Stopudoviy Hit is a Russian musical award, established by the Russian radio station Hit FM

Hit FM (Russia)

Hit FM is a private radio station chain in Russia founded on 30 May 1997. It is owned by "Russkaia Mediagrouppa" holding ....

. Stopudoviy Hit awardd to individual artists or groups was established in 1998, to reward local and international artists for their contributions in development of popular music, chosen by polling of radio listeners in a number of countries where the radio operates including Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, Moldova

Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

, Ukraine

Ukraine

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...

, Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

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, Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...

 and the Baltic states

Baltic states

The term Baltic states refers to the Baltic territories which gained independence from the Russian Empire in the wake of World War I: primarily the contiguous trio of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania ; Finland also fell within the scope of the term after initially gaining independence in the 1920s.The...

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Among the winners of the award: Jasmine

Jasmin (singer)

Jasmin Jasmin Jasmin (real name: Sara Lvovna Shor (née Manakhimova) - Russian singer, actress, model. Honored Artist of the Republic of Dagestan.- Early life :...

, Sofia Rotaru

Sofia Rotaru

Sofia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru known as Sofia Rotaru is a Soviet and Ukrainian pop singer of Romanian/Moldavian heritage....

, DJ Piligrim, Alla Pugacheva

Alla Pugacheva

Alla Borisovna Pugacheva or Pugachova , born 15 April 1949), is а Soviet and Russian musical performer. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day...

, Dmitry Malikov

Dmitry Malikov

Dmitry Yurievich Malikov is a Russian composer, singer and recently a record producer. He was also an actor in one movie.-Early life:...

, group Neschastny Sluchai

Neschastny Sluchai

Neschastny Sluchai is a Russian alternative rock band that was formed in 1983 by students of Moscow State University Valdis Pelsh and Alexei Kortnev. The name translates into English as " accident", although the band is often called simply The Accident. Despite being popular in Russia, the band...

, Valery Leontiev

Valery Leontiev

Valery Yakovlevich Leontiev is a Soviet and Russian pop singer whose popularity peaked in the early 1980s. He was titled a People's Artist of Russia in 1996...

, Irina Allegrova

Irina Allegrova

Irina Aleksandrovna Allegrova is a Russian singer of Russian and Armenian descent.-Biography:Irina Allegrova was born in Rostov-on-Don in 1952. Her Armenian father Alexander Sarkisov took the last name Allegrov as a pseudonym when he was just 17 and Irina was born under the name Allegrova. Her...

, Blestyashchiye, Fabrika

Fabrika

Fabrika is a Russian pop girl group from Moscow.The group was formed from four girls who took part in the first season of the Russian talent show Star Factory in 2002 named Sati Kazanova, Irina Toneva, Alexandra Savelieva, and Maria Alalykina. Igor Matvienko, the project's director, became...

, Nu Virgos

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...

 (aka VIA Gra) and Hi-Fi

Hi-Fi (group)

Hi-Fi was a Russian pop and dance group established in 1998 founded by composer Pavel Esenin and songwriter and producer Chanturia. The main member of the band is Thimote Pronkin. Another long-term member and lead singer was Mitya Fomin before he left for a solo career...

 and international artists Tarkan

Tarkan

Tarkan Tevetoğlu , simply known as Tarkan, is a World Music award winning Turkish pop singer. He was born in Alzey, West Germany, and raised in Turkey. Tarkan has been known for the use of sexual and romantic themes in his work and has been nicknamed the "Prince of Pop" by the media...

, Alizée

Alizée

Alizée Jacotey is a French singer, known professionally by her given name Alizée She was discovered by Mylène Farmer, following her winning performance in the talent show, Graines de Star, in 1999...

 and groups Ace of Base

Ace of Base

Ace of Base is a pop band based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Its original lineup consisted of Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg, and three siblings, Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Malin "Linn" Berggren and Jenny Berggren...

, Roxette

Roxette

Roxette are a Swedish pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle . Formed in 1986, the duo became an international act from the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough album Look Sharp!...

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