Capital Bra

Vladislav Balovatsky (born November 23, 1994), best known by his stage name Capital Bra, is a Russian-born Ukrainian German-language rapper. Among fans, he is also known as Capital, Capi or Bra, while he published several singles under the name Joker Bra.

He first got popularity by his participation on the German battle rap tournament Rap am Mittwoch since 2014. He released his debut album, Kuku Bra, in early 2016. While it achieved minor commercial success, his follow-up albums Makarov Komplex and Blyat (both released in 2017) peaked the top five in German-speaking Europe.

In 2018, the single 5 Songs in einer Nacht (off his fourth album Berlin lebt) entered at number one on the German singles chart, being the first of nineteen in total. With his twelfth number one single Cherry Lady (released in March 2019), a cover version of the Modern Talking song Cheri, Cheri Lady, he surpassed the Beatles as the artist with the most number-one-singles in Germany.

In the same year, he released Berlin lebt 2, his first collaborative album, with rapper Samra. Four of its six singles entered at number one in Germany.