A fairly popular group with Eva Polna at the head immediately won wide public love with its good arrangements and quickly riveted many memorable hits, which the girls tearfully sang at almost all the discos of the vast Motherland. Songs like “Loveless,” “Run from Me” and, of course, “Love Me French” became essential tracks on the playlist of any self-respecting bachelorette party of the 90s and 2000s.
2. Disco Crash
Even the most inveterate rapper and the most fearful metalhead, no, no, will remember the incendiary tunes of this group, well, “Drink beer - eat meat” sounded from every iron in its time. Disco Accident, having gone through the death of one of the participants, actually created a lot of very good different songs about love and friendship and aram-zam-zam there too. Their creativity crowns " New Year is rushing towards us, everything will happen soon” - known from the first chords and recognizable by absolutely everyone.
3. Ivanushki International
The epic boy band of our country, where the band members have almost become grandfathers, continues to sing songs about unhappy girlish love. In the turbulent nineties there was “Poplar Down”, and “Bullfinches”, “Clouds”, “Dolls” - it was on these hits that the all-Russian popularity of one red-haired and two non-red-haired ones was won.
4. Lyceum
A sweet girl group that changed lead singers like gloves. Well, who hasn’t done this - you can remember, for example, such a crazy group as “Strelki”, where there were about 20 different girls on vocals and backup dancers, replacing each other regularly once a month. “Lyceum”, against their backdrop with the permanent Anastasia Makarevich, was simply a model of stability, and their “Autumn-autumn, the summer has cooled down and dropped its leaves” and “And I am a winter girl”, firmly and for a long time ingrained in the brains of all our compatriots.
5. Mirage
The mastodons of this list, who started back in the USSR. A large number of lineups and girls who grew into independent stars like Vetlitskaya, Ovsienko or Saltykova, who traveled around the country in the 90s and filled entire stadiums. It was they who brought into the country en masse electronic music, and I still remember very well how my parents rocked out to “Music Connected Us”
6. Hands Up
Another epic and popular mega-project named after Sergei Zhukov. If progressive youth were already listening to Western music, then Russian youth in the outback were rocking out to the frantic rhythms of Ruki Vverh. “Ay-yay-yay girl”, “I’m already 18” and others still thunder at all sorts of discos of the 90s and regularly pack the halls.
7.Tattoo
Our “European breakthrough”, lesbian image and incredible drive, of course, did their job and “tattoos” became popular not only in Russia. At first everything went well, really strong albums and hits - “They Will Not Catch Up with Us”, and at concerts they gave their best every time. Then re-covers of Western hits and songs in English began, and the Russian audience began to slowly leave, and along with it the popularity began to decline.
8. Technology
The Technology group at one time laid claim to the laurels of the most advanced electronic disco group in young democratic Russia. Copying the then insanely popular “Depeche Mode”, the group with their hit “Press the button - you will get the result”, managed to break through to fame and popularity and gathered a record 70 thousand in the Luzhniki arena, which at that time was rented out to anyone and anything man, those were the times.
9.Na-na
Perhaps the first sane boy band brought to our country four smiling guys who sang sweet, meaningless songs about “The hat fell and fell on the floor” and gained enormous popularity among young and not so young girls. They say that the group is still alive, and this is almost 20 years, and is still performing on tour somewhere abroad.
10. Inveterate scammers
The reckless and hooligan recitalists from Amoralov and company, of course, are remembered by all the “clean boys” of that time. The first bright robes, saggy pants and glasses of unimaginable shapes, as well as simple texts about how to glue a girl, don’t worry and forget about studying and ancestors, of course, found their way into the minds of young people after straight-as-a-stick doctrines Soviet Union. Such was the time - every innovation was received with a bang, and each, even the weakest and most obscure of their albums, had a certain success.
Every era has its own idols. In the dashing 90s, we simply adored pop music: we fell in love with the “sweet boy” Andrei Gubin, danced to the songs of Irina Saltykova, protested to the hits of the Gaza Strip. But then these stars were replaced by new performers. Where did the celebrities of the 90s disappear, read in this review.
Andrey Gubin
Andrey Gubin is a “sweet boy” from the 90s, a favorite of girls. Any of his songs immediately became a hit.
However, in 2004 the disease nervous system forced the singer to abandon his career. His last song was recorded in 2009. Now 41-year-old Andrei does not attract crowds of thousands, does not give interviews, but continues to write songs.
Irina Saltykova
Irina Saltykova’s not-so-outstanding vocals were more than compensated for by her striking appearance. In the early 2000s, Irina recorded several more albums, but they were no longer as popular as her first works. In 2010, the singer opened an atelier with the pretentious name “House of Beauty and Style of Irina Saltykova.” She is now 49 years old. The singer is in great shape and periodically performs at corporate events.
