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Margo (singer)

Margot. Maria Valerievna Korneeva (by her husband - Potapova), also known as Maria Bibilova. Born on October 6, 1976 in Moscow. Russian pop singer, member of the Strelki group.

Maria Korneeva, who became known under the creative pseudonym Margo, was born on October 6, 1976 in Moscow.

She graduated from the French Lyceum and is also fluent in English.

In childhood and adolescence, she was professionally involved in athletics.

She worked as a laboratory assistant at Moscow State University and taught students.

Graduated in 2002 State University Management majoring in management.

In 2005 she graduated from the Faculty of Economics of MADI.

For a long time worked in the tourism sector.

WITH early years She was fond of music, her favorite performers were and.

Since 1997, she became a member of a popular Russian girl group "Arrows", in which she gained fame under the pseudonym Margot.

The decision to create a team was made in April 1997 by the Soyuz studio. The women's group was created like the Spice Girls. The implementation of the project was entrusted to Igor Seliverstov, who recruited the team with the help of Leonid Velichkovsky and Vadim Fishman. During the casting at the Vysotnik cultural center in Ramenki, out of 4,000 girls, 7 were selected, the team members were: Maria Korneeva (“Margo”), (“Yu-Yu”), (“Gera”), Ekaterina Kravtsova (“Radio Operator Kat” ), Maria Solovyova (“Mouse”), Anastasia Rodina (“Stasya”) and Liya Bykova.

After some time, a performance took place at the Metelitsa club, where Strelki performed three songs: “Mommy”, “New Russian Girls” and “New Passion”. On November 29, 1997, the Muzoboz program released the group’s first video, “Mommy.”

As journalists noted, Margo looked the most serious of the “Strelok”.

In May 1998, a video for the song “ A holiday romance", which was filmed in Cyprus. At the same time, a photo shoot of the group for PlayBoy magazine took place there. This clip was awarded at the “Generation-98” festival in the “ Best Story" In June 1998, a video for the song “First Teacher” was released.

In September 1998, the presentation of the single “Parties in Moscow” took place. The compact includes two songs: “At the Party” and “Moscow”. Immediately after this, filming took place for the song “Handsome” from the next album.

Margo (Maria Korneeva) in her youth

In November 1998, a video was recorded for the song “Happy New Year!” - Russian-language version of George Michael's composition.

At the beginning of January 1999, a video for a remix of the song “At the Party” was released. In the video, dancers also sang along with the group members. Next was the presentation of the video clip new song“You left me” and its premiere in the program “ Good morning». Main role Olga Maltseva (model from Vyacheslav Zaitsev’s agency) also played in the video. Soon the clip was banned from showing due to the propaganda of drugs, nudity, weapons in the frame and advertising of the Vinso Grand casino, where part of the clip was filmed, which is why the clip had to be re-edited. In the end it turned out new clip"You Left Me (Remix)." On May 28, 1999, this song received the title of “100-pound hit” from the radio station “Hit-FM”.

Arrows - You left me

On April 24, 1999, the first solo concert group “Strelki all roads”, and from fragments of the concert a video was edited for the song “Thorns and Roses”. At the Ovation Award, Strelki were recognized as the best pop group of 1998.

At the end of September 1999, a new video appeared on television - for the song “I’m Good.” The entire clip is animated, with the exception of the “Strelok” themselves. After some time, a video for the song “I’ll be back” is released - collaboration"Strelok" and Igor Nikolaev.

Arrows - I'm good

November 1, 1999 at entertainment complex"Metelitsa" in Moscow "Strelki" presented new album"Thorns and Roses" The song “I'll be back” was sung in a duet with. The presentation of the new album also took place in the North Caucasus. The group became the only one to perform in a war zone.

On April 1, 2000, a video for the song “Boomerang” was released. This video was a continuation of last year’s hit “You Left Me.” It also starred actor Ivars Kalnins, the main female role Actress Ksenia Nazarova played in the video.

