t.A.T.u.

1 History

Tatu redirects here. For other uses, see Tatu (disambiguation).

1.1 19992000: Formation of t.A.T.u.

t.A.T.u. (Russian: , pronounced [ttu]) was a

Russian music duo that consisted of Julia Volkova and
Lena Katina. The duo was managed by Russian television
producer Ivan Shapovalov while in the group Neposedi.
The duo were signed to their own production company,
T.A. Music, following the split with Universal Music Russia, and their sub-labels Interscope Records and Neformat.

Before production of t.A.T.u. arose, the pair were in a

group named Neposedi. Both Julia Volkova and Lena
Katina were part of the band, along with members Sergey
Lazarev and Vlad Topalov. Katina, rst was in a band
Avenue between 1994 and 1997.[2] It was reported that
Volkova was banned from being in Neposedi, claiming
she was misbehaving and disrupting other members in
the group, along with accused smoking, swearing and
drinking.[2] However, Neposedi denied the claims. After a while together, they decided to split. Eventually,
t.A.T.u. were formed in 1999 by Ivan Shapovalov and his
friend/business partner Alexander Voitinskiy, who developed plans to create a musical project in Russia. With
this idea in mind, Shapovalov and Voitinskiy organized
auditions in Moscow in early 1999 for teenage female
vocalists. By the end of auditioning, the partners narrowed their search down to ten girls, including the members that nally become t.A.T.u., Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova. Both Yulia and Lena knew each other before audition.[2] Both girls stood out among the others,
especially because of their appearance and vocal experience, but the producers decided to start with 14-year-old
Katina, who sang "It Must Have Been Love" by Roxette.
Katina began recording demos, including Yugoslavia, a
protest song about NATO aggression on Yugoslavia.[3][4]
After the demos were cut, Shapovalov insisted that another girl be added to the project. Thus, in late 1999, 14year-old Yulia Volkova was added to the group to nish
the duo. She also started recording not long after Lenas
Yugoslavia demo was nished.

The duo established their success with their debut single

"All the Things She Said", which gained acclaim from
music journalists and critics, who deemed it one of the
best singles in the early 2000s. The video of the single,
however, generated controversy worldwide, showing the
girls kissing in the rain in school uniforms. Along with the
number-one single, the following songs "Not Gonna Get
Us" and "All About Us" gained success and also charted
at No. 1 on other contemporary music charts.
The duo has released six studio albums; three in Russian and three in English. The album 200 km/h in the
Wrong Lane achieved huge success worldwide and eventually became the rst group ever to get the IFPI Europe
platinum award for the same album in two dierent languages. Due to their success, the duo were recognized as
one of the most successful female music acts to emerge in
the early decade and have established themselves as the
most successful Russian act to date.
t.A.T.u. represented Russia in the 2003 Eurovision Song
Contest, performing "Ne Ver', Ne Boysia", nishing in
third place. In March 2011, the duo ocially announced
their separation, due to personal reasons and conicts between them and embarked on solo careers, which started
around the end of 2008. As of 2012, t.A.T.u. have sold
over 25 million records, and both the Russian and English
version of 200 Km/h are listed among the best-selling
albums by a girl group. They reunited in late December 2012 for a concert and announced their comeback
after their performance in the opening ceremony of the
Olympics in Sochi 2014. However, due to personal issues between Volkova and Katina, the duo announced that
their project would only consist of their newest single and
music video, Lyubov' V Kazhdom Mgnovenii (Love In
Every Moment) to promote a Russian short lm which
premiered at the 67th Cannes Film Festival.

