Viagra group. The full history of the composition of the group Viagra Viagra what are the names of the singers

August 21, 2010, 11:30 am

In 2003, another "epoch" is formed, the composition, which is called the "Golden composition". Indeed, such a definition in relation to Nadezhda, Anna and Vera is fully justified. This year is becoming very fruitful in terms of creativity of the team. The group began active rehearsals with Vera, and Anna Sedokova also starred in leading role in Valery Meladze's video for the song "I can't live without you". A video clip is being shot for the single "Don't leave me, darling!", which is considered one of the best singles in the history of the group. On April 14, the band's second album, Stop! Taken!" The band's second studio album is more likely to be called a maxi-single, since there are more remixes than the songs themselves, and the songs themselves were for the most part already known by the time the album was released. This is the only Russian-language album of the group, for which already released songs were covered by a new line-up. Over 500,000 copies of the album were sold in the first 6 months. In the summer, the video "Kill my girlfriend" appears. The group reaches the pinnacle of fame. She is already ready to conquer the countries of Europe and Asia with her work. The English-language video “Stop! Stop! Stop!”, as well as the English-language album of the band with the same name under the pseudonym “Nu Virgos” (translated as “Naked Maidens”). The first release took place in Japan. "VIA Gra" like a hurricane sweeps through the land of the rising sun, performing in Tokyo, taking part in various programs on the channel "MTV Asia" and "Fuji TV". Shooting for the Japanese magazine Playboy. In the autumn of the same year, the album "Biology" was released.
A duet is being formed - VIA Gra and Valery Meladze. Collaboration for the end of 2003 - the beginning of 2004, which bore fruit in the form of the songs "Ocean and Three Rivers" and "There is No More Attraction", as well as the video clips shot on them. Everything developed rapidly, "VIA Gra" put forward more and more new singles and video clips.






2004-2005 In 2004, due to pregnancy, Anna Sedokova leaves the group. On an emergency basis, they are looking for a replacement for her, which is found in the person of Svetlana Loboda, but the replacement turned out to be not equivalent.
June 4, 2004 VIA Gra wins the Muz-TV 2004 award. A video clip for the single "Biology" is being shot, which caused a rather mixed reaction among the audience.
Nevertheless, Svetlana is “not accepted” by fans, who immediately draw analogies between her and Anna Sedokova, as well as criticizing her behavior.
The group continues to perform in various television programs, in particular in the "Total Show", as well as in the third musical with his participation, which is called "Sorochinsky Fair". Later, the song from this musical is released as a full-fledged single from one of the group's albums.
At the same time, the former soloist of the group Anna Sedokova gives several interviews in which she speaks very impartially about the new soloist - Svetlana. In the same year, the pan-European release of the album Stop! Stop! Stop! Despite this, slight dissatisfaction with Svetlana grew and it was decided to part with her. Svetlana is currently pursuing a solo career. In place of Loboda, they take Albina Dzhanabaeva, who worked for a long time on backing vocals with Valery Meladze and, as it turns out later, has a child in common with him, who got into the group on his recommendation. The group receives an award at the RMA-04 ceremony for the song "There is no more attraction" performed with Valery Meladze. The clip "The World I Didn't Know Before You" is released.
2005 began with trouble. Vera Brezhneva riding on skiing received a spinal injury. However, Vera had no complications. Another duet work appears on public display - with the TNMK rap team, popular in Ukraine. The clip is called "There is nothing worse." As before, there are programs with the participation of VIA Gra. For example, the “Rally” with Vera, “Saturday Evening”, “Full Contact”, shown on Channel One, on which the group “Brilliant”, “Big Premiere” and many, many others were defeated with a huge margin in the musical battle. "VIA Gra" continues to excite the media: filming in the magazines "Maxim", "7 Days", publications in "Hammer" and "Komsomolskaya Pravda".

The Ukrainian pop trio "VIA Gra" is the most striking musical project of the 2000s, the success of which could not be surpassed by any female group that subsequently appeared in the domestic show business.

History of creation

The idea of ​​​​creating a group belongs to the Ukrainian businessman, owner of the music channel "Biz-TV" Dmitry Kostyuk. Inspired by the success of the Spice Girls, he suggested to composer Konstantin Meladze, well known for creative union with brother Valery, to launch their own women's project.

The first participant was Alena Vinnitskaya, who then worked as a host on Biz-TV. Two more girls were picked up for her and a trial clip was shot. But the result did not impress the producers, and they continued to search for new participants.


During a tour in Zhytomyr, Valery Meladze met Nadezhda Granovskaya and recommended that his brother pay attention to her. The girl was approved immediately after the first viewing, and the work began to boil. Initially, the group was supposed to be called "Silver", but, looking at the sexy Nadia, the producers decided to call the team "VIA Gra".


Another version says that the name of the group is composed of the names of the first composition. "VI" is the first letters of the surname "Vinnitskaya", "A" - from "Alena", "Gra" - Granovskaya. Also "Gra" can mean "Voice, Joy, Artistry".

The main stages of creativity

In the summer of 2000, a video was shot for the song "Attempt No. 5", which made an incredible sensation. After recording six more songs and shooting a video for the song "Hug Me", the producers and the group began touring.

VIA Gra - Attempt No. 5

On December 20, 2000, the first concert of the newly minted group took place in Dnepropetrovsk, which was a resounding success. Girls began to be invited to television and radio, and their performances were invariably accompanied by an enthusiastic reaction from the public. In the fall of 2001, the group's first album, Attempt No. 5, was released and a contract was signed with Sony Music to record five more. Alena and Nadia starred in the New Year's musical for the Inter channel with the participation of leading show business stars, which further added to their popularity.

At the peak of success, Nadezhda suddenly found out that she was pregnant and decided to leave the group. This event came as a complete surprise to Kostyuk and Meladze. They urgently began to look for a similar participant, and soon St. Petersburg model Tatyana Naynik took the place of Granovskaya. She lacked neither Nadia's charisma nor her vocal abilities, so it was decided to strengthen the line-up with the young charming Anya Sedokova, who had a beautiful voice and a luxurious figure. The audience favorably accepted the video for the song “Stop. Stop. Stop ”with new soloists, and the group continued to exist safely.


