"Hands up!" - Russian musical pop group. Its creators and participants are Sergey Zhukov and Alexey Potekhin. In the late 90s - early 2000s, the group was a stunning success. Songs "Hands up!" sounded from almost every window and occupied the top lines of many charts.
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Sergei Zhukov and Alexey Potekhin met in the early 90s in the city of Samara on the radio, where they worked together. They created a group, at that time it was called "Uncle Ray and Company", recorded several songs, performed concerts in Samara and Tolyatti. Having achieved success in the province, the guys went to conquer Moscow.
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Here the guys met the producer Andrei Malikov, who helped the creative team break into the big stage. At this time, Sergey and Alexei decided to change the old name to the draft "Hands up!" Today's teenagers may not understand the meaning of the name, but the teenagers of the 90s understand it very clearly. After all, this is practically the motto of incendiary discos of the late twentieth century, when everyone danced, jumped, shouted and raised their hands up.
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The first hits of the group "Hands up!" - “Kid” and “Student” sounded on the air of radio stations in 1996. A year later, they shot videos that were often broadcast by many television channels. Songs quickly gained popularity and became favorite hits of discos of that time. Following the first songs, the creative team released an album - "Breathe evenly."
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After that, concerts and tours began. Guys traveled all over Russia, near and some countries of the far abroad. Everywhere they were met by enthusiastic fans. Fans fell in love with the cute and sweet-voiced lead singer of the group Sergei Zhukov. Tickets for concerts were sold out long before the arrival of the group, the performances of the artists took place with large full houses.
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In 2006, the group broke up, and each of the participants went their own way. Alexei began to produce young performers, Sergei took up a solo career, but continued to use the name of the group in his work. In parallel with music, the artist conducts business - opens bars called "Hands up!" in different cities of Russia.
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During the existence of the team "Hands up!" released 14 official and 12 unofficial albums. Almost every new song of the group became a hit. “My baby”, “He kisses you”, “Ataman”, “18 am already”, “Alyosha”, “Territory”, “Tears are dripping” - this is not a complete list of tracks that fans still know by heart “Hands up” !"
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The children repeatedly became winners and laureates of prestigious music festivals, charts and awards. For example, such as "Album of the Year", "Golden Gramophone", "Song of the Year", "Russian Radio Hit" and many others.
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In 2014, Hands Up! celebrate their coming of age. It is worth noting that over 18 years the popularity of the group has not decreased much. On the contrary, the group’s work is gaining more and more new fans.
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