On September 3, 2000, a Russian-Ukrainian female pop group was founded VIA Gra. Throughout the history of the group, 13 girls have been soloists of VIA Gra. The composition of the participants in the popular project of Konstantin Meladze and Dmitry Kostyuk changed 16 times. We decided to make a selection of the most beloved soloists of this group by fans.
1. The aspiring group achieved its first commercial success in 2000, when it consisted of two soloists: Ukrainian TV presenter Alena Vinnitskaya and teacher primary classes(by specialty, but not by vocation) Nadezhda Granovskaya. Why can the duet be called one of the best lineups in the history of the group? Yes, if only because with the premiere of the song of the first composition of VIA Gra - “Attempt No. 5” - the group’s triumphant ascent to the musical Olympus of Ukraine, and then Russia, began.
It was in this composition that the Russian listener recognized the group with the extravagant name. The first song of VIA Gra became an absolute hit in 2000 and sounded from every iron. For this composition, the young band received their first serious musical awards in the Golden Gramophone, Stopudovy Hit, and Golden Firebird awards. The first video was also shot for the song. Then there was the song and video “Hug Me,” the first appearance on stage in front of an audience of thousands, tours, interviews and photo sessions, filming in the New Year’s musical “Evenings on Khutor near Dikanka.” And in September 2001, the group released their debut album “Attempt No. 5”, which sold 700 thousand copies in the CIS countries and acquired the status of a “Golden Disc”, and also gave us the right to call this composition of the group “golden”.
2. One of the best compositions of the group can be called the first trio of VIA Gra: Alena Vinnitskaya, Anna Sedakova and Tatyana Naynik. This set did not last long - from April to September 2002. Tatyana Naynik, a sexy model from St. Petersburg, replaced Nadezhda Granovskaya, who had gone on maternity leave, in the duet, and Anna Sedakova, by the way, also former model from the cultural capital of Russia, came to the group in order to implement the producer’s plan to create a trio.
With the advent of this lineup, the group has its own feature. It lies in the fact that in this musical group there must certainly be a “little white”, “little black” and “red-haired” soloist. For this alone, the first trio can be called iconic for the group. During their collaboration, these three girls shot a video for the song “Stop! Stop! Stop!”, after which VIA Groi received the label of the sexiest female group in domestic show business. In May 2002, the group received the Ovation Award. Then there was the group’s first song, recorded in a rock style - “Good morning, dad!” But in the video for this composition you can see not three, but four soloists - Nadezhda Granovskaya unexpectedly returned from maternity leave. Her arrival marked the creation of a new composition of VIA Gra. By the way, after Tatyana Naynik left for the “Maybe” team, Maxim magazine called it “golden”, just the composition of Sedokova - Vinnitskaya - Naynik.
3. The undoubted leader of our rating is the truly “golden line-up” of VIA Gra: Anna Sedakova, Nadezhda Granovskaya-Meikher and Vera Brezhneva. The trio was formed in January 2003, when the young and promising Vera Brezhneva joined the team to replace Alena Vinnitskaya, and broke up in May 2004, when Anna Sedakova left the group due to pregnancy. Thus, the group existed in this composition for one year and four months.
This line-up was nicknamed “Golden” by fans of the group and journalists for its efficiency and creative growth of the group during this period, as well as the beauty and sexuality of the unrivaled trio. Thus, in January, one of the most popular compositions in the entire history of VIA, “Don’t Leave Me, Beloved,” was released, as well as a video of the same name. After this work, every new VIA Gra song became a hit. Music album group “Stop! Removed!”, which was published in April 2003, received the status of a “golden” collection. And already in the summer, fans of the band were able to see a new video - a parody video for the song “Kill My Girlfriend.” Then there was the first duet work with Valery Meladze. In the summer of 2003, the girls, together with the singer, recorded a song and shot a video for the song “Ocean and Three Rivers.” The team managed to do all this work without interrupting constant tours and numerous performances in different cities of Russia. In the same year, the group’s English-language album entitled “Stop! Stop! Stop!” and another album in Russian - “Biology”.
4. The composition, in which as the leading soloists of VIA The game first appeared Albina Dzhanabaeva, can also be called one of the best. Former backing vocalist Valeria Meladze, as well as the mother of his son, came to the group instead of the one who started solo career Svetlana Loboda. Albina became a “redhead” from VIA Gra in September 2004 and stayed in the group, in fact, until the project was closed in October 2012. In total, she was in the group for more than 8 years. Well, in collaboration with Granovskaya and Brezhneva, Dzhanabaeva headed VIA Gro from 2004 to 2006, until the “little white” Vera left the team due to her solo career.
During this period, the group’s collection of videos was replenished with a video for the song “The World I Didn’t Know About Before You,” which was released in November. Already in March, another duet work appears on public display - with the popular group “TNMK” in Ukraine. The clip is called “There is nothing worse,” where one of the popular television projects is shown in parody form. The group began to actively tour, and in August began working on a video for the song “Diamonds.” It was because of this song that fans began to call the line-up Albina - Nadya - Vera diamond, and therefore one of the best. In addition, in an exclusive solo interview with Dzhanabaeva for the magazine “HELLO!” in 2008, the editors called the composition of Granovskaya - Brezhnev - Dzhanabaev “golden”.