However, six months later, Granovskaya, barely recovering from childbirth, came to Meladze and tearfully asked to take her back. For a while they performed as a foursome, but later Nainik took up a solo career.

VIA Gra - Stop! Stop! Stop!

Soon it was the turn of Alena Vinnitskaya to leave the group. The girl was much older than the rest of the participants and felt uncomfortable. And the singer's husband, musician Sergei Bolshoi, was not happy with her participation in Viagra.


Alena quickly picked up a replacement in the person of a resident of Dneprodzerzhinsk Vera Galushko, who was ready for anything to break out of poverty. In record time, the girl has turned from a simple provincial girl into a luxurious sexy beauty that can turn any man's head. Vera came up with the sonorous pseudonym Brezhnev and shot with her participation a video for the song "Don't Leave Me, Darling", which became an absolute hit in 2003.


In the same year, the second album of the group “Stop! Shot”, in support of which a grandiose tour was organized. The success of the album exceeded all expectations of the producers, and it was decided to go global. With the release of the English version of Stop! Stop! Stop!”, the group went on a tour of the countries of the East (Japan, China, Thailand, Hong Kong), which was a resounding success.

The group entered the Western market under the name "Nu Virgos" (which means "Nude Maidens" in translation) in order to avoid lawsuits from the manufacturer of the drug "Viagra".

Satisfied producers were already making plans to conquer Europe and America, when in April 2004 Sedokova unexpectedly announced her pregnancy and left the group a month later. Her departure cost the producers several tens of millions of dollars. The casting was urgently announced, and Ani's place was soon taken by the wayward Svetlana Loboda, who never managed to find mutual language neither with the participants, nor with the producers.


Four months later, the girl left the group, and Valery Meladze's protege Albina Dzhanabaeva came in her place (as it turned out later, the mother of his illegitimate son, Kostya). The girl was much inferior to the rest of the participants in appearance and the notorious sex appeal, but, having enlisted the support of Valery, she began to restore her own order in the group.

VIA Gra - Biology

In 2005, serious problems began in the team. His popularity with the departure of Sedakova sharply declined, and soon Vera and Nadia asked for "freedom". Konstantin Meladze did not interfere with them, and he himself was already thinking of closing the project.


Kostyuk still managed to persuade his colleague to continue working, and soon a real leapfrog of the participants began. Over the next seven years, six soloists changed: first, Christina Kots-Gotlieb, then Olga Koryagina, and, finally, Meseda Bagaudinova came to Granovskaya's place. They were looking for a girl to replace Brezhneva for almost a year, all this time VIA Gra was a duet. Finally, in March 2008, the singer Tatyana Kotova joined the group, then Granovskaya returned to the group to replace the departed Bagaudinova. In March 2010, Kotova's place was taken by Eva Bushmina, and a year and a half later, Nadezhda, who again expressed her desire to leave the group, was replaced by Santa Dimopoulos.


After a year in the team, Santa got married. "VIA Gra" again turned into a duet. At the end of 2012, the producer of the group announced the closure of the project. But, as it turned out, the news was a carefully planned PR campaign. Meladze, who by that time had already broken up with Kostyuk, decided to recruit a completely new line-up. To do this, he organized the television show "I want to Meladze", whose mentors and jury members were former participants.

Winners of the show "I want to VIA Gro"

Three girls reached the final - Misha Romanova, Erika Herceg and Nastya Kozhevnikova, who became the new VIA Groy. At first, the girls loudly declared themselves with the songs “Truce” and “I have another”, but over time, interest in them faded. They never managed to repeat the phenomenal success of the “golden” composition of ViaGra, which shone on the stage in the mid-2000s.

Collaborations with other artists

  • “I didn’t understand” - VIA Gra ft. Verka Serdiuchka
  • "Ocean and three rivers" - VIA Gra ft. Valeriy Meladze
  • "There is no more attraction" - VIA Gra ft. Valeriy Meladze
  • "There is nothing worse" - VIA Gra ft. TNMK
  • "I don't want a man" - VIA Gra ft. TNMK
  • “I have another one” - VIA Gra ft. Vakhtang
  • "Oxygen" - VIA Gra ft. Mot

VIA Gra and Mot - Oxygen

Scandals

After Meladze's decision to reform the group and recruit new members in the TV show, a black cat ran between the producers of the group. They could not agree on the rights to the brand. Dmitry Kostyuk decided to open his own project with the same name, since in Russia the rights to the name belonged to him, and in Ukraine the VIA Gra brand was registered on Meladze. As a result, Kostyuk recruited a new line-up, which included Dasha Medovaya, Dasha Rostova and Aina Vilber. In 2015, the group ceased to exist, as Rospatent stopped the protection of Kostyuk's trademark ahead of schedule.

Discography

  • Attempt #5 (2001)
  • Stop! Taken! (2003)
  • Stop! Stop! Stop! (2003)
  • Biology (2003)
  • L.M.L. (2007)

Group "VIA Gra" now

Staff turnover did not bypass the updated version of VIA Gra. On March 24, 2018, the group performed with an updated line-up: the place of Misha Romanova was taken by an unknown singer from St. Petersburg Olga Meganskaya. The replacement became known 2 days before the concert. The previous soloist left the band for personal reasons.


In September 2018, Anastasia Kozhevnikova left the group - her 5-year contract with Meladze expired, and shortly before that she married a businessman who, after the wedding, decided to help Nastya produce a solo project. In her place came a graduate of the "New Star Factory" Ulyana Sinetskaya. The group in the new composition continues to tour and break the audience applause.

The pop project group Viagra of 2018 is still successful, although having again a new lineup of soloists, it tours and regularly pleases fans with new hits, is a multiple winner of the Golden Disc, Muz-TV, Golden Gramophone, etc. .

The girls from ViaGra have recorded six studio albums, three of which have received gold status in our country, and one has gone platinum in Thailand.

Viagra group -Ulyana Sinetskaya, Erika Herceg and Olga Meganskaya .

