Serebro
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Serebro (Russian: Серебро, Silver) are a Russian trio, who finished third in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki with the song "Song #1". The band was formed in 2006 by Maxim Fadeev, a prominent Russian music producer, and consists of Elena Temnikova, Olga Seryabkina and Anastasia Karpova, who replaced the former member Marina Lizorkina.[1] Serebro is currently one of the most popular Russian bands; they released their debut album Opiumroz on 25 April 2009.[2]
Members before Serebro
Elena Vladimirovna Temnikova (born 18 April 1985 in Kurgan, Russia) came to media prominence as a contestant on Channel One talents show Star Factory in 2003.[3] She was spotted by Maxim Fadeev, the main producer of Star Factory, and signed with a contract with Fadeev's recording company Monolit Records.[4] Although Temnikova released two disco singles, "Begi" and "Taina", she did not continue her solo career, but joined Serebro.[4]
Olga Yurievna Seryabkina (born 12 April 1985 in Moscow, Russia) began to study ballet at the age of seven.[3] The same year she got the rank of the candidate to the master of sports; she later took part in many international dancing competitions.[3] Seryabkina graduated at the Art School, the Department for Estrada and Pop Singing, and in 2006 got the higher education diploma on specialization "Translation and Entrepreneurship".[3] She was brought at the audition for Serebro by her friend Temnikova.[4]
Marina Sergeevna Lizorkina (born 9 June 1983 in Moscow, Russia) entered the Contemporary Art University in Moscow at the age of sixteen.[5] She used to sing in a choir, before she became the lead singer of the group "Formula". In 2004, they released a few singles for the series Obrechonnaya Stat Zvezdoy.[6] Lizorkina was the last to join Serebro, after she saw an Internet announcement.[3]
Anastasia Karpova (born 2 November 1984 in Balakovo, Russia) was very interested in music since her early age, but dedicated herself to ballet.[3] She was also attending singing classes and decided to pursue her singing career.[3]
History
Eurovision Song Contest 2007
In late March 2007, the jury commission of Russian national TV channel — Channel One were choosing Russia's representatives for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. To everyone's surprise, the commission choose a fully unknown band named Serebro, which managed to overcome some famous native artists. In the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, Dima Bilan with his song "Never Let You Go" reached the second place which automatically allowed Serebro to perform in the 2007 final.
On the 12th of May, Serebro performed as number 15 in the final. They got 12 points from Armenia, Belarus, and Estonia and 10 points from Ukraine. The winner, Serbia, gave them 7 points. Serebro received third place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, with a total of 207 points. Serebro later said: "We are happy because of our third place. But, the most important thing is that we weren't there because of ourselves, it was for our fans, Russia and Russian people". The performance in Helsinki became their first official release and first concert for an audience.
2007—present: Opiumroz
After the success at Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Serebro rapidly became one of the most popular bands in Russia. Since Summer 2007, the group has visited various concerts and events in Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Poland, Uzbekistan, and Belarus. All band singles, without their real titles, are named Song#1, #2, #3, etc. As the group and their management have stated, so it will be easier to recall their songs.
Soon after the Eurovision contest, Serebro released "Song #1" as a single CD, which contained 13 different versions of "Song #1" marked by colours, as well as an extended version of the video. The girls then released a Russian version of "Song #1", called "Песня #1". It was Serebro's first Russian single. This song has two versions, original and censored. In July 2007, the group released their second song, "Дыши", which is also titled "Song #2". It became as popular as "Song#1" and climbed up to the top of the chart. Later in October, a video for "Дыши" was released.
