In this article, you will learn about the most famous, popular and sought-after pop artists in our country. They are very different - young or rejuvenating, beautiful and original, talented or not. But the public loves them, no matter what, whether it's a new hit or long legs.

Variety centenarians

These are the "oldest" singers in Russia. Photos of divas regularly appear in the yellow press for many years, and crowds of fans still hunt for their autographs. This list includes: Alla Pugacheva, Sofia Rotaru, Larisa Dolina, Kadysheva, Lyubov Uspenskaya, Irina Allegrova and Valeria. Of course, this is not a complete list, only those pop artists who are currently able to gather full houses at their concerts are included here. Note: even though Alla Pugacheva left the stage, she can return at any moment and gather a whole crowd of fans.

The most beautiful singers in Russia

This list includes those pop divas who do not even need to sing. It is enough just to go on stage, and millions of men's hearts freeze from such unearthly (and barely covered) beauty. Well, if they are also talented, have a good voice, then nothing can resist this crushing force. So, the most beautiful singers in Russia are Vera Brezhneva, Pletneva, Zhanna Friske, Nyusha, Tatyana Kotova, Tanya Tereshina (Yin-Yang group), Sati Kazanova, Svetlana Svetikova, Valeria, Yulia Kovalchuk, Anna Semenovich. It is these divas who not only sing well, but also invariably attract male gazes. Many of these singers starred for men's magazines: Playboy, Penthouse and other similar publications. And this once again serves as proof of their beauty.

The most popular singers in Russia

You can be both beautiful and talented, but only the desire of the audience to get to a particular singer at a concert or get her to a corporate or private party is a real objective indicator of the demand for a star. And demand always creates supply, and the most sought-after artists receive the highest fees. However, I would like to note the fact that Russian singers, like their foreign colleagues, often overestimate the amounts they receive for their performances. There are several reasons: firstly, the thought - “what if they give just that much”, and secondly, self-promotion - “look how popular I am”. And, of course, the expectation of a purely psychological effect - for many people who "order" stars for themselves, the status of the performers is important, and not the quality of the songs at all. This is what many Russian singers use, asking for hundreds of thousands of dollars for a half-hour performance to the phonogram. Alla Pugacheva is considered the most expensive: she asks for €250,000 for 5 songs, and only on the condition that she does not need to travel more than 500 km from Moscow. Next comes Elena Vaenga - she asks "only" € 200 thousand for a forty-minute performance. Among the younger generation, the singer Elka can be noted - she takes € 100 thousand Zemfira can be ordered for € 150 thousand. But the whole group "Brilliant", wholesale, will cost only €20 thousand.

As a result, we can conclude: Russian singers still do not reach world celebrities in terms of fees. And none of our stars yet can match Rihanna, who made $8 million in one night, Beyoncé ($2 million for a performance at a private party on a yacht) or Christina Aguilera ($1 million in one hour).

Modern domestic show business is a special world, in some way separated from the rest of civilization, in which slightly different people live, with their own worries, deeds and quirks. Russian performers are, in most cases, persons, albeit without a world name, but quite famous in the vastness of their land and within their native state, and perhaps within the borders of the near abroad too. This article will tell you about popular and in-demand Russian performers over the past decade.

First echelon

So, let's start, then Russian performers will be described. The list is opened by the old-timers of the national stage. Leonid Agutin, Nikolai Baskov, Oleg Gazmanov, Valery Leontiev, Alexander Rosenbaum, singer Slava, Lolita, the Pair of Normals, Mumiy Troll groups were quite popular at the beginning of the 2000s and were famous for their armies of loyal fans, but with the onset of the second decade of the century they fame has faded a bit. Today, these artists can be seen only at the most traditional concerts and musical evenings. What can not be said about Philip Kirkorov, Valeria Meladze, singers Natalie and Anita Tsoi, the groups "Beasts", "Splin". These artists are in demand and loved by the audience even today. Their concerts still attract millions of fans. And all this despite the fact that they also have the right to call themselves "old-timers of the stage."

