Valery Leontiev

Valery Leontiev
Валерий Леонтьев
Born (1949-03-19) 19 March 1949 (age 75)
Ust-Usa, Komi ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma materSaint-Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actor
Years active1972–present
TitlePeople's Artist of Russia (1996)
Awards
Musical career
Genres
Instrument
  • Vocals
Websiteleontiev.ru
Signature

Valery Yakovlevich Leontiev[a] (Russian: Валерий Яковлевич Леонтьев; born 19 March 1949) is a Soviet and Russian pop singer, sometimes songwriter and actor, whose popularity peaked in the 1980s and 1990s. He was titled a People's Artist of Russia in 1996.[1] During his career, he achieved international success in Eastern Europe, has the status of a pop icon along with Alla Pugacheva, and is a winner of ZD Awards.[2]

In 1993, Leontyev headlined the Voice of Asia festival, along with Boney M and Gloria Gaynor.[3]

Over the course of his decades-long career, he has recorded more than 30 albums, many of which sold millions of copies. The media refers to Leontiev as a megastar and a legend of the Russian pop.[4][5][6][7]


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  1. ^ Награждён указом президента России № 366 от 9 марта 1996 года Archived 2012-01-05 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Церемония вручение номинаций «ЗД» началась с Леонтьева и Лорак". www.mk.ru (in Russian). 28 February 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  3. ^ tengrinews.kz (29 July 2023). ""Азия Дауысы": возрождение легенды". Главные новости Казахстана - Tengrinews.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Valery Leontiev". Firma Melodiya. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  5. ^ Валерий Леонтьев: Секс, шампанское и рок-н-ролл [Valery Leontiev: Sex, champaigne and rock-'n'-roll»]. Moskovskij Komsomolets. 17 March 2010.
  6. ^ «В Саратове Валерий Леонтьев скрывался от поклонников» [«In Saratov Valery Leontiev was hiding from fans»]. Komsomolskaya Pravda. 19 November 2008. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012.
  7. ^ Вечерняя Москва.«"Валерий Леонтьев. Книга судьбы"» Archived 2012-01-05 at the Wayback Machine