The most popular Russian performers. Boris Mikhailovich Moiseev
Nobody in the world knows Soviet and Russian pop musicians. Especially in the West. However, musicians from Russia in different time entered the Western charts.
All attempts to promote and impose our popular music failed. Russian pop music very secondary and backward - both technologically and stylistically.
But it has already become a good tradition to tell the Russian public lies about the successes of certain performers in the West. It's getting really funny.
Kirkorov traveled to Monte Carlo on The World Music Awards is a show of the best-selling performers in their countries, but it is quite difficult to find a person in Russia who has Kirkorov’s album. Pugacheva, as you know, in 1997 took only 15 place out of 25 at the useless Eurovision.
For some reason, Sergei Lazarev sings in English, something the human brain simply cannot handle. Joseph Prigogine, for whom pushing Valeria to the West became an obsession, once in a paid article in British newspaper stated that his wife sold 100 million albums in Russia.
Most big success was with the rapper Timati when the Swiss DJ Antoine made a remix of Timati's song Welcome to St. Tropez. The song topped the charts all over the world, except for the UK and the US. In Switzerland, the song took sixth place at the end of the year. This is our peak pop singers behind Lately.
Which of our musicians actually achieved high places in the Western (and this, in a musical sense, primarily the USA and Great Britain) charts and is generally more or less known in the West.
1. Composer Aram Khachaturian - 1972
One of the recordings of the music of his ballet “Spartacus” called Spartacus, which Khachaturian made together with the London symphony orchestra, entered the British albums chart in 1972, reached number 16 and stayed there for 15 weeks.
By the way, his music is so popular in the world that it was even used in such famous films like "2001: Space Odyssey"Stanley Kubrick, "Aliens" by James Cameron and "Caligula" by Tinto Brass.
2. Boris Grebenshchikov - 1989
His album Radio Silence, released in England and the USA, took 198th place on the Billboard200, despite the fact that it was recorded with the then super-popular group Eurythmics. The video shows BG's performance on David Letterman's popular TV show.
3. Gorky Park-1990
The success of Gorky Park in the USA cannot be exaggerated. They did not conquer America. Just look at their achievements on the charts. On the Billboard Hot 100 they only scored with the single Try To Find Me (81st place and 6 weeks on the chart), and on the Billboard 200 with the album Gorky Park (80th place and 21 weeks on the chart).
But Gorky Park generally sold well - 300 thousand copies sold in America alone - this is a very good result. Much more success the group achieved success in Scandinavia. Gorky Park in Norway reached 9th place, and the single Bang - 5th. In Denmark, the album Moscow Calling It even went platinum.
4. Alsou-2000
With the song Before You Love Me "under Britney Spears" got to 27th place for only a week, during the period when they were trying to promote it in Europe after 2nd place at Eurovision.
5. PPK-2001
The Rostov trance project PPK, with the release of a separate single ResuRection (Eduard Artemyev’s melody from the film “Sibiriyada” by Andrei Konchalovsky with the voice of Yuri Gagarin), debuted in the UK immediately in third place!
The song became the first track from Russia to be in hot rotation on BBC Radio One. ResuRection was then released in other countries, where it also charted successfully - number 5 in the Netherlands, number 9 in Belgium, and number 15 in France and number 36 in Australia.
6. Tattoo-2003
In 2002, the English version of their album “200 in the opposite direction” was released and “Tatu” generally became the most popular Russian group in the world. The girls did not become stars of the first magnitude, and their success was not that long, but they sold about 10 million of their records abroad. This is an unattainable result for Russian performers.
The English-language album now has gold status in four countries and platinum in Europe as a whole, the song “All the Things She Said” occupied the first line of the British chart for several weeks, and a cover of The Smiths was performed in the TV series “Gossip Girl” in 2009.
7. Leonid Agutin - 2007
The author of “Barefoot Boy” and husband of Angelica Varum graduated from the Moscow Jazz School and from his youth was fond of not only pop music, but also a variety of acoustic guitar music- from jazz to flamenco. In the early 2000s, Agutin began playing concerts, and then recorded the album “Cosmopolitan Life” together with Al di Meola, an American virtuoso of the genre. In Germany the album had more than good sales.
