Interprète: t.A.T.u.
Titre: All The Things She Said
Année: 2003
Palmarès: #3
t.A.T.u. (russe : Тату ; contraction de Ta Lyubit Tu, signifiant littéralement « celle-ci qui aime celle-là ») est un groupe de musique pop russe formé en 1999 et produit par Ivan Shapovalov, leur ancien manager.
Les deux Moscovites commercialisent leur premier single intitulé All the Things She Said et acquièrent une grande notoriété en se hissant à la première place dans plusieurs pays européens. Leur premier album, 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane, est l'album le plus vendu dans la carrière du groupe. t.A.T.u. est d'ailleurs devenu le premier groupe à avoir obtenu le prix IFPI Platinum Europe pour le même album dans deux langues différentes.
En 2003, le groupe représente la Russie au concours de l'Eurovision à Riga, en Lettonie, avec la chanson Ne Ver', Ne Boysia, et se classe troisième sur vingt-six. Le groupe n'obtient que deux points de moins que la gagnante turque Sertab Erener, et seulement un point de moins que le groupe Urban Trad représentant la Belgique, classé 2e.
À la mi-2005, le groupe sort le single All About Us, également un succès. En octobre 2005, le groupe sort son deuxième album en anglais, Dangerous and Moving, et leur deuxième en russe Lyudi Invalidy. Puis, en 2006, le groupe sort son premier best-of officiel intitulé The Best of t.A.T.u., puis les deux chanteuses annoncent qu'elles viennent de quitter leur maison de disques Universal Music.
Le groupe commercialise son troisième album russe Vesyolye Ulybki en 2008 et Waste Management en décembre 2009 sous format téléchargement numérique. En mars 2011,
le groupe annonce, sur son site Internet officiel, sa séparation afin
que Yulia et Lena puissent poursuivre leurs carrières respectives en
solo. En récompense pour ses dix ans de carrière, le groupe a alors reçu
un prix Légende MTV.
t.A.T.u. (Russian: Тату, pronounced [tɐˈtu] (
listen)) was a Russian music duo that consisted of Julia Volkova and Lena Katina. The duo was managed by Russian television producer Ivan Shapovalov while in the group Neposedi. The duo were signed to their own production company T.A. Music, following the split with Universal Music Russia, and their sub-labels Interscope Records and Neformat.
listen)) was a Russian music duo that consisted of Julia Volkova and Lena Katina. The duo was managed by Russian television producer Ivan Shapovalov while in the group Neposedi. The duo were signed to their own production company T.A. Music, following the split with Universal Music Russia, and their sub-labels Interscope Records and Neformat.
The duo established their success with their debut single "All the Things She Said",
which gained acclaim from music journalists and critics, who deemed it
one of the best singles in the early 2000s. The video of the single,
however generated controversy worldwide, showing the girls kissing in
the rain in school uniforms. Along with the number-one single, the
following songs "Not Gonna Get Us" and "All About Us" gained success and also charted at No. 1 on other contemporary music charts.
The duo has released six studio albums; three in Russian and three in English. The album 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane
achieved huge success worldwide and eventually became the first group
ever to get the IFPI Europe platinum award for the same album in two
different languages. Due to their success, the duo were recognized as
one of the most successful female music acts to emerge in the early
decade and have established themselves as the most successful Russian
act to date.
t.A.T.u. represented Russia in the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest, performing "Ne Ver', Ne Boysia",
finishing in third place. In March 2011, the duo officially announced
their separation, due to personal reasons and conflicts between them and
embarked on solo careers, which started around the end of 2008. As of
2012, t.A.T.u. have sold over 25 million records, and both the Russian
and English version of 200 Km/h are listed among the best-selling albums by a girl group.
They reunited in late December 2012 for a concert and announced their
comeback after their performance in the opening ceremony of the Olympics
in Sochi 2014. However, due to personal issues between Volkova and
Katina, the duo announced that their project would only consist of their
newest single and music video, "Lyubov' V Kazhdom Mgnovenii" ("Love In
Every Moment") to promote a Russian short film which premiered at the 67th Cannes Film Festival.
