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| Pesnya Goda | |
|---|---|
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| Location | Moscow |
| Country | Russia |
| Presented by | Angelina Vovk andYevgeni Menshov |
| Reward(s) | all laureates receive a diploma, the main category winner receives the Pesnya Goda award trophy |
| First award | 1971; 54 years ago (1971) |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Channel One Russia (1995–2004) NTV (2005) Russia-1 (2006–present) |
Pesnya goda (Russian:Песня года), meaningSong of the Year, is an annual televised music festival and gala inRussia, honoring standout songs from the previous year. The event began in theSoviet period, and prior to thedissolution of the USSR also included songs in languages other than Russian.
First held in 1971, it became the main event of the year for Soviet singers and musical groups.Pesnya goda is traditionally recorded in December and aired on television in early January, as part of the New Year's festivities.Programme One (laterChannel One Russia) was the official broadcaster through 2004; the festival is now broadcast onRussia 1.
In many ways, the history ofPesnya goda mirrored the history of the former Soviet Union. The songs selected for the initial festivals were strictly censored and required to be consistent with the social norms established by the Communist Party.[citation needed] The performers were all conservatory graduates in good standing with pristine reputations and conservative looks; the same case fell also for theVIAs whose songs were also featured.[citation needed] Over time as Soviet society became more liberal and in the 1980s during the era ofperestroika, the festival began to include a broader range of musical styles, song lyrics, and performers.[citation needed] In 1971 and 1972 it aired in black and white and via videotape; starting 1973, the program was prerecorded in color, and today is shot in digital video and high definition.
In the 1990s, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, thePesnya goda festival was reborn in 1993 and became part of the new society's New Year's tradition, providing an escape from the harsh socioeconomic realities of life in Russia in the 1990s. In the 2000s, the festival became a television extravaganza featuring the most commercially successful and popular artists of Russian pop and rock music.[citation needed] In 2021, the festival's 50th anniversary,Pesnya goda held a specialgolden jubilee event.[citation needed]
All performers included in the televised final of the festival are considered "winners" and referred to as such in the media. The two performers that have received the most inclusions inPesnya goda areLev Leshchenko, who appeared in 49 finals (each year from 1971 to 2023, except for 1989, 2005, and 2007), andSofia Rotaru, who was in 47 festival each year from 1973 to 2021, except for 2002. Other artists that have been perennialPesnya goda winners includeIosif Kobzon (41 times),Valery Leontiev,Valentina Tolkunova,Edita Piekha,Laima Vaikule,Igor Nikolayev,Irina Allegrova andAlla Pugacheva. The first rap song featured in the festival came in 2019, with the rap performance of Russian pop-singerEgor Kreed (with popular singerPhilip Kirkorov).[citation needed]
The best known hosts of the festival areAngelina Vovk andEvgueny Menishov, who hosted it from 1988 until 2006;Anna Shilova andIgor Kirillov, who hosted it from 1971 until 1975; andSvetlana Zhiltsova andAlexander Maslyakov, who hosted it from 1976 until 1979. The most recent hosts areLera Kudryavtseva andSergey Lazarev, who have hosted since 2007.
Until 1991, the festival was hosted at theOstankino Technical Center Concert Hall, with exception of 1985 when it was held at theDynamo Sports Palace. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union,Pesnya goda was held at theState Kremlin Palace (1993-1997,1999-2003 and 2005),Cosmos Hotel Concert Hall (1998),Rossiya Central Concert Hall (2004),Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex (2006-2018),VTB Arena (2019-2020) andMegasport Sport Palace (since 2021).[1]
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| NO. | Name | Finals appearances as of 2023 Finals[2][1] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lev Leshchenko | 49 |
| 2 | Sophia Rotaru | 47 |
| 3 | Joseph Kobzon | 41 |
| 4 | Valery Leontiev | 39 |
| 5 | Igor Nikolayev | 32 |
| 6 | Irina Allegrova | 31 |
| 7 | Philipp Kirkorov | 30 |
| 8 | Leonid Agutin | 29 |
| 9 | Larisa Dolina | 28 |
| 10 | Laima Vaikule | 27 |
| Anzhelika Varum | 27 | |
| Oleg Gazmanov | 27 | |
| 13 | Alexander Buinov | 26 |
| 14 | Valentina Tolkunova | 25 |
| 15 | Valery Meladze | 24 |
| Kristina Orbakaitė | 24 | |
| 17 | Edita Piekha | 22 |
| Aleksander Serov | 22 | |
| Nikolay Baskov | 22 | |
| 20 | Vyacheslav Dobrynin | 21 |
| Valeriya | 21 | |
| 22 | Alla Pugacheva | 20 |
| 23 | Alsou | 19 |
| Sergey Lazarev | 19 | |
| 25 | Diskoteka Avariya | 18 |
| Dmitry Malikov | 18 | |
| Dima Bilan | 18 | |
| 28 | Natasha Koroleva | 17 |
| 29 | A-Studio | 16 |
| Jasmin | 16 | |
| 31 | Alexander Malinin | 15 |
| 32 | Nadezhda Babkina | 14 |
| Boris Moiseev | 14 | |
| 34 | Muslim Magomayev | 12 |
| Big Children's Choir | 12 | |
| Lyube | 12 | |
| Tatiana Ovsyenko | 12 |
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