After completing the duo, the producers decided on the

name "" (Tatu). Sounding like the English word
"tattoo", it is also a shortening hint to the Russian phrase
" ", meaning This girl
loves that girl.[5] For the release of their rst Englishlanguage album, they decided to go by t.A.T.u., using uppercase letters and periods to distinguish themselves from
an already existing Australian band, Tatu.
Over the next year, Katina and Volkova recorded songs
with their producers. Voitinskij left the project, and
Shapovalov decided to sign Elena Kiper as co-producer
and co-writer for their debut album. They also enlisted
the help of Trevor Horn to write the universal version
of Ya Soshla s Uma. Trevor Horn went on to write
t.A.T.u.'s most memorable song, All the Things She
1

Said, and helped produce most of the English album

200 km/h In The Wrong Lane. While working with Shapolavov, the group was controlled by him and it was reported that he was strict while in the process of the
album.[2]

1.2

200001: 200 Po Vstrechnoy

The rst single was completed in autumn 2000, entitled

"Ya Soshla S Uma" (later released in English as "All the
Things She Said"). It was not physically and formally released until December 2000. The song describes the turmoil in a girls soul because she is in love with another girl,
but is afraid, as society frowns upon this. She asks her
parents for forgiveness. Elena Kiper has been credited
with the song, explaining that the idea came to her when
she fell asleep at her dentists oce and had a dream in
which she kissed another woman. She woke up saying out
loud, " !" (Ya soshla s uma, meaning I've
lost my mind). Ivan Shapovalov is said to have added
the second phrase of the chorus, " " (Mne
nuzhna ona, meaning I need her).
Their rst album, 200 Po Vstrechnoy was released on 21
May 2001. Their second single was "Nas Ne Dogonyat"
which was only released in music video form rather than
as an ocial CD single, although a promotional conjoined Ya Soshla s Uma/Nas Ne Dagonyat was released
in Poland.[6] This was followed by the third single 30
Minut, only available as a music video. The studio album proved to be a huge success in Europe, selling over
2.5 million copies worldwide. The album was eventually
released in Japan, where it was certied Gold by RIAJ.
The group went on tour in 2001, where their routines
were described as precise and was to the point where
the girls had to strip.[2] The tour commenced in countries including Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia, the Czech
Republic, and Israel.

1.3

200203: 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane

album, success and controversies

The English version of the album was released in December 2002 entitled 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane. The album peaked inside the top ten in majority of European
and Western countries, and to date has sold over 5 million copies worldwide.[7] The rst single from this album
was "All The Things She Said" released in October 2002.
The song peaked at the top spot in countries including
Australia, Denmark, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway,
Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The music video,
however caused controversy worldwide, due to the members kissing behind a fence, where some believed the
video promoted lesbianism and pedophilia. Many musical journalists, publications and music critics had branded
the groups music as paedophilic pop.[8] The group announced their Show Me Love Tour, which was to com-

HISTORY

mence in the United Kingdom. However, both of their

proposed concerts in the UK were cancelled, due to poor
ticket sales.[9] It was revealed that the reason why ticket
sales were so poor was due to the parental advisory from
adults, who did not believe that the girls sexual image
were appropriate.[10] Then, in July 2002, Blender praised
the group by saying We have seen the future of rock &
roll ... to say you've never seen or heard anything quite
like it is a colossal understatement.[11] t.A.T.u. were then
heralded by The Face magazine The hottest popstars in
the world right now.[12] On 25 February 2003 the women
mocked NBC insistence that they neither kiss nor comment on the Iraq war by performing All the Things She
Said in white T-shirts that bore the Russian language
message Khuy Voyne! (Fuck the war!) across the front,
and by blocking their faces with their hands as they kissed
during a break in their performance.[13]
The Fuck the War!" T-shirts were banned on the Jimmy
Kimmel Live! show and replaced with T-shirts that said
Censored. They still wrote the term on Jimmy Kimmels hand.
The next single "Not Gonna Get Us" was released in May
2003. Though not popular as the debut single, it managed to have success in most record charts. Also in May
2003. The same months, Shapovalovo was arrested after
arranging lming for the groups music video "Show Me
Love" in Moscows Red Square despite his application
for lming being refused.[14] Shapovalov also attempted
to lm near Londons Big Ben and various other locations.
The footage that was recorded was later used for a music video for the song Show Me Love,[15] despite the
song not being released in any country other than Poland.
The group then released their third, but rst promotional
single "30 Minutes". It was released as an ocial single
in the UK.[16] A music video followed after the release.
The fourth single o the album "How Soon Is Now?" was
a cover originally performed by The Smiths.[17]
In May 2003, t.A.T.u. represented Russia at Eurovision
Song Contest 2003, where they placed third. After
the contest, Russias Channel One complained that Irish
broadcaster RT (Irelands national television broadcaster) had used a back-up jury, and that it had cost them
victory.RT doesnt used the televoting results after some
network problems.[18] A statement by Channel One suggested that there are grounds to believe that the contest results could be much dierent for Russia. RT responded
by publishing the unused results of the Irish televote,
which showed that had the jury not been used, Turkey,
whose entry was also overlooked by the Irish Jury, would
still have won. The groups record label, Universal Music
Russia, were originally against the groups participation
saying that the Eurovision contest was for young artists
and said artists of Tatus level will not get much out of
the participation in it, We [Universal] would much rather
prefer the group to work on their new album, and not to
participate in contests for rising stars [...]"[19]

