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The domestic stage began to be replete with the composition of female musical groups since the time of the “Combination” group. Every year there were more and more projects in which attractive girls took part, although not always with outstanding vocal abilities. There were also cases when staff turnover in groups was so frequent that fans did not have time to get used to the new soloists, as a result of which Music band was losing popularity.

We have made a selection of ten famous musical groups whose members have a seductive and striking appearance.

1. Reflex- a musical group whose composition has changed several times. The group gained its greatest fame during the tenure of three charming blondes, who stirred up the public’s interest not only with dance hits, but also candid filming in glossy magazines.

2. Group name " Assorted"Speaks for itself. Each member of the group passed a rigorous selection process in the TV project “People’s Artist” and was a unique unit. But nothing in our world lasts forever, and 5 of the 6 members of the group, having said goodbye to the former producer, go to new project called N.A.O.M.I.

3. For their protruding sexual image, the team “ VIA Gra "was constantly criticized. In Belarus, Taiwan and Indonesia, there are still bans on showing the group's most explicit videos. And in 2004, in Indonesia, girls received permission to perform on the condition that they wear closed trouser suits.

4. " Tattoo" - one of the most successful Russian musical groups, famous all over the world. The image of lesbians exploited at the beginning of the project, performances in underwear, relaxed behavior and constant shocking antics of the soloists made the group the most criticized and scandalous.

5. Group " Factory"appeared during the project "Star Factory - 1". Despite the friendly atmosphere within the group, according to the girls, the group could not avoid a change in composition. It is noteworthy that quite recently in “Factory” appeared new member, who became a finalist in the show “I want to go to VIA Gro.”

6. " VIA Cream" - another musical group that has not avoided personnel changes. One way or another, all the girls who have ever participated in this project have a bright appearance and charisma. The group is the winner of a number of awards, such as “Song of the Year”, “Golden Gramophone” and “Golden Disc”.

7. Group " Hairpins“cannot boast that they are at the peak of fame, but the girls have their own fans. The five attractive members of the group have outstanding choreographic skills and incredible flexibility, which makes them even sexier.

8. Group " Mobile blondes " - another project of producer Igor Matvienko. I didn’t have to think long about the image of the team. Taking five long-legged blond beauties into the cast, the producer made them into typical anecdotal blondes. The girls themselves claim that this is just an image that they have to live up to.

9. History of the group " Shiny» its roots go deep to 1995. Since then, the composition of the women's team has changed several times. The pop group still exists today, but not a single old-timer remains in it. Despite the fact that the producers tried to select participants who looked similar to the girls from the first cast, they failed to regain their former popularity.

10. Group SEREBRO, created by Maxim Fadeev, announced itself by taking 3rd place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. After this event, the girls gained world fame. Several times the producer had to say goodbye to the group members, but no less sexy girls always came to replace them.

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Roman Litvinov, better known as Mujuice, is perhaps the most notable performer electronic music in Russia last decade. The artist has more than a dozen full-length releases, a minority of which were recorded with live vocals.

The last such album was Amore e morte, released last year. The release got lost in the flow new music and was not as successful as, for example, Cool Cool Death!, released ten years ago. Despite this, Mujuice is still popular today; musicians such as Zemfira Ramazanova do not hesitate to collaborate with him, and the performer himself is a welcome participant in major Russian and foreign festivals.

2. Antokha MC

“Antokha MC” is a musician from Moscow, who started by studying at a music school in the “Trumpet” class, and is now one of the most promising Russian hip-hop artists.

In Anton’s work you can find echoes of 5’nizza and Mikhey, but in general it is quite original - it is not hip-hop in the classical sense of the term. The music is influenced by funk and reggae, and an additional highlight is the accompaniment, which in some songs is played by a trumpet.

3. Medjikul

The absence of the St. Petersburg group “Medzhikul” in radio and TV rotation is quite possibly a temporary phenomenon. In their debut album“All about Marfa” has everything to please almost any listener: you can dance to both incendiary and slow dancing, they want to sing along, while the music itself is very far from the tired pop music.

“Medzhikul” is perhaps the first group in Russia that performs music in the genre of rhythm and blues of the 70s - the so-called Motown Sound. St. Petersburgers skillfully combine the features of this genre with modern musical techniques and funny lyrics in Russian, as a result their compositions sound fresh and familiar at the same time.