The youth

Russian performers are also representatives of a new generation. Their popularity today is at its peak, their CDs are sold faster than others, their tours are scheduled for five to seven years in advance. Young Russian pop artists are quite numerous. Their list includes several hundred names and pseudonyms, the most famous are Dima Bilan, Sergey Lazarev, rapper Timati, his protégés are Yegor Creed, Andrey Grizzly, Alexei Vorobyov, Dan Balan, Dominik Joker, Irakli, Max Korzh, Denis Maidanov, Tamerlane, Vyacheslav Basyul, Ani Lorak, Ivan Dorn, Nyusha, Pelageya, Yulia Savicheva, Anna Sedakova, Vera Brezhneva, Tati, Elena Temnikova, Polina Gagarina, Elvira T, Maxim, Loya, Svetlana Loboda, Stas Kostyushkin, Noise MC, Yuliana Karaulova, "Pizza ", "Silver", M-Band, "23:45", "Banderos", "02.30", Quest Pistols, "Degrees", quartet "Heroes", "China", trio "VIA GRA" and many others.

Voice

Russian performers today are also from many popular television shows. The project with the highest ratings on domestic television is the Voice show. This platform has released wonderful singers such as Gela Guraliya, Elina Chaga, Nargiz Zakirova and many others.

Russian show business is replenishing and Viktoria Petrik can be called a bright representative of this separate group of domestic stage. The girl is the winner of the world famous festival "Children's New Wave". This, of course, is a worthy replacement for the old-timers of Russian show business. Now you know which Russian performers are most in demand at the moment.

Nobody in the world knows Soviet and Russian pop musicians. Especially in the West. Nevertheless, musicians from Russia at different times fell into the Western charts.

All attempts to promote and impose our popular music on the Western public failed. Russian pop music is very secondary and backward, both technologically and stylistically.

But it has already become a good tradition to hang noodles to the Russian public about the successes of certain performers in the West. It comes down to the ridiculous.

Kirkorov traveled to Monte Carlo for The World Music Awards - a show of the best-selling artists in their countries, while finding a person in Russia who has Kirkorov's album is quite difficult. Pugachev, as you know, in 1997 took only 15 place out of 25 at the useless Eurovision.

Sergey Lazarev sings in English for some reason, the human brain is generally unable to master it. Iosif Prigozhin, whose obsession was to push Valeria to the West, once stated in a paid article in a British newspaper that his wife had sold 100 million albums in Russia.

Timati's rapper had the biggest success when the Swiss DJ Antoine made a remix for Timati's song Welcome to St. Tropez. The song went around the top of the charts in the world, except for the UK and the US. In Switzerland, the song took sixth place at the end of the year. This is the peak for our variety performers lately.

Which of our musicians really achieved high places in the Western (and this, in the musical sense, primarily the USA and Great Britain) charts and is generally more or less known in the West.

1. Composer Aram Khachaturian - 1972

One of the recordings of the music of his ballet "Spartacus" called Spartacus, which Khachaturian made together with the London Symphony Orchestra, hit the British album chart in 1972, reached the 16th position and lasted 15 weeks in it.

By the way, his music is so popular in the world that it was even used in such famous films as Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, James Cameron's Aliens and Tinto Brass's Caligula.

2. Boris Grebenshchikov - 1989

His album Radio Silence, released in England and the US, reached #198 on the Billboard200, despite being recorded with the then super-popular Eurythmics. In the video - BG's performance on the popular TV show David Letterman.

3. Gorky Park-1990

The success of Gorky Park in the US cannot be overstated. They did not conquer America. One need only look at their achievements in the charts. In the Billboard Hot 100, they were noted only by the single Try To Find Me (81st place and 6 weeks on the chart), and on the Billboard 200 - the album Gorky Park (80th place and 21 weeks on the chart).

But Gorky Park sold well in general - 300 thousand copies sold in America alone - this is a very good result. The group achieved much more success in Scandinavia. Gorky Park in Norway took 9th place, and the single Bang - 5th. In Denmark, the album Moscow Calling even went platinum.

4. Alsu-2000

With the song Before You Love Me "under Britney Spears" she got to 27th place for only a week, during the period when they tried to promote it in Europe after 2nd place at Eurovision.

5. PPK-2001

The Rostov trance project PPK with the release of a separate single ResuRection (Eduard Artemiev's melody from the film "Siberiada" by Andrei Konchalovsky with the voice of Yuri Gagarin) debuted in the UK immediately in third place!