1.5

200406: Lyudi Invalidy and Dangerous and Moving

The same month, the group postponed their German

Promo tour, due to a late invitation to the 2003 MTV
Movie Awards, where they performed.[20] The following
month they also cancelled their Riga concert and Japan
concert in June, which led to a lawsuit from Pasadena
Group Promotion, asking $180,000 in damages.[21]

1.4

200304: Brief music hiatus and reformation

On 26 September 2003, the group released a remix compilation, titled Remixes. In November 2003, the CD was
released in Russia, with two new tracks, and videos.[22]
The two new tracks were Prostiye Dvizheniya and Ne
Ver, Ne Boisya. Both of the tracks were released as
singles, however Prostye Dvizheniya did not broadcast
well in Russia, due to the promotion for Ne Ver, Ne
Boisya in the Eurovision Song Contest. The DVD compilation Screaming for More was released on 24 November 2003, featuring music videos and behind-the-scenes.
Anatomy of t. A. T. u. aired on Russian television on 12
December 2003. The documentary revealed that the girls
were not lesbians,[23] and chronicled the group as they
took part in Eurovision, earlier in the year.
In early 2004, t.A.T.u. legally broke their contract with
Ivan Shapovalov and Neformat. In the months before the
split, t.A.T.u. and Shapovalov were being lmed for a
reality show on STS in Russia titled Podnebesnaya. The
show chronicled the group as they were recording their
second album, but to little success, with their producer
Ivan Shapovalo. The documentary aired on Russian television from January to March 2004.
There were many rumors around the split until the show
aired, which depicted the group leaving due to a lack of
interest and care from their producer. They also claimed
the quality of the music being produced was too low,
and that Shapovalov was only interested in creating scandals. Volkova stated, He [Ivan] spends his time thinking up scandals instead of planning our artistic work. I'm
sure our fans would rather hear new songs and new albums than new scandals. Katina then stated, He made
us out to BE lesbians when we were just singing FOR
lesbians. We wanted people to understand them and not
judge them. That they are as free as anyone else.[24] In
one of the nal episodes, Volkova mentioned returning
to the United States in spring of 2004 to record with new
producers. However, she became pregnant soon thereafter, and recording was delayed.[25]

t.A.T.u performing in October 2005

adequate songs and production to release a new album.

In August 2005, "All About Us" and "Lyudi Invalidy"
were announced to be the rst singles from the English
and Russian albums, respectively. All About Us was a
worldwide hit, charting in the top ten in majority of European charts. The group released their second English album on 5 October 2005 titled Dangerous and Moving.[26]
Its Russian counterpart was released on 19 October, titled
Lyudi Invalidy. The album did not match its previous English album, but managed to sell over 2.5 million copies
worldwide. The second single was "Friend or Foe". Soon
after the video was released, the groups management replaced drummer Roman Ratej with Steve Boomstick
Wilson, and appointed a new bassist, Domen Vajevec.
On 25 March 2006, t.A.T.u. received the award for Best
Group at the 1st edition of the TRL Awards.
On 17 April 2006, t.A.T.u. returned to reality TV in Russia with t.A.T.u. Expedition, which was broadcast on the
Russian music channel Muz TV. It chronicled the release
of their second album, and recording the video for their
third single, "Gomenasai" which was released during the
airing of the show. t.A.T.u. performed in Saint Petersburg, Russia on 28 April kicking o their Dangerous and
Moving Tour. The video, as well as the actual song, is
quite a departure from t.A.T.u.'s usual style and leaves
many of their fans cold.[27] On 30 August 2006, the ocial website announced that the girls had left their record
company, Universal/Interscope.

