Elya Chavez (born 31 July 1984, Moscow) is a Russian brite style singer of Portuguese descent singing in Russian, Japanese and English. In 2006 she started her solo vocal career under cooperation with the producer center. In 2007 she acted in the Roland Joffé’s film "Finding t.A.T.u", which was later dubbed as You and I. In 2008 she featured in the ’s film "A Mama Luchshe!". In the autumn of 2013 her protest clip against adolescent suicide "You And Me / Ty So Mnoy, Ya S Toboy" shot in Moscow and New York City earned more than 1 million views on YouTube.