The song became the first track from Russia to get into the hot rotation of the BBC Radio One radio station. Then ResuRection was released in other countries, where it also charted successfully - 5th in the Netherlands, 9th in Belgium, and 15th in France and 36th in Australia.

6. Tattoo-2003

In 2002, the English version of their album "200 in the opposite direction" was released and "Tatu" became generally the most popular Russian group in the world. The girls did not become stars of the first magnitude, and their success was not so long, but they sold about 10 million of their records abroad. This is an unattainable result for Russian performers.

The English-language album is now gold in four countries and platinum in Europe as a whole, the song "All the Things She Said" occupied the first line of the British chart for several weeks, and the cover of The Smiths in 2009 sounded in the TV series "Gossip Girl".

7. Leonid Agutin - 2007

The author of The Barefoot Boy and husband of Anzhelika Varum graduated from the Moscow Jazz School and from his youth was fond of not only pop music, but also a variety of acoustic guitar music - from jazz to flamenco. In the early 2000s, Agutin began to play concerts, and then he recorded the album "Cosmopolitan Life" together with Al di Meola, an American virtuoso of the genre. In Germany, the album had more than good sales.

8. Eduard Khil - 2009

A famous, sad and beautiful story, as a result of which the great pop singer is known in the world as "Mr. Trololo". On November 26, 2009, a RealPapaPit user uploaded the vocalization "I'm very happy because I'm finally returning home" to YouTube - today this video has 19 million 700 thousand views.

They say that the singer was even offered an international tour - but he refused. Both Gawker and The New York Times wrote about Khil's death.

9. Pussy Riot-2012

This is the only group here that has not been on the Western charts, but it is impossible not to mention it. Musically, it's a comical story. The group, not a single song of which no one has really heard anywhere, has become the most famous musical group from Russia in recent times. Suffice it to say that in the West the Cathedral of Christ the Savior is known as the Pussy Riot Church.

Shortly after the arrest of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich, musicians around the world began to support them, ranging from Madonna and Paul McCartney to Mike Patton and The Knife and Die Antwoord.

10. Anna Netrebko - 2007-present

The opera singer was able to achieve real world fame, including the United States. She enjoys particular success in Austria, where she received citizenship. Also lives in New York. Her recordings are constantly on the classical music charts, but in some countries they also get into the general music charts. Especially in Austria and Germany. So 15 Netrebko albums got into the Austrian chart .

Bonus: The World's Most Famous Russian Music Video

Bloody viral hit "Bad Motherfucker" by the Russian band Biting Elbows, filmed in the first person and therefore more like an action video game than a music video. The clip was publicly noted by Samuel L. Jackson and Darren Aronofsky. 24.6 million views on Youtube.

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The singer was born in a large family, in the Ukrainian village of Marshintsy. Because of the passport officer, who mistakenly wrote down August 9 in her passport, Sofia celebrates her birthday twice. He considers his father to be his first vocal teacher, who himself was very fond of singing, had an absolute ear for music and a beautiful voice.

Rotaru owes her impeccable figure to regular trips to the pool, exercise on simulators and proper nutrition.

Of course, Sofia's ideal appearance is not only natural data, but also work on herself. The star owes her impeccable figure to regular trips to the pool, exercise on simulators and proper nutrition. The singer loves to go to the sauna and massage rooms. This allows her not only to be in excellent physical shape and move well, but also to withstand a two-hour concert. Rotaru admits that he practically does not salt dishes, does not eat fatty food and eats a lot of plant foods. As for plastic surgery, the singer assures that she has never resorted to it and uses only proven methods and folk recipes.

ALLA PUGACHEVA

"The Woman Who Sings" and the real Diva of Russian show business first appeared on stage at the age of five, today she has an enviable career behind her. In 2010, the singer announced the termination of touring activities and still keeps her word. She only appears at social events and TV shows, gives interviews and voices films.

Alla Pugacheva, like any woman, has her own secrets of beauty and youth. The secret of her thick and luxurious hair is ... in the wig. Yes, yes, the singer wears a wig, her hair has not been so beautiful for a long time (this information is confirmed by the fact that at one of her concerts Pugacheva simply tore off her wig right on stage). Alla maintains her figure with a salt-free diet and a complete rejection of bread.

