recommendations for a female Russian artist?

[JesA]

before i say anything, Russia is part of Asia, therefore, Russian music is Asian music...

ive been in love with Origa for about 2.5 years now, and i figured it was time to expand into some other Russian music...im not one for male singers, so i would like some recommendations for some Russian female singers..here's my criteria

• She must have music similar to Hikki's more recent music, Origa's music, or Hitomi Shimatani's music..something fresh, experimental, and ethnic
• She must have a powerful/beautiful voice, such as Yuna Ito's, Origa's, or Celine Dion's
• I need to be able to find this girl's music SOMEWHERE on the internet, because i CANNOT afford to spend any money right now

Yu'l notice that i reference Japanese singers a lot, but that's because i listen to many different styles, and those particular singer's do music that i am most interested in

thanks so much for the recommendations! i love listening to a wider range of music... also, if anyone knows of any awesome Greek artists, i would love to get into them too, because i love the Greek language....the same criteria can pertain to the Greek artists

[fossil]

I dont know anyone else but Origa.

[TITANIC]

i have no idea with russian artist...

but russian singer i only know t.A.T.u
and they are my favorite singers also

[prussian blue]

all i know is tatu and nana mouskori

[sora-kara]

i was gonna say 'zemfira', but she doesnt fit your criteria

[Sasha]

hey-hey! Russia isn't Asia, it Eurasia (Europe+Asia).
hm... so... you criteria is kinda... well... I need to think. for now try out Valeria (Валерия)? she has quite powerful voice)

[JesA]

i've already tried t.A.T.u and i dont like them much, so i'll try Valeria! thanks!

also, i enjoy any kind of music, so any artist yu think is wonderful is fine with me! with my criteria, those are just things that i would LIKE to find in an artist....im open to anybody

[Halla]

for expirimental/ethnic , maybe you should try Sa Ding Ding. she's like the chinese björk. I believe if you can find an active download link in the downloads section for Sa Ding Ding's first international album "Alive".

for Greek , definitely Despina Vandi. just search her name in youtube for samples, tho you probably are familiar with her already. or Elena Paparizou / Antigue, they're were ethno-pop-dance.

you might also want to check out Anggun, she's originally from indonesia or something. but she's had success in europe singing in french & english, her music is ethnic/pop/dance too

[fossil]

you should try Sammi Cheng.

She's an Hong Kong artist, very good all arounded performer

[Libriya]

JesA, I can recomend Yulia Savicheva...

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Natali - Veter s Morya Dul = Greatest Russian singer and song imo.



This is pretty great as well, not a russian singer but russian song, I think lol.



I also really like Alsou, she's amazing!

[Kaiouforever]

Every Russian I've ever met has said they are European, not Asian.

Most of the suggestions above are pretty good; Ruslana is a Ukrainian singer with a good voice and fresh material, so you might want to check her out as well.

[JesA]

i always though that there was a European part of Russia and an Asia part....i know that the population is densest in the European part, so that could explain why many of the people yu'v talked to say that theyre European....but i really dont know exactly....my stupid school doesnt teach us about ANY countries other than the US...seriously...

thanks for the recommendations! i'll definately do some looking into the artists tomorrow when i have time! btw, i didnt mean to cause all this talk about Russia...sorry about that

[zoomzoom]

Svetlana Loboda is really good.. she's not really ethnic or anything, but she has a good voice and is a lot of fun

Mishka

If you wanna get more experimental and ethnic, the Ukrainian Ruslana is definately worth checking out as Kaiouforever said. She won the Eurovision Song Contest, which is the biggest TV event in the world with the song "Wild Dances". She incorporates traditional instruments into modern music which is cool.

Wild Dances