8. Eduard Khil - 2009
Famous, sad and wonderful story, as a result of which the great pop singer known throughout the world as “Mr. Trololo”. On November 26, 2009, user RealPapaPit posted on YouTube the vocalization “I’m very happy, because I’m finally returning home” - today this video has 19 million 700 thousand views.
They say that the singer was even offered an international tour - but he refused. Both Gawker and The New York Times.
9. Pussy Riot-2012
This is the only group here that has not been on the Western charts, but it cannot be ignored. From a musical point of view, this is a comical story. A group whose songs no one had really heard anywhere became the most famous musical group from Russia recently. Suffice it to say that in the West the Cathedral of Christ the Savior is known as the Pussy Riot Church.
Soon after the arrest of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich, musicians around the world began to carry out actions in their support - ranging from Madonna and Paul McCartney to Mike Patton and The Knife and Die Antwoord.
10. Anna Netrebko - 2007 - present
The opera singer was able to achieve real world fame, including the United States. She enjoys particular success in Austria, where she received citizenship. Also lives in New York. Her records are constantly on the charts classical music, but in some countries they also appear on general music charts. Especially in Austria and Germany. Thus, 15 of Netrebko’s albums entered the Austrian chart .
Bonus: The most famous Russian music video in the world
The bloody viral hit “Bad Motherfucker” from the Russian group Biting Elbows, filmed in first person and therefore more reminiscent of an action video game than music video. The clip was publicly celebrated by Samuel L. Jackson and Darren Aronofsky. 24.6 million views on Youtube.
, .The Russian pop scene, which has been actively gaining momentum for a long time, is increasingly becoming an object of observation Western media, which periodically compile their own ratings of our performers. For example, the world-famous publication Forbes cites detailed descriptions income level domestic stars behind certain period. Some foreign newspapers and magazines compile lists of those Russian musicians whose compositions occupy leading positions in the charts. Sometimes, when figuring out who the most famous Russian singer is, they take data from surveys of people on the Internet as a basis.
The most famous domestic performer of the last decade
At the end of 2014, a special rating of Russian vocalists was compiled, according to which the latter were ranked according to the rotation of their works on domestic radio stations. This was done in order to find out which of the most famous Russian singers could be awarded this high title in the opinion of the listeners themselves, who had been ordering certain songs on air for ten years.
As a result, the undisputed leadership was won by the famous Russian pop singer Dima Bilan, whose songs during the above period of time were heard on the radio more than 5,500,000 times, which is a record result.
Following Bilan is Yulia Savicheva, who, however, is almost a million plays behind the leader of this rating. The team “Vintage” closes the top three winners, falling behind silver medalist only 1000 points.
Who is the richest Russian musician?
One way or another, it is quite difficult to say which most famous Russian singer received the most recognition in the West. According to a user survey in in social networks, the most famous domestic musicians, along with Dima Bilan, are such performers as Sergei Lazarev and Grigory Leps, who managed to bypass such serious masters of modern Russian stage, like Philip Kirkorov, Valery Leontyev and Valery Meladze. 
However, if we talk about those musicians whose income is maximum, then in this case the list will be somewhat different. Forbes magazine provides data according to which it is possible to answer which most famous Russian singer is the leader, according to the fees and income received. The first line in this list is confidently occupied by Grigory Leps, not far from whom are the beloved Stas Mikhailov and Philip Kirkorov.
The most famous Russian singers of the 20th century
Modern performers have certainly achieved certain heights in show business and deserve global recognition. However, we should not forget those who supported the image of Russia and everything Soviet Union in the last century and became a true legend on the world stage.
Answering the question about which most famous Russian singer conquered the entire globe with his charisma and talent, we can give a definite answer - this is the famous Fyodor Chaliapin, whose bass sounded on the stage the most famous theaters. It’s hard to confuse his timbre with anyone else’s, and his love for romances made Chaliapin truly a folk singer.
Without any doubt, Lyudmila Zykina, a woman who won the hearts of viewers with her spontaneity and originality, can also be called a real legend. She was an idol for several generations at once and was the personification of the Russian soul and, to some extent, Russia as a whole. 
