Vintage (band)
Russian pop group
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Vintage (Russian: Винтаж, romanized: Vintazh) is a Russian pop group formed in 2006 by the singer Anna Pletnyova and musician Alexey Romanof.
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| Background information | |
| Origin |  Moscow, Russia |
| Genres | Pop, electronic dance music |
| Years active | 2006– present |
| Label | Velvet Music |
| Members | Anna Pletnyova (2006-2016;2018-present) Alexey Romanov (2006-2016;2018-present) |
| Past members | Mia (2006—2008) Svetlana Ivanova (2008—2011) Yevgenia Polikarpova (2016-2017) Anna Kornilova (2016-2017) Anastasia Kreskina (2016-2017) Anastasia Kazaku (2016-2017) |
| Website | www.vintagemusic.ru |
They have released 5 albums and sixteen radio singles, six of which headed the Russian radio-charts.[1][2]
The group is a laureate and nominee of a number of musical awards, including MTV Russia Music Awards, Muz-TV Award, Golden Gramophone Award, RU.TV Award and others.[3][4][5][6][7][8] Since 2008 Vintage is a steady laureate of Song of the Year award.[9] In 2011 and 2012 it was named the best group of the year at ZD Awards based on a poll organised by Moskovskij Komsomolets.[10][11]
History
2006 - 2007 Career Beginnings and first album
Vintage was formed by ex-soloist of "High School" Anna Pletneva and former soloist of group "A-Mega" Alexei Romanov in mid 2006. Originally, they were going to name the band "Chelsea" but later changed it to "Vintage".[12]
2007: the first album
In late August, the group filmed the video for the song "Good-bye". On November 22 they released their first album, called "Криминальная любовь" ("Criminal Love").[13]
2008
On April 19 the video for new song of "Bad Girl" was released, a duet with actor Elena Korikova. In October, there was a change in the group; Mia exits the band and Svetlana Ivanova replaced her.[14]
2009
In February, the group went on tour, visiting cities such as Moscow, Ulyanovsk, Riga, Minsk, Samara and Kaliningrad. On March 15 they released a new video for the song "Eva". This song was dedicated to singer Eva Polna.[15]
On 31 August 2009, they released their fourth single from their forthcoming album "Lunatic Girls".[16]
In October they released their second album "SEX". The record debuted at number 12 in the Russian album chart.[17]
2010–2011
While Vintage played live on Love Radio on April 16, they introduced a new single titled "(Russian: Микки" ("Mikki"), which is dedicated to Michael Jackson. The band shot two versions of the video clip for the song; a Russian version and English translation.[18]
On September 11, Европа плюс (Europe Plus), Русское радио (Russkoe radio), Love-радио (Love-radio) and Свежее радио (Svezhee radio) released Vintage's latest song, "Роман" ("Roman"). The followup single "Derevya", ("Trees") was released in late 2011, followed by their third studio album "Anechka" ("Anny").[19]
Band members
- Current
- Anna Pletnyova (2006-2016 + 2018–present; Russian: Анна Плетнёва)
- Alexey Romanof (2006-2017 + 2018–present; Russian: Алексей Романоф)
- Former
- Mia (2006–2008; Russian: Мия)
- Svetlana Ivanova (2008–2011; Russian: Светлана Иванова)
- Yevgenia Polikarpova (2016-2017;Russian: Евгения Поликарпова)
- Anna Kornilova (2016-2017;Russian: Анна Корнилова)
- Anastasia Kreskina (2016-2017;Russian: Анастасия Крескина)
- Anastasia Kazaku (2016-2017;Russian: Анастасия Казаку)
Discography
Studio albums
- «Криминальная любовь/Kriminaĺnaja lübov'» "Criminal Love" (CD; Velvet Music; 2007 )
- «SEX» (CD; Velvet Music; 2009 )
- «Анечка/Anečka» "Anny" (CD; Velvet Music; 2011)
- «Very Dance» (CD; Velvet Music; 2013)
- «Decamerone» (CD; Velvet Music; 2014)
- Навсегда/Forever (2020)
Singles
- «Mamma Mia» (radio airplay; Velvet Music; 2006)
- «10 поцелуев/10 pocelujev (новогодняя версия)» "10 Kisses (Christmas Version)" (radio airplay; Velvet Music; 2006)
- «Мама Мия (Radio Edit)» "Mama Mia (Radio Edit)" (radio airplay; Velvet Music; 2007)
- «Целься/Ceĺsä» "Aim" (radio airplay; Velvet Music; 2007)
- «Всего хорошего/Vsego horošego» "All the best" (CD, radio airplay; Velvet Music; 2007)
- «Плохая девочка/Plohaja devočka» "Bad girl" (CD, radio airplay; Velvet Music; 2008)
- «Одиночество любви/Odinočestvo lübvi» "Loneliness of Love" (radio airplay; Velvet Music; 2008)
- «Ева/Eva» "Eve" (CD, radio airplay; Velvet Music; 2009)
- «Девочки-лунатики/Devočki-lunatiki» "Lunatic Girls" (CD, radio airplay; Velvet Music; 2009)
- «Victoria» (Radio airplay, 2009)
- «Микки/Mikki» "Mickey" (CD, Radio airplay; Velvet Music; 2010)
- «Роман/Roman» "Roman" (CD, Radio airplay; Velvet Music; 2010)
- «С Новым Годом/S novym godom» "Happy new year" (with Irakli, Vladimir Plesnyakov, A-Studio, Nyusha, Aleksey Chumakov, Yulia Kovalchuk) (2010)
- «Мама Америка/Mama-Amerika» "Mama America" (2011)
- «Деревья/Derevja» "Trees" (2011)
- «Москва/Moskva» "Moscow" (2012)
- «Нанана/Nanana» "Nanana" (2012)
- «Свежая вода/Svežaja voda» "Fresh water" (2012)
- «Знак Водолея/Znak Vodoleja» "The sign of Aquarius" (2013)
- «Когда Рядом Ты/Kogda rädom ty» "When I'm next to you" (2014)
- «Дыши/Dyši» "Breathe" (2015)
- «Я верю в в любовь/Ja verü v lübov'» "I Believe In Love" (2015)
- «Город, где сбываются мечты/Gorod, gde sbyvajutsä mečty» "A city where dreams come true" (2015)
- «Сны/Sny» "Dreams" (2016)
- «Немного рекламы/Nemnogo reklamy» "A Little Advertising" (2016)
- «Из Токио/Iz Tokio» "From Tokyo" (2020)
- «Новая Жизнь/Novaja žizń» "New Life" (2020)