ALL COMPOSITIONS OF THE VIAGRA GROUP

The history of the popular female team of the Viagra group began on September 3, 2000. It was then that the premiere of the debut video “Attempt No. 5” took place on the air of the Ukrainian television company “Biz-TV”, which instantly flew into the top positions of the main charts. After that, the group experienced rapid ups and downs more than once, repeatedly changed its line-up, its soloists began successful solo careers and gave birth to children. But, despite this, the popularity of Viagra did not decrease.

In 1999, Ukrainian businessman and owner of the Biz-TV channel Vladimir Kostyuk, inspired by the success of the Russian "Brilliant" and Western "Spice Girls", decided to launch a similar Ukrainian project. He called Konstantin Meladze for the role of a music producer. One of the first approved soloists was Alena Vinnitskaya, who previously worked as a host on Biz-TV. Thanks to the casting, Meladze and Kostyuk found two more girls: Marina Modina and Yulia Miroshnichenko. But in the process of working on Attempt No. 5, it was decided to leave Alena alone and freeze the project for a while, continuing to search for suitable soloists.

When Nadezhda Granovskaya appeared on the horizon, it was decided to retrain the trio into a duet, in which Vinnitskaya got the role of the leading soloist. Initially, the group was supposed to be called "Silver". There are several versions about where the name "Viagra" came from. According to one of them, VIA is a vocal and instrumental ensemble, "gra" in Ukrainian means a game. Some believe that Viagra is a derivative of the names and surnames of the vocalists (Vi-Vinnitskaya, A- Alena, Gra- Granovskaya). But the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word "Viagra" is the famous drug that increases male potency. By the way, bringing out the V.I.A. "Gra" into the English-language music market, Sony Music management received a pre-trial claim from tablet manufacturers. Therefore, in the West, the group is known under the pseudonym Nu Virgos.

Initially, critics considered Viagra to be a one-hit group and predicted its short-lived fame. But the dance composition “Hug Me” following after “Attempt No. 5” further thickened the interest around the team. Girls began to be invited to interviews and concerts. By the end of 2000, their repertoire included seven songs. The first solo concert of the group took place on the stage of the Ice Palace in Dnepropetrovsk on December 20th. It was attended by 4 thousand spectators.

During its work, the group changed 16 lineups. Almost all former soloists connected their lives with show business and were able to build successful careers.

The composition of the Viagra group for 2000-2003:
  • Alena Vinnitskaya;

Alena (Olga) Vinnitskaya was born on December 27, 1974 in the capital of Ukraine. Almost immediately after graduation, she met her future husband, who at that time performed in the Seven team. Over time, together they changed the name of the group to "The Last Unicorn", where Vinnitskaya became the author of the music and words of the songs they performed.

From 1997 to 2000, Vinnitskaya successfully combined the professions of a VJ and a reporter on music TV channels and a DJ on radio stations. On Biz-TV, she hosted the Ukrainian Twenty, which was also broadcast on the Russian MTV. It was there that she met Kostyuk, who invited her to join the Viagra group. With the participation of Alena, they shot 6 clips, released their debut album, starred in two musicals and recorded several non-album songs.

On January 20, 2003, the girl left the band and began her solo career, performing pop-rock compositions. Among the notable works in this field, it is worth highlighting the compositions "Let's Forget Everything", which became a hit in all Ukrainian charts, and the single "Tormented Heart", which made it possible to feel the full depth of Alena's author's lyrics.

In 2004, Alena performed with the world-famous group The Cardigans at the Palace of Sports, the largest concert venue in Ukraine, and released her first album, Dawn. The girl is still actively performing, recording new albums and is active in social activities.

Nadya Meikher was born in the village of Zbruchovka on April 10, 1982. From the age of 11, she attended a folk dance circle and performed at various events. After school, Nadezhda entered the faculty of choreography and musical dance at the Khmelnytsky Pedagogical School.

In 2000, the girl was cast in the Viagra group, but already in 2002 she left the team due to pregnancy. However, maternity leave did not last long, and a month after giving birth, Nadia returned to the group. The repeated departure of Nadezhda occurred in 2006. Then she decided to start a career as a TV presenter.

But in 2009, Granovskaya again became a member of the team. In 2013, she was on the jury of the reality show “I Want to Viagra”. In 2016, Nadezhda presented her play "Historia de Un Amor" and opened a boutique "Meiher by Meiher" in Kyiv, where she presented her clothing collection.

For 2002:

After Nadezhda Granovskaya went on maternity leave, the producers decided to turn the duet into a trio and announced an urgent casting. So the new composition of the Viagra group was replenished with Tatyana Naynik and Anna Sedokova.

Tanya was born in St. Petersburg on April 6, 1978. Since childhood, she dreamed of becoming an artist, but after graduating from school she entered the psychological and pedagogical faculty of Herzen University. In 1996, Nainik got into the modeling business. Her photos have appeared in popular fashion publications such as major publications such as Elle, Shape and Top Ten.

In the Viagra group, Tatyana Naynik was put in place of Granovskaya. Together with her participation, the songs "Good Morning, dad", "Kill my girlfriend" were recorded. After the return of Granovskaya-Meikher, the girls performed as a quartet for some time and the four of them starred on the cover of the Russian magazine Maxim. But in the same year, Tatyana left the team, not avoiding problems with the leadership.

After leaving, the girl starred in a full-length European movie in the styles of art house and horror (unfortunately, the pictures did not go beyond the European box office) and the comedy television series "Matchmakers". Now she collaborates with various charitable and public organizations and is a soloist and producer of her own group Maybe, created immediately after leaving Viagra and successfully functioning to this day.

The girl was born on December 16, 1982 in Kyiv. She graduated with honors from both general education and music school. She studied at the Kiev National University, also graduating with honors. At the age of 15 she worked as a model, later - leading in clubs and on TV.

Anna tried to get into Viagra back in 2000, but due to the fact that she was not yet 18 years old, she failed to pass the casting. In the new composition of the group, she immediately became the leader and front vocalist. It was with her that the group became the No. 1 female pop group in the domestic show business.

In 2004, Anna Sedokova left the group, got married and had a daughter. In 2006, she posed for Playboy magazine and began performing on stage under the pseudonym Annabelle. On the this moment Sedokova's career is developing quite successfully. She regularly releases new singles, acts as a host, is nominated and receives various awards and awards for her songs. In addition, Anya is raising two children, and at the end of 2016 she announced her third pregnancy.

