So, the top ten performers of chanson were:
1. Stas Mikhailov;
2. Gregory Leps;
3. Irina Krug;
4. Sergey Trofimov;
5. Love of the Assumption;
6. Denis Maidanov;
7. Elena Vaenga;
8. Ivan Kuchin;
9. Alexander Rosenbaum;
10. Mikhail Shufutinsky.
Here it is, a dozen performers of the most romantic music of Russia. Let us now become more familiar with the work of these chanson performers.
We will begin our acquaintance from the "top ten ..." from the Russian pop singer, songwriter and performer of his songs, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Stas Mikhailov . Stas is a laureate of several awards: "Chanson of the Year", which he received in the nomination "singer of the year" from the radio "Chanson" (2009, for the song "Between Heaven and Earth"), "Golden Gramophone" from "Russian Radio" (2009 , 2010, for the songs "Between Heaven and Earth" and "Let It Go", which he sang in duet with the People's Artist of Ukraine Taisiya Povaliy) and the prize of the festival "Song of the Year" (2009, the best duet of the year). The artist's first album was released in 1997 under the name "Candle". This album also became the singer's calling card.
The Russian singer and author of Georgian origin Grigory Leps is also popular among performers of this genre. The first album of Leps, titled "Keep You God", was released in 1995. This album included his once popular song "Natalie", which was filmed in the same year. And in 1998 the singer was invited by Alla Pugacheva to shoot "Christmas Meetings", where he performed with the song "All the same I'll see." Leps differs from other singers not only with his "growling" voice, but also with the fact that he performs a pop song with elements of rock.
The performer of the Russian chanson, the widow of the famous author and songwriter Mikhail Krug, Irina Krug, takes the third place in the list. Her work began after the death of her husband. She recorded a number of songs dedicated to the memory of her husband. In 2004 her first album "The First Fall of Parting" was released. This album includes songs that she sang with a duet with a close friend of her husband Leonid Teleshev. In 2005, the singer became a laureate of the "Chanson of the Year" award in the category "Opening of the Year". And in 2006 an album was released to the poems and music of Mikhail Krug "To You, my Last Love".
Honored Artist of Russia Sergey Trofimov is the author and performer of songs, musician and poet. The first album of the singer was a collection of his songs titled "The Aristocracy of the Cesspool 1" (1995). This collection has four more sequels, which came out in the following years of his creative career. In 2004, Sergei was awarded a special award from the radio "Chanson" in the nomination "The best chanson lyrics".
And closes the first five performer of the urban romance Love Uspenskaya . The singer is popular not only at home, but also in the US. In her discography there is a huge number of English-language albums. In Russia, Ouspensky began talking after the release of her video for the song "Cabriolet" (1993).
The Russian composer, poet, actor, music producer, author and performer of his own songs, Denis Maidanov, gained tremendous popularity after the release of his first album titled "I will know that you love me ... Eternal Love" (2009). In addition to the singer's career, Maidanov writes songs for popular Russian artists and films.
The singer, songwriter and composer, actress Elena Vaenga wrote her first song "Pigeons" at 9 years old. With this song, Elena received her first prize at the All-Union Contest of Young Composers. In 2009 and 2010, the singer became a laureate of the Golden Gramophone Award (for the songs "I smoke" and "Airport").
The poet, composer, author-performer in the genre of the author's song Ivan Kuchin began his career with the 1987 release of the album entitled "Return home." In 1997, his album "The Thieves Destiny" became the leader of sales in the Russian market. And already in 2001 the world saw an album of the performer titled "Tsar Batiushka", in which Kuchin showed himself to be a real patriot of Russia.
The Russian author and songwriter, singer, composer, poet, actor and writer Alexander Rosenbaum was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia (1996) and People's Artist of Russia (2001). In addition to the artist's career, Alexander published a significant number of books. Among them: "I love to return to my city", "Alexander Rosenbaum. Lyrics, notes, chords "(three parts)," Birthday present "and others. He starred in several films: "Afghan Break", "Escape to the World's End" (2001), "Not by One Bread" (2005). All his songs Rosenbaum writes exclusively for the seven-string guitar. The song "Waltz-Boston" (the beginning of the 90's) brought a huge glory to the singer. This song is popular and to date.
Singer Mikhail Shufutinsky is the last representative of a dozen Russian chanson performers. By the way, in 1998 Michael wrote his autobiographical book titled "And here I stand at the devil ...". In the repertoire of the singer there are many songs of famous Russian composers: Vyacheslav Dobrynin, Oleg Mityaev, Igor Krutoy, Oleg Gazmanov and others. Shefutinsky is an annual participant in the national "Chanson of the Year" award.