At the RMA awards in early October 2007, Serebro performed a new song titled "What's Your Problem?", which is still unconfirmed as an official single and the song number of it is still unknown. Serebro was nominated in four categories at the MTV RMA 2007 awards: Best Pop-project, Best Debut, Best Song and Best Video. The voting results on the Internet allowed them to win the award for Best Debut. In December 2007, Serebro won another award at the Golden Gramophone Awards, a big music award ceremony organized by the biggest radio broadcaster in Russia, CIS. Serebro also won a World Music Award in 2007 for the best selling Russian artist. Unlike previous eastern European winners of a World Music Award (e.g. Ruslana from Ukraine in 2004 and Dima Bilan for Russia in 2006), Serebro did not perform at the event.
In late February, Serebro performed "Журавли" on Звэзда, a popular television programme in Russia, featuring artists singing patriotic songs. Originally written as a poem by Rasul Gamzatov "Журавли" is one of the most famous Russian songs coming out of World War II. On May 13, 2008 Serebro announced on their official website that they will be releasing their third official single, called "Опиум". The site says that the song will premiere on a Russian morning radio show BrigadaU on Europa Plus radio and that until March 17 Europa Plus will hold exclusive rights to play the song. The girls also announced they will release the English version of "Опиум". In English the song is called "Why".
In 2008 the group continued their work on their first album, Opiumroz [7], which had a projected release date of October 17.[8] Unfortunately, there was a delay in the release of their debut album as there were some problems in the track list[9] In November, the girls released the new song, "Скажи, не Mолчи" ("Say, Don't be silent").[8] In November 2008, Serebro was awarded by MTV RMA Awards for the Best Group.[10]
After a release delay of their debut album, Opiumroz, it was finally released on 25 April 2009, and was presented at the band's concert in Bolshoi Theatre.[2] Serebro was supported by other musicians, including by Russian entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 Yulia Savicheva[2]; Opiumroz was prepared for two years.[2]
On 18 June 2009 it was announced that Marina Lizorkina had left the band, due to both financial and personal reasons.[1] Lizorkina was replaced by Anastasia Karpova.[1] On 24 June 2009 Serebro announced they had finished work on their new music video for their fifth single "Like Mary Warner" which will be released in English and Russian ("Сладко" ; English: Sweet). This single is not featured on the band's debut album and will be the first song to feature the work of new Serebro member Anastasia Karpova.[11] Serebro announced on 24 July 2009 they would take part in New Wave Festival in Yurmala, Latvia, with their song "Скажи, не молчи" and a cover of "Get the Party Started" by Pink.[12]
Awards and nominations
- 2007: MTV RMA Awards for the Best Debut (WON)
- 2007: MTV RMA Awards for the Best Pop Project (Nominated)
- 2007: MTV RMA Awards for the Best Song (Nominated)
- 2007: Golden Grammophone Awards (WON)
- 2007: World Music Award for the Best-selling Russian Artist (WON)
- 2007: Muz-TV Awards for the New Act (Nominated)
- 2008: MTV RMA Awards for the Best Group (WON)
- 2008: MTV RMA Awards for the Best Video (Nominated)
- 2009: Muz-TV Awards for the Best Video (Nominated)
- 2009: Muz-TV Awards for the Best Pop-Group (Nominated)
- 2009: [Thee God of Ether] for the Radio Hit Group (WON)
Discography
- 2009 — Opiumroz
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUS | UKR | LTU | UK | SWE | CHE | DNK | EU | ||
| 2007 | "Song #1" | 1 | — | 36 | 99 | 35 | 68 | 72 | 247 |