Marina Khlebnikova
Marina Khlebnikova suffered the same fate as the other singers in this review. In the 2000s, she was replaced by new, younger artists. After the singer’s career began to decline, Khlebnikova tried to find herself in the acting field. She starred in 8 films. Then followed several television projects, in which Marina acted as a presenter. Now Marina performs at corporate events or concerts in the “Stars of the 90s” style.
Lika Star
Fate Faces Star turned out a little differently than the overwhelming number of stars of the 90s. After her rapid career, the girl managed to successfully marry Italian businessman Angelo Ceci in the early 2000s. Now at former singer three children (two of them from an Italian). She lives on the island of Sardinia and does not regret leaving Russia.
Shao?Bao!
For the group " Shao?Bao!“The song in Ukrainian “Kupyla Mama Konyka” became a ticket to Russian show business. Then this hit sounded from every kiosk. But when the provincial artists got to the capital, they managed to quarrel with all the producers, and never went further. Today, fragments of their former glory haunt the performers, and they tour small provincial towns and try to write new songs.
Gaza Strip
In the case of the group " Gaza Strip"her popularity ended due to the death of the vocalist Yuri Khoya in 2000. Over the next few years, individual members of the group and Hoy's relatives tried to perform hits of the 90s. But none of these projects became truly successful.
Many aged stars of the 90s just can’t come to terms with the fact that their star time has passed and are trying to prolong their youth by doing plastic surgery. Some of them succeed, while others become like wax dolls, the same as
Modern spectators are accustomed to seeing singers on stage in costumes that can compete with the “Eva costume” in their openness. This no longer surprises anyone, much less shocks anyone. But in the 90s of the twentieth century, when the CPSU had just lost its leadership role, flashing some usually hidden part of the body on stage meant immediately becoming the center of attention of the audience, relegating the song itself and vocal skill to the background. This technique brought popularity quickly, but, as a rule, unreliable, and today almost no one remembers about many singers for whom the main thing was not so much in their songs as in revealing outfits (which, however, today would seem very, very modest to many) .
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1. Natalya Vetlitskaya.
Most popular songs: “Look into your eyes”, “Playboy”, “Slave of Love”, “Soul”, “Eyes the color of whiskey”
2. Vetlitskaya was one of the very first domestic stars, who dared to let the Russian viewer admire their buttocks, barely covered by thongs. This artistic solution, along with muscular dancers chewing bananas, could be seen in the Playboy video. In 1993, the public was simply shocked, and the video itself immediately broke through to the top of popularity.
3. Lada Dance
The most popular songs: “Girl of the Night”, “You need to live in high spirits”, “Reggae in the night”, “I won’t be with you”
4. As if trying to justify her pseudonym, Lada danced very diligently and a lot. Among the signature numbers were deep squats, writing complex figures loin and legs spread wide apart. Today, Anya Pletneva and Zhanna Friske can be called continuers of the Lada Dance style.
Lada Dance videos, which in addition to explicit dancing also featured such indispensable attributes of the “beautiful life” as yachts, convertibles and even a real black man, were very popular.
5. Lika Star
Most popular songs: “BBC Taxi” “Lonely Moon”
At the beginning of her musical career, Lika tried a lot of genres: rave, electro and even rap. Lika was the first Russian singer, which directly used the help of the magazine for promotion - it simply distributed the disc with the single “Lonely Moon” together with the magazine “Om”. By the way, he also starred in the video. Chief Editor magazine. In general, this video featured a very stellar team. The director was Ilya Smolin, the main bandits were portrayed by Fyodor Bondarchuk and Sergei “Spider” Troitsky, and one of the roles was played by a very young Gosha Gutsenko. The clip was based on the fact that two bandits were leading a tied up blonde somewhere. Among the public, brought up on refined patriotic Soviet songs, such developments aroused the most lively interest.
6. Irina Saltykova
The most popular songs: “Gray Eyes”, “Blue Eyes”, “Bai Bai”, “Clear Falcon”
7. Irina Saltykova was particularly courageous, for which she even earned the nickname of the Russian Pamela Anderson. Her success in this field was international scale: Thus, in 1997, photographs of the singer graced the cover of Playboy magazine, and readers liked this issue so much that its circulation was reprinted several times.
Irina Saltykova’s most famous video was the “Blue Eyes” video, on which she worked together with director Sergei Kalvarsky. In this clip, the naive audience was surprised by showing a then unprecedented miracle - gays and lesbians who diligently sucked on another overseas curiosity - a huge Chupa Chups. The singer’s buttocks flashed every now and then in the frame, and there was even a scene where Irina, already in her mother’s clothes, was splashing around in a bath of milk.
8. Larisa Chernikova
Most popular songs: “Lone Wolf” “Don’t you laugh” “Airplane in Love” “Mystery”
9. Larisa Chernikova can boast of a thorough musical education– she is a graduate of the famous Gnesinka. For some time Larisa was a soloist in Nadezhda Babkina’s choir, but after marriage she chose to go over to the “pop” side. Moreover, some of the monotony of the melodies and the confusion of the lyrics were seasoned with more than lightweight costumes, and the audience received the videos and concert numbers very cordially.
