We decided to remember the idols of our childhood, who left show business, but remained forever in our hearts.

Ariana, 32

Hits: "Under the Spanish sky", "First love".

The line from Ariana's first single "Somewhere under the Spanish sky you give me your favorite flowers", perhaps everyone knows. And the most devoted fans of the singer also remember her hits "First Love", "I'll Never Forget You" and "Without Compromises". It is a pity that the artist, having married businessman and lead singer of the Tet-A-Tet ​​group Lev Grachev-Schneur, ended her musical career and moved to live in America. In New York, the Russian star went into the restaurant business and opened a cafe under his own name, but in 2013 the establishment closed.

Recently, Ariana has been traveling around Europe and sometimes comes to Moscow to visit friends and relatives. Her best friend is still the singer Alsou. They often meet and post joint pictures on the network. By the way, the artist did not stop singing completely. Occasionally, she takes the stage of American bars and restaurants, where she sings her old, but so beloved hits.

Ariana and Lev Grachev-Schneur have no children yet.

Larisa Chernikova, 43 years old

Hits: "I love you, Dima", "Lone Wolf", "Give me the night."

Larisa Chernikova always dreamed of becoming a singer and after graduating from the Gnessin College she was accepted into the ensemble of Nadezhda Babkina. However, in 1993, after her marriage to businessman Andrei Chernikov, she took up a solo career. And I didn't guess. In the 90s, her hits from "Rain Music" to "I love you, Dima" were sung by the whole country.

But in 1996, a misfortune happened to a celebrity: her husband was killed and she became a widow. At this time, she began to go out less often. In the 2000s, through social networks, the artist met the American businessman James, married him, gave birth to a son, Cyril, and moved to live in Thailand, and then in the United States. However, Chernikova's second marriage was unsuccessful. After her husband's betrayal, Larisa and her son returned to Russia, where she resumed her musical career. In 2017, she presented the album "OM Law". Now the singer performs at retro concerts, tours the country, practices yoga and blogs online.

Irina Nelson, 45 years old

Hits: “Go crazy”, “Because you weren’t there”, “Stars were falling”, “Maybe it seemed”.

Irina Nelson is better known as the founder and long-term soloist of the Reflex group. However, in the early 90s, she sang in the team of the Electroversion group, and then performed solo under the pseudonym Diana. The only thing known about the singer's personal life is that she married twice. She has been living with her second husband, producer of the Reflex group Vyacheslav Tyurin, since 1993. They have no children together. But Irina had a son, Anton, from her first husband. And some time ago she became a grandmother.

Currently, Nelson continues to perform as the lead singer of Reflex. True, she does not do this as often as her fans might like. Irina devotes most of her time to yoga. Moreover, she is a professional teacher of kundalini yoga and regularly teaches classes in one of the Moscow yoga clubs. The singer dreams of opening her own yoga studio.

Sasha Project, 31 years old

Hits: “White dress”, “Two words about love”, “Mom said”, “I really need you”.

In the early 2000s, Sasha Project songs sounded from almost every corner. And the hits “White Dress” and “Mom Said” seemed to be sung even by those who were not interested in pop music. But in 2009, the singer went into the shadows and stopped delighting the public with new singles. Then it turned out that her departure from show business was forced. Sasha, having decided to correct her appearance, underwent rhinoplasty and was dissatisfied with the result. As a result, in order to get the perfect nose shape, the celebrity had to endure several more surgeries. In 2016, Sasha appeared on the air of several talk shows and announced that unqualified specialists ruined her career, but now she is going to return to the stage again. True, so far the star has not presented new hits.

Sasha Project got married twice. With her first husband, Israeli businessman Alexei Ginzburg, life did not work out, they divorced. With the second chosen one, whose face and name the singer hides, everything turned out better. The couple, according to close sources, lives together and brings up a common son Leo and daughter Sasha from his first marriage Milena.

Sasha, 38 years old

Hits: “It's just rain”, “It didn't work out, it didn't grow together”, “Behind the fog”.

Singer Sasha, aka Alexandra Antonova, became famous after the release of the video for the song "It's Just Rain." At that time, she was called the "Russian Madonna" and prophesied a bright future. However, after releasing two albums, the girl left for the USA, where she still lives and records English-language hits under the pseudonym Sasha Gradiva.

For a long time no one knew anything about Sasha's personal life. Only some time ago, she began to upload photos of Uma's daughter to the network. The singer hides the father of the child from the public.

Shark, 33

Hits: "Acid DJ", "Little", "Such Love", "Morning Without You".