On 21 November 2006, the region of the Komi Republic in Russia led a lawsuit against t.A.T.u. over the album and song Lyudi Invalidy (translates to disabled
people). Leonid Vakuev, a human rights representative
for the Komi Republic, interpreted the song as being di1.5 200406: Lyudi Invalidy and Danger- rected towards disabled people and cited words written
ous and Moving
in the booklet for the album, which said: " [Lyudi Invalidy] do not know what it means to be a human beVolkova soon joined Katina and previous producer Sergio ing. They are fakes inside the human form. They do not
Galoyan in the studio. The group was backed by their live, but function. Katina said, Of course, we meant
record label, Universal Music International, in nding moral invalids, people who do not have [a] soul and hu-

man feelings. When asked if they had anything against

disabled people, she stated that she nds it oensive to
refer to people by that term, and added, We take pictures together and make sure they have priority seats [at
concerts].[28]

1.6

200709: Vesyolye Ulybki

HISTORY

Otbrosami / " was scheduled to

hit the stores in June 2008. The EP featured a poster
which advertised that date, as well as a coupon redeemable for a discount on the album that expired on
30 June 2008. However, the release schedule abruptly
stalled on 5 June 2008, when t.A.T.u.'s manager Boris
Renski announced that Yulia Volkova was seriously ill.[32]
Volkovas illness forced the cancellation of a concert in
Santa Clara, CA, and the singer was not seen in public
until the wedding of producer Sergey Konov on 5 July
2008. The duo returned to work in late August, when
it was reported that t.A.T.u. would be the face of fashion designer Marc Jacobs's fall and winter campaigns in
Russia.[33]

On 17 May 2007, t.A.T.u. issued a statement directed to

their gay fans: When t.A.T.u.'s second album came out,
many of our fans of alternative sexual orientation thought
that we lied and betrayed them. This is not true! Weve
never done that and weve always advocated love without
boundaries.[29] On 26 May, they ew out to Moscow to
On 9 September 2008, a press release appeared on the
take part in the Moscow Gay Pride demonstration.[30]
duos ocial website that declared that the forthcomOn 12 September 2007 the group released the concert ing album would be titled "Vesyolye Ulybki" (Happy
DVD "Truth". It was the groups rst release since leav- Smiles) instead of Upravleniye Otbrosami (Waste
ing Universal. In late 2007, Beliy Plaschik, the lead Management). The name change reected sarcastic
single from their upcoming Russian-language album was comments about the state of the Russian music busireleased. The project was then known as Upravleniye ness made by Volkova and Katina in an interview with
Otbrosami, which translates to Waste Management. Moscows Time Out Magazine.[34] The press release also
The second single, 220, made its radio premiere in provided the track list of the album and an early version
May 2008 and the music video was released on their of- of its cover art, but still no conrmed release date was
cial YouTube channel on 5 June 2008. Beliy Plaschik given. On 12 September, the albums third single, You
and 220 were the main attractions on a special release and I made its debut on Love Radio. The press release
known as "Hyperion-Plate", the rst-ever EP from the disappeared from the site shortly afterward, only to reduo. The EP was released on 8 May 2008 and featured appear on 8 October with a change made to the cover art
multimedia content including music, video, ringtones and --- where there was once the face of a smiling astronaut
wallpapers.[31]
on the original design, a black square now appeared.
On 15 October, t. A. T. u.'s website announced that
"Vesyolye Ulybki" would be released on 21 October
2008, beginning with a special event at two Soyuz record
stores in Moscow where fans could meet the girls and get
their autographs. The album also went on pre-sale at the
ocial t. A. T. u. web shop on 18 October, with a small
number of buyers receiving a limited-edition postcard set
as a prize. The songs were also made available internationally through the iTunes digital music store. Upon its
release, it became apparent that the album essentially had
two covers --- the astronaut cover was a slipcase, while
the original design used for Upravleniye Otbrosami appeared inside. The black square from the press release
had been hiding a Mars scene.[35]
On 23 October, t.A.T.u. appeared on Vladimir Polupanovs The 7 Premieres to promote their new album.
They are also the subjects of an ongoing mini-reality series on the website Russia.ru. On 21 October 2008 Vesyolye Ulybki was released internationally on online music stores.[36] On 28 November t.A.T.u were awarded the
Legend of MTV at the MTV Russia Music Awards 2008.
In March 2009, a statement was released on the duos site
and MySpace stating that the duo will no longer be a fulltime project and that Katina and Volkova were working
on solo projects. They also mentioned that the third video
t.A.T.u in 2008
will be released on 17 April on MTV Russia. The albums
At the time of the "Hyperion-Plate" release, Upravleniye single "Snegopady" was eventually released, along with its