In the mid-90s and early 00s, there were many pop stars in our country. Just look at the creativity of Andrei Gubin, Alena Apina or the Ladybug group. Many of their hits will be remembered for the rest of our lives. They still have fans, despite the fact that the performers of the famous hits have long disappeared from view.
Today we decided to recall the TOP 20 celebrities from the 90s who left the stage for various reasons.
1. Natalia Vetlitskaya
The ex-soloist of the popular group “Mirage” for many years managed to occupy the niche of a sexy singing blonde in the domestic show business. Natasha released a couple of albums that were literally swept off the shelves by fans, and then suddenly disappeared from the public eye. She left the world of show business silently, without giving a farewell concert and without explaining herself to the public. In 2004, Vetlitskaya had a daughter, and in 2008 she decided to leave Russia and went to Spain.
2. Andrey Gubin
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After his unprecedented rise in the second half of the nineties, Andrei suddenly disappeared from view. The peak of his popularity came in 2000, when Andrei toured not only the cities of Russia, but also the United States, Israel, Germany, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. After this, Gubin did not give any new concerts, although he released another new album and a collection of his best songs. Then rumors spread about Andrei’s nervous system illness. Now the singer is already over 40, but he still does not give up the thought that someday he will return to the stage.
3. Alexander Aivazov
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Alexander Aivazov is known to the general public as Sasha Aivazov as a pop singer of the 90s, who then sang the hit about “Lilies” and “Butterfly Moon”. In 1999, his songs stopped appearing on the charts. As it turned out, Aivazov became interested in alcohol, after which he underwent long-term treatment in a clinic. He stopped drinking, but, unfortunately, he did not return to the stage.
4. Irina Saltykova
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After the release of the “Gray Eyes” video, the whole country knew Irina. She was immediately dubbed a sex symbol and a new rising star. With each new song, the singer only strengthened her popularity. Now Irina is successfully running a business, she has a beauty and style house “Irina Saltykova”, her own boutique and beauty salon. Little is known about the singer’s personal life: she has a beloved man, but the singer keeps who he is a secret. Songs remained in her life as a pleasant hobby.
5. Sergey Chumakov
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Sergei's songs became popular in the early 90s. They captivated the audience with their special energy. Surely everyone sang “Don’t offend the young girl, groom,” at karaoke. There were rumors that Alla Pugacheva helped Chumakov both get on stage and leave it. They say that the song “Don’t hurt me, groom,” which made Chumakov famous, was originally intended for the then favorite of the Diva, Sergei Chelobanov. Today Sergei is happily married. He has noticeably gotten better and is eager to fight again. He started recording songs and is even preparing to release a new album in the near future.
6. Demo (Alexandra Zvereva)
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Any school disco The late nineties could not do without the hits of the Demo group. In 2002, Zvereva and her producer Vadim Polyakov terminated their contract with the ARS company. It turned out that the Demo group still exists, just with a different lineup. Well, Sasha Zvereva records solo songs from time to time, and also sews clothes for the brand she owns.
7. Tatyana Ovsienko
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Previously, no one had passed without Tanya Ovsienko’s performances. big concert, not a single solemn ceremony. And today they completely forgot about her. As it turned out, Tatyana adopted a child and devoted her life to raising him.
8. Group "Ladybug"
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The project, created by singer, composer and arranger Vladimir Volenko, gained wide popularity in the mid-nineties. Then the album “Granite Pebble” was released. IN last years The group is not on television, but BK continues to perform and record albums.
9. Yuri Shatunov
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« Tender May» − cult musical group late 80s – early 90s. In the mid-90s, Shatunov found himself in a difficult life situation and left for permanent residence in Germany. In the early 2000s, Shatunov nevertheless returned to Russia to continue solo career, and releases several albums one after another: “Remember May”, “Leaves are Falling”, “If you want, don’t be afraid”, “Record my voice”, “I believe”. Yuri continues to live on both sides, but this does not prevent him, as he admits, from raising children and spending a lot of time with his wife, who live in Germany.
10. Svetlana Roerich
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In the second half of the 90s, when her main hits, “Palms” and “Give Me Music,” were released, 25-year-old Svetlana became wildly popular. When a conflict broke out with the producer, difficult times came for the singer. There was no help from anyone, including her husband, whom Svetlana married at the age of 18. Tired of carrying the whole load on herself, Svetlana divorced her husband and, with grief, finally broke up with the producer. I tried to work on my own, but only stayed afloat for a couple of years. Now Svetlana is the owner of a PR communications agency and a single mother.
11. Kai Metov
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Success came to Kai Metov in 1992, after the release of his comic song “Mom! I want to be a pioneer." And then there was the crazy popular hit "Position No. 2". Today you can’t see him on screens or hear him on the radio, but the period of fading popularity passed painlessly for Metov.
