Polina Gagarina and Dima Bilan

Russian companies have begun to prepare for New Year’s corporate parties, and according to Tabriz Shahidi, a well-known domestic star agent and event organizer, artists will not be out of work this winter. He posted a post on his telegram channel on the eve of the holiday season about what’s going on in the event industry.

Shahidi wrote. He also shared a list of the most requested artists for December 2022. The concert director explained that the rating was compiled by his company solely based on the number of customer requests, as well as “stats from colleagues.”

At the top of the list published in the publication Leonid Agutin, “Hands Up!” group consists of singer Zivert, singer Shaman and rapper Basta. Also in the top ten are Polina Gagarina, Ivanushki International, MakSim, Anna Asti and Soso Pavliashvili.

Grigory Leps and the Shaman

Judging by the list, this year’s breakthrough in Russian show business was Shaman, which had not previously been so successful at corporate events. The 30-year-old artist, whose real name is Yaroslav Dronov, took part in the TV projects “Factor A” and “Voice”, and since 2020 he began to perform under the pseudonym Shaman. Since February, the popularity of the musician has increased significantly, thanks to the patriotic songs “Stand Up” and “I’m Russian”. For the latter, a clip was shot, which in one day received a million views on YouTube and became the object of a parody by Alexander Gudkov.

Journalist Anna Mongait commented on Dronov’s presence in the top 5 of the ranking:

– wrote on the telegram channel.