Nobody in the world knows Soviet and Russian pop musicians. Especially in the West. However, musicians from Russia in different times entered the Western charts.
All attempts to promote and impose our popular music on the Western public have failed. Russian pop music is very secondary and backward - both technologically and stylistically.
But it has already become a good tradition to tell the Russian public lies about the successes of certain performers in the West. It's getting really funny.
Kirkorov traveled to Monte Carlo for The World The Music Awards are a show of the best-selling performers in their countries, but it is quite difficult to find a person in Russia who has Kirkorov’s album. Pugacheva, as you know, in 1997 took only 15 place out of 25 at the useless Eurovision.
For some reason, Sergei Lazarev sings in English, something the human brain simply cannot handle. Joseph Prigogine, who became an obsession with pushing Valeria to the West, once said in a paid article in a British newspaper that his wife had sold 100 million albums in Russia.
The rapper Timati had the biggest success when the Swiss DJ Antoine remixed Timati's song Welcome to St. Tropez. The song topped the charts all over the world, except for the UK and the US. In Switzerland, the song took sixth place at the end of the year. This is our peak pop singers for lately.
Which of our musicians actually achieved high places in Western (and this, in musically, primarily the USA and Great Britain) on the 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, entered the British albums chart in 1972, reached number 16 and stayed there for 15 weeks.
By the way, his music is so popular in the world that it was even used in such famous films like 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 USA, took 198th place on the Billboard200, despite the fact that it was recorded with the then super-popular group Eurythmics. The video shows BG's performance on David Letterman's popular TV show.
3. Gorky Park-1990
The success of Gorky Park in the USA cannot be exaggerated. They did not conquer America. Just look at their achievements on the charts. On the Billboard Hot 100 they only scored with the single Try To Find Me (81st place and 6 weeks on the chart), and on the Billboard 200 with the album Gorky Park (80th place and 21 weeks on the chart).
But Gorky Park generally sold well - 300 thousand copies sold in America alone is very good result. The group achieved much greater success in Scandinavia. Gorky Park in Norway reached 9th place, and the single Bang - 5th. In Denmark, the album Moscow Calling It even went platinum.
4. Alsou-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 were trying to promote it in Europe after 2nd place at Eurovision.
5. PPK-2001
Rostov-based trance project PPK with the release of a separate single ResuRection (Eduard Artemyev’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 be in hot rotation on BBC Radio One. ResuRection was then released in other countries, where it also charted successfully - number 5 in the Netherlands, number 9 in Belgium, and number 15 in France and number 36 in Australia.
6. Tattoo-2003
In 2002, the English version of their album “200 in the opposite direction” was released and “Tatu” generally became the most popular Russian group in the world. The girls did not become stars of the first magnitude, and their success was not that long, but they sold about 10 million of their records abroad. This is an unattainable result for Russian performers.
The English-language album now has gold status 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 a cover of The Smiths was performed in the TV series “Gossip Girl” in 2009.
7. Leonid Agutin - 2007
The author of “Barefoot Boy” and husband of Angelika Varum graduated from the Moscow Jazz School and from his youth was interested not only in pop music, but also in a variety of acoustic guitar music - from jazz to flamenco. In the early 2000s, Agutin began playing concerts, and then 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
Famous, sad and wonderful story, as a result of which the great pop singer is known in the world as “Mr. Trololo.” On November 26, 2009, user RealPapaPit posted on YouTube the vocalization “I’m very happy, because I’m finally returning home” - 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 Gil's death.
9. Pussy Riot-2012
This is the only group here that has not been on the Western charts, but it cannot be ignored. From a musical point of view, this is a comical story. A group whose songs no one had really heard anywhere became the most famous musical group from Russia recently. Suffice it to say that in the West the Cathedral of Christ the Savior is known as the Pussy Riot Church.
Soon after the arrest of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich, musicians around the world began to carry out actions in their support - 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 records are constantly on the charts classical music, but in some countries they also appear on general music charts. Especially in Austria and Germany. Thus, 15 of Netrebko’s albums entered the Austrian chart .
