A pop-rock group formed as a result of the Star Factory -6 project, produced by Viktor Drobysh.
Story
The Chelsea group was created during the Star Factory-6 project. Despite the fact that the future members of the group had different musical tastes, producer Viktor Drobysh put them together at the second reporting concert. This was the first nomination for Alexei Korzin and the first hit of the future group - “Alien Bride”. The song reached the second line of the Golden Gramophone hit parade of the Russian Radio and stayed on it for more than twenty weeks. The second hit of the group was the song "Most Favorite", which the guys performed at the last nomination of Arseny Borodin. This song later brought them the Golden Gramophone.
Name
Although the members of the group performed together at the reporting concerts of the Star Factory, the name of the group was not invented immediately. At first, the team, for lack of a better name, was simply called a boy band. A competition for the best group name was announced on the Channel One forum. The intrigue continued until the very end. The official name of the group was announced at the final concert of the Star Factory on June 29, 2006, when the participants were awarded a certificate for the right to use the Chelsea trademark in Russia and the CIS countries. This date can be considered the official birthday of the group. The Chelsea name was approved by Viktor Drobysh.
Composition of the group
The group consists of three soloists: Denis Petrov, Alexei Korzin and Arseniy Borodin. This is the second line-up of the group in history. Roman Arkhipov left the band in 2011.
The Chelsea group is a pop group originally from Russia, formed in 2006 as a result of the sixth Star Factory. By the way, the group has nothing to do with the Chelsea football club or its owner Roman Abramovich. The well-known producer Viktor Drobysh became the producer of the musical group. Despite the fact that the future members of the group have different musical tastes and preferences, the producer managed to unite the guys and direct them in the right direction, which instantly gave results. Already at the second reporting concert, the group received enthusiastic responses from the public and received the first nomination of Alexei Korzin, the guys performed the song "Alien Bride", which later became a real hit! The song in an instant found itself on the top lines of the country's most prestigious charts, among which the Golden Gramophone of Russian Radio can be noted. In this hit parade, the song “Alien Bride” by the Chelsea group was on the second line for a long time and stayed on the hit parade for over twenty weeks.
The second hit, which simply captivated all fans of popular music, was the song called "The Most Beloved", which the group performed at the last nomination of Arseny Borodin. Later, this song completely deservedly brought the Golden Gramophone to the group!
In 2011, the Chelsea group as a whole takes part in the already sensational television show project Star Factory. Return”, where graduates of the project of different years competed. In the course of the project, the production team decided to try to change the style of their sound, the guys began to play Pop-Rock music. It is expected that the new album performed by the guys will be recorded in a new, slightly heavier style.
In May of the same year, the final of the “Star Factory. Return ”, in which the group managed to take second place. The guys were ahead of only Victoria Daineko. The honorable third place was taken by Irina Dubtsova.
Returning a little to the origins of the formation of the group, it must be said that the name of the group was not invented immediately. Initially, the group, without an official name, was called the Boys Band. At the forum of the "First" television channel for fans of pop music, a competition was announced for the best name for the group. And a little later, the group acquired its name and was officially presented at the final competition of the Star Factory. On June 29, 2006, the group officially received the right to use the trademark in the CIS and be called the Chelsea group. This date in the team is considered by all the guys as the birthday of the group. Initially, four young people performed in the group - Roman Arkhipov, Denis Petrov, Alexei Korzin and Arseny Borodin. However, in 2011, the decision to leave was made by one of the members of the Chelsea group, Roman Arkhipov. The production team represented by Viktor Drobysh decided not to look for new people to replace Roman and the group will continue their performances as a three-person group.
The Russian stage is updated so often that it is sometimes difficult to remember an artist who was at the peak of popularity a few months ago. In such conditions, it is difficult for performers to stay afloat, because every day new names appear that are capable of great achievements.
In order to really be remembered by listeners from the good side and not to lose recognition even after leaving the top of the stage, you need to do something unusual, new and of the highest quality. At one time, such music was written by a well-known musical composition - the Chelsea group.
The group was very popular, and the words of their songs sounded in the head of almost every person. Glory came to the guys at a fairly early age, but it cannot be said that they did not deserve it. It all started with the "Star Factory" - a project that gave way to life for a considerable number of young artists, who are still popular to this day.
Then still unknown guys from the provinces gathered under the guidance of an experienced producer Viktor Drobysh, who saw the prospect in them and did not lose. It was he who came up with the idea to unite into one group of people who at first glance do not fit at all with each other, because they were all engaged in different genres of music.
