List of Russian pop singers and groups. Soviet pop stars in their youth and now. News of social life in Russia

On February 1, 1942, Lev Valeryanovich Leshchenko was born - crooner, People's Artist of the RSFSR.
We are all familiar with the image of a singer performing the eternal hit “Victory Day”, already wise over the years and at a very respectable age. But he also once excited the hearts of young fans. Other pop singers The USSR is also familiar to us in adulthood, and it is quite difficult to imagine them as beginner boys and girls. We invite you to take a look at what the stars were like Soviet stage in my youth.


Lev Leshchenko. After school he tried to enroll in theater universities, but it didn’t work out, and the young man was drafted into the army, sent to the song and dance ensemble, where he became the soloist of the ensemble. After the army, Leshchenko nevertheless entered GITIS in September 1964, and already in his second year Leshchenko was accepted into the Operetta Theater. This is how his pop career began.


Joseph Kobzon. The master's first public performances took place on the stage of a technical school, and while serving in the army he was also invited to join a song and dance ensemble.


Since 1958, Kobzon sang in the Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, and in 1964, after Arkady Ostrovsky’s song “And in our yard” appeared on the air, he gained all-Union popularity.


Eduard Khil. The young man, while a student at the Leningrad Printing College, studied at the opera studio of the Palace of Culture. Kirov, worked as a foreman at an offset printing factory, was fond of painting, and studied at an evening school for music education.


In 1960 he graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory and began performing as a soloist of the Lenconcert.


Lydia Ruslanova. Praskovya Leikina, what was her name? future singer, was left alone with her blind grandmother at the age of six. For a year they wandered the streets and begged, while the girl sang folk songs.


After this, the girl was sent to an orphanage, where she sang in the choir. Having matured, Nina went to work at a furniture factory, and then her voice was heard by Mikhail Medvedev, a teacher at the Saratov Conservatory...


Edita Piekha. A Polish student, studying at the psychology department of Leningrad University, studied Russian, enrolled in the Polish fraternity choir, and was later invited by the leader of the conservatory student ensemble to join the ensemble.


IN New Year's Eve from 1955 to 1956 Piekha performed with the ensemble at the Leningrad Conservatory with the song “Red Bus”. The very first performance was a triumph for the Polish student - she sang four encores.


Lyudmila Zykina. After the war, the girl worked as a nurse in a military clinical hospital near Moscow, and then as a seamstress in the Kashchenko hospital.


Creative biography began in 1947 with participation in All-Russian competition young performers, after which she was accepted into the State Academic Russian Folk Choir. M.E. Pyatnitsky.


Yuri Antonov. Yura was brought to music school mother, after graduation he entered Molodechno music school, to class folk instruments. He begins his career at the age of 14, working as a choir director at a depot and receiving 60 rubles for it.


During his student years he organized his first musical group– a pop orchestra – which performs at the local House of Culture.


Valentina Tolkunova. In 1964, the girl entered the conducting and choral department of the Moscow State Institute of Culture, and in 1966 she entered a vocal and instrumental orchestra through a competition, in which she was a soloist and performed songs to jazz music.


In 1972, the poet Lev Oshanin invited Valentina Tolkunova to perform on the stage of the Column Hall of the House of Unions at anniversary concert with Vladimir Shainsky’s song “Ah, Natasha,” which became her first all-Union successful performance.


Lyudmila Gurchenko. Since childhood, the future star was musically gifted, studied at a music school, and after graduating from high school, she went to Moscow, where she entered VGIK.


In 1956, the New Year's comedy directed by E. Ryazanov was released on the screens of Soviet cinemas. Carnival night", in which L. Gurchenko played a starring role.


Muslim Magomaev. Already at the age of three, the future star was selecting melodies on the piano, and at five he composed his first song. So, Muslim did not think about who he would become in the future.


His first performance took place in Baku, at the House of Culture of Baku Sailors, where fifteen-year-old Muslim went in secret from his family, where they were against Muslim’s early performances due to the risk of losing his voice.


Alla Pugacheva. In 1964, Pugacheva graduated from a music school in piano and 8 classes high school and entered the music school named after. M. M. Ippolitova-Ivanova.


At the beginning of 1966, a little-known composer Vladimir Shainsky approached Pugacheva and invited the singer to record several of his songs. Soon, “How can I fall in love” and “Don’t argue with me” became winners in the “Song of the Month” competition held on the All-Union Radio.