Bonus: The most famous Russian music video in the world
The bloody viral hit “Bad Motherfucker” from the Russian group Biting Elbows, filmed in first person and therefore more reminiscent of an action video game than music video. The clip was publicly celebrated by Samuel L. Jackson and Darren Aronofsky. 24.6 million views on Youtube.
, .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 artist 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 a People's Artist of 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/
The singer did what no one could do. got into the “daughter” of the main US chart with a song in Russian. In 2007, the track was placed at number 41 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks. “I Will” had a chance to get into the Billboard Hot 100, if not for the rule according to which songs not released in the United States fly past the “Hot 100” in the cradle of show business.
Valeria - Wild!
In 2009, very unexpectedly, the singer’s single hit the Billboard Hot Dance Club. The chart shows the popularity of songs in American nightclubs.
The track debuted at #48 and was a national event. Not about the stunning success itself popular singer Almost all Russian publications wrote in Russia. To make it clear what kind of musical Chomolungma Valeria conquered, the publications specified that the single “ American dream“Britney Spears was then ranked 45th. Over time, the track managed to reach number 25 and stay on the chart for more than 10 weeks.
Serebro
The group has several tracks that appeared in various international charts. "Mama Lover" entered the Japan Hot 100 (Japan's national chart) at number 49. And Mi Mi Mi - up to 88th line. The English version of “Mama Lyuba” also appeared in Mexico, reaching 19th place on the Mexico Airplay (radio chart). Residents of the Netherlands liked Mi Mi Mi more: in the Netherlands Digital Songs (download chart), the single peaked at number 8. But most of all Serebro is loved in Italy. Four songs of the group appeared in the download chart: Mama Lover, Mi Mi Mi, Kiss and Gun.
Yulia Kova
Singer Yulia Kova made her debut quite successfully on the international market. In 2008, her single Beep Beep peaked at number 27 on the Hot Dance Club Songs. And the song Sorry appeared on the Japan Hot 100, peaking at number 88. In Japan, the singer enjoyed such success that it was even planned to release a specialized version of the album “This Is Me.” But due to disagreements with the record company, the release was canceled.
Timati - Welcome to St. Tropez (feat. DJ Antoine)
The 2009 single reached number 1 on Billboard Luxembourg Digital Songs, number 2 on the German chart (the video was in hot rotation on local MTV), number 7 in Austria and France, and number 9 on Billboard Global Dance. Songs. 145 million views on YouTube!
"PPK" - Resurrection
The Russian electronic band first conquered the Internet, and then the national hit parade of Great Britain.
In 2001, the track “Resurrection” was included in the rotation of BBC Radio One. Perhaps thanks to this, the single soon reached third place in the UK Singles Charts. The track was based on a motif from the soundtrack of the Soviet film “Sibiriyada”, written by Eduard Artemyev.
“Gorky Park” - Try to Find Me
Now let’s remember about the artifact of ancient times that broke out from behind the Iron Curtain immediately after it rusted. The group's self-titled debut disc sold 300 thousand copies in the United States. This was in 1989. In "hot" numbers, it peaked at number 80 and spent two weeks overall on the Billboard 200. Only one song managed to make it onto the Billboard Hot 100. Try To Find Me reached number 81. The group was relatively successful in Norway and Denmark.
In the wake of interest in Russia at that time, many producers tried to find someone and promote them, but it didn’t work out very well. One can only recall the group “Aquarium”, whose long play Radio Silence was on the 198th place on Billboard in the same 1989.
Alsou - Before You Love Me
After a successful performance at Eurovision, the singer began to be promoted as the Russian Britney Spears. But something in the singer’s PR team did something wrong, and her single Before You Love Me was able to debut in 2001 on the UK Singles Chart only in 27th place and stay on the chart for only three weeks. Although it is worth admitting that the track was no different from the endless pop bubble gum that stormed the American and English charts at that time.
Leonid Rudenko - Everybody
The DJ's career began after he, rejected by Russian record companies, began sending his recordings by e-mail to managers of Western labels. Soon he signed his first contract.
In 2009, the single Everybody entered the UK national chart. Having debuted in 24th place, he left the top 100 after just three weeks. The single later ranked second on the Upfront Club Chart's list of the top 100 tracks of the year.
t.A.T.u.