List of domestic and, in particular, Soviet singers, which have earned worldwide recognition, is truly wide, and this is in Once again proves that it is far from the most important role The nationality of the performer plays a role, because the main criteria here are precisely his talent and inner strength.
The singer did what no one could do. got into the “daughter” of the main US chart with a song in Russian. In 2007, the track was placed at number 41 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks. “I Will” had a chance to get into the Billboard Hot 100, if not for the rule according to which songs not released in the United States fly past the “Hot 100” in the cradle of show business.
Valeria - Wild!
In 2009, very unexpectedly, the singer’s single hit the Billboard Hot Dance Club. The chart shows the popularity of songs in American nightclubs.
The track debuted at #48 and was a national event. Not about the stunning success itself popular singer Almost all Russian publications wrote in Russia. To make it clear what kind of musical Chomolungma Valeria conquered, the publications specified that the single “ American dream“Britney Spears was then ranked 45th. Over time, the track managed to reach number 25 and stay on the chart for more than 10 weeks.
Serebro
The group has several tracks that appeared in various international charts. "Mama Lover" entered the Japan Hot 100 (Japan's national chart) at number 49. And Mi Mi Mi - up to 88th line. The English version of “Mama Lyuba” also appeared in Mexico, reaching 19th place on the Mexico Airplay (radio chart). Residents of the Netherlands liked Mi Mi Mi more: in the Netherlands Digital Songs (download chart), the single peaked at number 8. But most of all Serebro is loved in Italy. Four songs of the group appeared in the download chart: Mama Lover, Mi Mi Mi, Kiss and Gun.
Yulia Kova
Singer Yulia Kova made her debut quite successfully on the international market. In 2008, her single Beep Beep peaked at number 27 on the Hot Dance Club Songs. And the song Sorry appeared on the Japan Hot 100, peaking at number 88. In Japan, the singer enjoyed such success that it was even planned to release a specialized version of the album “This Is Me.” But due to disagreements with the record company, the release was canceled.
Timati - Welcome to St. Tropez (feat. DJ Antoine)
The 2009 single reached number 1 on Billboard Luxembourg Digital Songs, number 2 on the German chart (the video was in hot rotation on local MTV), number 7 in Austria and France, and number 9 on Billboard Global Dance. Songs. 145 million views on YouTube!
"PPK" - Resurrection
The Russian electronic band first conquered the Internet, and then the national charts in Great Britain.
In 2001, the track “Resurrection” was included in the rotation of BBC Radio One. Perhaps thanks to this, the single soon reached third place in the UK Singles Charts. The track was based on a motif from the soundtrack Soviet film“Sibiriyada”, written by Eduard Artemyev.
“Gorky Park” - Try to Find Me
Now let’s remember about the artifact of ancient times that escaped from behind iron curtain right after it rusted. The group's self-titled debut disc sold 300 thousand copies in the United States. This was in 1989. In "hot" numbers, it peaked at number 80 and spent two weeks overall on the Billboard 200. Only one song managed to make it onto the Billboard Hot 100. Try To Find Me reached number 81. Relatively successful group I was also in Norway and Denmark.
In the wake of interest in Russia at that time, many producers tried to find someone and promote them, but it didn’t work out very well. One can only recall the group “Aquarium”, whose long play Radio Silence was on the 198th place on Billboard in the same 1989.
Alsou - Before You Love Me
After a successful performance at Eurovision, the singer began to be promoted as the Russian Britney Spears. But something in the singer’s PR team did something wrong, and her single Before You Love Me was able to debut in 2001 on the UK Singles Chart only in 27th place and stay on the chart for only three weeks. Although it is worth admitting that the track was no different from the endless pop bubble gum that stormed the American and English charts at that time.
Leonid Rudenko - Everybody
The DJ's career began after he was rejected by the Russian record companies, began sending his recordings by e-mail to managers of Western labels. Soon he signed his first contract.
In 2009, the single Everybody entered the UK national chart. Having debuted in 24th place, he left the top 100 after just three weeks. The single later ranked second on the Upfront Club Chart's list of the top 100 tracks of the year.
t.A.T.u.
Three singles entered the UK charts: Not Gonna Get Us, All About Us and All the Things She Said, thanks to which she became number one Russian group, which reached the top of this chart. The song was in the lead for four weeks.