1.8

2011: Split and solo projects

music video.[37]

1.8 2011: Split and solo projects

The girls performed a special concert at the Eurovision

Song Contest 2009 on 10 May. They were also included At the end of March 2011, t.A.T.u. management released
as an interval act on the 12th at the 1st semi nals, per- a press release on their ocial website declaring t.A.T.u.
forming Not Gonna Get Us with the Russian Army Choir. over. Due to conicts between the girls, and both wanting
to pursue solo careers, the duo was ocially announced
as disbanded. They nalised the duos discography with
a double remix album for Waste Management. The man1.7 200911: Waste Management, lm de- agement thanked fans for their loyalty over the past 12
years of the duos history.[50][51] Katina stated in 2007
but and remixes
that she was ready to quit t.A.T.u. without telling memOn 13 July, the group released their single "Snowfalls". ber Julia to focus on her solo career, by stating that they
The song was released digitally worldwide, along with its were very tired of each other [...] I can t wait to get
music video.[38] The groups second single for the album, rid of the schoolgirl outt, jeans and T-shirt that were
[52]
White Robe, was released by Coqueiro Verde Records t.A.T.u.'s trademark.
online and premiered on t.A.T.us YouTube account.[39] After the split, the group decided to focus on their solo cat.A.T.us ocial website announced that the video was up reers, both musically and in lm. In August 2011, Lena
for voting on MTV Brazil on 10 November 2009.[40][41] revealed her debut solo single "Never Forget" which evenOn 3 December, the White Robe video reached the tually charted at number one on the US Hot Dance Club
number one position on MTV Brazil. It was announced Songs for a sole week.[53] Volkova also working on her
via Twitter that Conqueiro Verde Records would released studio album released two following singles; All Because
the album in Brazil on 25 January 2010.[42] The album of You and "Didn't Wanna Do It", but failed to generwas eventually released worldwide digitally, and received ate interest on the music charts.[54][55] The following year
favorable reception from critics. The album did not sell she conrmed she would be starring in the dark comedy
very well, and was reported to have only sold over 1000 zombie lm 9 1/2 Zombies, where she plays a heroine.
copies in the United States, as of December 2010.[43]
The third single o the album was Sparks, which was
the English version of 220. It was released in Brazil
and on t.A.T.u.'s ocial YouTube account on 13 April
2010.[44] On 31 March 2010, a contest will be launched
in which fans will be able to remix their favorite t.A.T.u
songs from the new album. The winning mixes would be
included on an upcoming remix album.[45]
Yulia made headlines in Russia with a recent interview
where she expressed her opinion on Lenas solo career,
She [Lena] has the right to do it [sing t. A. T. u. songs],
but its so stupid, absolutely stupid. If you do a solo career, it means that you do your own work. Her stu, that
she makes, I think, is silly and very soon her career will
wither away and disappear. [46] Lena responded to this
interview via her YouTube Page, I saw Yulias interview.
Of course I got upset. But I want to tell everybody that
I have a completely opposite attitude towards the whole
situation, Yulias project included. I believe shes a very
talented person and I sincerely hope that she'll be successful in all the things she plans. [47]
In July, Lena made an appearance on a radio station
where she was asked about the future of the duo. Lena
responded by saying, Life has changed a lot. Yulia and I
are working on our projects now. I, for one, will be traveling to Los Angeles this Saturday, where I will keep working on my album. And I'm preparing a big show in San
Francisco in September, so now we are not planning to
reform t.A.T.u., certainly not in the near future. Now we
really want to concentrate only on our own projects.[48]
Lena Katina and her full band performed her rst live major solo show in San Francisco on 17 September 2010.[49]