Compound
The composition of the Chelsea group changed only once. The first line-up of the group included four people: Arseny Borodin (17 years old, mainly engaged in soul), Denis Petrov (21 years old, rapped), Alexei Korzin (19 years old, was fond of r "n" b music) and Roman Arkhipov (21 years old, preferred rock music). The Chelsea group assembled the first line-up precisely at the Star Factory. The combination of these young people turned out to be surprisingly successful, and they successfully performed on the project, writing several hits, with which they later went on a tour of Russia, gathering crowds of fans at their concerts.
The composition of the Chelsea group was quite diverse. Each member of the group is talented in its own way and deserves special attention. Therefore, it is worth talking about them in more detail.
Denis Petrov
The official place of birth is a small town called Mozdok. Immediately after his birth, his parents moved to Vladikavkaz, so his childhood and youth were spent there.
The future soloist of the Chelsea group studied at an ordinary gymnasium number 5 in Vladikavkaz. After graduating from high school, he entered the university at the Faculty of Journalism. Denis was actively engaged in this profession for some time. He worked as a correspondent and wrote reports for Vesti.
One of the main hobbies in the artist's life was football. Denis was very active in it, but later he still preferred a musical career.
Speaking about musical interests, it is worth noting Denis Petrov's love for the lead singer of the legendary Queen band Freddie Mercury. The Russian artist considers the British musician the best in the history of music.
Now Denis lives in St. Petersburg, where he moved a long time ago. He is a journalist by education and in the first years of his life in the northern capital he studied at the Faculty of Journalism at St. Petersburg State University.
After the collapse of the group, Denis Petrov appeared on the big stage more than once, but in a different role. A few years ago, he performed at the Comedy Battle project with his stand-up.
Roman Arkhipov
Roman was born on November 9, 1984 in a small provincial town called Gorky. However, his childhood was mostly spent in Moscow, where he moved with his parents at the age of 7.
Roman was the oldest member of the Chelsea group, at the time of the creation of the team he was 21 years old. But he has always openly stated that he is a fan of rock music and wants to perform in this particular genre. However, in the group he was the vocalist.
The first composition of the group consisted of four people, among whom was Roman. However, it was he who first left the group, after which the composition of the Chelsea group changed, and only three people remained. It was his personal decision. Despite how successful the Chelsea group was, Roman Arkhipov left the squad consciously and on a friendly note.
Arseny Borodin
Arseny was born in the city of Barnaul on December 13, 1988. His father was a fairly well-known musician, so the boy from childhood was surrounded by an atmosphere of music and creativity.
The father sent the boy to the song theater at an early age, which had a significant impact on his musical talent. Singing teachers saw great potential in him, and they did not fail.
Arseniy was the youngest member of the group. At the age of 17, when he was still at school, the future artist decides to take part in the casting for the Star Factory project, which he successfully passes and is among the participants. This marked the beginning of the musical career of Alexei Borodin.
Alexey Korzin
Date of birth - May 18, 1986. His mother insisted on his son's musical career, as his father wanted to send Alexei to the martial arts section. At an early age, the future singer goes to a music school.
As a teenager, Alexei showed his talent more than once, winning various music competitions, but the starting point of his career, like for all members of the group, was the Star Factory project.
The performer's favorite musical instrument is the piano, but he is the vocalist in the group.
Finally
Chelsea is a musical group whose composition was very diverse. This is one of the few teams that managed to achieve real success. "Chelsea" - a group whose photo composition flaunted on many posters and signs throughout Russia. Their songs were played in almost every institution, concerts were attended by thousands of people. Success does not come in vain, which means that the band members are really talented people who know how to make music at a high level.
Russian pop group consisting of participants in the musical reality show " Star Factory 6".
"Factory" weekdays "Chelsea"
March 13, 2006 on the air Channel One the sixth season of the Russian version of the world-famous format " Star Factory", which was attended by Alexey Korzin from the city of Apatity, Barnaul Arseny Borodin, a native of Mozdok Denis Petrov and Muscovite Roman Arkhipov. At first, the guys positioned themselves as solo performers and did not even think about joint work - their musical tastes are too different: basket loves R'n'B (in the modern sense of the term), Borodin addicted to soul style, Petrov rapping and Arkhipov- a fan of hard rock. But, despite this, the decision to unite the young men into one team, project manager, producer Viktor Drobysh accepted already during the preparation for the second reporting concert of the "manufacturers", which was marked by a nomination for "departure" from the project Alexey Korzin.
At this concert, the first public performance of the as yet unnamed quartet took place, at the same time the first composition of the newly made ensemble sounded - " alien bride", which immediately became very popular: it lasted in the hit parade" Russian radio"twenty weeks, reaching second place. In total, the time spent by the guys on " Star factory", they sang about ten songs together, but the most successful was" Favorite", performed on the day of the last nomination Arseniy Borodina.