4. Harajiev Smokes Virginia!

A group from Kazan, which started in 2009 with killer math-rock, now performing indie rock with elements of pop music. The group has six full-fledged releases, each of which will probably remain forever in the memory of my smartphone.

There are only three people in the group, the main instrumental core consists of drums, bass, guitar and vocals. HSV records also use other instruments, but this minimum set is enough to perform songs at concerts. If you love playful and romantic guitar music, do not understand English lyrics and have no prejudices about high-pitched male vocals, then Harajiev Smokes Virginia! you'll like it.

5.Motorama

Rostov-on-Don gave fans of hip-hop “Casta”, and fans of modern independent music - the couple Vlad and Irina Parshin, who were at the origins of the projects Motorama, “Morning” and “Bergen Kremer” (“Summer in the City”). Motorama is considered to be the main project of the musicians: the band’s discography includes four full-length and two mini-albums, and the tour map extends far beyond Russia.

Motorama's work is usually classified as post-punk and twee-pop. Unpretentious progressions and melodies, a 4/4 time signature and minimalistic accompaniment make Motorama's music simple and enjoyable.

6. Thank you

"Musical group from Moscow" is full text annotations in the “Thank you” community “VKontakte”. The participants do not try to show off their diversity of style tags and do not compare themselves with the hegemons of the genres. The band's style is really hard to describe without being boring. musical terms. Speaking in simple words, “Spasibo” - playful and sometimes experimental guitar rock with intelligent lyrics in their native language.

7. BCH

BCH is a project of Moscow musician Viktor Isaev. It all started with the album “Minion”, released in 2014, unusual both in form and content. High-quality R&B and soul are not a very common occurrence in Russian music, and BTSH not only became a good alternative to James Blake, but also released an original experimental release. “Minion” is the album where very non-Russian music is combined with the most Russian lyrics - poems by poets of the Silver Age.

The latest release of the BCH “Hellenic Secret” was recorded with original lyrics. The music itself has also undergone changes: the songs are different from each other and combine echoes of many directions - from trip-hop to retrowave.

8. Pinkshinyultrablast

Pinkshinyultrablast is a shoegaze band from St. Petersburg and the only Russian team, which Pitchfork loves to write about. Shoegaze is an alternative rock genre that originated in England in the late 80s. Music of this style is characterized by specific work with guitar effects and the detached behavior of musicians on stage, absorbed in this work.

In Russia, the boom of shoegaze music in the 80s and 90s went unnoticed, which is why this genre is still not popular among a wide audience. Pinkshinyultrablast do not count on success with Russian listeners: they give concerts abroad much more often than in Russia.

9. On-The-Go

A group from Togliatti, which started in hometown from killer dance-rock and later changed both genre and place of residence. After moving to the capital, the Togliatti residents were taken under the wing of the Xuman Records label, and the very first release, In The Wind, marked the beginning of the group’s creativity in a new style. Now On-The-Go is a Moscow band working in the indie-pop genre and sounding not at all Russian.

10. Sirotkin

Moscow bard Sergei Sirotkin proves year after year that in Russia you can become popular performer just playing beautiful music. The pursuit of fashion, the desire to turn creativity into bold experiments - this is not about Sirotkin. Here there is only a guitar and a young man with a beautiful voice.

This time I made Top 25 the most beautiful Russian singers, which presents singers national stage, as well as one Opera singer. When compiling this rating, I took into account external data, photogenicity, without paying attention to the awards and merits of the girls in the professional field.

25.Nyusha(at birth - Anna Shurochkina; pseudonym is also used Nyusha; born August 15, 1990, Moscow) - Russian singer.

24.Jasmine(real name - Sara Manakhimova, born October 12, 1977 U, Derbent, Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, RSFSR, USSR) - Russian pop singer, actress, model, TV presenter. Honored Artist of the Republic of Dagestan.

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

22. (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 performs in different countries as an “ambassador” of Russian culture.

21. (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 "The Hero of Her Novel", in 2004 - in the series "Bomb for the Bride".

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

19. (born May 10, 1986 in Astrakhan) - model, singer, TV presenter. She worked in the groups “Podium” and “Tootsie”, and is now building solo career. From 2009 to 2010 she was the presenter and face of the TV channel World Fashion Channel.

18. (born December 25, 1983, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) - Russian singer, lead singer of the pop group "Factory", formed in 2002 on the project "Star Factory-1". Graduate of State Medical University named after. Gnessins (department for training managers folk choirs and folklore ensembles).