1.9 201213: Reunions and lawsuit

On 2 October 2012, Cherrytree Records/Universal Russia announced that they would be issuing a special rerelease of t.A.T.us 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane. The
10th Year Anniversary Gold Edition featured all new
artwork, a never-before-released song from the 2002 sessions, "A Simple Motion", a brand new remix of All The
Things She Said from producer Fernando Garibay, in
addition to newly mastered songs. On 24 October 2012,
Cherrytree Records released the ocial track listing for
the album; it was a note addressed to fans handwritten
and signed by Julia and Lena themselves. The album was
released on 12 November 2012.
On 11 December 2012, Lena and Julia reunited to appear as musical guests on The Voice of Romania. It was
their rst performance together in three years. The duo
t.A.T.u performed All About Us and All the Things
She Said during the show. They also appeared in radio
and on another television show before.[56][57] After the rerelease, the group were interviewed by Bradley Stern on
MuuMuse, and was asked about a reunion and relationship together. Volkova stated We don't keep in touch,
while Katina stated Only when we see each other. We
have very dierent lives in dierent countries now. We
are not in a ght though.[58] As for reunion, Katina said
I believe that there is always a chance for anything in
this life. Maybe. Volkova stated that, while she is not
ready for it, she said But this wont stop us from reuniting for joint performances. Well see what happens!"[58]

6
In April 2013, the group announced they would perform
one live show at a Russian VIP Club. Lena also stated
that The t.A.T.u. comeback is very possible, we are talking about that right now. After Volkova had her second
surgery for her ligaments, she ocially conrmed that she
and Katina are planning to reunite t.A.T.u.[59] However,
soon Volkova told an interviewer that they are not reuniting after all. Katina also stated that her solo career is the
number one goal right now and that if t.A.T.u. is going to
reunite, it would only be for small things like commercials
and concerts.
On 9 June 2013, t.A.T.u. and Katinas former manager Tristram Buckley is set to pursue a lawsuit towards
Katina and t.A.T.u.'s management seeking approximately
$20 million. According to TMZ.com, he said that during the time with Katinas solo career, her productions
were losing money, and she was arrogant, abrasive, confrontational and rude to fansand he rebuilt her image
from the ground up.[60] His contract was wrongfully
terminated after one year with Katina and was never
paid his services. According to the compliance, he will
sue on grounds including fraud, breach of contract and
defamation.[60]
On 27 September 2013 t.A.T.u. performed a concert in
Kiev, Ukraine. Shortly thereafter they wore their schoolgirls outts from their rst album again for a Snickers
Japanese spot. Whilst in Japan they also performed All
the Things She Said live in Tokyo.