5. Rounding out our ranking of the best pop lineups is VIA group Gra duet Albina Dzhanabaeva and Meseda Bagaudinova. The producers decided to return to the original format of the group when, instead of Nadezhda Granovskaya, who left for the second time, two soloists did not stay in the place of the “little one” from VIA Gra - Christina Kots-Gottlieb and Olga Koryagina. Also, the most popular soloist, Vera Brezhneva, left the band forever.
In the most difficult period for the group, this VIA Gra lineup becomes the most singing. Never before in the history of VIA Gra have soloists been so vocally prepared. Because of this, we can also mark this duet as one of the best in the history of the group. It was formed in July 2007 and existed until March 2008. During this period, a rather provocative song and video called “Kisses” appeared in the VIA Gra archive. The composition and its video shocked the audience a little. However, it was precisely because of its frankness and sexuality that the song became popular. It was declared a hit of 2007.
“VIA GRA” – VARIABLE LIKE THE HEART OF A BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
Over more than a decade of existence, the group changed its composition, but did not change its idea. And it was to create something fundamentally new.
One can, of course, argue whether the idea of collecting women's group of girls with a fantastically sexy appearance. Anyway, first appearance "VIA Gra" did not go unnoticed, popularity grew every day, and now no one doubts the success of the idea. A group with such a plan was simply doomed to success: the male half of the audience cannot help but admire the plasticity of perfect female bodies, but the female half has someone to look up to.
Attempt number two or number five?
Dmitry Kostyuk, the producer of the group, wanted to put together a female group, the participants of which should have a stunning sexy appearance to demonstrate shocking performances and, as KVN members like to joke, if these conditions are met, no one will pay attention to their vocal abilities. After the first casting, three girls were selected. We recorded the first song and even started filming a video. But the team did not work well and the team was disbanded. But the idea did not leave the producers.
After some time, “attempt number two” took place. This time the choice was made of two vocalists. They became and. Alena at that time worked at the television company Biz-TV, where Dmitry Kostyuk noticed her and invited her to participate in the team. When he and the second producer of the group, Konstantin Meladze, received a photo shoot of Nadezhda, they invited her to the casting, which confirmed that the girl met all the requirements. To "VIA Gra" By the way, Granovskaya had no vocal experience.
The group received the name, which, as it turned out, means not only an allusion to a well-known drug. Although many believe that this is not an allusion, but the meaning of the name, because the group’s performance has no less effect on the male half of humanity than a well-known medical drug.
In fact, there are several versions explaining the name of the group. One of them: VIA is an abbreviation for “vocal-instrumental ensemble”, and “gra” is translated from Ukrainian language like "game". According to another version, the name is the initial letters of the vocalists’ surnames: “VI” - from “Vinnitskaya”, and “Gra” - from “Granovskaya”. Another version: “Gra” is the first letter of the words “Voice, Joy, Artistry.” Latest version, most likely, far-fetched. The external image of sexy vocalists is more likely associated with pills that improve sexual potency in men. Probably everyone can decipher the name as they like.
First steps and immediate success
Nadya and Alena (2000)
So, the group was formed, the name was invented. The debut of the first video for the song “Attempt No. 5” took place on the Biz-TV channel in 2000. This date is considered the beginning creative activity team. The clip created a certain sensation, the group was not only noticed, they started talking about it as a new bright phenomenon on the domestic pop scene. A successful song with a corresponding video clip became an excellent application and even in some way “ business card» team. Thus, with the song “Attempt No. 5”, on the second attempt the group hit the top of various music charts. The song was liked not only by listeners, but was also noticed by music critics and producers. At the end of the year, the group received several music awards for this song alone: “Stopudovy Hit”, “Golden Gramophone”, “Golden Firebird”, and the video was awarded the “Golden Weight” award.
The debut video became the starting point on the path to popularity. Moreover, this song is still popular; the group regularly performs it during concert performances, reminding the audience of how it all began. The successful debut was followed by months of hard work. Following “Attempt No. 5,” the composition “Meet My Mom” was released. The filming of the video, however, was not completed. The plot of the video for the song “Hug Me” is in many ways similar to the plot of the unfinished video; the directors even used some fragments of the video for the song “Meet My Mom.”
The path to the top
Tatyana, Alena, Anna (2002)
For a whole year the group worked hard on their repertoire, and by the end of 2000 seven songs had already been recorded. And in December the debut first concert took place. The band's fame grew every day. Increasingly, they are welcome guests on various television shows; they are bombarded with offers to participate in national concerts. Two more videos delight fans - “I won’t come back” and “Bomb”. Every new song, album, video, appearance in a television program or on the pages of magazines (photographs of the group are carried out by “Playboy”, “Maxim”, “7 Days”) - contributes to the growing popularity of the group, which successfully tours throughout the country. The same time was marked by another event - the group was invited to take part in the filming of the musical.
The trio of Brezhnev, Granovskaya and Sedokova is often called the “golden line-up” by fans, because in this composition the group was more productive than ever. A video for the song “Don’t leave me, darling!” was released, followed by the second album, “Stop! Removed! In the summer, the video “Kill My Girlfriend” appears.