17. (born August 30, 1985, Vytegra, Vologda Region) - Russian singer, actress and TV presenter. Films: “Bachelors”, “Young and Happy”, “Swan Paradise”, “Three on Top”, “The Crime Will Be Solved”, “Love in big city", "In love and unarmed", "Heavenly relatives".

16. Valeria(real name Alla Perfilova; born April 17, 1968, city of Atkarsk, Saratov region) - Russian singer, Honored Artist of Russia (2005).

15. Zara(real name Zarifa Ivanov; born July 26, 1983, Leningrad, RSFSR) - pop singer and actress of Yazidi origin. Project participant "Star Factory-6", where she took 3rd place.

14. Sogdiana(real name - Oksana Nechitailo; born February 17, 1984, Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR) - singer from Uzbekistan. Performs songs in Russian, Uzbek, French, English, Chechen languages. She is the author of some of her own songs, and has also had some experience in writing songs for other performers.

13. (born November 12, 1982, Volzhsky) - Russian singer, TV presenter, former soloist of the Russian female pop group “Brilliant” (2001-2007), after leaving the group she began a solo career.

12. (born September 18, 1971, Krasnodar, USSR) - Russian opera singer, soprano. People's Artist of Russia.

10. (born August 21, 1977, Moscow, USSR) - Russian singer, lead singer of the Russian pop group “Vintage”. Former lead singer of the Russian pop group “Lyceum” (1997-2005).

9. Varvara(real name Elena Susova; born July 30, 1973 in Balashikha) - Russian singer. Honored Artist of Russia (2010). She graduated from the Gnessin School and GITIS. Performed as part of the troupe State Theater variety performances. First solo album, which was called “Varvara”, the performer released in 2001. She also released the albums “Closer” (2003) and “Dreams” (2005).

8. Vera Brezhneva(real name Vera Kiperman; better known by her pseudonym; born February 3, 1982, Dneprodzerzhinsk, Dnepropetrovsk region) - Ukrainian singer, actress, TV presenter, former member pop group VIA Gra (2003-2007)

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

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

5. Alsou (maiden name- Safina; born June 27, 1983, Bugulma, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, 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.

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

3. (better known by 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.

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

1. (born September 3, 1985, Sholokhovsky village, 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 her solo career and also starred in the TV series “Happiness is Somewhere Nearby.”

The public's preferences change from year to year. New performers appear, old ones are forgotten. This rating presents the top popular singers Russia for 2018.

Egor Creed

Date of birth: June 25, 1994
The young and ambitious singer continues to break into the charts and enter various ratings, taking first positions. Definitely, this rating could not do without the favorite of the female audience.

Sergey Lazarev

Date of birth: April 1, 1983
Another popular, successful, stylish and very talented performer. It is becoming more and more popular from year to year. In addition to annual successes and breakthroughs, we should not forget about the worthy representation of the country at Eurovision in 2016.

Dima Bilan

Date of birth: December 24, 1981
And this singer is the only one among the Russians who was able to win the Eurovision Song Contest. Nowadays the singer can often be found on various panels of judges music competitions. Well, the star’s creativity does not stand still. Bright videos and music tracks continue to win awards and places in the charts.

Emin

Date of birth: December 12, 1979
A businessman and musician of Azerbaijani origin, who fit perfectly into Russian show-business. The performer has a lot of duet works that blow up radio stations (Ani Lorak, Maxim Fadeev, Grigory Leps and many others). Bright and at the same time lyrical Emin definitely deserves a place in this rating.

Vasily Vakulenko

Date of birth: April 20, 1980
Russian musician, television and radio presenter, actor, screenwriter, director and producer. Creative pseudonyms - Basta, Noggano. This person has many achievements in his piggy bank that cannot be ignored.

Timati

Date of birth: August 15, 1983
He is better known as a rap artist. But this top could not do without this artist, who has many musical and business projects behind him. Its popularity is gaining more and more momentum.

Alexey Vorobyov

Date of birth: January 19, 1988
A very lively and charming artist. Russian performer, TV series and film actor, director, winner of the “Ice and Fire” project, represented Russia at Eurovision in 2011. These and many other achievements make him one of the most popular performers.

Dzhigan

Date of birth: August 2, 1985
He is better known as a rap artist. The family and at the same time media artist continues to occupy places on the popular charts.