IRINA ALLEGROVA

Irina was born in the family of a theater director and actress. The first years of his life the family lived in Rostov-on-Don, after which they moved to Baku. At the initial stage of her career, Allegrova voiced Indian films, and then began performing on stage.

The singer found a way out in proper nutrition - her diet is dominated by vegetables, fruits, seafood and honey.

Irina has tried many diets in her life, she even took Thai diet pills. But none of this helped her lose those extra pounds. The singer found a way out in proper nutrition - her diet is dominated by vegetables, fruits, seafood and honey. Irina relieves stress with culinary therapy. The singer regularly swims in the pool, visits a massage therapist, a sauna and is engaged in aerotherapy. All this helps the star to keep the body and figure in good shape.

VALERIA

Alla Perfilova, better known as Valeria (now this name appears in her passport), was born in the city of Atkarsk. Valeria studied pop art with Joseph Kobzon and Helena Velikanova.

As the singer herself says, she owes her stunning appearance to yoga, morning jogging, a healthy lifestyle, proper nutrition, cheerfulness and natural ingredients in cosmetic products. So, for example, Valeria not only often visits beauty salons, but also uses rustic sour cream as a face mask. To care for the area around the eyes, the singer applies cotton pads with cool rose water. She also prefers natural scrubs. Here is one of the recipes: 1 tsp. honey, a pinch of sugar, olive or linseed oil. This scrub is great for hand care.

NATASHA KOROLEVA

The Honored Artist of Russia first appeared on stage at the age of three as part of a large children's choir of radio and television in Ukraine. Having already matured, she recorded the song "Yellow Tulips" and literally immediately became a star.

The Queen is an ardent opponent of plastic surgery, although she resorts to Botox injections.

The Queen is an ardent opponent of plastic surgery, although she resorts to Botox injections. Natasha has her own beauty salon, so her appearance is the work of top-class professionals working in her salon. As for an attractive figure, it's all about tennis. The singer works out with a personal trainer three times a week. Natasha admitted that she cannot go on diets, but she eats in small portions and controls the use of starchy foods and sweets. Natalia also resorted to the procedure of hirudotherapy (healing with leeches).

NYUSHA

The still young singer Nyusha (Anna Shurochkina) never professionally studied vocals, she did not graduate from music schools. She began performing at the age of 11, and at 17 she came up with a pseudonym for herself, which is still with her today. Now the girl's songs occupy a leading position in the Russian charts, and she herself has repeatedly become the winner of prestigious music awards.

Nyusha monitors her appearance and health as much as possible. She does not smoke, drinks alcohol in moderation and only on holidays. The singer considers healthy sleep and good rest to be the key to attractiveness and health, so she tries never to get out of the schedule. The girl drinks a lot of clean water, and uses natural masks and moisturizers for her skin. The good figure of the singer is the result of training with a personal trainer and a set of daily exercises. Nyusha does not sit on diets and can afford various goodies (the main secret is not to eat in the evening).

ANNA PLETNEVA

The former soloist of the Lyceum group, and now the soloist of the Russian pop group Vintage, is a native Muscovite. At school, Anna studied choreography and music, and also danced in the children's ballet Ostankino. She got into Lyceum after the dismissal of Lena Perova and was a permanent member of the group for eight years, and after that she created the Vintage team together with Alexei Romanov, a former member of the A-mega group.

After the birth of her child, the singer diligently practiced dancing and singing to get her body in shape.

After the birth of her child, the singer diligently practiced dancing and singing to get her body in shape. But Anna's diet does not correspond to dietary standards: according to her, she eats when she has to and what she has to. True, there is still one secret: after eating, the girl just stands against the wall for 20 minutes. This trick was taught to Anna by her father, believing that food is better absorbed this way. The singer neglects plastic surgery, but does not condemn those who resorted to them. The star loves naturalness more and uses only high-quality cosmetics.

YULIA NACHALOV

The ex-wife of the Russian football player Yevgeny Aldonin from childhood showed the ability to sing, which was noticed by her father (by the way, a musician and composer). Her father began to study vocals with Yulia at the age of 2, and at the age of five, the girl began to sing on the professional stage. After winning the TV contest "Morning Star", the singer was noticed by prestigious music and public programs, starting to invite her to the central channels.