2 ARTISTRY AND CONTROVERSIES

another video message on her ocial YouTube channel
in response to Katinas video. She stated that despite
reasons of severe trepidation on the part of Lena about
[Volkova] and [her] behavior, collaboration between the
two was possible, referring to the release of their new single as well as their music video.[68]
On 6 April 2014, the music video to Love In Every Moment was released to the Cornetto Ru page on YouTube,
in which Katina and Volkova lmed their scenes apart.[69]
The song is part of the A Sight Of Cupid project which
contains several short lms about love. In the short lm
Together Apart the duo were portrayed as cupids. On
22 May 2014, both singers introduced the lm at the
Cannes Film Festival. Due to their conict and in keeping
with Katinas wishes to not interact with Volkova, both
singers had separate interviews with reporters. Volkova
announced during an interview with the Italian press that
the lm would be the last collaborative work between
her and Katina.[70] Despite tensions, a petition dubbed
"#tATuComeback is circulating throughout popular social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter in the
hopes that the former duo will resolve their conicts and
return with their long-awaited comeback as they had originally planned.

2 Artistry and controversies

2.1 Public image

1.10 2014: Olympic performance, return,
Throughout their career the group has received critiand conicts
The duo performed before the opening ceremony of
the 2014 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in
Sochi,[61][62] along with piano virtuoso Denis Matsuev
and opera soprano Anna Netrebko, who is also performing the Olympic anthem.[63] Media reports expressed surprise at this performance, given the lack of LGBT rights
in Russia, especially the Russian law banning gay propaganda aimed at minors that is being used to promote family values.[64] Their early act, including lesbian
kissing, and showing homosexuality and bisexuality to
minors, would be illegal under current Russian law.[65]
The ceremonys director, Konstantin Ernst, said t.A.T.u.'s
Not Gonna Get Us was chosen because its one of the
few Russian pop songs that international viewers might
recognize.
On 17 February 2014, Katina posted a video message on
her ocial YouTube channel stating that she would no
longer be working with Yulia and that t.A.T.u. is once
again no longer a group.[66] However, on 20 February,
Volkova posted a video message saying that there is no
big reunion but t.A.T.u. were having joint projects.
She also criticized Katinas meaning behind the video
and conrmed that they would be shooting the video for
the new single.[67] On 5 March 2014, Volkova posted

cism, particularly since the release of All The Things

She Said. The AllMusic review for 200 km/h in the
Wrong Lane labelled the band as an exceptionally tawdry
gimmick.[71] In 2003, after the release of their video of
All The Things She Said, some UK presenters had campaigned to ban the video worldwide.[72] Despite subsequent reports that the BBC had banned the video from
their pre-watershed programme Top of the Pops, the BBC
quickly denied the ban, stating only that they had better
footage to show.[73] Not only have t.A.T.u. received criticism and controversy, but critics have also targeted their
former producer Ivan Shapovalov for their creation.
Just before the recording of their third studio album
Dangerous and Moving, it was announced that Yulia was pregnant. This led to critics accusing the girls
of being fake, in regards to the impression they were
lesbians, although Yulia and Lena have said in the past
they are not together or in a relationship.[74] The girls
however do support the LGBT community.[75] Lena explained about the lesbian claims, saying that it wasn't fun
playing lesbians anymore.[52]
The group have appeared on Forbess Top 50 Richest
Stars of Russia twice, ranking at number six in 2006 with
estimates of 1.4. million dollars and thirty-six in 2007,
dropping thirty places.[76] The group received the FHM

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Special Award for being the Top 100 Sexiest Woman.
Both Katina and Volkova have been ranked on Maxim
Russia Top 100 Sexiest Girls, with Katina at fty-three
and Volkova at fteen.[77][78] The group also appeared on
the cover of Maxim.[2]

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Cancellations of concerts controversy

Pop Songs of 2003 at number 31 and on his Top 10 Contemporary Girl Group Songs at number ten.[87]
In 2008, the group received the MTV Legend award by
MTV Russia. The group is the most successful Russian
musical export of all time.[88] Katina stated to Billboard
Magazine; People will remember us for great songs,
being free, taking life as it is and not being afraid of
anything, [There were] provocative images of two girls
kissing each other, but the second thing was the really
great music.[89] In 2006, both Lena and Yulia were
awarded Woman of the Year by GQs Person of the
Year Awards, but were not awarded under the band
name.[90]