12. Shura
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Once upon a time, Shura, aka Alexander Medvedev, amazed the public with his own image and was one of the most discussed personalities on the domestic stage. Having contracted cancer, Shura left domestic show business, but after a while he recovered and returned to the stage in a new image.
13. Alena Apina
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Apina began her career in the group “Combination” and became popular thanks to her. Years passed, popularity faded, and I had to pay attention to everyday matters - family and children. Alena Apina is the happy wife of producer Boris Iratov and a caring mother of her daughter Ksyusha. Fans have no time popular singer They were worried about where their favorite had gone, who no longer gives concerts and does not appear on screens. Alena has said more than once that she made the decision to end her singing career without difficulty, feeling that she was needed by her family.
14. Maria Volkova - Barbie
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In the early nineties, Marina Volkova, who looked like a doll that had become fashionable, took stage name Barbie. She sang several songs, including the hit: “You paint your eyelashes bright blue. You’re waiting for beautiful love, but it’s still not there.” And then she disappeared from the stage. As it turned out, apart from working 24 hours a day and loneliness, there was nothing in her life. On this basis, the girl quarreled with the producers and terminated her contract. She then tried to build a solo career on her own, which she failed to do.
15. Lada Dance
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She started in the group “Women's Council” with Svetlana Lazareva and Alena Vitebskaya at the very height of perestroika. Then she became a soloist in the group "Technology", but had a falling out with the producer. Later, Lada was Kirkorov’s backing vocalist and sang as the opening act for the Kar-Man group, but this seemed not enough for her. She left for Europe, but Lada didn’t really expect success anyway.
16. Decl (Kirill Tolmatsky)
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In 2000, when he was 17, he released the album Who Are You? The disc was very popular. Another album followed. And then Kirill disappeared. They say. that he quarreled with his father. Now Decl is recording new albums and giving concerts, but of course there is no talk of his former popularity.
17. Tatyana Bulanova
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Perhaps the luckiest of all the stars of the 90s. Despite everything, Tatyana managed to stay on Olympus. To this day, she releases albums with enviable regularity, gives concerts and participates in the highest-rated television projects. But, of course, this cannot be compared with her popularity twenty years ago. The whole country roared at the television screens when Bulanova in a thin voice began to sing “Sleep, little son...” with tears frozen in her eyes.
18. Evgeniy Osin
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In 1992 he released the album “70th Latitude”. The album was a huge success, more than half of the songs from it became hits. Then there were the albums “Working on Mistakes” and “Birds”, but they were not so successful. Now Osin teaches music at school and writes songs.
19. Marina Khlebnikova
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Thanks to her, everyone started drinking a “cup of coffee” and fell in love with “slanting rains.” Marina began to be invited to all national concerts, she actively toured and wrote one new hit after another. And suddenly, at the peak of Khlebnikov’s popularity, he disappears. Problems in my personal life affected me, and health problems also occurred. It is unknown what Marina is doing now. She herself said to herself that she had no talents other than the ability to sing.
20. Vladimir Markin
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In the early 90s, his songs “Lilac Fog” and “I’m Ready to Kiss the Sand” were heard from every window. True, Markin then disappeared from television screens. For the last 20 years, Markin has been combining at least two professions - artist and director of the Moscow Power Engineering Institute Palace of Culture, and he also produces tea.
In the mid-nineties and early 2000s, there were many pop idols in our country. Just look at the creativity of Andrei Gubin or the Ladybug group. Many of their hits will be remembered for the rest of our lives. They still have fans, despite the fact that the performers of the famous hits have long disappeared from view. Woman’s Day found out what happened to the twenty most popular artists that time.
Tramp boy
He was the favorite of schoolgirls, and cassettes with his hits were sold like hot cakes. His angelic appearance and voice broke more than one girl’s heart, and songs such as “Tramp Boy” or “Winter Cold” were heard throughout the country.
Everything changed in 2007, when Gubin suddenly disappeared from television screens. They said that the singer had problems with alcohol due to unrequited love for a girl. And someone even claimed that he left Russia. To clarify the situation, we need to go back far into the past.
First album
His music career began in the late eighties, not without the support of his father, Viktor Viktorovich Gubin, former research fellow and a cartoonist, and by that time vice-president of the Russian Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange, owner of several recording studios.
Andrey's first professional album was released only in 1995, after Gubin met famous musician Leonid Agutin. This album bore the name of the singer’s debut song, “Tramp Boy,” and very quickly conquered the top of all popularity ratings.
Sudden disappearance
However, after his unprecedented rise in the second half of the nineties, Andrei suddenly disappeared from view. The peak of his popularity came in 2000, when Andrei toured not only the cities of Russia, but also the United States, Israel, Germany, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. After this, Gubin did not give any new concerts, although he released another new album and a collection of his best songs.
Father's death
Recession creative activity Andrei is undoubtedly associated with the deteriorating health of his father, who not only helped his son get into the world of show business, but also constantly supported him, largely directing the singer’s career. After all, Andrei, according to his colleagues, had a very gentle character and needed fatherly control.