Having conquered the domestic stage, she is ready to show herself to the countries of Europe and Asia. The English-language video “Stop! Stop! Stop!”, as well as the band’s English-language album of the same name. The first release took place in Japan, where she performed in the capital with great success. And already in the fall of the same year the album “Biology” was released. Valery Meladze recorded together with "VIA Groy" compositions “Ocean and Three Rivers” and “There is No More Attraction”.
Diamond composition "VIA Gra"
Svetlana, Nadezhda, Vera (2004)
Quite unexpectedly, in May 2004, Anna Sedokova shocked not only fans, but also producers - she left the group due to her pregnancy. Producers are urgently looking for a replacement for Sedokova, this time the choice fell on Svetlana Loboda. Svetlana is a sexy and attractive girl, the owner of an unusual jazz voice with a range of 2.5 octaves. But for some reason the fans “didn’t accept” the replacement.
2004 was awarded the Muz-TV 2004 award. In the same year, the pan-European release of the album “Stop! Stop! Stop! The vocalists took part in the filming of another musical “Sorochinskaya Fair”. It should be noted that this musical gave birth to one of the group’s hits, “Oh, the clear water spoke.”
Nadezhda, Albina, Vera
The group maintained its popularity and was active on stage and in the studio. But dissatisfaction with Svetlana grew, conflicts arose between the vocalists, and as a result, the decision was made to part with Loboda. Instead, they took Albina Dzhanabaeva, who had already worked for a long time with Valery Meladze as a backing vocalist. Fans nicknamed this lineup “diamond” after the release of the video for the song “Diamonds.” Everyone loved the composition due to its lightness and jazz motif. The Diamond lineup recorded a collaboration with the popular Ukrainian rap team “TNMK”, “There is nothing worse than being like everyone else.”
In 2006, two vocalists at once, Vera Brezhneva and Nadezhda Granovskaya, announced their desire to leave the group. Brezhneva wanted to start a solo career, and Granovskaya decided to try something new. This statement caused confusion among the group's fans and took producers Konstantin Meladze and Dmitry Kostyuk by surprise.
Creative crisis or another line-up change
The departure of two soloists at once did not bode well. The producers had two options: close the project or try to find a replacement. Moreover, both options had their weaknesses. What it means to close a well-promoted, extremely popular project is not worth explaining. But finding vocalists for the well-coordinated work of the team is also not an easy task. Fans have almost come to terms with the collapse of the team. Although rumors that the “farewell” to the group was only a successful PR move, they warmed the hope that the girls would still please with new songs and tours. But no one knew whether it would be perfect new line-up or someone from the old one will remain.
Christina Kots-Gottlieb joined the group instead of Granovskaya. With the new lineup, the group released a new lyrical song, “Deceive, but Stay,” in which many listeners saw a parallel with the current events in the team. But the new format did not last long, the relationship between the soloists did not work out right away, and instead of Christina, the producers invited Olga Koryagina.
It seemed that the appearance of a new soloist would allow us to continue working calmly, and all the problems would be behind us. It looks as if the group had no plans to stop. continued to delight her fans with new releases and give concerts. In May 2006, a large solo concert took place in St. Petersburg, dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the group.
Meseda and Albina (2007)
Despite the confusion in the lineup, she recorded new songs: “L. M. L.”, which became a hit in the summer of 2006, “Bomb”, released in September, “Flower and Knife”, released in November. Moreover, the songs were recorded in two languages - Russian and English, which predetermined the release of the second English-language album, the name of which coincided with the title of the song “L. M.L." This song by that time was already a real hit and was heard in all music programs, taking first place in musical tops and chats. However, the second English-language album was not successful. According to the already established tradition, the group starred in the New Year's musical of Channel One, with the Russian version of the song “It’s raining man”.
Duet, trio, duet again
Meseda, Tatyana, Albina (2008)
But here, for a reason already familiar to the group - pregnancy, Olga Koryagina leaves the team. The producers allow her to leave the team without fulfilling obligations, but also without the opportunity to return. And after Koryagina, Vera Brezhneva still leaves the group. The next casting brought Meseda Bagaudinova into the group. The duo recorded the songs “Kisses” and “I’m Not Afraid.” The video for the latter was filmed at a time when the producers decided to return the trio format to the team. In the new video for the song “I'm not afraid” fans "VIA Gra" we saw the new soloist of the project - Tatyana Kotova.
The next year for the group was more productive than 2007. New songs and new successes appeared. Already in the summer at the Muz-TV Awards they were named “Best Pop Group of the Year”, and their video for the song “Kisses” won in the category “ Best Video" In the fall, the team shot the video “American Wife” for the soundtrack to the film “Hipsters,” released a third collection of songs, “Emancipation,” participated in a creative evening with Konstantin Meladze, and, of course, in New Year’s concerts.
"Old love never rusts"
Tatyana, Nadezhda, Albina (2009)
Fans of the group are already accustomed to the fact that every year there are changes in the composition of the group. 2009 was no exception, but the change in composition surprised everyone - Nadezhda Granovskaya returned to the group. In this regard, Meseda Bagaudinova had to leave; there was no place for two brunettes on the same team. The girls immediately went on tour around Europe and North America with the program “My emancipation”, and Meseda Bagaudinova was still on many posters.
