Karolina Myroslavivna Kuiek, popularly known as Ani Lorak, is a Ukrainian singer and former UN Goodwill Ambassador. Having received Ukraine's most prestigious and honorary title, the People's Artist of Ukraine, Lorak has been cited as one of the most powerful and influential women in her country, as well as ranked one of the most beautiful women from Eastern Europe. Ani Lorak reported the highest income of all singers in Ukraine in 2014.
Anna Volodymyrivna Sedokova is a Ukrainian singer, actress, and television presenter. She rose to prominence in 2002 as a member of the Ukrainian pop girl group Nu Virgos—known as "VIA Gra" in both Ukraine and the Commonwealth of Independent States—in which she was nicknamed Anya (Аня). Following two years in the "golden line-up" of the group, she began pursuing a solo music career in 2006. Sedokova released a string of singles until her debut album Lichnoe (2016) was met with widespread commercial success, peaking at number two in Russia.
Mykyta Volodymyrovych Alieksieiev, better known by his mononym Alekseev, is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter. He first began his career in 2014 after placing as a semifinalist on season four of The Voice of Ukraine. He subsequently released the single "Pyanoye solntse", which went on to become a number-one hit throughout the CIS and kickstarted his music career. He represented Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Portugal with his song "Forever".
Serebro was a Russian girl group formed by their manager and producer Maxim Fadeev. Serebro was formed in 2007, consisting of Marina Lizorkina, Olga Seryabkina, and Elena Temnikova as a submitted proposal for consideration by Channel One Russia for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Serebro was selected to represent Russia at the 2007 Contest with the song titled "Song #1". They subsequently placed third at the contest, scoring a total of 207 points. Serebro was then officially signed to Fadeev's record label Monolit Records, and in 2012, the group had additional releases produced by Sony Music Entertainment and Ego Music. In 2009, Lizorkina announced her departure from the group; she was subsequently replaced by Anastasia Karpova. Karpova left the group in 2013 and was replaced by Dasha Shashina, who left in 2016. Temnikova left the group in 2014 due to health reasons, and Polina Favorskaya, who replaced Temnikova, left the group in 2017. Favorskaya was later replaced by Morgunova. In 2019, the line-up Olga Seryabkina, Katya Kischuk, and Tatiana Morgunova, the last one to include the last original member, has been replaced by Elizaveta Kornilova, Marianna Kochurova and Irina Titova.
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.
Marina Sergeyevna Maximova, better known under her stage name MakSim is a Russian singer, songwriter and music producer.
Vintage is a Russian pop group formed in 2006 by the singer Anna Pletnyova and musician Alexey Romanov.
TopHit is an internet service for musicians founded in 2003. Originating from Ukraine and Russia, it now works on global scale. It offers a variety of functions, main of them regular statistical music charts based on data from radio broadcasts and musical internet services such as YouTube and Spotify. Musicians are able to upload their songs and promote them via TopHit. The songs from Russian and worldwide singers become aggregated, tested, distributed and rotated on radio using TopHit's capabilities. Promotion of music videos is also available, as well as donations collecting system for supporting artists. Permanent users and partners of TopHit include over 5700 musicians, music groups, DJs and tens of record labels, including Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, BMG, Black Star Inc., Velvet Music and others.
Mykola Mykolaiovych Bortnyk, better known by his stage name Max Barskih and alter-ego Mickolai, is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter. He was raised in Kherson, Ukraine, and moved to Kyiv after his graduation. He has released six studio albums, one compilation album and one extended-play.
Iowa, is a Belarusian pop rock trio.
Zvukovaya Dorozhka 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.
Little Big is a Russian rave band founded in Saint Petersburg in 2013. The band currently consists of Ilya "Ilich" Prusikin and Sonya Tayurskaya. Their first full-length album, With Russia from Love, was released on 17 March 2014. The group has released a total of four albums and nine singles. The band is currently based in Los Angeles, California, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Hanna Borysivna Korsun, known professionally as Maruv, is a Ukrainian singer. She used to be part of the band of the same name, the successor of the band The Pringlez, from February 2017 to March 2018. Later, Korsun gave an interview in which she explained that from then on she would be working on her own under the pseudonym.
Nikolay Maksimovich Korobov, is a Russian singer. He is a five-time nominee of the Kinder Muz Awards 2017, a nominee for the RU.TV award and the presenter of the S.T.A.R.S. GIRLS by Alex Vorobyov & Kolya Korobov program on Zhara television.
Ilya Vladimirovich Prusikin is a Russian musician, singer, record producer, vlogger, video director and screenwriter. He is best known as the front person and founder of Saint Petersburg punk-pop-rave group Little Big. He is also known under the stage name Ilich, an in-joke referencing Vladimir Lenin's patronymic and Oblomov character.
Alan Kazbekovich Badoev is a Ukrainian movie director, music video director, screenwriter, TV producer, TV presenter, and music producer of Ossetian origin. He first gained international recognition in 2006 with his awarded full-length movie debut "OrAngeLove" (Russian: Оранжевая любовь). Today, Badoev is most notable for his prize-winning work as music video director. He has directed more than 500 music videos.
The Russian National Music Award, also known as Russian Music Award, or Victoria Award is a music award, established in 2015 by the Academy of Russian Music, to recognise the talent and achievements in the Russian popular and classical music scene.
"I'm OK" is a song by Russian punk-pop-rave group Little Big. The song was released on 14 June 2019 by Warner Music Russia and Little Big Family.
Antipositive, Pt. 1 is the third studio album by the Russian punk-pop-rave group Little Big, released on 8 May 2018 by the Little Big Family record label. The album included the single "Lolly Bomb".
Lesha Svik is a Russian singer.