Three singles entered the UK chart: Not Gonna Get Us, All About Us and All the Things She Said, thanks to which she became number one Russian group, which reached the top of this chart. The song was in the lead for four weeks.
The group also achieved success in the USA. The debut English-language album, for example, ended up in 13th place on the Billboard 200.
But most of all t.A.T.u. loved in Japan. Here the record 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane sold 1.8 million copies. At that time, these were record sales among foreign artists. By the way, after the breakup of the group, one of the ex-members again submitted to Billboard. The remix of Lena Katina's single Never Forget managed to reach the top of the magazine's dance chart.
When we turn on the TV, we watch all sorts of shows, performances by our favorite artists, without even knowing their nationality. All the heroes of our article are Jews, and this is not a bad thing at all, just looking at these artists it is very difficult to guess that they were born into a Jewish family or at least one of the parents was Jewish. We present to your attention a list of famous artists whom you would never think were Jewish.
Leonid Agutin (Leonty Nikolaevich Chizhov)
Soviet and Russian singer, songwriter, composer, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Born in Moscow, into a Jewish family of musician and tour manager Nikolai Petrovich and a teacher primary classes Lyudmila Leonidovna (nee Shkolnikova).
Angelika Varum (real name Maria Yuryevna Varum)
Born in Lvov in the family of composer Yuri Ignatievich Varum and theater director Galina Mikhailovna Shapovalova. Honored artist of the Russian Federation.
Father Yuri Ignatievich (Itskhakovich) Varum recalls: “My grandfather’s last name is Robak, he comes from Warsaw, where my father was born. When the Second World War began world war, his brothers and sisters, forced to flee Poland, decided to take rare surname"Varum" to make it easier to find each other after the war. My grandfather Yudka, stuck in Warsaw, died in the ghetto along with his entire family. A deeply religious man, he enjoyed great authority; people came to him, like a rabbi, for advice and resolution of controversial issues.”
Larisa Alexandrovna Dolina (Larisa Alexandrovna Kudelman)
Soviet and Russian pop and jazz singer, actress. People's Artist RF. She was born in Baku into a Jewish family of builder Alexander Markovich Kudelman and typist Galina Izrailevna Kudelman (née Dolina). At the age of three she moved with her parents to Odessa, hometown parents.
Oleg Mikhailovich Gazmanov
Soviet and Russian pop singer, composer and poet, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, Candidate of Technical Sciences. Father, Major Mikhail Semenovich Gazmanov, was a professional military man, Tatar by nationality; mother, Zinaida Abramovna (1920-2006) - a cardiologist at a military hospital, Jewish by nationality.
Tamara (Tamriko) Mikhailovna Gverdtsiteli
Soviet, Georgian and Russian singer, actress, composer, Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR (1989), People's Artist of Georgia (1991), People's Artist of Ingushetia, People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
"I am a person of the world. I grew up in an international family. My father is Georgian. I am as emotional as he is. And my mother is Jewish. I am like her in mind. For Georgians I am Tamara Gverdtsiteli, and for Jews I am Tamara Kofman - Gverdtsiteli: I was born and raised by a Jewish mother, and over the years I feel more and more my Jewish genes. Do I feel that I belong to the Jewish people? Naturally, first of all, my mother is a purebred Jew from Odessa. can only be explained by the feelings that I feel towards my mother and those closest to me... My grandfather Vladimir Abramovich, whom I remember very well, belonged to the Kaufman family. After the revolution, part of the family emigrated from Russia."
Jasmine
Russian pop singer, actress, model, TV presenter. Honored Artist of the Republic of Dagestan. Born into a family of Mountain Jews. Great-grandmother lives in Israel.