Ariana Career: Musician
Birth: USA, 16.8.1985
Ariana Rose - known simply as Ariana - is an American and Russian R&B singer. She was born on August 16, 1985. From early childhood, Ariana began to study vocals and choreography. At the age of 12, Ariana's father gave an audio recording of Ariana's vocals to his friend, Russian producer Matvey Anichkin. Since that time, the serious professional growth of the singer Ariana began. Ariana has released several singles and albums. Worked in Los Angeles and Moscow.

Ariana Loved to sing. When she was 7 years old, her parents moved from Texas to Russia. At this time, she began to study vocals with one of the teachers of the Gnessin School. At the age of 12, she returns to America and goes to the American School. At this time, she likes a style of music called new RnB. By coincidence, after two years, Ariana and her parents return to Moscow. Ariana begins to act with the popular producer Matvey Anichkin. Ariana's first music video, The Fire Was Dead, hits rotation on MTV. This clip has been seen by Sony music. After that, the group signed a contract with Ariana. After that, the initial single called Happy New Year is released. The same single for the first time included the composition Under the Spanish Sky. Thanks to this song, Ariana receives the first awards at the Golden Gramophone and becomes a member of the Song of the Year 2001. And after that, new songs come out, which immediately become hits.

Alsou vice versa

Singer Ariana is a unique phenomenon on the Russian pop scene for a number of reasons. First, following that misunderstanding, the name Joanna Stingray is the first US citizen trying to work hard in the Russian music market. Ariana Greenblat was born in Houston, Texas and has been living in two countries in recent years. Secondly, Ariana performs music that does not exist in practice in Russia. This music is called "rhythm and blues", and testing yourself in this style in my country is an extremely, extremely risky occupation. And thirdly, Ariana is being produced not by anyone, but by Matvey Anichkin.

For the forgetful, let me explain: Matvey Anichkin once headed the Young Voices VIA, the one that merged with the Magistral VIA in the seventy-eighth year, which led to the creation in the eighties of one of the most popular groups in the USSR - the Cruise group. The complex metamorphoses that took place with this team in the second half of the eighties left Mr. Anichkin out of work, in the early nineties he left for the American city of Los Angeles, and was practically forgotten in his homeland. The situation was not saved by the unsuccessful Tet-a-tet boy band created by Matvey.

A young American woman with a bright, memorable appearance, an unusual name and an amazing voice turned out to be a real gift of fate to a well-deserved producer.

Ariana did not have to consciously learn to perform R&B: in the homeland of the singer, everyone sings this music, just like our thieves' songs and works by the Lube group. Moreover, Ariana studied at the same school with Beyonce Knowles, who later became one of the members of the Destiny's Child trio. Surprisingly, Ariana somehow turned out to be so full of Russian that in her performance, moreover, it is dull and lifeless for the Russian ear manner became native and familiar. Of course, the cunning Anichkin made a key emphasis on ballads: hysterical slow songs about high broken love, performed by a powerful female voice, are so popular with my people. The step turned out to be right: from the very first song "Under the Spanish Sky" Ariana was noticed and received very favorably.

And in the end, Sony Music released a full-fledged album, at the very first listening to which it becomes clear that we have a new singer of the level, if not Alsou, then somewhere very close to her. At least for her age (and Ariana is sixteen years old today), she works miracles no less than Alsu did at fifteen.

There are seventeen songs on the album, four of which are in English, which is the singer's first native language. Almost all of them are written by Matvey Anichkin, some are co-authored with Ariana herself, there is moreover a song by Walter Afanasieff. This Mr. Afanasieff writes songs for Celine Dion, Ricky Martin and Mariah Carey. Yes, and it’s hard to find fault with the music of Anichkin himself: the song “First Love”, written by him in collaboration with Ariana, aka I “ll Do It At All Again, is perhaps one of the most beautiful pop songs of last year. A completely different occupation is the texts of the gentleman Anichkina. Everything is much worse here. If there is any rhyme that has long been banned for use, such as "love - blood" or "dark time of the day - help", then Matvey by all means uses it in his text. Sometimes one gets such a feeling that some monumental, universal idiocy of these texts is a special artistic act, a kind of challenge to the existing order of things in Russian pop music. incredibly stupid and impossible for people studying at Pushkin's school, verses.

The singer's dad, Gregory Greenblat, says that "Ariana is Alsu in reverse." This is a very fascinating thesis, based on the fact that Alsou, they say, is striving to the West, and Ariana, on the contrary, is striving from the West to the East. An experiment carried out before her only by the already mentioned insane Joanna Stingray, who did not succeed. I would agree with this statement if Alsou herself did not tell me that her first English-language album was more of a mistake made in a wild hurry than a thoughtful and reasonable decision. That is, the West is the West, but there is no point in finishing off what is pompously called the "Russian soul" in order to follow some obscure Anglo-American standards. Both Ariana and Alsou, fortunately, understand this. For besides youth, beauty and an amazing voice, this very "Russian soul" is the main thing that distinguishes the Tatar Alsu and the American Ariana from their English and American peers.