Sofia Rotaru. Her first teacher was her father, who himself, in his youth, loved to sing, possessing an absolute musical ear And in a beautiful voice. At school, Sofia learned to play the domra and button accordion, participated in amateur performances, and gave concerts in the surrounding villages.


After winning the republican competition and graduating from school in 1964, Sofia firmly decided to become a singer and entered the conducting and choral department of the music school. In the same year, she sang for the first time on the stage of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses.


Mikhail Boyarsky. Instead of a regular school, he studied piano at the music school at the Conservatory. According to him, he did not like studying music, so he did not continue to enter the conservatory.


After school he entered Leningradsky state institute theater, music and cinematography, graduating in 1972, he got into the theater, then into cinema, where he began to sing.


Tatiana and Sergei Nikitin. Sergei was the organizer and leader of a quintet of physicists from Moscow State University, in which Tatyana Sadykova also sang, who in 1968 became the composer’s wife and his stage partner.


From the very beginning concert activities Nikitin gained great popularity among students, and later beyond.


Larisa Dolina. At the age of six, Larisa entered music school, where she graduated in cello.


The singer’s musical career began in 1971 in the pop orchestra “We are Odessa residents.”


Nadezhda Babkina. In 1967, Nadezhda Babkina entered the Astrakhan Music School. Two years later, she began working as a soloist-vocalist at the Regional Directorate of Cinematography and Film Distribution in Astrakhan.


In 1971, Nadezhda entered the conducting and choral department of the State Musical Pedagogical Institute named after. Gnesins, where in 1975 the first composition of the Russian Song ensemble was formed.


Raymond Pauls. Author of the music of many pop hits, jazz compositions and studied melodies for films at the Latvian Conservatory.


Already at that time he proved himself to be an excellent piano performer.


Tamara Gverdtsiteli. The singer began studying music early, entered a special music school at the Tbilisi Conservatory, and became a soloist in the children's pop ensemble "Mziuri", in which she toured the entire former Soviet Union.


At the age of 19, she took second place at the All-Union festival in Dnepropetrovsk and won the international competition"Red Carnation" in Sochi, after which she began to appear on television.


Irina Ponarovskaya. At the age of six, Irina sat down at the piano for the first time and graduated from music school at the conservatory, where she studied harp and piano. I took up vocals at the age of 15.


From 1971 to 1976 there was soloist of VIA“Singing Guitars”, where she was entrusted with two solo songs: “Inconspicuous Beauty” and “Water Can Be Bitter”, which was the beginning of her musical career.


Alexander Buynov. The meeting back in school years with Alexander Gradsky. He made his debut as a keyboard player in the group “Skomorokhi” created by Gradsky, where he declared himself as a composer.


After the army, Buinov played in the group "Araks", in the ensemble "Flowers", and since 1973 he was a keyboard player in the ensemble "Jolly Fellows", in which he gained all-Union popularity over the course of 16 years of work.


Yuri Loza. The performer began playing the guitar at the age of 13 and graduated from music school.


Sang in restaurants different languages, and since 1977 he began working in the Integral ensemble.


Valery Leontyev. The future star worked as a laboratory assistant at the Research Institute of Foundations and Underground Structures, and on April 9, 1972, his first solo concert took place at the Palace of Culture of Miners and Builders of Vorkuta.


In the same year he won in Syktyvkar regional competition“Song 72”, after which there were also competitions and solo performances in philharmonic societies...


Alexander Gradsky. It was Gradsky who was the founder of the third most created Soviet rock group, “Slavs,” and the one that brought him the greatest popularity, “Skomorokhi.”


In the early 70s, director Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky began his work on the film “Romance of Lovers.” Gradsky not only composed the music in this film, but also performed vocal parts. It was the film that brought him fame and popularity.


Philip Kirkorov. It is believed that Kirkorov appeared on stage for the first time at the age of 5, when he attended his father’s concert.


In the program “Wider Circle” in 1985, Kirkorov was noticed by the director Blue light and invited him to act.

