Rise
Albums, more than 10 singles and landmark music videos. The duo reaches the top league of the Ukrainian stage.
Story
From 2000s pop sensation to The Alibi Sisters
ALIBI is a female duo of two sisters, Anna and Alina Zavalska. Over 25 years they went from the pop sensation of the 2000s to The Alibi Sisters. The new format keeps their elegant visual style and adds a new sound and deeper lyrics, now in Ukrainian. The core themes stay the same: female strength, wisdom and grace.
Pause
Families of their own, a pause in the ALIBI project and individual work across creative fields.
The Alibi Sisters
A new sound and image, and a cultural and educational mission in international settings.
The return
Back on the Ukrainian stage. Translations of their biggest hits become a new musical language for long-time listeners and new ones.
- 1997
Music school
Both sisters study violin at music school in Kyiv.
- 1998
Cappuccino
Until 2000 Anna and Alina are lead singers of the girl quartet Cappuccino. Anna writes lyrics and Alina writes music.
- 2000
First singles
With composer and producer Dmitry Klimashenko they release “Alibi”, which gives the group its name, and “At Christmas”.
- 2001
ALIBI is born
The duo counts 6 April 2001 as its birthday. Their father, Oleksandr Zavalsky, becomes the producer.
- 2002
“Two Tears”
The debut album comes out in April. New albums and hits follow year after year: “Yes or No”, “A Clean Slate”, “Confession”, “Taboo”.
- 2006
Gold disc and Lou Bega
The album “Soul Reflection” goes gold. The same year Lou Bega releases the single “Bachata” featuring ALIBI.
- 2012
A pause
The sisters start their own families and pause the ALIBI project, each developing her own creative work.
- 2019
Together again on TV
The sisters sing together again on the show “Pashyna 20-ka”.
- 2021
The Alibi Sisters
On the 20th anniversary of their first show they relaunch as The Alibi Sisters and perform on The Voice of Ukraine. The repertoire adds Ukrainian folk songs in modern arrangements, including “A Girl Walked the Meadows”, a dedication to Kyiv.
- 2026
“Taboo” in Ukrainian
On 20 February, 21 years after the original, they release a Ukrainian-language “Taboo” with Lohai.