Between the years of 2002 and 2004, t.A.T.u. caused

controversy for cancelling several concerts and tours
around the world. In March 2003, the group announced
dates for their Show Me Love Promo Tour in the United
Kingdom. However the next month, the group dropped
To date, the group have sold over 13 million records
the dates and did not perform at the concert, due to poor
worldwide.[91]
ticket sales.[9] The concert was just days after the cancellation. BBC News stated that only a fraction of the
tickets were sold for the concert and said the stadiums
(held in London and Manchester) had around capacities 3 Productions and T.A. Music
of 10,000.[9] A spokesman from their label Interscope did
not understand why the cancellation took place.
When t.A.T.u. was rst formed by Shapovalov, NeforIn May 2003, t.A.T.u.'s management were sued by the mat was created as the groups production company, with
promoters EEM Group for the cancellations of the con- Shapovalov and Renski at the head. In 2004, the comcerts. EEM sued their management for 300,000, claim- pany was dissolved when t.A.T.u. left Shapovalov.
ing they put unachievable and numerous obstacles in the
way of ticket sales for the shows. They also claimed that
Yulias illness was a reason for the cancellation, however
due to the lack of evidence, the lawsuit was discarded.[79]
After the lawsuit, the group also cancelled their Asianpromo tour for Japan and China, due to Yulias sickness, who needed urgent surgery.[80] The same month,
the group postponed their German Promo tour, due to a
late invitation to the 2003 MTV Movie Awards, where
they performed.[20] The following month they also cancelled their Riga concert and Japan concert in June, which
led to a lawsuit from Pasadena Group Promotion, asking
$180,000 in damages, as they did not receive any ocial
letters regarding the cancellation.[81]

Since 2005, T.A. Music has been the Moscow-based production company of t.A.T.u. The liner notes that accompanied the release of Dangerous and Moving said
that the company was composed of t.A.T.u., Boris Renski, Dasha Mischenko, and Andrey Artischev. After
t.A.T.u. broke ties with Universal Music in 2006, it was
announced in 2008 that T.A. Music would become the
duos record label, although only currently in the Russian
market. Vesyolye Ulybki was released internationally on
iTunes through the T.A. Music label. T.A. Music also
now acts as the label and management company for Lena
Katinas solo project.

While promoting their studio album Dangerous and Mov- 4 Members

ing, the group cancelled their appearances in Chile due to
poor ticket sales and the withdrawal of one of the Chilean
Yulia Volkova vocals (19992011, 2014)
sponsors.[82] One month later, the group cancelled their
Lena Katina vocals (19992011, 2014)
tour at the last minute, due to inadequate stage preparation and poor ticket sales.[83] In September 2009, several
dates in Russia were cancelled due to the 22 July Tupolev Backing band members
Tu-154 plane crash.
Sven Martin keyboard, musical director (2002

2.3

Legacy

2011)

Troy MacCubbin guitars (20022010)

All The Things She Said was ranked at number 452 in
Blender magazines 'The 500 Greatest Songs Since You
Were Born'.[84] The song was listed at number 8 on the
AOL's Top 100 Pop Songs of the Decade.[85] Rebecca
Bary from The New Zealand Herald listed the song at
number ve on their Top Ten Best Singles of 2003.[86]
Bill Lamb from About.com listed the song on his Top 100

Matthew Venslauskas guitars (20102011)

Roman Ratej drums (20032006)
Steve Boomstick Wilson drums (20062011)
Domen Vajevec bass (20062011)

Discography

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Retrieved 19 July 2013. This is an archive to the original.
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Anatomy of t.A.T.u. (2003)

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Podnebesnaya (2003)
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You and I (2012)

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200 Po Vstrechnoy Tour (20012002)

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Show Me Love Tour (2003)

Dangerous and Moving Tour (20052007)

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The Voice Romania with bizarre performance of All The
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External links

Ocial website
t.A.T.u. prole on Forbes.ru (Russian)
t.A.T.u. lyrics translations and interpretations
T.A.T.u. discography at Discogs

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