Russian pop!

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Now that Sky.fm has a Russian pop station, I've been opened to a bit more Russian pop than before. I've made threads before and as far as I know, nobody on here is a fan of Russian pop, but I figure I'll try again.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soTD-bGWixM[/youtube]
That song is currently my "repeat 10x in a row" song.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osMlEkg7FYs[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMleqR4udac[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2GY_Q5GetU[/youtube]

I listen to t.A.T.u. still, and Serebro as well, but I don't know anything more current than them.

I have enjoyed Eastern European pop of the past few years, so I'm open to someone sharing recommendations.

The classics are quite good.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD_vVWj_RdY[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beworkkQxcE[/youtube]

I'll assume the modern Russian stuff is to the 80s what modern RnB is to anglophone classics of past decades, so I don't grieve much about not exploring the current artists.

Wow, I love the second video. So pretty, her and everything in the video. Nice song, too.

For classic Russian pop, honestly the only person I really know that's classic (well that Ruki Vverh song is from 1998) is Angelika Varum. I've downloaded like 5 Angelika Varum albums.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLx6n2fkw58[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBo5DxhJ12w[/youtube]
That song is pretty famous. That song was actually like my "intro" to Russian pop. This Russian guy at my rink played it and I asked him for the song title after. Bunch of Russians at my rink, and they occasionally play Russian music.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGvbBj2NNng[/youtube]
This song seems a bit more in the classic style.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9p4B6s0j4U[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mGBaXPlri8[/youtube]

Awesome!
I hardly know anything about Russian music but the ones I'm into are t.A.T.u., T.E.M.A., and I like a little bit of Barbariki (it's funny)
Ruki Vverkh is pretty good too.

I find it odd how Russian songs can have videos with quite a lot of exposed skin, but then the songs themselves are actually relatively tame sorta "normal" love songs lyricwise. This especially applies to the Serebro song. I dunno, maybe I'm just being grass is greener on the other side, but even with Russian almost-nudity going on in the videos, they sorta feel a bit less 7th grade teenagerlike compared to, say, Rihanna's "S&M." Also those Russian girls are easier on the eyes compared to basically any American pop star.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0oQSLdKhls[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxsXS-s5bYw[/youtube]

Probably a bit NSFW/pornylike, those videos.

Also old Ruki Vverh song.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi9c_xmznvo[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSPXLpPaa6M[/youtube]

My favourite Russian pop singer is Peter Nalitch, who went on to represent Russia at Eurovision in 2010.

I love listening to him

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvE-CTZq8D8[/youtube]