I suggest you read my next Top 17the most beautiful Russian singers , which features Russian pop singers. When compiling this rating, I took into account external data, photogenicity, charisma, without 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. Finalist of the competition "People's 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”, “Simply to Love”, “Engagement”, singles: “Love that no longer exists”, “Simply to love you”, “Color of love”, etc. Official website: http://avraamrusso.net

15.Valery Meladze(born June 23, 1965, Batumi, Georgian SSR, USSR) - Russian singer, Honored Artist Russian Federation(2006), People's Artist of the Chechen Republic (2008). Discography: “Sera”, “The Last Romantic”, “Samba of the White Moth”, “Everything was so”, “The Present”, “Bliss”, “Ocean”, “Contrary to”. Official website: 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", "For 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 member "Factory of stars. Albums: “London-Paris”, “I’m with you”, “Take a step”. Official website: http://iraklimusic.com/

12. Philip Kirkorov(born April 30, 1967, Varna, Belarus) - 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", "Stopudovy hit", "Silver Galosh", laureate annual festival "Song of the Year" At the film festival "Kinotavr" in 2002 he became the winner in the category "Best Actor" for his role in the musical “Evenings on a farm near Dikanka.” Discography: “Oh, mom, shikadam!”, “Stranger”, “Duets”, “DruGOY”, etc. Official website: http://www.kirkorov.ru/

11.Vasily Kireev(born April 7, 1987 in Saratov) - lead singer of the group "Prime Minister". In 2005, as part of the group "March 8" took part in a musical project "The secret of success." After the end of the project he became the lead singer 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 lead singer of the group" Roots"(in 2002-2010) and the winner of the first "Star Factories". Official website: 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" and festival "Song of the Year". In 1998 - 2009 pop band lead singer Hi-Fi. 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-lead singer of the group "Smash!!". Albums: "Evolution", "Lone Star", "Let the Heart Decide", "I Will Give It All To You". Official website: http://vladtopalov.ru/

7. Stanislav Piekha(born August 13, 1980, Leningrad) - Russian singer and poet. Winner of musical awards and prizes: MTV Russia Music Awards/ « Best composition» “Soundtrack” - “Duet of the Year”- “You're sad” (duet with Valeria), Muz-TV Award 2008 - “Best Duet”“She’s not yours” (duet with Grigory Leps), “There’s a line on the palm of your hand.” “God of the Air” Award: “Radio Hit”- duet “She’s not yours” 2009, “Radio Favorite” 2010. Golden Gramophone 2011“Best duet” “Me and You” (duet with Slava). Albums: "Albums", "One Star", "Otherwise", "TBA". Official website: http://stas-pjeha.ru/

6. Alexander Berdnikov(born March 21, 1981, Ashgabat) - Russian singer, band member "Roots" became the winner music project "Star Factory".

5. Anton Makarsky(born November 26, 1975, Penza, USSR) - Russian actor theater and cinema, 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 involved in the musical “Notre Dame de Paris”. He played one of the main roles - Captain Phoebus de Chateaupert. Starred in a video for the Russian version of the main theme song from the musical - "Belle". In the summer of 2003 he recorded a solo album. Official website: http://www.makarsky.ru/


4. Sergey Lazarev(born April 1, 1983, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) - Russian singer and voice actor, former lead singer of the group "Smash!!", theater actor, film actor. The repertoire is predominantly 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, the lead singer of the popular Ukrainian boy band "Lomy Lom". Then he started solo career. Since 2000 he has lived in Moscow. Famous songs: “Tear”, “Stolen Happiness”, “Sweet Deception”, “Love in the Photo”, “You Knew”, “Vulnerable Heart”. Official website: www.lap.ru/story

1. Dima Bilan(real name Victor Belan; born December 24, 1981, Moskovsky village, Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Okrug, USSR) - Russian singer. Represented Russia at a song competition "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 first Russian artist who won the song contest "Eurovision". He is an Honored Artist of Kabardino-Balkaria (2006), an Honored Artist of Chechnya (2007), an Honored Artist of Ingushetia (2007) and People's Artist Kabardino-Balkaria (2008). Discography: "I night hooligan", "On the Bank of the Sky", "Time is a River", "Against the Rules", "Believe", "Dreamer". The album "Vitya Belan" is expected in the fall of 2012. Official website: http://bilandima.ru/

Modern domestic show business is a special and in some way separated from the rest of civilization world, in which slightly different people live, with their own worries, affairs 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 neighboring countries too. This article will tell you about popular and sought-after last decade Russian performers.