A presentation of a new song called “Antigeisha” took place on “Russian Radio”. At the end of the video filmed for this composition, the group's lead singers played real anti-geishas: no chic outfits, no voluminous hairstyles - an unexpected image for the group. at the Russian Movie Awards 2009 they were presented with an award for best actor and received an award for best soundtrack - “American Wife”, and 2009 - the group received a Golden Gramophone statuette for the song “Antigeisha”.
In mid-March 2010, Tatyana Kotova left the group “for certain reasons.” Her place was taken by Eva Bushmina (Yana Shvets). The premiere of the new trio was the song “Get Out!” But already in 2011 it was announced that Nadezhda Meikher-Granovskaya was leaving the group, and Santa Dimopoulos would take her place.
The end of VIA Gra or the beginning of modern history?
Eva, Nadezhda, Albina (2010)
Since September 2012, the group again became a duet, consisting of Albina Dzhanabaeva and Eva Bushmina. And again rumors are swirling that the group is now really on the verge of collapse. Konstantin Meladze officially confirmed that Santa left the team due to “professional unsuitability.” He also stated that the group will soon record new song and remove new clip With new soloist. Who it will be is not yet known.
Thus, over the eleven years of its existence, the composition of the group changed more than ten times. And everything looks like this is not the last, or even the penultimate composition "VIA Gra". But one thing can be said with confidence: the group is a phenomenon in many respects. They have achieved enormous popularity, won many awards, and are still ready to conquer new heights, able to amaze and amaze with their songs. There are still a lot of plans and ideas in our creative plans, but for now we can safely say that we continue to successfully win the hearts of viewers and even listeners.
Santa, Eva, Albina (2011)
FACTS
Song "Don't leave me, darling!" became one of the most significant singles in the group's history. It stayed on the charts for almost 7 months, becoming a mega-hit in 2003.
The “Emancipation” video is the most expensive that Alan Badoev has made in his entire directorial career. Newfangled erotic video went well "VIA Gre" almost $120,000 – “women’s emancipation” is expensive!
Abroad, the group cannot use its name due to the threat of a lawsuit from the manufacturer of the same name. medicinal product, therefore appears under the name NU VIRGOS.
Eva and Albina (2012)
Almost all ex-soloists "VIA Gra" After leaving the group, they continued their career in show business. Vera Brezhneva can rightfully be considered the most successful. The song “Love will save the world” brought the singer unprecedented fame, and at the moment its popularity is even higher than the popularity of the group itself. Following Vera is Svetlana Loboda, a participant. Svetlana is already mega-popular in Ukraine and is now trying to break through to the top of Olympus in Russia. Alena Vinnitskaya is not far behind Vera and Svetlana, followed by Ana Sedokova.
Updated: November 25, 2017 by: Elena
Official website version
“The history of the VIA Gra group is vast and multifaceted; it includes many events that in one way or another influenced the fate of this musical group.
Over time, the release of new songs and albums, the appearance of unusual video clips, participation in the filming of various television programs and magazines, the VIA Gra group continues to steadily move upward, improving itself and improving the quality of its creativity, adding more and more new touches to it.
Each subsequent action of the group is not similar to the previous one, it carries a certain palette of emotions and feelings, thoughts and impressions that are unique to VIA Gre and allow it to differ from most other post-Soviet pop groups working in a similar musical genre.
However, VIA Gra did not immediately reach its current heights. As you know, the path to the top is never smooth; there are many flaws and twists of fate, which in an instant can cancel out all efforts and efforts. It is worth noting that in the history of the group there are no failures of a global scale, only changes in the composition of the participants, which entailed a “change of generations” and left their unique mark on the life of the group. Therefore, we will try to talk about the main events that have occurred since the founding of the group and that continue to occur today.
What will happen next will only be known over time, but for now we can only analyze what has already happened - the history of the VIA Gra group in all its manifestations. Of course, we should start from the very beginning - the birth of the group, which occurred in 2000. On musical stage there was a lack of something new, unusual, capable of attracting the attention of the listener with its novelty and difference from others. What was needed was a team capable of equally successfully winning the hearts of the most diverse public, who could surprise with something new, create positive mood and, at the same time, awakening in a person a variety of spiritual and lyrical feelings.
The idea of creating such a project came to the mind of the future producer, Dmitry Kostyuk. The starting lineup of the group, the one from which it all began, was two Ukrainian girls, Alena Vinnitskaya and Nadezhda Granovskaya. The story of their arrival in the group turned out to be different. Alena, who at that time worked for the Ukrainian television company Biz-TV, was invited to participate in the group by Dmitry Kostyuk himself. Another producer was Konstantin Meladze. It was he, together with Dmitry, who was lucky enough to open Nadezhda for the group. The starting point that persuaded him to decide to accept Nadezhda into the team was her amateur photo shoot.