In 2003-2004:

Vera Brezhneva (Galushka)

Born in a poor large family in Dneprodzerzhinsk on February 3, 1982. She first performed with Viagra in 2002 as a wish from the audience. In 2003, she successfully passed the casting and took the place of the departed Alena Vinnitskaya. It is the composition of "Brezhnev-Sedokov-Granovskaya" that critics call "golden".

In 2007, Vera left the group and began her solo career as a singer and actress. Her compositions "Rose Petals" (together with Dan Balan), "Love will save the world", " Real life"occupied the top of the charts. The films "Love in the City" and "The Jungle" were also successful, where she played the main roles.

In addition to creative activity, Brezhnev is the founder of the Ray of Faith Foundation, which helps children with oncohematological diseases, and the UN Ambassador for the UNAIDS program.

Viagra in 2004:

She came to the place of Anna Sedokova. Sveta was born in Kyiv on October 18, 1982. She graduated from a music school in academic vocal, piano and conducting classes. She toured extensively from a young age. After school, she entered the pop vocal department at the Variety and Circus Academy in Kyiv.

At the same time, she performed as part of the popular Ukrainian band "Cappuccino", who performed with the hits "Feelings" and "Fairy Tale". After leaving Cappuccino, she participated in the first Ukrainian musical show Equator, where she played the role of the savage Mirana. In 2003 Svetlana Loboda founded her own creative team "Ketch". It was then that Dmitry Kostyuk noticed her.

Together with Loboda, the team shot the video "Biology" and took part in the New Year's musical "Sorochinsky Fair" on the Inter channel. After staying in the Viagra group for about six months, Svetlana decided to leave. In 2009 she represented Ukraine at Eurovision, in 2010 she founded her own brand "LOBODA", in 2012 she became a coach in the show "Voice. Children".

Line-up for 2004-2006:

She was born on April 9, 1979 in Volgograd. At the age of 17 she entered the Gnessin School. After graduating, she sang in the Korean musical production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, singing the part of Snow White.

After that she worked as a backing vocalist for Valery Meladze. Initially, it was Albina who received an offer to take the vacant position of Anna Sedokova. But at that time, the girl had just given birth to a son, so she refused. After Loboda left, she nevertheless joined the musical group.

Albina worked in the group for more than 8 years, at the same time having time to star in the film "Treason" directed by Kirill Serebrennikov and taking third place in the show "Dancing with the Stars". On January 1, 2013, Konstantin Meladze announced the collapse of VIA Gra and invited Albina to build a solo career under his wing. In 2013, she was a member of the jury (later a mentor) in the show “I Want V Viagra”. She has released several solo singles.

Group for 2006:

She was born in Donetsk on May 2, 1983. Graduated with honors from an economic university. From the age of 15, she participated in numerous beauty contests, developed a modeling career, won the title of Miss Donbass-2003.

After the second departure of Nadezhda Granovskaya, she successfully passed the casting and took her place. She participated in the filming of the video “Deceive, but stay”, but after 3 months she left the band. In 2009, she won the Ukrainian national contest "Miss Ukraine Universe". In 2014 she released a solo video for the song "Trust your heart".

Soloists 2006-2007:

Olga Koryakina (Romanovskaya)

Born in Nikolaev in 1986. At the age of 15, she won the Miss Black Sea Region 2001 contest, worked in one of the modeling agencies. In 2004 she became the owner of the title "Miss Koblevo". Participated in the casting together with Christina Kots-Gotlieb, but lost. After Christina did not fit into the trio, the producers decided to give Olga a second chance.

During her stay in the group, Olga starred in the clips “Flower and Knife”, “L.M.L.”, participated in the recording of the album “L.M.L.” in English. In March 2007, she announced her pregnancy and left the group. Olga's solo career began under her husband's surname. At the 8th month of pregnancy, Olga recorded the song "Lullaby".

She tried to cooperate with Maxim Fadeev, but they could not work together. In 2012, she received an offer to become one of six mentors in the reality show “I Want V VIA Gru”, but the girl refused.

On December 2, 2015, the singer presented her debut album Hold Me Tight. From April to October 2016, she tried herself as the host of the popular Revizorro program instead of Elena Letuchaya.

Participants for 2007-2008:
  • Bagaudinova Meseda.

She was born on October 30, 1983 in the city of Grozny. Since 2002, she has performed in the international group Dreams. On April 1, 2007, Bagaudinova came to Viagra, where she replaced Olga Koryakina. She performed in the team for a year and a half.

With her participation, a video clip "Kisses" and three more videos were shot. With the return of Nadezhda Granovskaya, she left the group. She recorded the solo composition "Smoke", but suspended her career due to marriage and the birth of her son Aspar. In 2013, she became one of the mentors at I Want to Viagra. In 2013-2014 she presented the singles “Just Freeze”, “Intersection”, “I Believe”.

Singers 2008-2010:

Was born in the village. Sholokhovsky September 3, 1985. Even in her youth, she began to take part in beauty contests. In December 2006, she won the title of "Miss Russia", gaining more than 50% of the audience's votes.

She joined the Viagra group on March 17, 2008. With the participation of Kotova, the clips “I am not afraid”, “American wife”, “My emancipation” were shot and the singles “Anti-Geisha” and “Crazy” were recorded. On April 22, 2010, she announced her resignation. Now the singer has several solo compositions ("He", "Red on Red", "Hop-Hop", "Dissolve", "I'll Say Yes", etc.), with which she performs at large venues and group concerts .

Girls 2010-2011 of the year:
  • Bushmina Eva.

Yana Shvets (Bushmina)

Born in Sverdlovsk on April 2, 1989. She studied at the same time with Nastya Kamensky at the vocal faculty at the Variety and Circus Academy. Later she was the TV presenter of the Guten Morgen program on M1, was a soloist in the Lucky group, danced in the show ballet The Best, and participated in the Ukrainian Star Factory.

In March 2010, she announced an early exit from the Factory-Superfinal project and a transition to Viagra. In the same year, according to the Life-Star portal, she entered the Top 10 open of the year. Yana, like Albina Dzhanabaeva, successfully performed as part of Viagra until its closure.