The death of Viktor Viktorovich in 2007 led to the virtual cessation of his son’s creative activity. For some time, fans, out of inertia, were interested in the ups and downs of their hero, and then slowly began to forget him.
Disease
Then rumors spread that Andrei had been diagnosed with a disease of the nervous system, which caused constant severe pain in the facial area. Doctors helped to overcome the mental crisis. He says that he was treated twice at the neurosis clinic.
Now
Today Andrei is already over 40. The ex-idol leads a reclusive life in Moscow, has gained noticeable weight, but still dreams of returning to the stage.
“I look bad now, that’s why I’m not performing. If I get into shape, I’ll definitely perform, but I’m not ready yet,” says the singer. “I write music all the time, I compose poetry, but for myself, I train my soul.”
Alexander Aivazov
Popularity
Alexander Aivazov is known to the general public as Sasha Aivazov as a pop singer of the 90s, who then sang the hit about “Lilies” and “Butterfly Moon”. A popular but critically underrated singer, Sasha Aivazov became famous back in 1989. At the same time, his first hit, “Lily,” sounded. The image of a romantic teenager singing sincere and simple songs about love was confirmed by the first two albums: “Don't be sad” and “Where are you?”
The super hit “I beg you, don’t cry” becomes, as it were, a farewell to the singer’s teenage period. The song brings the matured Aivazov all-Russian popularity, which is soon confirmed by the third album. It was released at the end of 1996, and in it Sasha also appears as a composer. “Butterfly Moon”, “Time River”, “It’s Just a Game” are the undisputed hits of the latest release.
In general, the disc turns out to be very successful due to the hitness of the melodies, the lightness and excitement of the performance and the very colorful synthesis of flamenco, rockabilly and pop music. And the matured and matured Alexander himself appears in the guise of a kind of macho man that is attractive to fans, not at all reminiscent of the lyrically touching Sasha of yesteryear.
In 1998, fashionable “remixers”, in particular Roman Ryabtsev, DJ Valdai, made dance versions of “Butterfly Moon”. The performer himself has a noticeable creative crisis - having found his own style in “Butterfly Moon”, Aivazov again embarked on experiments. And in the end he turned into an ordinary pop singer, only, unlike many colleagues, he no longer promotes himself on television and radio.
His new hit “I’ll Unravel You,” which appeared in the fall of 1998, also did not impress. And in 1999, Alexander Aivazov, alas, who did not develop the success of “Butterfly Moon”, unfortunately for fans, left the charts.
Alcoholism
The artist has never hidden the fact that he is rarely on friendly terms with alcohol. Aivazov loved to sit with friends over a white bottle and almost never refused a glass or two at social events. Gradually the habit grew into a serious addiction. The singer, who was depressed, completely forgot about his former popularity and almost lost his family.
A year ago, Sasha’s wife Irina left along with their three-year-old son Nikita. She was tired of putting up with her husband's drunkenness. To regain his wife’s trust, the 41-year-old singer went to a drug treatment clinic for treatment.
“I got so drunk that I was on IVs every day,” Alexander said then. – It’s all my fault! But if Ira sends a lawyer, I will not sign any documents. I don’t want to divorce her, I will fight for love. I realized everything and want to fix everything. If she forgives me, I will never touch alcohol again in my life.”
Rehabilitation at the Marshak drug treatment clinic
In the hospital, Aivazov courageously fought his addiction. All for the sake of having his beloved wife and son nearby. The thought that he would eventually lose his family was unthinkable to him.
Every morning in the hospital he started by jogging. fresh air around the hospital park and from yoga classes in the ward. Then he underwent many rehabilitation procedures and conversations with a psychologist. In the end everything worked out! Sasha stopped drinking and managed to save his family. Now he lives happily and is engaged in creativity. True, his popularity left him forever.
Group Demo
Peak of popularity
Any school disco of the late nineties was not complete without the hits of the Demo group. Alexandra Zvereva, the lead singer of the group, never had outstanding vocal abilities. But this was not required of her.
Parting with the producer
In 2002, Zvereva and her producer Vadim Polyakov terminated their contract with the ARS company. Demo clips began to disappear from the airwaves of music channels. And then the lead singer announced that she was expecting a child, and since then we haven’t heard anything about Demo.
Demo now
It turned out that the Demo group still exists, just with a different lineup. Well, Sasha Zvereva records solo songs from time to time, and also sews clothes for the brand she owns.
“We did not stop touring, I traveled to cities and countries even in the last months of pregnancy,” says twice-mother Sasha Zvereva. – Over the years, Demo has released 7 albums. The group is not worried about their absence from the airwaves: the tour continues, they have money to live on. My main income is my man, and Demo is more of a hobby. We live separately, have a club of fans and believe that people will separate the wheat from the chaff and understand what is made artificially to make money, and what is made from the heart.”