The group also achieved success in the USA. The debut English-language album, for example, ended up in 13th place on the Billboard 200.
But most of all t.A.T.u. loved in Japan. Here the record 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane sold 1.8 million copies. At that time, these were record sales among foreign artists. By the way, after the breakup of the group, one of the ex-members again submitted to Billboard. The remix of Lena Katina's single Never Forget managed to reach the top of the magazine's dance chart.
The Russian pop scene, which has been actively gaining momentum for a long time, is increasingly becoming the object of observation by Western media, which periodically compile their own ratings of our performers. For example, the world-famous publication Forbes provides detailed descriptions of the level of income of domestic stars for a certain period. Some foreign newspapers and magazines compile lists of those Russian musicians whose compositions occupy leading positions in the charts. Sometimes, when figuring out who the most famous are, they use survey data from people on the Internet as a basis.
The most famous domestic performer of the last decade
At the end of 2014, a special rating of Russian vocalists was compiled, according to which the latter were ranked according to the rotation of their works on domestic radio stations. This was done in order to find out which of the most famous Russian singers could be awarded this high title in the opinion of the listeners themselves, who had been ordering certain songs on air for ten years.
As a result, the undisputed leadership was won by the famous Russian pop singer, whose songs during the above period of time were heard on the radio more than 5,500,000 times, which is a record result.
Following Bilan is Yulia Savicheva, who, however, is almost a million plays behind the leader of this rating. The “Vintage” team closes the top three winners, only 1000 points behind the silver medalist.
Who is the richest Russian musician?
One way or another, it is quite difficult to say which most famous Russian singer received the most recognition in the West. According to a survey of users on social networks, the most famous Russian musicians, along with Dima Bilan, are performers such as Sergei Lazarev and Grigory Leps, who managed to bypass such serious masters of modern Russian pop music as Philip Kirkorov, Valery Leontyev and Valery Meladze.
However, if we talk about those musicians whose income is maximum, then in this case the list will be somewhat different. Forbes magazine provides data according to which it is possible to answer which most famous Russian singer is the leader, according to the fees and income received. The first line in this list is confidently occupied not far from where Stas Mikhailov and Philip Kirkorov, beloved by many, are located.
The most famous Russian singers of the 20th century
Modern performers, of course, have achieved certain heights in the field of show business and have earned worldwide recognition. However, we should not forget those who supported the image of Russia and the entire Soviet Union in the last century and became real legends on the world stage.
Answering the question about which most famous Russian singer conquered everyone with his charisma and talent, one can give an unequivocal answer - this is the famous Fyodor Chaliapin, whose bass sounded on the stage of the most famous theaters. It’s hard to confuse his timbre with anyone else’s, and his love for romances made Chaliapin truly a folk singer.
Without any doubt, Lyudmila Zykina, a woman who won the hearts of viewers with her spontaneity and originality, can also be called a real legend. She was an idol for several generations at once and was the personification of the Russian soul and, to some extent, Russia as a whole.
The list of domestic and, in particular, Soviet singers who have earned worldwide recognition is truly wide, and this once again proves that the nationality of the performer does not play the most important role, because the main criteria here are precisely his talent and inner strength.
- Stas Mikhailov,
- Dima Bilan,
- Nikolay Baskov,
- Valeriy Meladze,
- Joseph Kobzon,
- Sergey Lazarev,
- Yura Shatunov,
- Philip Kirkorov,
- Oleg Gazmanov,
- Lev Leshchenko
I'll express my opinion. In my opinion. the most famous Russian singers are:
Fyodor Chaliapin
Alexander Vertinsky
Ivan Kozlovsky
Sergey Lemeshev
Vladimir Vysotsky
Dmitry Hvorostovsky
Lev Leshchenko
Valery Leontyev.
The answers to the game are 100 to 1.
The most popular answer is Philip Kirkorov - seventy-six points;
The second popular answer is Nikolai Baskov - forty-eight points;
The third popular answer is Fyodor Chaliapin - seventy-six points;
The fourth popular answer is Dima Bilan - twenty-two points;
The fifth popular answer is Lev Leshchenko - ten points;
The sixth popular answer is Joseph Kobzon - six points.
