finetune artist: T.A.T.U.

This teenage dance pop duo became the biggest selling Russian act of the new millennium owing to a clever marketing strategy that played on the suggestive nature of the two singers' alleged and barely legal lesbian love affair. The fact that Julia Volkova (b. Yuliya Olegovna Volkova, 20 February 1985, Moscow, Russia) and Lena Katina (b. Elena Sergeevna Katina, 4 October 1984, Moscow, Rusia) both had boyfriends did not detract from the brilliance of the ploy. The project was the creation of Russian producer Ivan Shapovalov, who sifted through thousands of candidates for t.A.T.u. at open auditions before choosing Olegovna and Sergeevna. Enlisting various producers to help record the duo's debut album, Shapovalov fashioned a suitably sleazy electro pop musical backdrop to complement the duo's featherweight voices. Their debut single "Ya Soshla S Uma' (I Lost My Mind) became a massive hit in the girls' native Russia, owing in no small part to a video featuring titillating footage of Katina and Volkova acting out the song's Sapphic storyline. The video became an instant hit on MTV Europe, encouraging Shapovalov to hire noted UK producer Trevor Horn to oversee the recording of t.A.T.u."s English language debut. Featuring reworked versions of songs from the duo's Russian debut, the album was premiered by a new version of "Ya Soshla S Uma" retitled "All The Things She Said". The song duly topped the UK charts in February 2002 amid criticisms that Shapovalov was promoting "paedophiliac pop".

Listen to T.A.T.U. at Finetune.

30 Minutes
Loves Me Not
Ya Shola S Uma
Show Me Love
Gomenasai

denimad on 2008-12-05 16:05:42.823:
mmm the other artists of this station aren't very well selected
Musicluver1991 on 2008-10-09 01:19:03.820:
New single and CD please. kthxbye
Musicluver1991 on 2008-05-05 23:14:16.523:
Correction to my post a couple comments down: Them being lesbians was not the marketing ploy. The ploy was "love without boundaries". Just wanted to correct. ^_^
Musicluver1991 on 2008-05-03 21:32:03.127:
Hmm...Needs their Russian songs and their new CDs.
ILoveHotBoyz on 2008-04-13 15:45:30.423:
FUCKING ASS LEZBIANS!! BUT I LOVE HOW THEY SING!
Musicluver1991 on 2008-03-19 13:00:31.423:
First off, listening to their music will not make you a lesbian. If you think that, you are just an idiot. Secondly, these two aren't even lesbians. They both have boyfriends. The whole lesbian thing was just a marketing thing by the record company. The record company put out an ad saying they wanted two girls to form a group. They told them that they were going to be marketed as lesbian lovers. The whole thing was a fake/scam/whatever you want to call it.
SoccerChicForever on 2008-02-24 10:37:13.960:
who cares if there lezbians! they are great at singing!
nice_sexy_girl on 2008-01-11 20:09:33.527:
Im bi a lil=]
star999 on 2008-01-08 17:46:08.073:
OMG I LOVE JUMPING ON THEM!LOL
cutiekitty on 2007-12-15 22:04:57.347:
I dont now why? im becoming a lez??
sarahsoccer101 on 2007-12-09 17:52:41.570:
on second thots I love ur music!!=]
mixture67 on 2007-12-08 22:16:21.983:
there hott girls! I liked when they kissed in the rain in that video!
sarahsoccer101 on 2007-12-07 09:21:25.733:
this band is a lez! ew! im not going 2 listen 2 there music anymore. cuz what happen if u listen 2 it alot u mite turn into a lez
jewls on 2007-12-04 19:51:44.470:
is this band a lez???
sarahsoccer101 on 2007-12-04 19:00:08.767:
is this band a lez???
Dobby_king on 2007-09-21 10:07:21.390:
oh my god! i loved that kiss scene
loka on 2007-08-29 12:18:48.780:
i luv u ^o^ muah!
loka on 2007-08-29 12:17:43.263:
i..
loka on 2007-08-29 12:16:27.403:
tatu..i
freak_show on 2007-08-26 01:21:35.263:
they are so awesome, other than rammtein they are my fav band, rock on :)
u2konline on 2007-05-25 20:32:33.543:
Second best music group in the entire world. Period. Love tatu, keep it going :)
u2konline on 2007-05-25 20:32:32.483:
Second best music group in the entire world. Period. Love tatu, keep it going :)
nikybaby on 2007-05-07 12:50:31.390:
best band i like this girl when each kissed your lips that is my band...
Jade_Wolf on 2007-03-04 17:28:32.720:
TATU ROCKS!!!!
YenamMan on 2007-01-24 15:28:37.887:
Best Band EVER!!! GO TATU! by the way ur on my myspace friendslist ^_^! GO TATU! WOOH!