Each member of the group, in addition to working in a team, acquired on " Star factory"Invaluable experience of solo performances and joint music-making with world-famous stars: Alexey Korzin was lucky enough to perform with the legendary " Electric Light Orchestra", Dan Petrov sang along with the band" US5", A Roman Arkhipov- with their idols" Scorpions".
Denis, Alexei, Arseniy, Novel And Viktor Drobysh for a long time they could not decide how to name the new creative unit. For this, the audience was even attracted" Star factories", among which on the site's forum Channel One there was even a competition for the best name for the group.
The group's name was officially revealed on June 29, 2006 during the final gala concert " Star factories 6". This day is considered by the musicians themselves and their fans as a birthday" Chelsea".
Chelsea after Star Factory
After the completion of the TV project, where, according to the results of the SMS voting of the viewers Arseny Borodin took second place, Chelsea"together with other alumni" Star factories"went on a traditional concert tour, which covered not only Russian cities, but also neighboring countries. In between tours, the guys worked on recording new songs, which, together with compositions created for "factory" reporting concerts, and a hit " I won't come to you"from the ensemble's repertoire" Funny boys were included on the band's debut album.
At the end of August - beginning of September 2006 " Chelsea"shooting their first video for a song" Favorite which premiered in October.
The group is actively filmed on television, becomes a frequent guest at radio stations, attends social events, participates in charity events, performs at various concerts and events.
In November 2006" Chelsea"won an award" Golden Gramophone Award"per song" alien bride".
And a few days after the award, on December 1, 2006, the presentation of the group's first disc, called " Chelsea".
Around the same time, the accompanying musicians joined the four vocalists: Alexander Afanasov(guitar), Yuri Demikhov(guitar), Renat Akhtyamov(keyboards), Ivan Sanok(bass guitar) and Mikhail Kozodaev(drums).
In October 2007, the album " Wellcome George!"with cover songs George Michael(George Michael), performed by Russian musicians. Along with other artists, " Chelsea"by recording the song" Careless Whisper". In February of the same year, a video for the performed " Chelsea" together with Philip Kirkorov song" Love is always right", filmed by a famous clip maker Oleg Gusev.
In 2007" Chelsea" became the owners of the second " Golden Gramophone"(for the song" Favorite") and awards" Soundtrack"newspapers" Moscow's comsomolets"in the "Best Group" nomination. A year later, the guys repeated their success, again becoming the best group of the year according to " Moskovsky Komsomolets".
The band continues to tour the country and also undertake overseas tours - twice, in 2007 and 2008" Chelsea"visited the USA, visited Israel, Germany, Japan with concerts.
In 2009, the band's second album, " Chelsea" - "return point".
In 2011, after experimenting with sound, the band acquired a harder, heavier sound, moving away from the vocal parts and arrangements characteristic of pop boy bands and approaching pop-rock standards. This was also reflected in the image of the soloists, and in the style of the clips.
In the spring of 2011, along with the project participants " Star Factory"different years, group" Chelsea"were invited to the show Channel One "Star Factory. Return ".
Not Chelsea alone...
In addition to joint creativity in the group, the participants " Chelsea" are engaged in "side" projects. So, Roman Arkhipov periodically records solo songs and shoots clips on them, Dan Petrov in the summer of 2010 recorded the song " My angel"together with the famous Russian boxer Nikolai Valuev, A Alexey Korzin in early 2010, he fulfilled his old dream by opening a pop art school in a mansion on Malaya Ordynka.
On March 13, 2006, the Star Factory-6 began its work on the air of Channel One. Among the 17 "manufacturers" selected from 16,000 applicants were four young men: Arseniy Borodin (17 years old, Barnaul), Denis Petrov (21 years old, Mozdok), Alexei Korzin (19 years old, Apatity) and Roman Arkhipov (21 years old, Moscow).
Although all the guys had different musical tastes (Dan read rap, Roma was fond of rock, Lesha was close to r'n'b, Arseniy was soul), producer Viktor Drobysh united the guys on stage into one whole at the second reporting concert. This was the first nomination for Lesha Korzina and the first hit of the future group - Alien Bride. The song sounded in the summer from every cafe, reached the second line of the Golden Gramophone hit parade of Russian Radio and lasted there for more than twenty weeks.
During the Factory, the guys invariably helped each other in the rooms and sang about ten songs together. These are "Alien Bride", "For You", "Last Call", "Become Mine", "Me and You", "In Half" and "Lift U Up". The second hit was the song "Most Beloved", which the guys performed at the last nomination of Arseny Borodin.