Shura
Success and recognition
Once upon a time, Shura, aka Alexander Medvedev, amazed the public with his own image and was one of the most discussed personalities on the domestic stage. A bright blond man with no teeth shouted songs rather than sang, and behaved, to put it mildly, strangely.
However, this only helped many to believe that he had talent. Popularity became too much of a psychological burden for Shura; he became addicted to drugs, which almost became fatal for him.
Terrible disease and drug addiction
The singer fell ill with cancer, but managed to overcome both illnesses by undergoing chemotherapy and drug addiction treatment. Of course, we had to move away from the previous image. But look like normal person Shura clearly did not want to.
Return
The singer inserted himself artificial teeth, went under the scalpel of plastic surgeons several times and returned to the stage in an even stranger image - openly homosexual. Nevertheless, it still has its audience to this day.
Tatiana Ovsienko
Former popularity
Previously, not a single big concert or a single ceremony took place without Tanya Ovsienko’s performances. And today they completely forgot about her.
Once upon a time, the famous singer Tatyana Ovsienko had everything: money, career, fame. But one day she exchanged all this for the happy smile of a child. At one time, in pursuit of millions, the singer did not think about children until one moment.
Foster-son
One day fate gave her an amazing meeting. Once Tatyana gave a concert in orphanage and drew attention to little boy, Igor. Later, the singer was told that the parents abandoned the child when he was diagnosed with an advanced heart defect. According to the teachers, Igor was not a good person, he needed a very complicated operation, but he had orphanage there was no money.
And then Tatyana seemed to have an epiphany, she realized that she could save this child. She immediately went to one of the best Moscow clinics, agreed on the operation, paid fabulous money for it, and Igor was successfully operated on. When the boy recovered from the operation, Tatyana took him to her home.
Ovsienko granted him guardianship, and Igor officially became her son. In order to cook porridge for the baby and change diapers, Tatyana gave up work and lived with her unloved husband Vladimir Dubovnitsky for 18 years, so as not to traumatize the child’s psyche with a divorce. She would probably still be sharing a bed with him if he had not found someone else and announced that he was leaving.
New love
Now Tatyana is preparing for a new marriage. Her chosen one was businessman Alexander Merkulov. The proposal was made quite a long time ago, but the celebration had to be postponed: the fact is that Merkulov spent 3.5 years in a pre-trial detention center under investigation. All this time, Tatyana morally supported her beloved, wrote letters, carried packages, and also gave 20 concerts a month to earn money for lawyers. In early June, Alexander was found not guilty. The 47-year-old singer met him at the courthouse. And now nothing prevents the lovers from getting married. The wedding is tentatively scheduled for the fall.
Irina Saltykova
Successful in everything
Not all women who sold clothes and cosmetics in tents in the 90s became famous singers and owners of their own serious businesses. Irina Saltykova succeeded in both, one after another.
Since childhood, Irina was a purposeful and independent child. In addition to school, she was involved in a cutting and sewing club, was fond of knitting, and went to rhythmic gymnastics training.
Unsuccessful marriage
In 1986, something happened in Irina’s life fateful meeting with her future husband Viktor Saltykov. Victor was struck by Irina's beauty and charm. They got married, and a year later their daughter Alice was born.
Their marriage did not last long. According to the singer, this happened due to Victor’s addiction to alcohol. After separating from her husband, Irina went into business, but the profits were barely enough to live on, and then Saltykova decided to return to the stage and start a solo career.
Solo career
After the release of the “Gray Eyes” video, the whole country knew Irina. She was immediately dubbed a sex symbol and a new rising star. With each new song, the singer only strengthened her popularity.
She has six albums in total, and she dedicated the third, “Alice,” to her daughter. Actor career Irina’s career was also quite successful: having played in the films “Brother-1, -2”, she received critical acclaim.
Business
Now Irina is successfully running a business, she has a beauty and style house “Irina Saltykova”, her own boutique and beauty salon. Little is known about the singer’s personal life: she has a beloved man, but the singer keeps who he is a secret. Songs remained in her life as a pleasant hobby.
Natalia Vetlitskaya
Unexpected departure
The ex-soloist of the popular group “Mirage” for many years managed to occupy the niche of a sexy singing blonde in the domestic show business. And the shots with her raised skirt from the Playboy video became one of the symbols of the nineties. Natasha released a couple of albums that were literally swept off the shelves by fans, and then suddenly disappeared from the public eye.
There were many reasons why the pop diva left the stage. She left the world of show business silently, without giving a farewell concert and without explaining herself to the public. The disappearance of Natalya Vetlitskaya, who turned 50 in the fall of 2014, was her conscious decision.
Birth of a daughter
Vetlitskaya decided to radically change her life after the birth of her daughter Ulyana in 2004. According to a source close to the singer, she wanted to terminate her pregnancy. She was persuaded to leave the child by producer Viktor Yudin, who in recent years became her right hand and a close friend. The name of the child’s father, Vetlitskaya, has not been made public to this day.