Leonidov Maxim Leonidovich
Born into a family of Leningradsky actors academic theater comedy, Honored Artists of the RSFSR Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Lyulko and one of the founders of the famous skits Leonid Efimovich Leonidov ( real name Shapiro). The famous Russian singer lived in Israel for six years, recorded two music album(in Hebrew and Russian), played in a musical, starred in a movie. And then he returned to his native St. Petersburg and recorded his hit about “The Vision Girl.” Now Maxim lives in Russia, but continues to love Israel
Lolita Markovna Milyavskaya (Lolita Markovna Gorelik)
Russian pop singer, actress, TV presenter and director. Mom, singer, worked in a jazz band. My father worked with my mother as an entertainer and conducted an orchestra. During her parents' tour, little Lolita was raised by her grandmother. In 1972, the parents divorced; in 1974, the father emigrated abroad to Israel.
Boris Mikhailovich Moiseev
Soviet and Russian dancer, choreographer, pop singer. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
The English Wiki has a hint of nationality, but the Russian Wiki does not. He was born in prison because his mother, dissatisfied with the authorities, was a political prisoner in those years. His childhood was spent in a small Jewish ghetto in provincial Mogilev.
Marina Arnoldovna Khlebnikova
Soviet and Russian pop singer and TV presenter.
Khlebnikova was invited to the Jewish theater “Sholom” “- Why do you think you were invited to play in this play?
- Don't know. The reason was probably that I was a student of Joseph Davydovich Kobzon. Secondly, now I have a name. And for the theater this series of performances would be a bright spot. Maybe Klara Novikova’s recommendations also played a role. And most importantly, of course, the roots."
Mikhail Borisovich Turetsky
Russian singer and conductor. Founder, artistic director and art director of the art group “Turetsky Choir” and “Soprano 10”. People's Artist of the Russian Federation. Born into a Jewish family of immigrants from Belarus. Father - Boris Borisovich Epstein. She bears her mother’s surname, since all relatives on her side died during the Holocaust, and she also looks Russian.
Mikhail Zakharovich Shufutinsky
Russian pop singer, pianist and composer. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
Born into the Jewish family of war veteran and doctor Zakhar Davidovich
Bi-2
Alexander Nikolaevich Uman and Igor Mikhailovich Bortnik - both went to Israel, Bortnik served in the army.
Elena Vorobey (real name Elena Yakovlevna Lebenbaum)
Russian pop actress, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Born into a Jewish family, Yankel Movshevich Lebenbaum and his wife Nina Lvovna.
Klara Novikova
Born in Kyiv, in the family of a front-line soldier, the director of a shoe store in Podol, Boris Zinovievich Herzer. The Jewish Klara Novikova reigns supreme among women in the kingdom of the spoken genre of Russia. Novikova got her Russian surname from her first husband, a musician.
Maxim Alexandrovich Galkin
Popular Russian parodist, comedian, TV presenter, film actor and singer. Currently married to Alla Pugacheva. A family from a small village near Chelyabinsk. I even managed to write down some of my grandmother’s memories. On my father's side, there were Larins in our family. According to my mother - Odessa Jews
Alexander Viktorovich Kutikov
Famous Soviet and Russian musician, composer, vocalist, music producer. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Born into a Jewish family.
Valery Miladovich Syutkin
Russian singer and musician, author of lyrics for the rock and roll group "Bravo". Honored Artist of Russia, artistic director of the variety department of Moscow State University for the Humanities. M.A. Sholokhov.
Mom was born in Moscow, on Samotek. Her maiden name Brzezidskaya, she is of Polish and Odessa blood. To put it bluntly (laughs). So I’m a normal Polish Odessa resident. I have Jewish roots. From my mother...I am familiar with Jewish traditions.
Ukupnik Arkady Semenovich
Born on February 18, 1953, Kamenets-Podolsky, Khmelnitsky region. Composer, pop singer, producer of the group "KAR-MAN", director of the studio "Galla" and "Alla." I was born in Ukraine. There, from the age of 5, I learned what it was to be a Jew, to be a "stranger among one's own" Having already arrived in Moscow as an adult, I immediately noticed that there is no such harsh attitude towards Jews as in Ukraine. Since then, I have achieved a lot in my life. And yet, I am very worried about this. that there is a MEOC, and that here I am always “one among my own.”
Vladimir Natanovich Vinokur
Soviet and Russian comedian, singer and TV presenter. Honored Artist of the RSFSR, People's Artist of the RSFSR. Born into the Jewish family of builder Nathan Lvovich Vinokur.