My opinion is that the most famous Russian singers are:
Stas Mikhailov
Philip Kirkorov
Nikolay Baskov
Leonid Agutin
Dima Bilan
Fdor Chaliapin
Lev Leshchenko
Muslim Magomaev
Igor Nikolaev
Mikhail Boyarsky
Nikolay Rastorguev
Joseph Kobzon
Sergey Lazarev
Yuriy Shatunov
Vladimir Vysotsky
Leonid Utesov
It seems to me quite difficult to choose the best pepper in Russia, because in fact there are very many a large number of, truly outstanding and popularly loved by more than one generation of people. If we take from modern pop performers, then in my opinion, several people can be distinguished, these are Joseph Kobzon, Philip Kirkorov, Nikolai Baskov, and Stas Mikhailov.
2 Leshchenko
4 Chaliapin
6 Kirkorov
the answer took second place Leshchenko-200 liked this answer; the answer took first place Kobzon 240 people rated the answer positively; the answer took third place Bilan-
120 participants for; answer took fifth place Basque-
supported by 80 people; answer took sixth place Kirkorov -
40 people noted it for themselves.
It is not very clear whether the singer should be Russian, or maybe both Russian and Soviet. But we will try to combine these parameters in order to determine as accurately as possible the most famous Russian singer. Who could it be? We also take into account current tastes and trends.
- Fyodor Chaliapin;
- Sergey Lemeshev;
- Ivan Kozlovsky;
- Nikolay Baskov;
- Georgy Vinogradov;
- Dmitry Hvorostovsky.
All these performers glorified Russian opera stage, someone sang and is singing on the stage.
The most famous Russian singer can be called Lev Leshchenko. A famous Russian singer may be Nikolai Baskov. Russian singers are Igor Nikolaev, Mikhail Boyarsky, Nikolai Rastorguev. Famous singer maybe Joseph Kobzon.
100 to 1 Who is the most famous Russian singer?
Unexpected answers became correct for this question in a 100 to 1 game:
- KIRKOROV(it’s simply amazing, the most popular answer);
- BASQUE(another handsome guy);
- SHALYAPIN(he would have been put in first place);
- BILAN(ah-ha);
- LESCHENKO(in what year was the survey conducted, 1980?);
- KOBZON(he is shocked by last place in this list).
I would never have passed this level on my own, thanks to the tips.
If we do not take into account nationality, but talk about the singers who glorified Russia, then we can mention the following wonderful musicians:
- Fdor Chaliapin;
- Leonid Utsov;
- Alexander Vertinsky;
- Ivan Kozlovsky;
- Sergey Lemeshev;
- Joseph Kobzon;
- Vladimir Vysotsky;
- Muslim Magomaev;
- Valery Obodzinsky.
For me, the most famous Russian singer is: Kobzon, Lev Leshchenko, blond Nikolai Baskov, Philip Kirkorov, Fdor Chaliapin, Muslim Magomaev, Opera singer Hvorostovsky. Everyone knows these singers, everyone is dedicated to their work, so probably the most popular answers will be.
The most famous Russian singers are performers of the classical, operatic genre. Fdor Shalyapin, Leonid Sobinov, Dmitry Hvorostovsky, Yuri Gulyaev, Ivan Kozlovsky, Sergey Lemeshev, Evgeny Nesterenko, Georgy Vinogradov.
Stas Mikhailov
Philip Kirkorov
Dima Bilan
Fdor Chaliapin;
Leonid Utsov;
Alexander Vertinsky;
Ivan Kozlovsky;
Sergey Lemeshev;
Joseph Kobzon;
Vladimir Vysotsky;
Muslim Magomaev;
Valery Obodzinsky.
Lev Leshchenko
Chaliapin Fedora
Kozlovsky Ivana
Vertinsky Alexandra
Utesova Leonida
Bernes Brand
Vysotsky Vladimir
Magomaeva Muslima
Hvorostovsky Dmitry
These are the first names that came to mind when answering the question. Surely, some of the options I suggested will work in the game 100 to 1.
My opinion is that the most famous Russian singers(both modern and USSR times) are:
