He met his second wife Anna Shaplykova in 2000, she was a dancer at the Laima Vaikule ballet, with whom they had two daughters, Eva (b. 2002), Nicole (b. 2007) and a son Ivan (b. 2010).
Since 1986, Vaikule has been enjoying a fruitful collaboration with popular Latvian composer, Raimonds Pauls, and Russian poet Ilya Reznik, who wrote such hits as "Vernisage", "Charlie" and "Skripach na kryshe" ("Fiddler on the roof").
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The English version of "Mamy Blue" has also been recorded by Horace Andy, Julio Iglesias, Vicky Leandros, Genya Ravan, Demis Roussos, Muslim Magomayev and Laima Vaikule; Nicoletta also recorded the English version in addition to the French.
Other artists that have been perennial Pesnya goda winners include Iosif Kobzon, Valery Leontiev, Valentina Tolkunova, Edita Piekha, Laima Vaikule, Igor Nikolayev, Irina Allegrova, Philipp Kirkorov, and Alla Pugacheva.