New life in Spain
In addition, after the birth of her daughter, the pop diva decided to leave not only the stage, but also Russia. When Ulyana was four years old, they moved to live in sunny Spain forever.
Today Natasha tries not to come to the attention of journalists, is raising her daughter and does not like to comment on her past. Although in her personal life there was also a lot interesting events- for example, a ten-day marriage to Yevgeny Belousov, an affair with the domestic oligarch Kerimov (who, as journalists said, gave her a plane). But if Vetlitskaya used to choose exclusively the rich and famous, today she is married to her yoga mentor.
Sergey Chumakov
Good start
Sergei's songs became popular in the early 90s. They captivated the audience with their special energy. Surely everyone sang “Don’t offend the young girl, groom,” at karaoke. It all started in Moscow back in 1972.
A simple Moscow boy who graduated from a mechanical engineering college did not dream of becoming a star. However, fate gave him a ticket to the world of music. It all happened thanks to a chance acquaintance with the poet Alexander Shaganov in 1988.
He became the producer of the young talented performer. In addition, Alexander had the necessary contacts on television. Thanks to this, Sergei entered the Morning Star competition, although he always sang only by ear. The first songs were generally rehearsed to the accordion. Of course, he had a desire to master musical notation, but he was too much of a hooligan guy. From music school kicked out for bad behavior.
Popularity
Since the beginning of 1991, Sergei has been successfully recording new hits, giving concerts and going on tour. A few years later, the young singer quarrels with producer Shaganov and leaves him.
Igor Azarov becomes Sergei’s new producer. The album "Go ahead" is released. The singer begins to work in the style of Western music of the 50s and 60s. His works were influenced by notable performers such as Elvis Presley, Paul Anka, Luis Prima. During this period, the singer, who was losing popularity, even made peace with Alexander Shaganov. The third album, “Like the First Time,” includes several songs based on his poems. However, Chumakov's attempt to perform Western music failed. The album was a complete failure, and Chumakov disappeared from the screens.
Leaving the stage
There were rumors that Alla Pugacheva helped Chumakov both get on stage and leave it. They say that the song “Don’t hurt me, groom,” which made Chumakov famous, was originally intended for the then favorite of the Diva, Sergei Chelobanov. For this, Pugacheva was offended and “closed” Chumakov’s path to show business.
“Alla Pugacheva kindly invited me to sing at her “Christmas meetings,” says Chumakov. “Immediately after that, I was bombarded with offers for tours. As for the song, I didn’t know that Shaganov first wrote it for Chelobanov and Chelobanov had already sung it. Therefore, when Pugacheva told me: “Sergei, don’t sing this song anymore,” I was indignant. After all, the song became popular precisely in my performance. I answered Alla Borisovna: “How can I not sing? What should I answer to people: did you forbid me to sing or have I lost my memory?” And he continued to perform it. But I don’t think I disappeared from the screens because of this. I just couldn’t pay such huge amounts of money for broadcasts like Pugacheva or Kirkorov did.”
Return
Today, Sergei is happily married to a woman who supports him in everything. He has noticeably gotten better and is eager to fight again. He started recording songs and is even preparing to release a new album in the near future.
Group "Ladybug"
Famous hit
The project, created by singer, composer and arranger Vladimir Volenko, gained wide popularity in the mid-nineties. Then the album “Granite Pebble” was released.
In 1997, “Ladybug” became one of the first projects of the new major audio and production company ORT-Records, headed by general producer Joseph Prigozhin. The label of this company releases two more discs of the group “My Queen” and “Woman of Dreams”. In 1999, another success for the project was Leonid Azbel’s song “A Ship Up the Volga,” which immediately became the second hit after “Granite Pebble.” A disc with this track, as well as several songs by Elena Vaenga written for “ Ladybug", published by Grand Records.
Lineup change
In 2000, the composition of the group changed radically, and Inna Anzorova was replaced by Natalya Poleshchuk, who was immediately given the pseudonym Shokoladkina by Vladimir Volenko for her excessive love of sweets. In 2004, a daughter, Dasha, was born into the family of Vladimir Volenko and Natalya Shokoladkina, and in 2008, Vladimir Jr. Therefore, during this period, the group appears less often in the media space, but continues to actively give concerts. Last bright creative solution became the wedding duet “First Dance of the Young,” where the Volenko couple involved their own children in the filming of the video.
The end of popularity
In recent years, the group has not been on television, but BK continues to perform and record albums.
Here’s how Vladimir comments on the situation: “I’m not an oligarch, not a “blue” and not a Jew. I'm simple Russian citizen, a talented and hardworking musician, but today this is not enough. Today, to be visible, you must either have millions in investments or belong to a certain clan. You can also be under contract to some serious company, where they will immediately make you understand that the channel or producer is everything, and you are nothing. As a person and as an artist, I preferred independence, therefore, today we are not on the blue screens. But it doesn’t bother me.”
As for earnings, there is enough for the group to live, but, unfortunately, not enough for development. However, Vladimir does not really regret his fate. He is happily married and has two children.