Remember, once, ten years ago, we thought, which of our existing pop stars could conquer Europe, or even the whole world? Who would have thought that those who, at the time of the dispute, were still only going to a children's kindergarten, could produce this. What is needed are ideally different people who are not familiar with the USSR, free from the burden of this now useless knowledge, who know how to act and exist in an impeccably different way. Children for whom two languages ​​are the norm, for whom coming of age is something like our pension, who at the age of fifteen or sixteen know how to do something that we will not be able to, presumably, never in life. These children want to feel envy, they want everything to work out for them, so that the interrogative motive "When will our music be listened to in the West?" never again worried my country aspiring to Europe. Already listening. Now it will always be so, and every year more and more. The algorithms have been developed.

And only the only interrogative motive I ask myself after this appearance in Russia of another singer of this level: "When, after all, will it be a Russian singer?"

Joke, of course. There is also Tatu.

Buy the album by all means. Very global.

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Ariana (singer): photo, biography

February 17, 2016

Ariana is a singer popular among young people and not only. The performer of rhythm and blues, a direction of music not quite developed in our country, came to conquer Russia from the United States.

USA-Russia

The future singer was born in a town called Houston, which is located in the state of Texas. This significant event took place on August 16, 1985. From a young age, Ariana began to get involved in music. This was facilitated by the parents, who helped their beloved daughter with all their might. So, they enrolled her in piano lessons.

When Ariana was seven years old, her parents moved to Moscow. There, the girl studied music, attending courses to one of the best teachers of the Gnessin School. Five years later, the parents, together with their daughter, returned to their native country again, but by the will of fate, two years later, they again came to Russia.

Way up

At the age of twelve, the girl began to study vocals, and also enrolled in a choreographic circle. Some time later, her father, Gregory Greenblat, introduces his daughter to the Russian producer Matvey Anichkin. The girl, under the guidance of Anichkin, creates her first record. Since then, they have been working together. At first, the photo of the singer Ariana, of course, was not in demand in the press, but this was only the beginning.

Some believe that this particular stage of the girl's life was a turning point in her musical career. While collaborating with Matvey Anichkin, Ariana releases her first video for the song The Fire Was Dead. This work gets on the popular MTV channel, where the girl is immediately noticed. The well-known record company Sony Music offers to conclude a contract, to which Ariana agrees. The singer continues to work quite actively, recording songs one after another. So, at the end of 2000, her single dedicated to the holiday, Narru New Year, was released. But Ariana's most significant work of that time was the song "Under the Spanish Sky". It was this single that brought the singer popularity and numerous fans. This ballad led the American-Russian singer to success at events such as the Golden Gramophone and Song of the Year. The authorship of this song belongs to Anichkin and Ariana herself, but Matvey wrote the music for it.

Albums

The first full-length album was "First Love", which was released by the young Ariana. The singer included 18 of her songs in this collection, which were created with the help of the same Anichkin. The premiere of this album took place in 2002 in the city of Kyiv, and a little later a video was shot for one of his songs. Thanks to this album, Ariana becomes even more popular, wins audience sympathy and appears as a nominee for the MTV Europe Music Awards event as the best Russian singer.

The second album released by the singer in Russia is Without Compromises, which contained twelve songs in Russian. The author and composer of all works was also Matvey Anichkin.

Between these two albums, Ariana, a singer who has already become famous, recorded an English-language record in Los Angeles, and also worked on a romance project called "I'll Never Forget You" in collaboration with A. Marshal. During her creative activity, Ariana managed to graduate from the American-Russian school, to be trained by the well-known teacher in the United States, Seth Riggs.

present tense

Now Ariana has retired from her creative work. She has her own restaurant business, which she opened in New York. The focus of its restaurants is Russian cuisine. Ariana's family life is also developing quite successfully. She married a well-known businessman in Russia, whom many know as the vocalist of the Tet-A-Tet ​​musical group. The husband of the singer Ariana is Lev Grachev-Shneur.

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Ariana Rose(real name Greenblat; genus. August 16, 1985) is an American and Russian R&B singer.

Biography

As a child, she studied piano, at the age of 12 she began to study vocals and choreography. Soon Gregory Greenblat, Ariana's father and personal manager, introduced her to his old friend Matvey Anichkin, a Soviet and Russian musician and producer. Having recorded her first demo, Ariana shows it to Anichkin, and soon their collaboration began.

Ariana's first joint work with Anichkin "The Fire Was Dead" falls into the rotation of the popular music channel MTV, and after that the singer was noticed by Sony Music, which signed a contract with her.