Next came the casting, which Nadya passed brilliantly and the producers did not have the slightest doubt that she was needed to pair with Alena. All that remained was to come up with a name for the new team. “VIA Gra” - that’s what this project was called. There are several versions about why the group was named that way. On the one hand, VIA is an abbreviation that stands for “Vocal-Instrumental Ensemble”, and “Gra” is translated from Ukrainian as “game”. On the other hand, many believe that the name is a derivative of the surnames of the vocalists, in which “VI” is the beginning of the surname “Vinnitskaya”, “A” is the first letter of Alena’s name, and “Gra” is, accordingly, the beginning of the surname of Alena’s partner in group, Nadezhda Granovskaya. There is also a version that “Gra” stands for “Voice, Joy, Artistry.” But the real reason was that all sorts of decodings somehow formed the word “VIA Gra”, which has the same name as pills that increase sexual potency in men, which was fully facilitated by the external image and sex appeal of the vocalists. It is not known for certain how the name of the group is deciphered. It doesn’t matter, everyone can see what they like in the title.
So, the group was named, formed and ready to begin its creative activity. The first step on the path to the current heights was the group's debut video, which marked the beginning of a triumphant march up the ladder of fame. The video was made for the song “Attempt No. 5”. Its first show took place on September 3, 2000 on the Biz-TV channel. After this, interest in the group began to grow sharply; it was necessary to expand the repertoire to reach new positions. “Attempt No. 5” created a slight sensation, immediately became a kind of “calling card” of the group, it was replicated on pirated discs, it occupied the top positions of various music charts, immediately competing on an equal footing with the hits of that time. When compiling collections of the best songs, the compilers also did not ignore the debut work of the group “VIA Gra”. The song “Attempt No. 5” was included in the music collections of the radio “Hit FM”, “Auto Hit”, “Best Hits of Biz-TV” and many others. For the video itself, VIA Gra became the winner of the Golden Weight Award. For example, in 2001, on November 18, the team won the Golden Gramophone award for the same “Attempt No. 5”. As an example, even these two awards are enough to understand that the group’s debut was a success. The composition still leaves its mark on the group - it is regularly performed during concert performances, continuing to remind listeners of the times when everything was just beginning. Without stopping there, instantly consolidating the success, a second video clip appears, filmed for the song “Hug Me.” Together with “Attempt No. 5,” it provides the group with a certain springboard, one might say, ground under its feet, for further actions.
Throughout 2000, the group formed its repertoire and by mid-December it included seven songs. The time has come to organize your own concerts. The debut performance was in Dnepropetrovsk, on the stage of the local Ice Palace, which took place on December 20, 2000. The concert was attended by about four thousand spectators.
Having made a very bright debut, demonstrating part of its enormous potential, in 2001 the VIA Gra group carried out more diversified activities, winning over an increasing number of fans. She is invited to participate in awards, concert programs, and filming in reputable media publications. mass media. The video series is replenished with two more clips - “I won’t return” and “Bomb”. The rapid breakthrough of 2000, from which VIA Gra took off, is ending; it is systematically moving forward into rational progress, covering more and more new areas of activity in which a musical project can be affected.
The group gains nationwide fame and popularity.
From the beginning of spring to the end of summer, the team receives various awards, including a prize from the radio “Hit FM”, as part of the “Stopudovy Hit” ceremony; “Golden Feather” at the “Golden Firebird” ceremony, in the nominations “Best Song” and “Discovery of the Year”, as well as “Golden Weight” and “Golden Gramophone”, received by the group for their first hit - “Attempt No. 5”.
The group took part in the filming of the musical “The Night Before Christmas”.
On August 31, 2001, VIA Gra entered into a contract with Sony Music for the release of five albums. At the same time, the group continued to successfully tour with its solo concerts throughout the CIS countries.
The following year, 2002, the VIA Gra group was shocked by some changes. Started new stage in its evolutionary development. The structure was changed - from a duet the team turned into a trio. It all started with the fact that Nadezhda Granovskaya was preparing to become a mother, and accordingly, it was necessary to put an end to her busy touring activities for a while. In order to make up for the temporary loss of Nadezhda, a casting was urgently announced. The producers decided to increase the number of participants to three people, which was successfully done. Ex-TV presenter Anna Sedokova, who worked on the O-TV and " New channel", as well as a model from St. Petersburg - Tatyana Naynik. Without allowing the updates to “take root,” the group continued “right off the bat.” A magnificent video was shot for the song “Stop! Stop! Stop!". He showed that the group was moving in the right direction and the fact that Anna Sedokova was in the group was extremely beneficial.
May 23 in Moscow concert hall The Rossiya group was awarded the Ovation Prize. There was no point in stopping at the achieved milestones; everyone was looking forward to the continuation.
On September 12, 2002, filming of the video for the song “Good Morning, Dad!” ended. This event was marked by the return to duty of Nadezhda Granovskaya, who less than a month ago gave birth to a son, who was named Igor. Some time after filming the video, Tatyana leaves the group. The team continues to successfully act in various television programs ah, for example, in “The Domino Principle” and “Total Show”. Previously, on the MTV channel alone, “VIA Gra” took part in the programs “VIP-Caprice”, “Banzai!”, “12 Evil Spectators”, “Stilissimo”, “Paparazzi”. It is impossible not to note their participation in the second musical - “Cinderella”, in which the participants played three princesses and sang together with Verka Serduchka.