In 2011-2012:
  • Eva Bushmina;

She was born in Kyiv on May 21, 1987. From an early age she was engaged in sports dancing, at 17 she entered the Faculty of Law. In 2011, she became the absolute world champion in fitness in Thailand in the Women's Model Physique nomination. In the same year she received a law degree, but decided to connect her life with creativity.

Her first team was the Ukrainian group "Seventh Heaven", then there was participation in the third Ukrainian Star Factory. In December 2011, she took the place of the newly departed Nadezhda Granovskaya in the Viagra group, but already in early October 2012 she decided to pursue a solo career.

"Viagra" for 2013 beginning of 2018:

Anastasia was born in Yuzhnoukrainsk on March 26, 1993. As a child, she studied at a music school, sang in a choir and studied acting and choreography.

Having passed the preliminary auditions for the show “I Want to Viagra”, Nastya also successfully performed in the first round. A little later, she seemed to be paired with Misha and Erica. Initially, Albina Dzhanabaeva acted as their mentor.

But after the girls, having cut their concert dresses before the performance, almost flew out of the project, Granovskaya's hope was sluggish under their patronage. According to the results of the audience voting, the trio won. In the final, they presented a new song "Truce", which later became their calling card.

Natalya Mogilets (Misha Romanova) was born on August 3, 1990. in Kherson. At the age of 5, Natasha was very frightened and began to stutter. Doctors advised to give the girl to vocal lessons, where it turned out that when singing, the defect instantly disappears.

So Natasha began to dream of a career as a singer and participate in various competitions. In 2007, together with Nikolai Bortnik (Max Barskikh), they arrived in Kyiv and passed the exams at the Academy of Variety and Circus Art.

In the same year, Natalia began her solo career under the pseudonym Misha Romanova, and in 2013 she was cast on the show “I Want V Viagra”.

Erica Herceg was born in the village of Malaya Dobron on July 5, 1988. As a child, Erica sang in the Hungarian church choir, and later entered the Faculty of Management and Economics at the Ferenc Rakoczy II Institute.

At the age of 17, the girl weighed more than 80 kg. But in 8 months she was able to lose 30 kg, and correcting minor flaws with the help of plastic surgery, in 2012 she received a highly paid contract for advertising French underwear.

That same year, she appeared nude in the November issue of Playboy. Now he sings as part of the Viagra group.

In September 2013, Konstantin Meladze launched a new reality project “I Want to VIA Gru”, with the help of which girls could be cast in a revived group. Anastasia, Misha and Erika became the winners and presented a new composition of the pop trio.

From April 2018:

  • Olya Meganskaya

Olga Meganskaya

Date of birth of Olga Meganskaya 1992, was born in the city of Yaroslavl. FROM early childhood Olya devoted herself to music, loved this business and even graduated from a music school, which is quite natural in these circumstances.

However higher education preferred to get as a "teacher of history and of English language". But Meganskaya did not stop improving herself on this, having entered to study at the pop department of culture and art, which is located at the Leningrad College.

Olya loves our little brothers very much, so she doesn’t eat animal meat, and not at all naturally. An ardent opponent of the natural fly. Of course, he has pages on Instagram and VK. Before becoming the new soloist of the Viagra group, Olya tried to get into other musical projects, but not so successfully.

The new composition of the Viagra group since September 2018:

  • Olya Meganskaya
  • Ulyana Sinetskaya

Ulyana Sinetskaya

Ulyana Sinetskaya was born in the spring of March 29, 1995, in a very small Yugorsk, which is located in the Tyumen region, its northern part. From the age of five she attended a music school, even then the girl's parents recognized her talent for music. Then the family moved to Yekaterinburg, where Ulyana continued to devote herself to creativity.

Since 2014, the aspiring singer began her career growth. Participation in the show "Voice", getting into the project "New Star Factory", was in the team "CASH" and now she has become a member of the "Viagra" group. From the first days, work in the group began to boil - photo shoots of all the soloists, recording of new tracks that promise to be amazing according to the producer of the pop trio.

So the young age, the girl is only 23 years old, the new soloist is not a hindrance, Ulyana Sinetskaya started her work right off the bat, we are waiting for her success.

Hits of the Viagra group

Since the successful start of the project, thanks to the compositions "Attempt No. 5", "Bomb", "I'm not coming back", the group has managed to record six studio albums:

  • In 2001 - "Attempt No. 5";
  • In 2003 - "Stop! Taken" (Russian and Japanese edition);
  • In 2003 - "Biology";
  • In 2004 - “Stop! Stop! Stop!" (international edition);
  • In 2007 - "L.M.L".

In 2002, the group presented new clips “Stop! Stop! Stop!" and Good morning. In the second video, fans again saw Nadezhda Granovskaya, who had left the group before, which led to a new surge in the popularity of Viagra.

In February 2003, a video for "Don't Leave Me, Darling" was released. The composition took the top of many charts and is still considered one of the best in the history of the group. It was the time of the "golden composition" and his successful duets with Valery Meladze. Hits were released one after another: "Ocean and Three Rivers", "Attraction No More", "Kill My Girlfriend", "Diamonds".

Then the team began to storm. The "golden composition" broke up. Participants constantly replaced each other. But the compositions “Flower and Knife” recorded with Olga Koryakina, “Kisses” - with Meseda Bagaudinova, “Antigeisha”, “Crazy” - with Tatyana Kotova, “A Day Without You”, “Get Out”, “Hello, Mom!” - with Eva Bushmina, they did not allow the group to lose the status of the sexiest pop trio of the Russian stage.

The new composition of Viagra, like most of the previous ones, has been criticized more than once. Many were sure that the success of the previous participants could not be repeated. Despite this, the group confidently wins high charts, receives music awards, and their songs “Truce”, “Oxygen”, “I Got Another”, “So Strong” do not stop rotating on radio stations. Over time, the group's repertoire included 17 past hits with modified arrangements.

VIA GRA IS VARIABLE LIKE THE HEART OF BEAUTIES

For more than a decade of existence, the group has changed its composition, but has not changed its idea. And it was to create something fundamentally new.