On December 25, 2000, the Christmas single "Narru New Year" was released. Also on the single was published the song "Under the Spanish Sky" (Rus. "Under the Spanish sky"), written by Matvey Anichkin and the singer herself, and in 2001 Ariana received the Golden Gramophone and Song of the Year for this composition.

A year later, the debut album "First Love" was recorded, all the songs of which were created and produced by Anichkin. It included 18 tracks, both in Russian and in English. The presentation of the album took place in Kyiv in October 2002. In the same year, director Oleg Gusev shot a clip for the title track of the album, which was filmed in St. Petersburg. Soon Ariana was nominated for the MTV Europe Music Awards as the best Russian performer. At the end of 2002, Ariana again became the winner of the Golden Gramophone and Songs of the Year awards.

In early 2003, Ariana, together with Alexander Marshal, recorded a new version of the romance from the rock opera "Juno and Avos" - "I will never forget you." At the end of the year, Ariana and Marshall became the winners of the Golden Gramophone, Song of the Year, and the One Hundred Hit. In the same year, Ariana graduated with honors from the Anglo-American School in Moscow.

In Los Angeles, Ariana recorded her first English-language album. In addition, she took acting lessons from well-known Hollywood educators, and vocal lessons from Seth Riggs, who previously studied artists such as Michael Jackson, Barbara Streisand and Stevie Wonder.

In mid-2004, Ariana returned to Moscow to work on her second Russian-language album. The disc was called "Without Compromise", and contained 12 tracks. A special place on the album was occupied by the song "Adagio" to the music of the Italian composer Tomaso Albinoni and lyrics by Matvey Anichkin.

In 2010, Ariana married businessman Lev Grachev-Schneur, also known as the lead singer of the Tet-A-Tet ​​group.

In 2014, Ariana entered the restaurant business, and opened the Russian cuisine restaurant Ariana in New York, relegating music to the background. The restaurant closed in 2015.

Discography

• "Happy New Year" (single) (2000)
• "Under the Spanish Sky" (single) (2001)
• "First Love" (2002)
• "I'll Do It All Again" (2002)
• "I'll Never Forget You" (single) (2003)
• "No Compromise" (2005)

The well-known producer, head of Bitrate Studio Matvey Anichkin recently officially announced the return to the Russian music market of one of his most successful projects - the singer Ariana. The undoubted star of the 2000s will once again shine in the sky. Matvey Anichkin's studio "Bitrate Studio" is in full swing working on new musical material, which Ariana will present to the Russian public in the near future. In 2000, the young singer brightly declared herself. The hits written by her producer Matvey Anichkin instantly lifted her to the first lines of domestic charts. The composition "Under the Spanish Sky" won several prestigious music awards at once.

Ariana is recording her debut album "First Love", all the songs of which were created and produced by Anichkin. Soon, Ariana won several prizes and was nominated for the MTV Europe Music Awards as the best Russian performer. At the end of 2002, Ariana again became the winner of the Golden Gramophone and Song of the Year contests.

In 2003, producer Matvey Anichkin came up with the idea to create a new version of the romance from the rock opera "Juno and Avos" - "I will never forget you", which is performed by a duet. After much deliberation, whom to give preference to in the performance of the male part, Anichkin and Ariana unanimously opted for Alexander Marshal, a musician and vocalist, also an old friend of Matvey. At the end of 2003, Ariana and Marshall became laureates of the Golden Gramophone, Song of the Year, and the One Stop Hit.

However, despite the undeniable success in show business, a few years ago, Ariana suddenly disappears from the Russian scene. The reason was love. Arina is marrying the son of her producer, the leader of the then popular Tet-a-Tet boy band (another successful project of Matvey Anichkin) Lev Grachev. After a luxurious wedding in Monaco, the young family leaves to live in Ariana's homeland in America.

“Honestly, I was pleasantly surprised by Ariana's decision. She changed her brilliant musical career to one of the main roles for a woman - to be a loving, caring wife. Two feelings fought within me. As a producer, I was sorry to end such a successful project. But as a father, I was happy that a girl like Ariana appeared in the fate of my son. She devoted herself completely to the family, did everything so that my son Leva could fully concentrate on building a big business in America, without thinking about everyday issues. But, it should be noted that Ariana did not abandon her music lessons. With her data and talent, this would be just a crime. She constantly worked in the studio, recorded musical material.

Now that my son has become a successful businessman, everyday problems have receded into the background, I decided that it was time for Ariana to return to the big stage. To my delight, she agreed to my proposal. Surprisingly, for almost 10 years of absence from the Russian stage, the musical niche successfully created by us has not been occupied by anyone. Today I am happy to announce that Ariana is returning. It will be another Ariana: matured, wiser, but just as sincere and frank. Now we are finishing work on new songs. I hope that the fans who love and remember Ariana will be happy to hear her again and many new lovers of quality music will arrive in their regiment.