Валерий Меладзе

Valeriy
Meladze is a Russian singer and producer, one of the most influential
artists, and recipient of all the prestigious Russian music awards. He
was born in the Georgian town of Batumi in 1965. From
1989 to 1993, Valeriy Meladze and his brother Konstantin were part of the
Диалог (Dialog)
rock band, but at the same time, Meladze has started to perform solo. In
1995, Meladze released his first album Сэра (Sera)
whose success was immediate and resounding. All
the 16 songs were written, composed, and arranged by Valeriy’s
brother Konstantin who was and still is his main songwriter. The
tracks «Лимбо»
("Limbo"),
«Сэра»
("Sera"),
«Ночь накануне
Рождества» ("Christmas
Eve"), and «Не
тревожь мне душу, скрипка»
("Violin, Don’t Disturb My
Soul") became big hits across the
ex-USSR. After the release of his second album Последний
романтик (The
Last Romantic) in 1996, Meladze toured
dozen of cities and gave a double solo concert at the Olympiysky
stadium in Moscow. Meladze
changed his public image after his third album Самба
белого мотылька (Samba
of the White Moth) (1998), his songs became more passionate and
tense, his stage wardrobe consisted of formal suits only. Great
success was brought to Valeriy Meladze by collaboration with the
Russian-Ukrainian trio ВИА
Гра (VIA
Gra), a band produced by his brother.
The songs «Океан и
три реки» ("Ocean
and Three Rivers") (2003)
and «Притяженья
больше нет» ("No
More Gravity") (2004)
topped all kinds of charts. Between
1999 and 2015, Meladze recorded four other studio albums,
each
containing unquestionable hits, like «Красиво»
("Beautiful")
and
«Текила-любовь»
("Tequila-Love")
from
the album Все
так и было (It
Was Just That Way)
or
«Се ля ви» ("C’est La Vie"/"That's Life")
from the Нега (Bliss) album.