Valerian Shotayevich Meladze, is a Georgian singer and a Meritorious Artist of Russia. He is the brother of composer and producer Konstantin Meladze, who writes songs for him.

Was born on 23 June 1965 in Batumi in the family of Shota and Nelly Meladze, who were engineers. Has a brother, Konstantin (1963), and a sister, Liana (1968). He was an impatient and disobedient child, while his brother was very quiet.