Nu Virgos

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VIA Gra
VIA Gra at the Laima Rendezvous Jūrmala Festival, August 2019. From left to right: Ulyana Sinetskaya, Erika Herceg, Olga Meganskaya.
Background information
Also known as	Nu Virgos
Origin	Kyiv, Ukraine[1]
Genres	Dance-pop Europop
Years active	2000–2022
Labels	Sony Music Russia (2001—2005) Velvet Music (2012—2017) Meladze Music (2017—2022)
Past members	See timeline Alena Vinnitskaya (2000—2003) Nadezhda Granovskaya (2000—2002) (2002—2006) (2009—2011) Tatiana Naynik (2002) Anna Sedokova (2002—2004) Vera Brezhneva (2003—2007) Svitlana Loboda (2004) Albina Dzhanabaeva (2004—2013) Khrystyna Kots-Hotlib (2006) Olha Koryahina (2006—2007) Meseda Bagaudinova (2007—2009) Tatiana Kotova (2008—2010) Yeva Bushmina (2010—2012) Santa Dimopulos (2011—2012) Erika Herceg (2013—2020) Misha Romanova (2013—2018) Anastasia Kozhevnikova (2013—2018) Ulyana Sinetskaya (2018—2022) Ksenia Popova (2020—2022) Sofia Tarasova (2020—2022) Olga Meganskaya (2018—2020) D. Kostyuk's group: Dasha Medovaya (2013—2014) Dasha Rostova (2013—2015) Aina Vilberh (2013—2014) Elena Tolstonogova (2014—2015) Irina Ostrovskaya (2014—2015)

VIA Gra (Ukrainian: ВІА Гра), known outside of Ukraine and other nearby countries as Nu Virgos, is a Russian/Ukrainian girl group. The name VIA Gra is a triple wordplay; it is an allusion to the drug Viagra, the first three letters "ВИА" ("VIA") also stand for "vocal-instrumental ensemble" in Ukrainian, and "Гра" ("hra") means "game" or "play" in Ukrainian, and is also a kind of signature of the surnames of the two first girls of the group, VI-nnytsk-A and GR-anovsk-A, the originally used maiden name of Nadia Meiher. Nu Virgos rose to prominence when they hit the charts in the countries of CIS in September 2000, with their debut single "Popytka No. 5" ("Attempt No. 5").^[2] Their first success outside the Russian language area was in May 2004, with the single "Stop! Stop! Stop!",^[3] an English version of their 2002 Russian song. The group is known for their frequent lineup changes, with 13 different individuals having at one time been in the group.^[4] The group was co-created by Dmitriy Kostyuk and Konstantin Meladze. Kostyuk is the manager of the group and the co-producer of the group's albums. Meladze is the writer of the group's songs and the co-producer of the group's albums.