It's certainly debatable whether the idea of ​​putting together a girl group of girls with fantastically sexy looks was such a new idea. In any case, the first appearance "VIA Gra" did not go unnoticed, the 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 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 assemble a women's group, the members of which should have a stunning sexual appearance to demonstrate outrageous performances and, as KVN people like to joke, when these conditions are met, no one will pay attention to vocal data. After the first casting, three girls were selected. We recorded the first song and even started filming the video. But the coordinated work of the team did not work out and the composition was disbanded. But the idea did not leave the producers.

After some time, “attempt number two” took place. This time the choice was on two vocalists. They became and. Alena at that time worked at the Biz-TV television company, 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 a casting, which confirmed that the girl met all the requirements. Before "VIA Gra" By the way, Granovskaya had no vocal experience.

The group got the name, which, as it turned out, means not only an allusion with a 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 how is game". According to another version, the name is the initial letters of the names of the vocalists: "VI" - from "Vinnitskaya", and "Gra" - from "Granovskaya". Another version: “Gra” is the first letters of the words “Voice, Joy, Artistry”. The latest version is most likely far-fetched. The external image of sexy vocalists is more associated with pills that improve sexual potency in men. Probably, everyone can decipher the name, as he likes best.

First steps and immediate success

Nadia 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 of the creative activity of the team. The clip made 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 a "visiting card" of the band. So, with the song "Attempt No. 5", on the second attempt, the group hit the tops of various music charts. The song was liked not only by the listeners, but was also noticed by music critics and producers. At the end of the year, only for this song, the group received several music awards: "Stopudov hit", "Golden Gramophone", "Golden Firebird", and the video was awarded the "Golden Kettle".

The debut video was 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. A successful debut was followed by months of hard work. Following "Attempt No. 5", the composition "Meet My Mom" ​​was released. The shooting 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 clip, the directors even used some fragments of the video for the song “Meet My Mom”.

Path to the heights

Tatiana, 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 fame of the team grew every day. Increasingly, they are welcome guests on various television shows, they are bombarded with offers to participate in national concerts. Two more clips delight fans - “I will not return” and “Bomb”. Each new song, album, video, appearance in a TV program or on the pages of magazines (the group is photographed by Playboy, Maxim, 7 Days) contribute 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 Sedokov is often called the “golden line-up” by fans, because in this line-up the group was more productive than ever. A video was released for the song “Do not leave me, my love!”, followed by the second album, “Stop! Taken!" 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 clip “Stop! Stop! Stop!", as well as the English-language album of the band of the same name. The first release took place in Japan, where it performed with great success in the capital. And 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 of "VIA Gra"

Svetlana, Hope, Vera (2004)

Quite unexpectedly, in May 2004, Anna Sedokova shocked not only fans, but also producers - she left the group because of her pregnancy. The 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 “did not 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 "Sorochinsky Fair". It should be noted that in this musical one of the group's hits, "Oh, the water spoke is clear," was born.

Hope, 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, as a result, it was decided to part with Loboda. Instead, they took Albina Dzhanabaeva, who had already worked for a long time with Valery Meladze as a backing vocalist. The fans called this line-up "diamond" after the release of the video for the song "Diamonds". The composition fell in love with everyone due to its lightness and jazz motive. The diamond line-up recorded a joint work with the TNMK rap team, popular in Ukraine, "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, while Granovskaya decided to try something new. This statement caused confusion among the fans of the group and took the producers, Konstantin Meladze and Dmitry Kostyuk, by surprise.

Creative crisis or another change of composition

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. 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 almost resigned themselves to the collapse of the team. Although the rumors that the “farewell” with the group was only a successful PR move, warmed the hope that the girls would still please with new songs and tours. Only now, no one knew whether it would be a completely new composition or someone from the old one would remain.

In place of Granovskaya, Christina Kotz-Gotlieb got into the group. In the new line-up, the group released a new lyric song "Deceive, but stay", in which many listeners saw a parallel with the ongoing events in the team. But the new format did not last long, relations 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 her to continue working calmly, and all the problems were behind her. It looks like the band never planned to stop. continued to delight her fans with new releases and give concerts. In May 2006, a big solo concert took place in St. Petersburg, dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the band.

Meseda and Albina (2007)

Despite the confusion in the composition, 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 sounded in all music programs, taking first place in music 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 "Channel One", with the Russian version of the song "It's raining man".

Duet, trio, duet again

Meseda, Tatiana, 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 her obligations, but also without the possibility of returning. And after Koryagina, Vera Brezhneva leaves the group. Another casting brought Meseda Bagaudinova to the group. The duet 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" saw the new soloist of the project - Tatyana Kotova.

The following year was more productive for the band than 2007. There were new songs and new successes. Already in the summer, at the Muz-TV Prize, it was named the “Best Pop Group of the Year”, and their video for the song “Kisses” won in the “Best Video” nomination. In the fall, the team shot the video “American Wife” for the soundtrack to the film “Dandies”, released the third collection of songs - “Emancipation”, participated in the creative evening of Konstantin Meladze, and, of course, in New Year's concerts.

"Old Love Doesn't Rust"

Tatyana, Nadezhda, Albina (2009)

Fans of the team are already accustomed to the fact that every year the group changes. 2009 was no exception, but the change in the composition surprised everyone - Nadezhda Granovskaya returned to the group. In this regard, Meseda Bagaudinova had to leave, there is no place for two brunettes in one team. Immediately the girls went on tour in Europe and North America with the My emancipation program, and many posters still featured Meseda Bagaudinova.

On "Russian Radio" a presentation of a new song called "Antigeisha" took place. At the end of the video filmed for this song, the soloists of the group played real anti-geisha: no chic outfits, no lush hairstyles - an image that was unexpected for the team. at the Russia Movie Awards 2009 ceremony, they were awarded for the best male role and received the award for the best soundtrack - "American Wife", and in 2009 - the group received the 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, Hope, Albina (2010)

Since September 2012, the group has again become a duet, which includes Albina Dzhanabaeva and Eva Bushmina. And again, rumors swarm that now the group is really on the verge of disintegration. Konstantin Meladze officially confirmed that Santa left the team due to "professional unsuitability." He also stated that the group will soon record a new song and shoot a new video with a new soloist. Who it will be is not yet known.

