Sergey Lazarev's Life and Career

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  • Early life

    Early life
    From ages six to nine Lazarev went in for artistic gymnastics. Lazarev began his acting and singing career before the age of 10, singing in the Lokteus Children Choir. At the age of 14, he had already received his first musical award, won several children's song contests, and ended up as a member of child group Neposedi.

  • Smash!!

    Smash!!
    At the beginning of 2002 the duo shot their first video clip for the song "Should Have Loved You More". That August Smash!! won the 'New Wave' contest in Jūrmala and in October 2002 Smash!! released their first single "Belle". The video for "Belle" topped MTV Russia's chart for 6 months and entered the list of top 20 clips of the past five years. The story behind this song tells about the formation of the duo Smash!!, apparently Vlad and Sergey rehearsed the song as a birthday present to Vlad's

  • Awards

    Awards
    In February 2003 the band finally released their debut album, Freeway. Over a million discs were sold in Russia and other nations in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Smash!! subsequently toured Russia throughout 2003. The following year Freeway was released in East Asian countries including; Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, India, and the Philippines. The release of the album was followed by the promotional tour in the South-Eastern Asia, during

  • Solo Career and the First Song

    Solo Career and the First Song
    Eye of the StormTogether with British producer Brian Rawling, Sergey recorded most of the songs for his solo debut Don't Be Fake that was released in November 2005 and sold more than 300,000 copies in Russia alone. In May 2006 Sergey received Russia's national Music TV Channel's MUZ TV award as Best New Act. The fourth single from the album "Fake" was released to clubs in the UK, debuting on July 30 at #28 on the commercial club chart in Music Week. Don't be Fake's first two singles, "Eye Of The Storm" and "Lo

  • Discography

    Discography
    As part of Smash!![edit]
    2003: Freeway
    2004: 2nite
    Solo albums[edit]
    2005: Don't Be Fake
    2007: TV Show
    2010: Electric Touch
    2012: Lazarev.

  • The Latest Song

    The Latest Song
    In my Lonely Life

  • Eurovision

    Eurovision
    On December 10, 2015, it was revealed that Lazarev will represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm