Finally I found some time for a little review of the year 2010 of Russian music. Not a very attractive year, but there were still some highlights, which are worth a listen, so - here it is, the best of 2010:
Top 10 radio airplays of 2010:
1. Vera Brezhneva -
Lyubov' spasyot mir
2. 5ivesta Family -
Zachem
3. Nyusha -
Vybirat' chudo
4. Yuliya Savicheva -
Moskva - Vladivostok
5. Valeriya -
Kapel'koyu
6. 23:45 -
Drug bez druga
7. Gradusy -
Rezhissyor
8. Mitya Fomin -
Vsyo budet horosho
9. Infinity -
Zamechtalas'
10. Stas Mihailov & Taisiya Povalij -
Otpusti
The other Number 1 hits of last year:
Vintazh -
Victoria
Nyusha -
Perebivaj
Dima Bilan -
Ya prosto lyublyu tebya
...and some of the most requested songs:
Slava -
Odinochestvo - suka
VIA Gra -
Poshyol von!
Gradusy -
Kto ty
Aleksandr Rybak -
Ya ne veryu v chudesa
Dan Balan & Vera Brezhneva -
Lepestkami slyoz
Yuliya Savicheva -
Skazhi mne, chto takoe lyubov' - no videoclip yet
Serebro -
Davaj, derzhat'sya za ruki - no videoclip yet
...and finally some other songs worth mentioning (my very personal view, of course):
In'-Yan -
Pofig - arguing in a bit different way...great video idea for a top song
Dmitrij Koldun -
V komnate pustoj - Lonely Dima, one of the best tearjerkers of 2010
Elena Esenina -
Odissej i Penelopa - Atmospheric song and video with a slightly gothic touch
Nestrelki -
Vova, vernis'! - Two ladies of the long past girl group 'Strelki' try it again together, with the best girlsgroup song of 2010 and a video with shameless quotes of a very famous movie - classy!
Plazma -
Mystery - Eurodance with a retro touch and en vogue blood and teeth themed video
Roma Kenga -
Vysoko - Techno from a really talented young artists
Kit-I -
Moyo serdtse - Emo-rock from Maks Fadeev's protégés, for the helplessly romantic
Vel'vet -
Prodavets kukol - The puppet-seller is waiting - creepy!
Bi-2 -
Vechnaya prizrachnaya vstrechnaya - Don't understand a word of this babbling, but I looove it - cultivated rock from one of my favourite groups
Korol' i shut -
Fokusnik - Wild West sounds and a strange magician's show from the somewhat 'peculiar' punks
The SLoT -
Lego - The leading indie band: A game with bricks and lovers - solve the puzzle or die! Ok, die anyway...weird!