Thus, over the eleven years of its existence, the composition of the group has changed more than ten times. And everything looks like this is not the last, and not even the penultimate composition "VIA Gra". But one thing is safe to say: the band is a phenomenon in many ways. They have achieved huge 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 ideas and ideas in the creative plans, but for now we can safely say that it continues to successfully win the hearts of viewers and even listeners.

Santa, Eva, Albina (2011)

DATA

The song "Do not leave me, my love!" became one of the most significant singles in the history of the group. She stayed in the charts for almost 7 months, becoming a mega-hit in 2003.

The clip "Emancipation" is the most expensive that Alan Badoev made in his entire directorial career. Newfangled erotic video cost "VIA Gre" almost 120,000 dollars - "women's emancipation" is expensive!

Abroad, the group cannot use its name due to the threat of a lawsuit from the manufacturer of the drug of the same name, therefore it acts 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 rightly be considered the most successful. The song "Love will save the world" brought the singer unprecedented fame, and at the moment her popularity is even higher than the popularity of the group itself. Vera is followed by 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: April 13, 2019 by: Elena

The Ukrainian female pop group, which appeared in 2000, has been “registered” in the Ukrainian-Russian show business for a long time and is confidently moving towards its 20th anniversary.

The project experienced periods of prosperity, when at the peak of its popularity it gathered stadiums and concert halls of many thousands, and lulls. But every time VIA Gru tried to “write off to the archive”, the new line-up of the group rose like a Phoenix from the ashes and gave a new hit, once again proving that the last page had not been written.

Konstantin Meladze and the golden composition of the ViaGRA group

The composition of the ensemble for 17 years has changed as many times. The group from a duet turned into a trio, then expanded to a quartet and returned again to a duet and a trio. The participants changed - sexy beauties of varying degrees of talent. The names of many were remembered by music lovers, but the title "golden" was given to the composition, and.

Compound

The VIA Gra project was born in the 2000s thanks to a producer from Ukraine, Dmitry Kostyuk, the owner of the Biz-TV rating music channel. Dmitry was inspired to create the female ensemble by the British group Spice Girls and the Russian one. To promote the team, Kostyuk invited the music producer Biz-TV, who took the same position at VIA Gre.


The name of the sexy female trio was taken as a provocative and "exciting" fantasy. When pronouncing “VIA Gra”, music lovers had an allusion to a well-known medical drug, while the decoding turned out to be very harmless: VIA is a vocal and instrumental ensemble, and “gra” is “game” in Russian.

But in 2003, after the release of the debut English-language album, the producers received a warning from the producers of Viagra. The case could end litigation, so Sony Music, which recorded the album, listed the trio as Nu Virgos.


The first participant of VIA Gra was a Ukrainian performer, a TV presenter on the Kostyuk channel. The announced casting attracted Yulia Miroshnichenko and Marina Modina to the project. But shooting the first video for the song "Attempt No. 5" weeded out Miroshnichenko and Modina.

The search for bright soloists was crowned with semi-success - a second "Viagra" was found. Kostyuk and Meladze had to temporarily abandon the creation of a trio in favor of a duet.


The first composition of the group "ViaGRA"

The premiere of the debut song "Attempt No. 5" took place in early autumn 2000 on Dmitry Kostyuk's TV channel. The composition caused a sensation and instantly became a hit and a visiting card of VIA Gra. The single took the top steps of the charts and won the Golden Gramophone, One Stop Hit and Golden Firebird awards.

In December 2000, the duo's repertoire included 7 songs. The brainchild of Kostyuk and Meladze gave the first concert at the end of December of the same year at the Ice Palace in Dnepropetrovsk. Video clips appeared for the hits "Hug Me", "Bomb" and "I'm Not Coming Back".

In the summer of next year, the producers signed a contract with the famous British record company Sony Music Entertainment.

"VIA Gra" toured the CIS countries, and in September released their debut album, named, like the first hit of the group. It includes 11 songs and 2 remixes. The album was presented in October at the Luxor club in Moscow.


In early 2002, it became known that Nadezhda Granovskaya was pregnant. The producers announced the casting and replaced Nadezhda with model Tatyana Naynik. But Kostyuk and Meladze, remembering the original plan to create a trio, found another participant -.

In May, the updated composition of the group presented the video “Stop! Stop! Stop!” Directed by Semyon Gorov. The vocal parts of the hit for the first time went to a new participant - Sedokova. In July, the trio visited the "Slavianski Bazaar".

In September 2002, a video for the song "Good morning, dad!" appeared. Fans of VIA Gra were delighted with Nadezhda Granovskaya, who returned to the stage a month after the birth of her son. In the video, the trio turned into a quartet, but soon the producers, considering that there were a lot of two brunettes, said goodbye to Nainik. Tatyana did not remain in debt and took out a lot of ins and outs of the group in the media.


At the end of 2002, Vinnitskaya announced her departure from the trio, and at the casting, the producers found a replacement for her -. In November, the new line-up was already rehearsing, and in January 2003 Alena Vinnitskaya said goodbye to VIA Groy, starting a solo career.

In February, the team presented the song "Do not leave me, my love!" and a clip for it. Anna Sedokova became the soloist of the trio, Granovskaya and Brezhneva were on the sidelines. The single is called the best musical product of VIA Gra.


The hit stayed at the top of the charts for 7 months. Later, in 2009, the video clip was recognized as the best clip of the decade.

In April 2003, VIA Gra presented the fans with the 2nd album Stop! Taken!" Six months after the release, music lovers sold out half a million copies, and the album was awarded the Golden Disc. In May, the girls presented a new song "Kill my girlfriend", the video of which was in the lead on MTV Russia.

Performance of "VIA Gra" with the hit "Good morning, dad!" in the "Olympic" music critics called the most "thermonuclear" in the history of the star band.

In September 2003, the premiere of the song "VIA Gra" took place with. The hit "Ocean and Three Rivers" topped the Russian radio chart, and in October the trio went on tour in Tokyo.


In November of the same year, the "Viagryanka" in their "golden composition" recorded the album "Biology", presenting it at the capital's New Manege. For 5 months, the group gave 100 concerts in the cities of the CIS, neighboring countries, Germany and Israel. The absence of an advertising company did not prevent the album "Biology" from becoming a sales leader and receiving the "Golden Disc".

