VIA Gra
| VIA Gra | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) |
Pop music Europop Dance-Pop |
| founding | 2000 |
| Founding members | |
| Dimitri Kostjuk | |
| Constantine Meladze | |
| Current occupation | |
| Erika Herceg (Erika Herzeh) | |
| Anastasia Koschewnikowa | |
| Misha Romanova | |
| former members | |
| Vera Viktorovna Galuschka (2003-2007) | |
| Switlana Loboda (2004) | |
| Tatiana Nikolajewna Kotowa (2008-2010) | |
| Hanna Sjedokowa (2002-2004) | |
| Nadija Mejcher (2000–2002), (2002–2006), (2009–2011) | |
VIA Gra ( Russian ВИА Гра ) is a Ukrainian-Russian girl group , which also appears under the name Nu Virgos . The band name VIA Gra is a play on words from the abbreviation for vocal and instrumental ensemble and the Ukrainian word for "game" (ukr. Гра gra ). At the same time it is a reference to the sexual enhancer Viagra .
development
Their first hit in the charts of the two countries of origin was in September 2000 with the single Popytka No. 5 . The single stop! Стоп! Stop! Стоп! Stop! was voted "Song of the Year" 2002. Outside the charts within the Russian-Ukrainian- speaking area , VIA Gra first achieved success in May 2004 with the English version of this single. The girl group was put together by the manager Dimitri Kostjuk and the songwriter Konstantin Meladze. In 2005 the girls were named the best pop group of the year on Mus-TV for the second time in a row. The group is currently formed by Erika Herzeh ( Еріка Герцег ), who belongs to the Hungarian minority in Ukraine, as well as the two Ukrainians Anastasija Koschewnikowa ( Анастасія Дмитрівна Кожевнікова ) and Misha Romanova ( Мошо ). VIA Gra received the Russian MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 , a significant award for the Russian pop music market .
Albums
- Попытка № 5 (Popytka No. 5) - 2001
- Стоп! Снято! (Stop! Snjato!) - 2003
- Биология (Biologija) - 2003
- Stop! Stop! Stop! - 2004 (as NU Virgos in English)
- Бриллианты (Brillianty) (2005)
- LML - 2007 (as NU Virgos in English)
- Поцелуи (Pozelui) - 2007
- Эмансипация (Emansipazija) - 2008
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ ВИА ГРА. Первый сольный концерт в Петербурге // Информационный Канал Subscribe.ru
- ↑ a b VIA Gra lives and wins! ( Memento of the original from May 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Russia.ru 08-04-2006
