For people who look for russian pop music for a nice way to get acquainted to the russian language here are some of the artists I like.

  • Братья Грим (try the song Стерва)
  • Юлиа Савичева (try Я так тебя жду (on youtube, real tears )
  • Ёлка (try Бросай live)
  • Слава
  • Нюша
  • IOWA (try Улыбайся)
  • Ирина Билык
  • Ирина Дубцова
  • Ночные снайперы
  • Полина Гагарина
  • Ани Лорак (some songs in ukrainian)
  • Город 312
  • Макс Фадеев (try Беги по небу)
  • МумиЙ Тролль
  • Quest Pistols
  • Светлана Лобода
  • Cerebro (a lot of songs are in english)
  • KEiPA (try На юг)


It's usually quite easy to find lyrics for the songs of these artists.
Their music is easily found on rutracker.org too but that's another story