Alla Borisovna Pugacheva is a Russian singer and songwriter. Her career began in 1965 and continues to this day, although she retired from performing in 2010 after the international concert tour "Dreams of Love". For her "clear mezzo-soprano and a full display of sincere emotions", she enjoys an iconic status across the former Soviet Union as the most successful Soviet performer in terms of record sales and popularity. For several decades, Pugacheva was a sex symbol, a style icon, an inspiration for Soviet women and a heroine of Russian tabloids. In the media, Pugacheva has been called "the Queen of Russian pop music".
Voice of Asia is a music festival that has been held annually in Almaty, Kazakhstan since 1990. It features artists from all over Asia, Eastern Europe and other regions. The usual venue for the festival is the outdoor skating rink "Medeu", located on the mountainous outskirts of the Tian Shan, a few kilometers from the center of Almaty. The festival program includes concerts by popular performers and a vocal competition. Over the years, the festival's headliners have included international pop music stars such as Gloria Gaynor, Alla Pugacheva, Toto Cutugno, Patricia Kaas, Valery Leontiev, Boney M., Bаccara, Secret Service, Black Eyed Peas and others. In 2024, Jason Derulo gave his first solo concert in Almaty.
Russian pop music is Russian language pop music produced in Russia, CIS countries, Baltic states, Central Asia and other foreign countries in which the songs are primarily performed in Russian language, languages of the countries of the CIS, and in the other languages of the world. This is the successor to popular "variety" Soviet music with its pop idols such as Alla Pugacheva or Valery Leontiev.
Valeriya is the stage name of Alla Yurievna Perfilova, a Russian singer and fashion model. Valeriya, who is a recipient of the titles People's Artist of Russia (2013) and People's Artist of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (2016), has also won numerous awards, including Golden Gramophone (thirteen), Pesnya goda (thirteen), Muz-TV, and MTV Russia Music Awards. She has been a member of the Council for Culture and Art under the President of the Russian Federation since 2012.
Igor Yuryevich Nikolayev is a Russian composer, singer and songwriter.
Alexander Borisovich Zhurbin, born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, on August 7, 1945, is a prolific Russian composer. His first success came in 1975 with a rock-opera, Orpheus and Eurydice, which had 2000 consecutive performances in the former Soviet Union. He has composed scores for over 50 feature films and 40 musicals. He also has worked on multiple musical pieces including opera, musicals, symphonies and movie soundtracks. His songs have been performed by famous artists from Eastern Europe, such as Russian pop icon Alla Pugacheva, and Estonian singer Jaak Jola. Zhurbin is a laureate of the Ovation Award in the Living Legend category.
Khrystyna Kots-Hotlib is a Ukrainian singer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Ukraine Universe 2009 and represented Ukraine in Miss Universe 2009 and was a member of the pop Ukrainian girl trio VIA-Gra.
Valery Yakovlevich Leontiev is a Soviet and Russian pop singer, sometimes songwriter and actor, whose popularity peaked in the 1980s and 1990s. He was titled a People's Artist of Russia in 1996. During his career, he achieved international success in Eastern Europe, has the status of a pop icon along with Alla Pugacheva, and is a winner of ZD Awards.
Pesnya goda, meaning Song of the Year, is an annual televised music festival and gala in Russia, honoring standout songs from the previous year. The event began in the Soviet period, and prior to the dissolution of the USSR also included songs in languages other than Russian.
Larisa Alexeyevna Rubalskaya is a Russian writer, poet and translator, and a member of the Moscow Writers' Union.
Anastasia Vladimirovna Slanevskaya, known professionally as Slava, is a Russian actress known for her work in Russian cinema and theater. She has appeared in various films and theatrical productions, showcasing her talent and versatility as an actress.
Crimea Music Fest is an International Music Festival and International Vocal Competition, which took place in Yalta. Young performers from all 5 continents of the world took part in the festival. The headliners of the festival were Ruslana, Goran Bregovic, Sergey Lazarev, and other popular performers from Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The patroness of the festival was Alla Pugacheva. The festival took place in 2011 and 2012. The festival was shortlisted for the ZD Awards in the event of the year category.
"Margarita " is a Soviet song written by Yury Chernavsky and Alexander Markevich. It was written for the discotheque SPM Record in Luzhniki, Moscow. It was the first discotheque in the USSR for more than 10,000 people.
Zvukovaya Dorozhka, also known as ZD Awards is Russia's oldest hit parade in the field of popular music. It was founded in 1975 and has been published monthly in Moskovskij Komsomolets since 1977. It features both Russian and international acts. Since 2003 it is presented in a ceremony in concert halls. It's considered one of the major Russian music awards.
Viktor Nikolaevich Baturin is a Russian businessman, producer, the elder brother of Yelena Baturina and Chairman of the Government of Kalmykia.
Olga Romanovskaya, also known as Olga Koryahina ; born January 22, 1986, in Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSRm is a Ukrainian singer, television presenter, fashion designer and model.
Iosif Igorevich Prigozhin is а Russian music producer. He has produced for the singers Valeria, Natalia Vetlitskaya, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Nikolai Noskov, Aleksandr Marshal, Avraam Russo, Kristina Orbakaitė, Didulya and many others. He is the creator of the record label NOX Music has organized various Russian music festivals, concerts, and television programs.
Mykola Vasylyovych Hnatyuk or Mykola Vasyliovych Hnatiuk is a Soviet, Ukrainian singer, popular in the early 1980s.
Igor Evgenievich Kraev or Ihor Evgenovich Kraiev, is a Ukrainian and Russian producer, music promoter, entrepreneur, founder and CEO of TopHit project, a music promotion platform and music chart authority for thousands of music artists and labels, 1200+ radio stations worldwide, mostly in Europe, Ukraine, Russia and the CIS.
Ramil Aleksandrovich Alimov, later Roman Orlov, better known as Ramil’, is a Russian singer and songwriter. His music career took off in 2019, when he released the single «Хочешь со мной», and an album with the same name. His song «Вся такая в белом» became a top hit on the social network «Вконтакте».
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