Julia adheres to the correct daily routine, goes in for sports. She is not a supporter of fasting days, diets and hunger strikes, because after such experiments she feels bad. On her birthday and New Year, the singer does not limit herself to food at all and can eat whatever she wants. In one of the interviews, Julia admitted that she does not trust folk recipes, but she simply loves high-quality cosmetics and various mixtures for home use. She always tries to use thermal water, is not afraid to undergo therapeutic and rejuvenating acupuncture procedures. Nachalova does not like to sunbathe either in the sun or in a solarium, as her skin is prone to burns.

ALEXANDRA SAVELYEVA

The 30-year-old soloist of the Fabrika group was engaged in figure skating as a child and attended a music school in flute and piano. The teachers predicted a sporting future for Sasha, but the girl preferred music. Success came to her after participating in the first edition of the Star Factory show and founding the Factory group.

The teachers predicted a sporting future for Sasha, but the girl preferred music.

Sasha has repeatedly been included in the list of the most beautiful girls in Russia. At the same time, she does not try to meet any beauty standards, she feels confident in her weight and enjoys every kilogram gained. The girl does not go on diets, as she believes that nutrition should be balanced, but she eats often and in small portions. Likes bitter chocolate with salt. For the beauty and youthfulness of the skin, Sasha takes fish oil capsules, and also makes natural face masks and does not forget to apply creams with sunscreen. In the morning, the singer washes her face with ice-cold water, and in the evenings she carefully removes her makeup. Sasha does not forget about sports either: she loves to swim, is engaged in simulators and myostimulation.

VERA BREZHNEVA

As a teenager, Vera Brezhneva was fond of sports, and many types at once. She studied foreign languages ​​and dreamed of becoming a lawyer. But it didn’t work out, so she got a degree in economics. The singer was a member of VIA Gra for 5 years, after which she began a solo career.

As Brezhnev herself admits, she has no special beauty secrets. Mandatory procedures for her are morning and evening cleansing of the face and the use of a moisturizer. Every week she visits a beautician to make an anti-stress mask or deep clean her face. Vera does not use anti-cellulite products, but she likes coffee and salt peels, as well as a contrast shower. The singer trusts her hair only to professionals. The main secrets of beauty, as she herself admits, could be called sports and diet - moreover, with the help of the latter, the singer not only loses weight, but also gets better when she considers it necessary.

Jasmine

real name - Sarah Manakhimova, b. October 12, 1977 U, Derbent, Dagestan ASSR, RSFSR, USSR) - Russian pop singer, actress, model, TV presenter. Honored Artist of the Republic of Dagestan.

(born March 27, 1987) - Russian-Ukrainian singer, songwriter and composer, actress, winner "Star Factory-2", laureate of the music competition "New wave", television festival "Song of the year", National Television Award for Popular Music "Muz-TV Award".

(born December 13, 1983, Moscow, USSR) - Russian singer, performer of traditional Russian songs in modern processing, finalist of the competition "People's Artist-3". Often acts in different countries as an "ambassador" of Russian culture.

(born January 31, 1981, Voronezh) - Russian singer, actress. Took part in the international vocal competition "Big Apple-95" where she won the Grand Prix. Since then, her popularity has grown: she was the host of the program "Saturday evening" and channel "Star". In 2000 she starred in the musical "Formula of Joy", in 2001 - in the film "Hero of her novel", in 2004 - in the series "Bomb for the Bride".

(born March 1, 1980, Moscow) - Russian figure skater, actress, TV presenter and pop singer; former soloist of the group "Brilliant" (2003-2007). Films with her participation: "Club", "Dad of All Trades", "Taming of the Shrew", "Rzhevsky against Napoleon", etc.

(born December 25, 1983, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) - Russian singer, soloist of the Fabrika pop group, formed in 2002 on the Star Factory-1 project. Graduate of GMU them. Gnesins (department for the training of leaders of folk choirs and folklore ensembles).

(born August 30, 1985, Vytegra, Vologda region) - Russian singer, actress and TV presenter. Films: "The Bachelors", "Young and Happy", "Swan Paradise", "Three from Above", "The Crime Will Be Solved", "Love in the Big City", "In Love and Unarmed", "Heavenly Relatives".