February 2004 was marked by the “golden” hit “VIA Gra” “There is no more attraction”, which became the most popular composition of the decade according to the polls of the Afisha magazine and the Russian Billboard.

In the spring of 2004, VIA Gro left Sedokov due to pregnancy, which caused shock among the admirers of the team.

The management found Anya a replacement - but soon the managers were convinced of the error. Critics and fans started talking about the decline of their favorite group. Foreign tours failed, foreign viewers went "to Sedokova", announced on posters, but saw Loboda. According to Kostyuk, the damage from the replacement cost tens of millions of rubles.


Loboda was replaced by Valeria Meladze, who previously worked as a backing vocalist. Rumors about the romance of Valery and Albina leaked to the press, and VIA Gra fans announced that the participant did not match the sexual image of the team.


The troubles of VIA Gra continued in 2005, when Brezhnev injured her spine while skiing. The duet presented the new song "Diamonds" to the public. The label, which came to an end, did not renew the band's 5-year contract with Sony Music.


At the beginning of 2006, Granovskaya refused to work at VIA Gre, the producers announced a creative crisis and the possible end of the project. But the group remained afloat, model Christina Kots-Gotlieb replaced Nadezhda, but she was replaced by a student. The new composition recorded video clips “Deceive, but stay”, “Flower and Knife” and “L. M. L.


In April 2007, Koryagina preferred family life to creativity, and took the vacant position from Grozny. In the summer, Vera Brezhneva left, in February 2008 she was replaced. In the new composition, the trio recorded the song "My emancipation".


In early 2009, Bagaudinova left, making way for Nadezhda Granovskaya, who returned to VIA Gro, now Meikher. The updated composition gave the music lovers the hits "Anti-Geisha" and "Crazy". In March, Tatyana Kotova, after giving a scandalous farewell interview, left VIA Gro. The girl was replaced by a new vocalist.


In 2010, the group was nominated for the Disappointment of the Year anti-award, and in 2011 rumors broke out about the collapse of VIA Gra, Dmitry Kostyuk left the project. In July, the trio performed on the New Wave, and Konstantin Meladze denied rumors of a breakup.


In November 2011, Nadezhda Meikher left the group and gave birth to her second child. She took her place for a couple of months. The music market reacted to the mess with the vocalists with the second nomination "Disappointment of the Year", and in November 2012 "VIA Gra" received an anti-award. The flickering of the names and surnames of the new "viagryanok" tired fans and critics. At the end of 2012, Meladze announced the closure of the project from January 1, 2013.

"I want V VIA Gru"

In September 2013, the reality show “I Want V VIA Gru” started on four CIS TV channels, in which girls from the post-Soviet countries participated. The mentors of the applicants were 6 ex-participants of VIA Gra, the host of the show was Vera Brezhneva, and the director of the project was.


The new composition of the group "ViaGRA" - Erica Herceg, Anastasia Kozhevnikova, Misha Romanova

Castings were held in four countries. At the end of October 2013, the final of the show took place, and the three winners were determined by SMS voting from the audience. The new "Viagryanka" became, and. At the end of the project, the trio presented a new song "Truce".

The group has been criticized more than once, skeptics assured that the success of the "golden composition" could not be repeated. But the updated "VIA Gra" wins the leading positions in the charts and charts, and the songs "Oxygen", "I got another" and "It was great" do not leave the rotation of the radio stations of the CIS countries. The trio's repertoire includes 17 "old" hits by VIA Gra, in which the arrangement has been changed.

Music

"VIA Gra" was originally conceived by the producers as a group that exploits sexuality and eroticism. Costumes, images of vocalists, provocative choreography and clips, erotic photo shoots were criticized, but they corresponded to the plan.

Not all countries welcomed the provocative and outrageous style of VIA Gra. In Belarus, the video for the song "Biology" was banned, considering it too sexual. In Taiwan and Indonesia, the video “Stop! Stop! Stop!”, and at concerts in Indonesia, the girls were forced to wear closed trouser suits. In Israel, seeing the exciting "VIA Gru" on the central TV channel, Orthodox Jews rebelled.

The band's hits are written in the direction of pop music and meet the requirements of mass culture. This genre of music corresponds to the simplicity of the instrumental part, rhythm and emphasis on vocals.

VIA Gra became the first group in the post-Soviet space to openly exploit sexuality. The experience of the project gave birth to the concept of "gold composition", proving that there are irreplaceable ones. After the departure of Anna Sedokova, the unspoken leader of VIA Gra, the popularity of the trio began to decline. Critics and music lovers call the group's last "golden" hit the single "Diamonds".

"VIA Gra" now

At the beginning of the summer of 2016, it became known that a solo concert of the trio in Moscow was scheduled for February 2017. In November, the girls presented the song “Who are you to me?”, In December, a video appeared.


Group "ViaGRA" - composition of 2017

In January 2017, the solo concert of VIA Gra in the capital was canceled. In October 2017, Love Radio released the single "My Heart is Busy" by Konstantin Meladze. The text of the composition was written by Meladze and Misha Romanova. The video clip appeared in November.

Discography

  • 2001 - Attempt No. 5
  • 2003 - Stop! Taken!
  • 2003 - Stop! Stop! Stop!
  • 2003 - Biology
  • 2007 - L.M.L.

Clips

  • 2000 - Attempt No. 5
  • 2002 - Stop! Stop! Stop!
  • 2002 - Good morning, dad!
  • 2002 - Do not leave me, my love!
  • 2002 - Kill my girlfriend
  • 2003 - Ocean and three rivers
  • 2004 - Biology
  • 2004 - Attraction is no more
  • 2005 - Diamonds
  • 2006 - L.M.L.
  • 2006 - Flower and knife
  • 2007 - Kisses
  • 2008 - My emancipation
  • 2009 - Anti-geisha
  • 2009 - Crazy
  • 2010 - Get out!
  • 2012 - Hello, Mom!
  • 2013 - Truce
  • 2014 - Oxygen
  • 2015 - So strong
  • 2016 - Who are you to me?