Philip Kirkorov

Date of birth: April 30, 1967
The real king of the Russian pop stage. Since 2008 - People's Artist Russian Federation. You can listen to the achievements of this artist day and night, which is why he is still included in the ratings of the most popular performers.

Alexander Panayotov

Date of birth: July 1, 1984
For a long time there was a lull on the singer’s creative front. But his successful comeback blew up radio stations and annual music awards shows.

Grigory Leps

Date of birth: July 16, 1962
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. The artist has an endless number of awards and achievements, starting with Soviet era. One of the few performers who have a very wide age range of listeners. Among other things, he is a composer, producer and member International Union pop artists.

Valeriy Meladze

Date of birth: June 23, 1965
Executor Georgian origin. His voice and timbre cannot be confused with anyone else's. Multiple winner music awards. He is an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation and People's Artist Chechen Republic.

Sergei Shnurov

Date of birth: April 13, 1973
The film actor, TV presenter, artist and scandalous leader of the Leningrad group rolled into one is also included in the ranking of the most popular singers.

Sergey Zhukov

Date of birth: May 22, 1976
The leader of the group “Hands Up” continued his work under own name. In the early 2000s, the Hands Up group was definitely on the list of the most popular projects. But even now this performer could not be ignored by the real rating.

Arthur Pirozhkov

Date of birth: September 10, 1974
An artist with a humorous beginning, who went into music show business and is starting to gain momentum. The highly successful composition #Caccellentano blew up many radio stations.

When it comes to musical groups, many people have associations with female cast, but we have a lot of talented men's groups, which are wildly popular not only among girls, but also among the stronger sex. Today in our selection:

10 male groups that are popular in Russia.

1. MBAND — Russian group, based Konstantin Meladze, conquered the Russian show business with her hit “She Will Return.” Four nice guys perform compositions about their feelings and experiences. Left the group two years ago Ramm Vladislav, but this did not stop the project from further winning the hearts of girls.

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2. Nerves

Ukrainian group "Nerves" from the first days of its creation, it conquered an army of Russian girls. Soloist and founder of the project Zhenya Melkovsky, he writes articles for his hits. In 2014, “Nerves” received an award as the best musical group at Oops Choice Awards. This year the guys presented their fifth album entitled “The Dearest Person”.

3. Quest Pistols

This group gained popularity in 2007 after performing on a Ukrainian program with the song “I'm tired.” Exactly Quest Pistols revolutionized all ideas about what a real concert should be like. All their performances are incredible shows with dances and infographics.

4. 5 seconds of summer

Boy band 5 seconds of summer originally from Australia. Four friends decided to record songs on video famous musicians, and it caused a lot of positive emotions. So the guys decided that without own group and they can’t get by with their own songs.

5. Animals

In 2001 Roman Bilyk moves to Moscow and creates the Zveri group. This group has been repeatedly recognized as the most popular and successful rock band in Russia. Well, who hasn’t danced to the song “Districts - Blocks” at the school disco?! It is worth noting that the group gained success in Germany and the USA. Throughout the existence of the project, the group managed to win 9 times in the category "Best Rock Band" at the Muz-TV awards.

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6. One Direction

Boy group One Direction won all the girls with her love songs. And even though the project has now broken up, their songs are still played on the radio, and their videos are played on television.

7.Mushrooms

Video for the song "The ice is melting" in the first week it received about 10 million views. Everyone repeated the lines from this song, and funny parodies were made based on the tune of the track, not excluding famous TV show « Evening Urgant» . It is with this hit that we associate the group “Mushrooms”, which became mega-popular in a couple of months.

8. Group Friends

Alexey Vorobiev not only a talented artist, but also a professional producer. So he gave us a project "Friends", and although the project does not have many songs, they are all known and recognizable. It was the group “Friends” that recorded all the soundtracks for the series "Deffochonki" on the channel TNT.

A post shared by Group #FRIENDS (@frendy_official) on Oct 2, 2017 at 6:01am PDT

9.Hands up

"Hands up" — Russian pop group, which blew up all the charts in the 2000s. Not a single disco was held without dancing to their songs. The real breakthrough for the group was the song “And he kisses you”, it was from then on that the guys began to actively tour Russia and the CIS countries.

A post shared by Sergey Zhukov (@sezhukov) on Sep 13, 2017 at 6:04am PDT

10. One Republic

American rock band One Republic is known to everyone for her melodic songs that the whole world listens to. There probably won’t be a person who was indifferent to their songs.