Ol'ga Orlova

Olga George Orlova (; born on 13 November 1977) is a Russian pop singer, actress, songwriter. She was the founder and lead singer of the pop-group Blestyashchiye, from 1995 until 2000. The pop-group «Velvet Music» 2015–present.

Biography

Music career

1995—2001: Blestyashchie and solo career

Was born in Moscow. Debut took place in the first group video "There, only there". Orlova was not just the lead singer in the group, but is also the author of many of the songs, "Where you, where?", "Chao, Bambina!" and many others with which Blestyashchie has gained large popularity. At the end of 2002, she started touring. The solo concerts were played in Kyiv, Blagoveshchensk, Kaliningrad, Khabarovsk, and Alma-Ata. The music video for the song "I'm Always with You" (a duet with Andrei Gubin) was shot in January 2003 by director Dmitry Zakharov. Took part in the Song of the Year festival with the compositions "Late" (2002), "I'm Always with You" and "Violet" (2003), "Above the Sky" (2004). At the end of 2003, Orlova reached the finals of the festival with the song "Palms", the author of which is a friend of the singer, the former lead singer of Amega and Vintage, Alexei Romanof. Before that, Olga herself had twice become a laureate of the festival as a lyricist, when she was a member of the group "Blestyaschie".

In 2004, she starred in the music video of the famous German pop singer Thomas Anders, "Tonight Is the Night".

In 2006, her second album, If You're Waiting for Me, was released. Most of the songs on the album were composed by Alexei Romanoff. The song "Stop" from this album is the only one in which Orlova herself performed as a composer. In 2007, she retired from active musical life and for eight years was actively involved in films and acting in the theater.

2015-present In 2015, she returned to the stage with the song "Bird", the music to which Alexei Romanoff wrote, and the lyrics herself. The filming of the music video, directed by herself, took place in the Crimea. On September 5, 2015, Orlova's first concert after her return to the stage took place. The performance took place at the Day of the City in Kerch, Crimea.

In February 2016, in co-authorship with Maxim Fadeev, she releases the song "Goodbye, My Friend", dedicated to Zhanna Friske.

Since March 25, 2017, she has been one of the hosts of the reality show Dom-2.

Filmography 1991 Anna Karamazoff as Marie 2003 The Golden Age as Olga Alexandrovna Zherebzova