SMS (band)
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SMS is another Ukrainian female pop-music band that added some competition to already existing Nu Virgos
. It was formed in 2004 by Oleksandr Yaremenko who had intention to make a quartet similar to Virgos, however during his search for the necessary talents he decided to make a trio-group. The group performs in both the Ukrainian
as well as the Russian language
s. The trio performs in the musical theme of the 80s.
, but also the Russian Federation with their clip Lyuby, kokhai mene (Love me, honey) which particularly spiced things up by being performed in the Ukrainian language
.
In 2007 Merkulova was replaced by the 18 year old Aleksandra Marchenko with whom the band filmed two video clips ("Uroky erotiki" and "Posledniy Raz"). In 2008 there were some intentions to recruit a former Playboy playmate Irina Olkhovskaya. In 2009 Marchenko and Golubkina has left the group and the band was in search for the new talents for some time. The new band was composed out of a brunette and the loyal performer of the group Marina to whom were added red-hair Veronika and blondie Anastasia.
Since its creation the group has recorded four albums and filmed nine video clips which were one of the best in the country for quite sometime. SMS also received numerous national music awards.
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Nu Virgos
Nu Virgos is the name used to promote the group VIA Gra outside of Russia, Ukraine and other nearby countries. The name VIA Gra is both a reference to the drug Viagra and a play on words, since the first three letters stand for "vocal-instrumental ensemble" in Ukrainian, and "gra" means "game" in...
. It was formed in 2004 by Oleksandr Yaremenko who had intention to make a quartet similar to Virgos, however during his search for the necessary talents he decided to make a trio-group. The group performs in both the Ukrainian
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
as well as the Russian language
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
s. The trio performs in the musical theme of the 80s.
Overview
The group was created in 2004 and initially consisted of Marina Modina, Tatiana Golubkina, and Lana Merkulova who simply stunned the audience not only within UkraineUkraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, but also the Russian Federation with their clip Lyuby, kokhai mene (Love me, honey) which particularly spiced things up by being performed in the Ukrainian language
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
.
In 2007 Merkulova was replaced by the 18 year old Aleksandra Marchenko with whom the band filmed two video clips ("Uroky erotiki" and "Posledniy Raz"). In 2008 there were some intentions to recruit a former Playboy playmate Irina Olkhovskaya. In 2009 Marchenko and Golubkina has left the group and the band was in search for the new talents for some time. The new band was composed out of a brunette and the loyal performer of the group Marina to whom were added red-hair Veronika and blondie Anastasia.
Since its creation the group has recorded four albums and filmed nine video clips which were one of the best in the country for quite sometime. SMS also received numerous national music awards.
Name
According to the group creator Yaremnchenko the name for the group came to him in his sleep. It supposedly stands for sporty, musical, and sexy. Besides every song in words of Yaremchenko "it is my life experience, worries, feelings that are put into the 4-minute track, hence such music is its own type of "short message" (see SMSSMS
SMS is a form of text messaging communication on phones and mobile phones. The terms SMS or sms may also refer to:- Computer hardware :...
).
Supporting staff
- Semen Gorov (video director), currently the group director
- Bunny (choreograph), director of the ballet "A-6"
- Angela Lisitsa (costume designer)
Current members
- Marina Modina (RivneRivneRivne or Rovno is a historic city in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Rivne Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Rivne Raion within the oblast...
) — voacal - Anastasia Gavrelyuk (KievKievKiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
) — voacal - Veronika Tishkina (OdessaOdessaOdessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
) — voacal
Former members
- Tatiana Golubkina — voacal
- Lana Merkulova — voacal
- Aleksandra Marchenko — voacal
Albums
- 2004 - "SMS format"
- 2006 - "Telo" (Body)
- ???? - "HIT's of the 80's"
- 2010 - "Chitai po gubakh" (Read my lips)
Awards
- Golden Gramophone (by Russkoe Radio)
- Pesnya goda of the Song of the Year festivalSong of the Year (festival)The Song of the Year song contest is a TV song festival in the former USSR, then Russia. First held in 1971. Since the first years of its existence the festival was given importance of the main musical event of the year , which the festival retained until now, as evidenced by television...
- Nasha pisnya
- Golden feather
- others