All the guys actively show themselves in the creative field, write songs, take part in the arrangements. Lyosha Korzin and Dan Petrov performed their songs at the Star Factory. The guys play musical instruments, especially Lesha Korzina, who is a multi-instrumentalist musician who can extract sounds from almost any subject, is worth mentioning.
Group
Although the guys performed together at the reports, the name of the team was not invented right away. At first, the newly minted factory team, for lack of a better name, was simply called ... a boy band. A competition for the best group name was even announced on the Channel One forum. The intrigue lasted until the very end, until at the final concert in the Olympic host of Russian Radio Alla Dovlatova and the president of the Russian Media Group Sergey Arkhipov handed the guys a certificate for the right to use the CHELSEA trademark in Russia and the Commonwealth countries ... This name is associated with an expensive and fashionable area of London and at the same time, it reminds us of the expansion of Russians into areas where European accents are traditionally placed.
factory tour
After the graduation concert, all former manufacturers went on a long tour of the cities of Russia and neighboring countries. On the tour, the guys from Chelsea performed almost half of the repertoire, enlivened the numbers of friends, and Dan and Arseniy also entertained the audience with their entertainer. The group has consistently received loud applause and mountains of plush toys from loyal fans. But even the longest tours end ... At the end of November, the tour of the Star Factory 6 also ended.
Songs
In between tours, Chelsea wasted no time. Several new compositions were recorded, and on December 1, the group's debut album was presented at the Gelsomino Club. It included songs sung at the Star Factory, a rehash of the hit "Jolly Guys", "I won't come to you" and three remixes.
After the release of the album, the guys recorded a duet with Philip Kirkorov for a beautiful romantic song “Love is always right”, the authors of which were producer and composer Viktor Drobysh and poetess Lena Stuf. This song went into rotation in March 2007. In June, another song, “Wings,” was released into rotation, and in early November, “I won’t die without your love.” In addition, the guys have songs ready for at least one more album, among which there are English-language songs that were recorded at the famous BlackBird studio in Nashville under the direction of sound producer Chris Lindsey.
Not to mention the covers. For various holidays, anniversaries and other occasions, Chelsea covered so many famous songs that it's time to release them as a separate disc. These are “Song of the front-line driver”, “Bombers”, “CSKA Anthem”, the song of the Bremen musicians, “I am walking around Moscow”, “No need to be sad”, “Arlekino”, etc. In June 2007, Chelsea took part in the recording of a tribute -album to J. Michael along with other Russian artists. The guys sang the unfading hit "Careless Whisper". CD "Wellcome George!"
Speeches
The geography of the performances of the Chelsea group is quite wide - you can see for yourself by looking at the tour schedule. But there are those among them that I want to highlight especially.
Significant and very responsible for the group was the performance in New York on July 21, 2007. It took place in the club "Tavern On The Green" with a full house. The hall was attended not only by the Russian-speaking audience, but also by Native Americans, who actively applauded and sang along with Chelsea. The American audience was equally grateful during the group's second American tour - in February 2008, where Chelsea gave 3 concerts - in Los Angeles and New York, including a performance at the Millennium Theater (New York) on February 10, where the guys shared scene with Stas Piekha. The group was noticed by local show business figures and invited in the fall of 2008 to perform in Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, Denver and in the famous House of Blues club.
At the end of August, when there were several days free from tours, Chelsea starred in their first video for the song "Most Favorite". It was directed by the famous clip maker Vitaly Mukhametzyanov. According to the scenario, the guys depicted 4 elements - Den - fire, Arseny - earth, Roma - air, Lesha - water. The clip appeared in rotation in early October.
In February 2007, the second video was filmed for the song "Love is always right", sung together with Philip Kirkorov. The clip was filmed in the interiors of the Shuvalov Palace in St. Petersburg by the famous director Oleg Gusev.
And in April 2007, the guys decided to try their hand at clip-making - they decided to shoot and edit a video for the song "I won't come to you" on their own. The shooting took place in early April. The approximate plot of the video is as follows: the guys rehearse together, then change clothes and go to a club where they sing a song in front of the audience. The clip was released on television in May 2007.
In early August 2007, the Finnish-Swedish team of the Angel Films film studio shot another video for Chelsea - for the song "Wings". Filming took place at the airport in Laperanta. At the end of August, the clip was put into rotation.
A new round of the group's creativity is associated with a brilliant performance on the Channel One project “Star Factory. Return”, the group’s repertoire was replenished with cover versions of famous Russian songs, which were so “liked” by the public that they gave the group a tangible influx of new fans.
Now the group is actively working on the creation of new material.
