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The era of the “zero” was marked by many bright events. Among other things, at that time, original pop groups began to appear in the domestic show business, which, in record time, were able to be at the top of the charts.
They were successful, bright, popular, and it seemed to the army of their fans that it would always be so. However, time is relentless, and today we hear almost nothing about many of them. Yesterday’s idols remained in the backyard of Russian pop history, and new young talents have come in their place.
Today we decided to recall the bright bands of the 2000s. What are they doing and what do the soloists look like now?
10 Arrows
This domestic pop group existed from 1997 to 2006. The visiting card of “Shooter” was the song “You left me” and “At the party of best friends”. The first composition of the group was original, some music critics compared it more than once with the well-known American pop group “Spice girls” at that time.
However, at the beginning of the 90s, a series of replacements began in the group, because of which the fans did not even have time to remember the new soloists of the group. In addition, the band did not have new singles that could be compared in popularity with those that the group performed in the late XNUMXs.
In the firmament of domestic show business at the beginning of the XNUMXs, bright women’s groups began to appear on the stage, whose success overshadowed the once adored by the public “Shooter”.
In August 2015, Strelka reunited into the golden roster. To this day, they perform songs that were popular in the late 90s and early 2000s, but now their fame is reinforced only by the memories of their fans.
9. Plazma
This is a domestic group performing songs in genres from synth-pop and eurodance to pop-rock. This musical group was one of the first on the Russian stage to start creating singles in English for the Russian-speaking audience.
The group gained popularity after the release of their first single “Take My Love”. The band’s first two albums sold over 1 million copies.
The group continues to exist to this day and even release new singles, but the popularity that the group had at the beginning of the XNUMXs has long since disappeared.
8. Virus
The soloist and creator of the group is Olya Kozina, better known to the public as Olga Lucky. The debut single “Don’t look for me” was released in 1999 and immediately took the lead in all music charts. Other equally popular hits of the group were the songs: “Pens”, “I’ll ask you”, “Happiness”, etc.
Currently, the group is actively touring and releasing new singles, although now their popularity is difficult to compare with that which the group had during their “heyday”.
7. Demo
This pop group was formed in 1998. A year later, the vocalist Alexandra Zvereva joined the musical group. The main hit of the group is the song “Sun”.
The previously famous group still exists, however, instead of Zvereva, who left her job in the group in 2011, its main vocalist is Daria Pobedonostseva.
6. The roots
This pop-rock group, popular in two thousand people, consisted of the winners of the first season of the first Russian television talent show “Star Factory”.
This band was very popular 8-10 years ago. The guys actively toured, released albums, and the compositions “The birch was crying”, “I am losing my roots”, “You will recognize her” were known by heart by all the youth.
However, in 2010, the contract with Matvienko expired and the producer decided not to continue working with the group. From that moment on, the popularity of “Roots” began to decline sharply.
The group finally broke up in 2012, and its recognized stars – Alexander Astashonok and Pavel Artemyev left the band even earlier.
5. Scammed Scammers
This Russian pop group was created in 1996. The group included Sergey Amoralov, Tom Chaos Jr. and Garik. According to the group’s central soloist Sergei Amoralov, this boy’s band was the first in the entire post-Soviet space to start rapping to dance music.
All three vocalists of the group are quite charismatic personalities who looked harmoniously together on stage, and it was difficult for fans to imagine any of them as an independent artist.
However, in 2011, Garik Bogomazov decided to leave the group and pursue a solo career. His place was taken by Andrey Repnikov. As a result, neither Bogomazov’s independent career, nor the group itself in recent years can again repeat the success with fans that was in the late 90s – early 2000s.
4. Tattoo
The group was founded in 1999. At first, the creators of the team did everything to support the scandalous image of the group: provocative clips, with a hint of lesbian relationships, and the defiant behavior of the soloists did their job.
But, despite this, Tatu is considered the most successful Russian pop group, whose fame has gone far beyond the borders of the post-Soviet space. The group’s singles, both English and Russian, were the leaders of the domestic hit parades.
In 2004, the members stopped working with their producer.
In 2009, the soloists of the group decided to start a solo musical activity. However, none of them managed to independently approach the success of Tatu.
3. Propaganda
This female musical group was founded in 2001. At first, the group had a teenage focus, but a few years later the soloists changed outwardly: plain teenage outfits were replaced by sexy costumes that emphasize feminine forms. This new “adulthood” was reflected in the work of the group.
Over the years of its existence, the group has released a large number of songs that occupied leading positions in all hit-pairs, among them “Chalk”, “Who”, “Apples Ela”, etc.
The author and performer of almost all the singles was Victoria Voronina, who decided to leave the band in 2010. After this event, there was a sharp decline in the popularity of the group’s songs. Now the team is touring with a new line-up.
2. Prime Minister
In 2002, this musical group, consisting of four vocalists, represented the Russian Federation at the prestigious Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Northern Girl”. In the same year, the band released the single “Two Diamonds”.
In 2006, due to conflicts with the producer, all four members of the group began to work separately, however, since the brand “Prime Minister” belonged to the producer, they had to take a different name for their team, so they became known as the “PM Group”. But, even such a move did not help the guys regain their former popularity.
1. Paint
The Belarusian musical group called “Paints” was created in Minsk in 2001. Known at the time, the song “Big Brother”, which became the group’s debut single, was recognized as one of the most recognizable domestic hits over the past 20 years.
At the moment, the soloist has changed in the group. They continue to tour mainly with songs from past years, however, this group no longer has the popularity that this group had in the XNUMXs.