In 2003 there were changes again. Alena Vinnitskaya decided to start her own solo career. Accordingly, there is another casting, painful elections, as a result of which Vera Brezhneva ends up in the group. The next “era” is being formed, a line-up that is often called the golden line-up among fans of the group. Indeed, such a definition in relation to Vera, Anna and Nadezhda is quite reasonable. This year is becoming very fruitful in terms of the team’s creativity. At the beginning, a video clip for the song “Don’t leave me, darling!” is shot. This is followed by the release of the group's second album, Stop! Removed!
Events continue to pour in as if from a cornucopia.
In the summer, the video “Kill My Girlfriend” appears. The group rose to the pinnacle of fame, where it remains to this day. She is already ready to conquer the countries of Europe and Asia with her creativity. The English-language video “Stop! Stop! Stop!”, as well as the English-language album of the band with the same name. The first release took place in Japan. “VIA Gra” sweeps through the land of the rising sun like a hurricane, performing in Tokyo and taking part in various programs on the MTV Asia and Fuji TV channels. Filming for the Japanese magazine “Play Boy” is underway. In the fall of the same year, the album “Biology” was released. A magnificent duet is being formed - “VIA Gra” and Valery Meladze. Collaborative work, which at the end of 2003 - beginning of 2004 bore fruit in the form of the songs “Ocean and Three Rivers” and “There is No More Gravity,” as well as video clips shot on them.
Everything developed rapidly, VIA Gra put up more and more masterpieces for judgement. And then an event happened that plunged the ranks of fans into a slight shock.
In 2004, Anna Sedokova left the group. They urgently look for a replacement for her, who is found in the person of Svetlana Loboda, but the replacement turned out to be a little unequal, despite the fact that on June 4, 2004, VIA Gra won the Muz-TV 2004 award, a video clip for the song “Biology” was shot. . Still, Svetlana is not “accepted” by fans who immediately draw analogies between her and Anna Sedokova. The group continues to perform in various television programs, in particular in the “Total Show”, as well as in the third musical with their participation, called “Sorochinskaya Fair”. By the way, this musical also gave birth to one of the group’s potential hits, “Oh Spoke Pure Water,” which conveys a unique Ukrainian flavor during Russian performances.
In the same year, the pan-European release of the album “Stop! Stop! Stop! Despite this, slight dissatisfaction with Svetlana grew and the decision was made to break up with her. Svetlana is currently studying solo career. In Loboda's place they take Albina Dzhanabaeva, who worked for a long time as backing vocals for Valery Meladze and got into the group on his recommendation. The team still works with this composition, Vera, Nadezhda, Albina.
The current lineup, like the previous ones, started off very sharply, immediately receiving an award at the RMA-04 ceremony for the song “There is No More Attraction,” performed with Valery Meladze. A magnificent, soulful video “The World I Didn’t Know About Before You” is released.
The year 2005 started with trouble. Vera Brezhneva suffered a spinal injury while skiing. Fortunately, the fans' fears did not materialize. Vera had no complications. Another duet work is being presented to the public - with the popular rap team “TNMK” in Ukraine. The clip is called “There is nothing worse than being like everyone else.” As before, programs with the participation of VIA Gra are being released. For example, “Raffle” with Vera, shown on ORT in 2005, “Saturday evening”, “ Full contact", at which the group "Brilliant", the Big Premiere" and many, many others were defeated with a huge advantage in the musical battle. “VIA Gra” continues to excite the media: filming in the magazines “Maxim”, “7 days”, publications in “Molotok” and “ Komsomolskaya Pravda" The list is updated regularly, so there is no need to list everything. We can safely say one thing - the VIA Gra group is a phenomenon with a lot of positive aspects, distinguishing it from others musical groups. It is able to conquer new heights, amaze and amaze with its novelty. There are still a lot of ideas and ideas in our creative plans, so we can safely say that subsequent pages of the group’s history will be no worse than the previous ones.
After all, there is no limit to perfection."
Another version of the history of the Viagra group (version: http://persona.rin.ru)
It all started with the fact that on September 3, the premiere of the group’s debut video, the video “Attempt? 5,” took place on the air of the BIZ-TV television company. After this, events began to develop with maximum speed, which exceeded even the wildest expectations of the team’s producers Dmitry Kostyuk and Konstantin Meladze. Already on September 12 (!), the first pirated recording of the band’s debut song appeared. And by the end of the first month of the group’s existence, a lot of “yellow” materials appeared in the press, and on music layouts - cassettes with the illegally published composition “Attempt? 5”. The calm Ukrainian show business was excited by the “Riddle named VIA GRA” (quote from the title of one of the publications about the group).
The team's first hit quickly won the top positions on the charts and was published in many popular Russian and Ukrainian collections. “Attempt? 5” was released on the compilations Hit FM (Moscow), XXL “Dance”, Auto HIT, “Best hits of BIZ-TV. Part 2” and others.
Refuting rumors that this will all end, by the beginning of winter another video for a bright dance composition"Hold me." Interest in the group concentrates, thickens and almost materializes. She is invited to concerts and interviews. The sufferers are still being turned away. The intrigued public is generating countless assumptions about the girls, producers and the future of the team.
By the end of 2000, the group’s repertoire already included 7 songs, with which VIA GRA began touring. The first concert of the group took place on December 20 in Dnepropetrovsk on the stage of the Ice Palace in the presence of 4 thousand spectators. To date, the group has given more than 70 concerts in Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.
2001
During the first year of its existence, VIA GRA received several prestigious awards. The group took part in the “Stop-Blowing Hit” award ceremony from HIT FM radio (Moscow), which took place on June 2, 2001 in the Kremlin, and became the winner of the prestigious “golden weight” for the hit “Attempt N5”.
The team performed at the 10th anniversary of the annual all-Ukrainian festival "Tavria Games" and received a "golden feather" at the "Golden Firebird" award ceremony in the categories "Discovery of the Year" and "Best Song".
On April 14, 2001, VIA GRA performed in St. Petersburg in big concert"MUZ-TV Hit Parade" The show was broadcast in 250 cities of Russia.
On April 23, the group became a nominee for the “Star” project Ukrainian stage", held as part of the "Star of Ukraine" campaign, and received the corresponding diploma.
On November 17 and 18, the group "VIA GRA" became the first Ukrainian group to be awarded the prestigious Golden Gramophone award. The team received it for the hit “Attempt N5”.
The group members took part in photo shoots for many magazines. Among them are “XXL” (Moscow), “OM” (Moscow), “Afisha” (Moscow), “Women’s Magazine” (Kyiv), etc. The producers of the group decided to refuse photography for the magazine “PlayBoy” (Moscow). Alena and Nadezhda took part in the filming of the popular television programs "V.I.P. - Caprice", "Banzai!", "12 Evil Spectators", "Stilissimo", "Papaprazzi" (MTV); SV-show (1+1); project "Evenings on a farm near Dikanka"
2002
The Year of the Horse became the year for the sexiest group in the entire post-Soviet space big changes and transformations. In the spring the duo turned into a trio. The impetus for changes in the composition was the desire of Nadezhda Granovskaya to become a mother and temporarily leave the group. To fill the vacancy that appeared, the producers of the team - Dmitry Kostyuk and Konstantin Meladze - organized a strict selection of applicants, as a result of which two reached the finals: ex-TV presenter Anya and St. Petersburg model Tanya.
The newly-minted trio immediately got to work, recording a new song called “Stop! Stop! Stop!” and starred in a memorable video for it. On May 23, at the Moscow State Central Concert Hall "Russia", the girls took part in the awarding of the "Ovation" prize.
On August 15, Nadya gave birth to a cute boy. The boy, very similar to his mother, was born with a weight of 2700 grams and a height of 52 centimeters. The child was named Igor. On September 12, filming of the group’s new video for the song “Good morning, dad!” ended. The main sensation new job was participation in the filming of Nadezhda Granovskaya! The return of the sexy brunette to the team was highly anticipated by the group's fans, its producers, and the executives of Sony Music, with which the group signed a five-year contract a year ago. Some time after filming the video, Tanya left the team to take part in a large-scale television project.
In the fall, Alena, Nadya and Anya took part in the filming of a new screensaver for one of the highest-rated charts on Russian MTV - “Ukrainian Twenty”. Girls in “second skin” overalls, according to the script, robbed a bank, rode around on huge motorcycles, used firearms, a power saw and charm for personal gain.
This year, VIA GRA soloists Anya, Nadya and Alena played the roles of crowned heads for the musical "Cinderella", the next New Year's project of the all-Ukrainian TV channel "Inter". The girls reincarnated as foreign princesses, seducing Baskov’s character to the best of their ability and mentality.
Last year, Anya, Nadya and Alena took part in several television projects. They became the heroines of the programs “Cossacks-Robbers”, “The Domino Principle”, “Total Show” and others. Beauties appeared on the covers of super popular men's magazines"XXL", "Maxim" and once again refused to undress for "Playboy".
2003
New Year is the best reason to start a new life. Our beloved took advantage of this women's team and in early January hit the public with a wholesale dose of super news. First and most importantly, Vera appeared in the group. No religious fanaticism, it’s just the name of the stunning blonde who recently became the soloist of VIA Gra. In addition to his extraordinary appearance, stage talents and beautiful name, the young star has the intriguing surname Brezhnev. Vera replaced Alena Vinnitskaya, who left the trio for a solo career.
The renewed and even brighter VIA GRa has thousands of grandiose plans. Some of them have already been implemented. With the participation of Vera, the debut album of the group “Attempt? 5” was rewritten, and work on a new record is almost finished.
Signing a contract with Sony Music:
On August 31, 2001, a contract was signed in Moscow between Sony Music and the VIA GRA group. This is the first international contract of Sony Music Entertainment (RUS), since the charming group is a completely Ukrainian product: all its members are citizens of Ukraine and live in its capital - Kyiv. Thus, in the Sony Music catalog you can now find 5 Russian-speaking artists.
