Anna Pletneva is one of the most popular singers in Russian show business. Her songs are regularly included in the main musical charts, and the image stands out for its special sensuality and sex appeal.
Biography
Anna was born in Moscow on August 21, 1977. Since childhood, the girl showed her creative abilities, so her parents sent her to school with the study of musical and choreographic skills. She also danced in the children's ballet Ostankino.
Pletnev received higher education at the Maimonides State Classical Academy. After graduation, she became a specialist in pop-jazz singing.
An interesting fact: from an early youth, Anna was a big fan of Vladimir Presnyakov (younger). She often went to his concerts and even got an autograph of the "star".
The girl often dreamed of how to grow up and they, together with Presnyakov, would sing a duet. As a result, years later, her dream came true: during a joint tour, the performers sang “Zurbagan” together.
Creation
The first great creative success of Anna Pletneva is associated with the group "Lyceum", popular in the 1990s. After leaving the trio, Elena Perova, as a result of strict competitive selection, took Anna to the group.
The team was at the peak of fame, among the awards on his account were “Silver Microphone” and “Ovation”. In the "Lyceum" Pletneva sang for almost eight years (from 1997 to 2005), and then decided to pursue a solo career.
Working as part of the Lyceum group has become for Anna a real school, a kind of show business basics. The singer impressed with her hard work and hard work. Even while pregnant, Pletneva performed, covering her stomach with a guitar.
While still a “lyceum student” Anna dreamed of a solo career. After leaving the team, Pletneva founded her project "Coffee and Rain."
With a new material, Anna was helped by her friend Alexei Romanov, who wrote the single “Nine and a Half Weeks” for her. As a result, their cooperation resulted in the Vintage group, which consisted of Anna, Alexei and the dancer Mia.
In 2007, the group released a song called Criminal Love. Then, together with actress Elena Korikova, Pletneva shot a video for the song "Bad Girl", which turned out to be very frank.
The single became super popular, topped the Russian radio chart and received the MTV Russia Music Awards 2008.
Pletneva later shocked the audience with lesbian motifs in the song “Eve, I Loved You, ” which is dedicated to singer Eva Polnaya. After such frank creativity, the soloist of the Vintage group became a really scandalous girl for fans.
In 2009, the band released the album "SEX". It included both new and infamous hits "Bad Girl", "Loneliness of Love" and "Eve".
In 2009, the glossy magazine Maxim included Anna Pletneva in the Top 5 Sexiest Women in the Country.
In 2010, the singer surprised her fans by posing as Mickey Mouse and performing the song of the same name.
In 2011, the group released a studio album "Anechka", which included the composition "Roman", "Trees" and "Sign of Aquarius." Around the video clip for the song "Trees" a serious scandal erupted. The clip was severely censored due to the fact that in the video Anna was standing in a thorny wreath, which officials thought could offend the feelings of believers, plus a large number of naked people were present in the clip. Anna said that the main idea of the clip was the primacy of love on Earth, and not debauchery.
In 2013, the Vintage group released the Very Dance album, and a year later a new album, Decamerone, took place. The album immediately topped the iTunes and GooglePlay "Top Albums" chart in sales ranking.
In 2016, Pletneva left the Vintage group and took up a solo career.
Her new songs are slightly different from the previous ones, they are more serious and romantic. Strong Girl and Whose Side Are You Singles also resonated with fans and became popular.
Additional “points” Pletneva brought a joint clip with Marina Fedunkiv to the song “Girlfriend”.
On February 1, 2018, the premiere of the single "Belaya" took place, the author of which was Alexei Romanov. The song topped iTunes Russia and became the singer's first single to succeed. Anna began to go on stage under the name "Anna Pletneva„ Vintage “".
In July 2018, Pletneva returned to the Vintage group. And in August, the singer presented two premieres at once: a video clip for the song "Sunday Angel" and the solo album "Strong Girl". In an interview, Pletneva said that in the new album "Babylon" of the group "Vintage" there will be 13 songs, some of them have already been recorded.