Barbara

(real name Elena Susova; born July 30, 1973 in Balashikha) is a Russian singer. Honored Artist of Russia (2010). She graduated from the Gnessin School and GITIS. She performed as part of the troupe of the State Theater of Variety Performances. The first solo album, which was called so - "Barbara" - the performer released in 2001. She also released the albums "Closer" (2003) and "Dreams" (2005).

(born October 2, 1982, Verkhny Kurkuzhin, Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) - Russian singer, former soloist of the Russian women's group Fabrika (from December 2002 to May 2010).

(born April 23, 1988 in Sochi) - singer gr. "Yin-Yang", actress of the youth series "Give Youth".

Alsou

(maiden name - Safina; born June 27, 1983, Bugulma, Tatar ASSR, USSR) - Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan (2000), People's Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan (2010). UNESCO Artist for Peace (2011). In May 2000 she represented Russia at a music competition "Eurovision" where she took second place.

(born December 16, 1982, Kyiv) -pop singer of Russian origin, TV presenter, actress. Former soloist of the "golden composition" of the Ukrainian female pop group VIA Gra.

(better known under the stage names Tanya Tereshina, Tanya and Tanya; born May 3, 1979, Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic) - Russian singer and fashion model, ex-soloist of the Hi-Fi group.

(born September 27, 1978, Leningrad, USSR) - Russian singer, musician, composer, songwriter.

(born September 3, 1985, Sholokhovsky settlement, Rostov region, USSR) - Russian singer, title holder"Miss Russia 2006" , former soloist of the Russian-Ukrainian female pop group VIA Gra (2008-2010). After leaving the group, she began a solo career, and also starred in the TV series "Happiness is somewhere nearby."

I suggest you take a look at the following Top 17the most beautiful Russian singers, which presents the singers of the national stage. When compiling this rating, I took into account external data, photogenicity, charisma, not paying attention to the merits of men in the professional field.

17. Alexey Chumakov(born March 12, 1981, Samarkand, Uzbek SSR, USSR) - Russian singer and musician of Bulgarian-Armenian origin. Competition finalist "National artist" on the TV channel "Russia". Official website: http://www.chumakoff.ru/

16. Abraham Russo(born July 21, 1969, Aleppo, Syria) - Russian pop singer. Discography: "Tonight", "Just to love", "Engagement", singles: "Love that no longer exists", "Just to love you", "Color of Love", etc. Official website: http://avraamrusso.net

15.Valeriy Meladze(born June 23, 1965, Batumi, Georgian SSR, USSR) - Russian singer, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2006), People's Artist of the Chechen Republic (2008). Discography: "Sera", "The Last Romantic", "Samba of the White Moth", "Everything Was So", "Real", "Nega", "Ocean", "Contrary". Official site: http://www.meladze.ru/

14. Nikolay Baskov(October 15, 1976, Balashikha, RSFSR, USSR) - Russian pop and opera singer (tenor) and TV presenter. People's Artist of Russia (2009). Discography: "Dedication", "Encore Dedication", "Masterpieces of the outgoing century", "I'm 25", "Never say goodbye", "Let me go", "Best songs", "You alone", "Sudden love", "One in a Million", "Romantic Journey". Official website: http://baskov.ru/

13. Irakli Pirtskhalava(born September 13, 1977, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) - Russian singer and radio host, former participant " Star factories. Albums: "London-Paris", "I'm with you", "Take a step". Official site: http://iraklimusic.com/

12. Philip Kirkorov(born April 30, 1967, Varna, NRB) - Soviet and Russian pop singer, composer and producer People's Artist of Russia (2008). Eight-time award winner "Ovation", five-time award winner World Music Awards as the most popular performer in Russia, multiple award winner "Golden Gramophone Award", "Stop hit", "Silver galosh", winner of the annual festival "Song of the year". At the film festival "Kinotavr" in 2002 became the winner in the nomination "Best Actor" for a role in a musical "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka". Discography: "Oh, mother, shikadam!", "Stranger", "Duets", "DruGOY", etc. Official website: http://www.kirkorov.ru/