Group "Tender May"
From the orphanage to the stars, or the Orenburg orphan
“Tender May” is a cult musical group of the late 80s – early 90s. The first teenage group in the USSR was born in boarding school No. 2 in the city of Orenburg. Musical director Sergei Kuznetsov, who led the music club in the orphanage, became the author of all the songs. A business card group (which would later change several members) and the idol of millions of fans - 15-year-old orphanage resident Yura Shatunov.
“Thanks to the fact that I spent my childhood in an orphanage, I was able to preserve myself and not go astray. Because in the orphanage they don’t like greedy people, they don’t like sneaks, that is, they don’t like weak people. There, in order to live in a community, you need to adhere to certain laws. Otherwise you will be expelled from the team. And the same thing happened in adult life. But I was already ready for it. I can’t communicate with people from the point of view of “you’re nobody, but I’m a star.” First of all, you need to think that this person today may be a nobody, but in a year he can become much cooler than you. Although if I come across unpleasant people, then I simply don’t talk to them, no matter how high a level they stand. I say: “Sorry, but I can’t, I don’t want to. I don’t feel comfortable being around you.”
The first album, “White Roses,” was recorded in February 1988 on a household tape recorder and sold by Kuznetsov to a recording kiosk for 30 rubles. A few months later, the recording got to Andrei Razin (at that time the administrator of the Mirage group), who pulled off an incredible combination for those times and transported Shatunov, Kuznetsov and several other orphanage boys to Moscow, where he organized a studio for gifted children “LM”. In January 1989, the “White Roses” video was shown for the first time on Central Television in “Morning Mail”, after which a real all-Union boom began - the songs of “Tender May” were heard everywhere, and millions of fans simply went crazy for the blue-eyed young prince with a charming dimple on his cheek . The group gathered the largest concert venues throughout the country and set a record for the number of concerts per day (sometimes there were 5-6 per day).
Solo voyage and years of oblivion
However, despite the overwhelming success and popularity, at the beginning of 1992 the group broke up. 18-year-old Shatunov leaves Andrei Razin and tries to build a solo career. For some time, he was even supported by Alla Borisovna Pugacheva, who invited Yura to perform at her “Christmas meetings” in December 1992. But, despite the first one released by the PolyGram Russia recording studio in 1994 solo album“Do you remember” and several videos that were shot, it turned out to be difficult to stay afloat. Finding himself in a difficult life situation, Shatunov leaves to live and work in Germany, where he studies to become a sound engineer and leaves the stage for several years.
“At the age of 25–30 I began to look for myself. Then I wanted a lot at once, but I needed to understand what I really, truly needed. And don’t look at those around you: but these young guys, they drive good cars, with beautiful girls and so on. That is, at first you look at them and think: how cool, I want one too, and then you realize that this is not cool at all, this one is not so beautiful beautiful life, it’s better to do something different. And this “different” needs to be found. At that time I worked in many ways, even as a system administrator. He worked a lot in the studio, but did not engage in his own creativity and his career. And now I can say with one hundred percent confidence that that step was truly correct and true, because now I have everything and even more: a beloved wife, a beloved son and daughter, I have a place to live, I have a job I love, I have everything . I am a happy man".
Return of the idol
In the early 2000s, Shatunov nevertheless returned to Russia to continue his solo career, and released several albums one after another: “Remember May”, “Leaves are Falling”, “If you want, don’t be afraid”, “Record my voice”, "I believe". In September 2009, the singer went on a big tour of Russian cities in support of feature film"Tender May". A year later, Yura took part in the filming of the series “Happy Together”, where he played himself. Today, Shatunov continues to record songs and remain one of the most sought-after artists in the reserves.
“I visit Russia much more often than at home, in Germany. But this does not in the least prevent me from communicating with my family, seeing my children and raising them. There is Skype, there is the Internet, there is a telephone, after all. And then there’s the plane: I board, two hours and I’m home.”
Found personal happiness in Germany
Shatunov met his future wife, lawyer Svetlana, in Germany in December 2000: “People often ask: do you believe in love at first sight and is it even possible? Maybe. This is exactly what happened to me. It was enough just to look at each other - that’s all.”
They dated for a long time and decided to get married only in January 2007, six months after Svetlana gave birth to her son Dennis. Six years later, on March 13, 2013, their second child, daughter Estella, was born in Bad Homburg. As Yuri admits, there are very few close people in his life: “There are actually few people I trust. In fact, you can count them on the fingers of one hand. Firstly, this is Svetlana – my wife. Secondly, Arkady, my director, with whom I have been working together for more than 27 years. Well, and a couple more guys, time-tested friends.”
Last September, Shatunov celebrated his 41st birthday; he continued to live and work in two countries, having a Russian passport and a residence permit in Germany. Yuri has a house, wife and children in Frankfurt am Main, but in the summer they often come with their whole family to relax in Russia, in particular in Sochi, where Shatunov has big house, purchased back in the days of Tender May.