First echelon

So, let's start, Russian performers will be described below. The list is opened by old-timers of the national stage. Leonid Agutin, Nikolai Baskov, Oleg Gazmanov, Valery Leontiev, Alexander Rosenbaum, singer Slava, Lolita, the groups “Para Normalnykh”, “Mumiy Troll” were quite popular at the beginning of the 2000s and were famous for their armies of devoted fans, but with the onset of the second decade of the century they the fame has faded a little. Today these artists can only be seen at the most traditional concerts and musical evenings. The same cannot be said about Philip Kirkorov, Valery Meladze, singers Natalie and Anita Tsoi, and the groups “Zveri” and “Splin”. These artists are in demand and loved by audiences 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.”

Youth

Russian performers are also representatives of a new generation. Their popularity today is at its peak, their discs are selling faster than others, their tours are scheduled five to seven years in advance. There are a lot of young Russian pop singers. Their list includes several hundred names and pseudonyms, the most famous are Dima Bilan, Sergey Lazarev, rapper Timati, his protégé - Yegor Creed, Andrey Grizzly, Alexey Vorobyov, Dan Balan, Dominic Joker, Irakli, Max Korzh, Denis Maidanov, Tamerlan, 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", "30.02", Quest Pistols, "Degrees", quartet "Heroes", "China", trio "VIA GRA" and many others.

Voice

Russian performers today also come from many popular television shows. Project with the most high ratings on domestic television - the show “The Voice”. This platform has produced wonderful singers such as Gela Guralia, Elina Chaga, Nargiz Zakirova and many others.

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

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Modern show business surprises us every year with new faces. New popular Russian singers appear on the starry Olympus more and more often, delighting fans with an original and sometimes rather banal repertoire.

The most popular singers of Russia shine at the biggest concert venues, decorate glossy magazines, perform at important events and excite fans from TV screens.

Often popular Russian singers try themselves in a different role, acting in films, or trying themselves as leading grandiose television projects, but at the same time they manage to successfully perform and tour not only in Russia, but also abroad.

Popular singers of Russia, who have long taken their place in the bowels of show business, and already have their own audience of listeners and fans, cannot always boast only impeccable vocal abilities, they have a special charm, charisma, and, to be honest, gorgeous external characteristics that are a defining feature of their development in show business.

Young popular singers of Russia confidently compete with Russian celebrities the older generation, offering the public new songs, new presentation, new creative experiments.

Many popular Russian singers, despite their star status, are very simple and open people, who do not have star fever at all.

But there are popular ones Russian singers, the pathos of which is off the charts. They are stellar in their behavior, in their demands, in their lifestyle.

Such popular Russian singers are not just artists, they behave and present themselves like true stars, which is why they often stand out among the crowd of famous personalities in the world of show business.

Also in our photo top are popular Russian singers from young talents who have been on stage for only a few years, but are already collecting thousands concert halls, delighting his fans with good music.

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The most popular singers of Russia: Valery Meladze The most popular artists in Russia: Dan Balan
Our list of the most popular performers continues by Vladimir Presnyakov Popular Russian singer Dima Bilan The most popular Russian singers: one of the richest performers in Russia, Grigory Leps The most popular singers of Russia: young performer Alexey Vorobyov Popular Russian singer Sergei Lazarev
The king couldn’t help but get on our list of the Most Popular Singers of Russia Russian stage Philip Kirkorov The Golden Voice of Russia is also in the top ranking The most popular singers of Russia Legend of the Russian stage and now quite successful popular singer of Russia Valery Leontyev The most popular Russian singers: rapper Timati The most popular singers of Russia: music is in his blood - Stas Piekha The girls' favorite Yegor Creed and a wonderful performer could not help but get into the top rating of the Most popular singers of Russia No longer long-haired, but still very popular Russian singer Leonid Agutin No longer “Tea for Two,” but a very popular Russian singer Denis Klyaver The most popular singers of Russia: handsome brunette Dmitry Koldun Vlad Topalov deservedly got into the category of the Most Popular Singer of Russia Another performer with a piercing gaze made it into our ranking of the Most Popular Russian Performers: Irakli The lead singer of the group “Ruki Vverkh” is also in our top Most popular performers in Russia Popular Russian singers: Alexey Chumakov A heart-warming chanson performed by popular Russian singer Denis Maidanov