prix of the Rainbow Stars competition in Jūrmala, becoming a laureate of the Ray of Hope festival organized by Mir, and becoming a laureate of the Kaunas Talent competition in Kaunas.
Manizha began her career in 2003, performing as a child singer. Manizha studied psychology at the Russian State University for the Humanities. She afterwards left the school to begin training with private vocal coaches. After arriving in Moscow, Manizha began studying at a music school, where she studied piano. In 1994, Manizha and her family fled Tajikistan due to the Tajikistani Civil War, subsequently settling in Moscow. Manizha changed her surname from Khamrayeva to Sangin in order to honor her grandmother, who was one of the first people who encouraged her to pursue music. Her great-grandmother was one of the first women in Tajikistan to remove her veil and begin a career of her own in response to this, she had her children removed from her care, although she later was able to return to them and begin working outside of the home. Manizha's grandfather was Toji Usmon, a Tajik writer and journalist with a monument dedicated to his honor in Khujand. Her parents are divorced, and her father did not want Manizha to begin a singing career due to believing it was not a suitable career choice for a Muslim woman. Manizha was born on 8 July 1991 in Dushanbe to parents Najiba Usmanova, a psychologist and clothing designer, and a father who worked as a doctor.
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