Alexander Vladimirovich Medvedev, known professionally as Shura, is a Russian singer and songwriter.
The peak of its popularity comes at the end of the 1990s. He gained popularity due to the shocking manner of execution and a memorable appearance - feature artist until some time was the lack of front teeth.
In spite of the initial data on the singer's homosexuality, which he called part of his image, Schura presented his fiancée Lisa in May 2010.
After declining popularity Schura became drug addicts, he became ill with cancer. Passed a course of chemotherapy, taking medicine from drug addiction.
In 1998 he was awarded the Golden Gramophone Award for the song Do not believe in tears.

Hi-Fi is a Russian pop dance group established in 1998 founded by composer Pavel Esenin and songwriter and producer Eric Chanturia. The concept of group was the male leader and two supportive dancers-performers till 2006, when Katya Lee joined the group.
Katya started her career in the band with solo song Vzletai. From then on female and male vocals had equal parts. When Katya Lee left, the group went back to the old concept of the male singing. In 2009 Mitya Fomin left the group and started solo career. Later in 2010 Katya Lee left the group and joined another popular girls band Fabrika. The group has had many hits on the Russian charts and has won "Best Dance Group" at the Russian television "Муз-ТВ" in 2005.

Gosti iz budushchego was a Russian dance-pop group, which existed since 1996 until 2009. It was formed by the singer Eva Polna and musician Yuri Usachyov. The band reached high positions in Russian music charts with several songs and albums.
In spring of 2009 Eva Polna announced split-up of the group and her new solo career.