| "Дыши" | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | "Опиум" | 1 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Скажи, не молчи" | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2009 | "Сладко" | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tour dates and appearances
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2007 | Tuapse | Russia | Nebug — Ice Arena |
| 9 June 2007 | Minsk | Belarus | Palace of Republic |
| 10 June 2007 | Sankt-Petersburg | Russia | The Government Reception |
| 23 June 2007 | Sankt-Petersburg | Russia | The Palace Area |
| 24 June 2007 | Moscow | Russia | Luzhniki Stadium |
| 25 June 2007 | Krasnodar | Russia | Musical Theatre |
| 6 July 2007 | Astana | Kazakhstan | The Mayoralty Building Area |
| 14 July 2007 | Sayanogorsk | Khakassia | Builder Stadium |
| 24 July 2007 | Kemer | Turkey | Opened Stage |
| 4 August 2007 | Samara | Russia | Opened Stage |
| 23 August 2007 | Kiev | Ukraine | Palace Ukraine |
| 21 November 2007 | Almaty | Kazakhstan | Zolotoy Grammofon |
| 30 November 2007 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | Gallery of National Arts |
| 1 December 2007 | Moscow | Russia | Zolotoy Grammofon |
| 2 December 2007 | Sankt-Petersburg | Russia | Zolotoy Grammofon |
| 10 December 2007 | Kurgan | Russia | Regional Concert Hall |
| 11 May 2008 | Moscow | Russia | CSKA Arena |
| 15 May 2008 | Tel Aviv | Israel | Yarkon Park |
| 29 May 2008 | Lodz | Poland | Toya Studio |
| 6 June 2008 | Moscow | Russia | Olympisky Stadium |
| 28 June 2008 | Moscow | Russia | Akvatoriya Strogino |
| 29 June 2008 | Moscow | Russia | Luzhniki Stadium |
| 23 July 2008 | Jurmala | Latvia | New Wave Festival |
| 8 August 2008 | Magnitogorsk | Russia | City Central Square |
| 30 August 2008 | Stupino | Russia | Central Court |
| 27 September 2008 | Almaty | Kazakhstan | Central Court |
| 23 November 2008 | Sankt-Petersburg | Russia | Zolotoy Grammofone, Ice Palace |
| 29 November 2008 | Moscow | Russia | Zolotoy Grammofone, the Kremlin |
| 7 December 2008 | Moscow | Russia | Olympisky Stadium |
| 18 December 2008 | Moscow | Russia | Russian MTV Awards |
| 31 January 2009 | Minsk | Belarus | NEXT Club |
| 14 February 2009 | Moscow | Russia | Olympisky Stadium |
| 15 February 2009 | Saint-Petersburg | Russia | Ice Palace |
| 22 February 2009 | Yaroslavl | Russia | Myod Club |
| 11 April 2009 | Moscow | Russia | Pay Club |
| 15 April 2009 | Moscow | Russia | Luzhniki Stadium |
| 25 April 2009 | Moscow | Russia | Opened Stage |
| 20 June 2009 | Saint-Petersburg | Russia | The Chateaus Court |
| 23 June 2009 | Moscow | Russia | B1 Maximmum |
| 23 June 2009 | Moscow | Russia | International Trade Centre |
| 23 June 2009 | Moscow | Russia | The Forum |
| 25 June 2009 | Saint-Petersburg | Russia | Aether Awards, Ice Palace |
| 26 June 2009 | Yekaterinburg | Russia | Hill Club |
| 1 July 2009 | Krasnodar | Russia | Aquapark |
| 28 July 2009 | Jurmala | Latvia | New Wave Festival |
| 29 July 2009 | Jurmala | Latvia | New Wave Festival |
See also
References
- ^ a b c Марина Лизоркина уходит из группы Серебро
- ^ a b c d Презентация дебютного альбома группы SEREBRO “ОПИУМROZ”
- ^ a b c d e f g О группе Серебро
- ^ a b c Elena's Temnikova's Site
- ^ Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
- ^ Girl-Band Serebro represents Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007
- ^ Собираются ли девчонки из «Серебра» замуж?
- ^ a b Unofficial Serebro Site of Max Fadeev
- ^ Serebro.su - News (2008.10.07)
- ^ Serebro Official Website
- ^ Шокирующее видео группы «SEREBRO»
- ^ Группа SEREBRO выступит на конкурсе Новая волна-2009
External links
- Official Serebro Website
- Fan Forum Serebro
- Unofficial site of Max Fadeev
- Website of Elena Temnikova
- Serebro Website in Spain
- Serebro Girls Site
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