11.Vasily Kireev(born April 7, 1987 in Saratov) - soloist of the group "Prime Minister". In 2005, as part of the group "March 8" took part in a musical project "Secret of success". After the end of the project, he became the soloist of the group "Prime Minister". Official website of the group: http://www.premier-ministr.ru/

10. Alexander Astashenok(born November 8, 1981, Orenburg, RSFSR) - Russian musician, actor, singer, composer, former soloist of the group " Roots"(in 2002-2010) and the winner of the first Star Factory. Official site: http://astashenok.ru/

9. Dmitry Fomin (Mitya Fomin)(born January 17, 1974, Novosibirsk, RSFSR, USSR) - Russian singer, TV presenter and producer. Award Winner "Golden Gramophone Award" and festival "Song of the year". In 1998 - 2009 pop group soloist HiFi. Studio album: "So it will be." Singles: "Everything will be fine", "Gardener", etc. Official website: http://www.mityafomin.ru/

8. Vladislav Topalov(born October 25, 1985, Moscow) - Russian singer, ex-soloist of the group "Smash!!". Albums: "Evolution", "Lone Star", "Let the Heart Decide", "I Will Give It All To You". Official site: http://vladtopalov.ru/

7. Stanislav Piekha(born August 13, 1980, Leningrad) - Russian singer and poet. Winner of music awards and prizes: MTV Russia Music Awards / "Best Composition" "Soundtrack" - "Duet of the Year"- “You are sad” (duet with Valeria), Muz-TV Award 2008 - "Best duet"“She is not yours” (duet with Grigory Leps), “In the palm of your hand is a line”. God of Ether Award: Radiohit- duet "She is not yours" 2009, "Radio favorite" 2010. Golden Gramophone 2011"The best duet" "Me and you" (duet with Slava). Albums: "Albums", "One Star", "Otherwise", "TBA". Official site: http://stas-pjeha.ru/

6. Alexander Berdnikov(born March 21, 1981, Ashgabat) - Russian singer, member of the group "Roots", the winner of the musical project "Star Factory".

5. Anton Makarsky(born November 26, 1975, Penza, USSR) - Russian theater and film actor, singer. After the army, having learned about the musical "Metro", he came to the casting, where he was accepted by the selection jury. Since May 2002, he has also been busy in the musical Notre Dame de Paris. He played one of the main roles - Captain Phoebus de Chateauper. He starred in the video for the Russian version of the main musical theme from the musical - "Belle". In the summer of 2003 he recorded a solo album. Official site: http://www.makarsky.ru/

4. Sergey Lazarev(born April 1, 1983, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) - Russian singer and voice actor, former soloist of the group "Smash!!", theater actor, film actor. The repertoire is predominantly in English. Solo albums: "Don't be fake", "TV Show", "Electric Touch". Official website: http://sergeylazarev.ru/

3. Alexey Vorobyov(born January 19, 1988, Tula, RSFSR, USSR) - Russian musician and actor, representative of Russia at the competition Eurovision 2011. Album: "Vorobiev's Lie Detector", singles: "Tosca", "Forget Me", "Bam Bam", "Get You". Official website: http://alekseyvorobyov.ru/

2. Alexander Lominsky(born January 9, 1974 in Odessa) - Ukrainian and Russian singer. In 1995-2000 he was a soloist of the popular Ukrainian boy band "Lomi Lom / Lomy Lom". Then he started his solo career. Since 2000 he has been living in Moscow. Famous songs: "Tear", "Stolen Happiness", "Sweet Deception", "Love in the Photo", "You Knew", "Vulnerable Heart". Official site: www.lap.ru/story

1. Dima Bilan(real name Viktor Belan; born December 24, 1981, Moskovsky settlement, Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Okrug, USSR) - Russian singer. Represented Russia at the song contest "Eurovision" twice: in 2006 with a song "Never let you go", taking second place and in 2008 with the song "Believe", taking first place and becoming the first Russian artist who won the song contest "Eurovision". He is Honored Artist of Kabardino-Balkaria (2006), Honored Artist of Chechnya (2007), Honored Artist of Ingushetia (2007) and People's Artist of Kabardino-Balkaria (2008). Discography: "I am a night hooligan", "On the bank of the sky", "Time-river", "Against the rules", "Believe", "Dreamer". In autumn 2012 the album "Vitya Belan" is expected. Official site: http://bilandima.ru/