On September 27, the Columbia label, which releases albums by such famous artists as Ricky Martin, Celine Dion, Destiny's Child, Aerosmith, Jessica Simpson and many others, released the debut album of the VIA GRA group entitled "Attempt? 5". It included 11 songs: “Spell”, “Attempt?5”, a comic description of adventures main character in a love hexahedron, which by the end of the song is replenished with friend Masha and her several clones, “I won’t return”, a very lyrical, sad and unusual composition in melody, “Meet my mother, they say that the biggest stupidities in the world are done with serious expressions faces. If you listen to this thing seriously, it will really be a big miss. Because it is superLight and in general the range is SUPER! positive emotions from a light smile to a cheerful laugh you are guaranteed, “What have I done,” “Bomb,” a protest song, which in itself is already interesting because such feelings are not typical for the post-Soviet stage. Let's blow up this world with music and fresh energy before it dies of boredom! “Would you let me go”, a sensual declaration of love. In love! No matter what they say, “Now or never,” in this song there is absolute freedom, as in a dream. So why not take advantage of it! If you can change everything around now, why wait? We urgently begin positive deconstruction objective reality, “Hold Me,” another confirmation of the rapidly advancing matriarchy and no less inevitably approaching female polygamy. “Thank you for the summer,” autumn inspires not only Pushkin, especially if the summer was spent in the good company of your own dreams, “Every day,” with a creative approach, everyday life becomes no less romantic than the day of the first kiss.
By mid-March 2003, Sony Music Entertainment (RUS) plans to release the group's second album. The future long-play does not yet have a name, but several songs from it have already become super hits. The new material has a more serious theme and is intended for a more adult audience than the previous one. This is evidenced by those compositions from the disc that have already become super hits, “Good morning, dad!”, “Don’t leave me,” “Stop! Stop! Stop!”.
You can’t look at these women calmly: a real pill for the stronger sex. Alena, Nadya, Vera, Svetlana, Albina - the composition of the group has changed exactly 16 times in 16 years: none modern group cannot compete with these beauties who appeared brightly and left the show just as brightly.
Let's remember how the VIA Gra team was formed and changed over all these years.
And it all started back in 1999, when producer Dmitry Kostyuk came up with the idea of creating a super sexy female team. In 2000, the first composition of the VIA Gra group was presented, consisting of Alena Vinnitskaya and Nadezhda Granovskaya. Their first video for the song “My Attempt No. 5” became a real hit.
In 2002, Nadezhda Granovskaya was preparing to become a mother, and therefore girls such as Anna Sedokova and Tatyana Naynik were invited to the team. This composition did not last long: from April to September 2002.
Already in November of this year, Nadezhda Granovskaya returned to the team, and the VIA Gra team looked like this: Alena Vinnitskaya, Anna Sedokova, Nadezhda Granovskaya and Tatyana Naynik.
But after a couple of months, Tatyana Naynik leaves the group, and the team consists of: Alena Vinnitskaya, Anna Sedokova and Nadezhda Granovskaya.
In January 2003, Alena Vinnitskaya decided to leave the team and start her own solo career. As a result of casting, Vera Brezhneva takes her place, and Anya Sedokova becomes the main soloist of the group. Thus, the 5th composition of the group, January 2003 - May 2004: Anna Sedokova, Nadezhda Granovskaya and Vera Brezhneva. Music critics They call this line-up “golden” and the most stylish, sexy and successful in the entire history of the group. At this time, the group released a large number of songs, shot many videos and was a leader in the number of rotations on TV and radio.
But in 2004, due to pregnancy, Anna Sedokova left the group, and she was replaced by Svetlana Loboda, who was not particularly accepted by fans. Despite this, the 6th group: Nadezhda Granovskaya, Vera Brezhneva and Svetlana Loboda lasted from May 2004 to September 2004.
In the 7th lineup of the VIA Gra collective (September 2004 - January 2006), no less bright member Albina Dzhanabaeva appears instead of Svetlana Loboda.
Having worked for several years in the team, Nadezhda Granovskaya decides to leave the group, and in January 2006 VIA Gra performs with a new lineup: Vera Brezhneva, Albina Dzhanabaeva and Christina Kots-Gottlieb.
But three months later, Christina, by decision of the producer, leaves the group, and Olga Koryagina is taken in her place. And thus, from April 2006 to April 2007, we could see three beauties on TV screens: Vera Brezhneva, Albina Dzhanabaeva and Olga Koryagina.
In 2007, Olga Koryagina left. Olga's place was taken by a native of Grozny, Meseda Bagaudinova.
A few months later, blond Vera Brezhneva left the group, and the group performed throughout 2007-2008 with two soloists: Albina Dzhanabaeva and Meseda Bagaudinova.
In March 2008, the team was joined by the blond and busty Tatyana Kotova.
And again, fans could observe changes in the composition of the team in 2009. This is already the 13th line-up, in which Albina, Tatyana and Nadezhda Granovskaya shone, who returned to the group again, and Meseda Bagaudinova gave her place.
In March 2010, Tatyana Kotova left the team, and the producers quickly found a young finalist of the Star Factory project, Eva Bushmina, to replace her. From March 2010 to November 2011, the VIA Gra team performed as follows: Nadezhda Granovskaya (Meikher), Albina Dzhanabaeva and Eva Bushmina.
At the end of 2011, due to her second pregnancy, Nadezhda Meikher again left the group and was replaced by a burning brunette - Santa Dimopoulos. Therefore, the 15th team members are: Albina Dzhanabaeva, Eva Bushmina and Santa Dimopoulos.
And again changes: in 2012 Dimopoulos left the team, and from October VIA Gra became a duet that lasted exactly one year.
Today, the new composition of VIA Gra has been joined by completely new faces: Anastasia Kozhevnikova, Erica Herceg and Misha Romanova.
