Maya Vladimirovna Kristalinskaya was a Soviet-Russian singer.
In 1957 she performed at the 6th World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow with an amateur ensemble under the direction of Yury Saulsky and was awarded a Laureate prize. Later she started performing independently. Wide popularity came to her starting in the early 1960s when she recorded the song "Dva Berega" from the 1959 movie Thirst. The vinyl recording of the song sold 7 million copies. Maya Kristalinskaya toured the country a lot, worked with the jazz orchestras of Eddie Rosner and Oleg Lundstrom, with the ensemble of Evgeny Rokhlin. In 1963, she performed "Ya Tebya Podozhdu" on popular show "Little Blue Light". Kristalinskaya was the original performer of the song "Nezhnost'" which is considered the epitome of her singing talent. In 1966, Maya Kristalinskaya was recognized as the best pop singer of the year.
In 1972 and 1975, Kristalinskaya participated in the "Pesnya goda" festival.
She was bestowed the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1974. In 2002, Kristalinskaya got a star posthumously on the Star Square in Moscow.