In the spring of 2000, Strelki received the second Ovation Award as the best pop group of the year.

In July 2000, a video for the song “Dislike” appeared. In the video, the girls appeared naked. The clip received the Golden Gramophone award.

In 2001, the group released a Megamix, created from the songs “Thorns and Roses”, “You Choose Yourself”, “Boomerang”, “You Left Me”, “Mommy”, “Handsome”, “At the Party”, “No Love” , “The Sun Behind the Mountain” and the songs “Make Me Love.” The album was supported by the video "Megamix".

On June 28, 2002, the fifth album “Love Me More” was released. It includes 14 compositions, among which there is a solo song by Maria Korneeva (“You are only mine”).

The Strelki group enjoyed wild popularity in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The seven soloists were adored by the whole country. Not a single disco was complete without some song from a girl group. The artists worked together for about ten years. The group lost popularity in 2003-2006 due to frequent line-up changes.

Since 2004, Maria Korneeva has been a member of the duet "Bridge", in which she sang together with Svetlana Bobkina. But the duo broke up after the release of the first single “Top Secret”.

In August 2015, Strelki announced the reunion of the team with a golden lineup: Maria “Margo” Korneeva, Ekaterina “Radio Operator Kat” Kravtsova, Salome “Tori” Rossiver, Svetlana “Gera” Bobkina. According to the soloists themselves, they decided to reunite after participating in one of the “Disco 90s” festivals.

In May 2016, the “golden line-up” of the group presented a video clip for the new composition “Man in Love.” At the beginning of February 2017, Salome "Tori" Rossiver left the team and the group remained as a trio.

Maria Korneeva is developing her brand of costume jewelry.

Height of Margot (Maria Korneeva): 175 centimeters.

Personal life Margo (Maria Korneeva):

Married. The husband, Alexey Potapov, a businessman, was one of the sponsors of the Strelki group. She dedicated the song “I Found My Happiness” to him, later renamed “You’re Only Mine.” They got married in August 2001.

In 2006 she gave birth to a son, Fedor.

In 2011, daughter Alice was born.

As the singer noted, the birth of children immersed her in everyday worries, which took a lot of energy. “A year after Alice was born, I realized that two children are not one at all. Moreover, such children of different ages with a difference of five years. A year later, I realized that I was living in hell: everyone needs something, they need different things, and no one gives anything in terms of emotions. The eldest is jealous, the youngest is constantly in her arms, her hands hurt, her back dries up, then her husband comes, who also demands attention,” said Margot.

Fedor and Alisa - children of Margot (Maria Korneeva)

Loves books. Her favorite reading is mysticism.

Filmography of Margot (Maria Korneeva):

2006 - Game of Shindai episode (singing girl in the oligarch’s car)

Discography of Margo (Maria Korneeva) in the group “Strelki”:

1998 - Arrows go forward
1998 - Parties in Moscow (Single)
1998 - Happy New Year! (Single)
1999 - Everything is...
1999 - Gold
1999 - Thorns and Roses
2000 - Dislike (Single)
2000 - Arrows 2000
2001 - Strelki 2001 (Re-release)
2001 - MegaMix
2002 - Love me more
2016 - Sorry, goodbye, don't remember
2016 - Legendary songs

Video clips of Margot (Maria Korneeva) in the group “Strelki”:

1997 - “Mommy”
1998 - “At the Party”
1998 - “Resort Romance”
1998 - “The First Teacher”
1998 - “Moscow”
1998 - “Handsome”
1998 - “Happy New Year!”
1999 - “At the Party (Remix)”
1999 - “You left me”
1999 - “You Left Me (Remix)”
1999 - “Thorns and Roses”
1999 - “I’m good”
1999 - “No Love”
1999 - “I'll be back”
1999 - “Happy New Year! (Remix, new version)"
2000 - “Boomerang”
2000 - “Loveless”
2000 - “The Sun Behind the Mountain”
2001 - Megamix
2001 - “Forgive and Farewell”
2002 - “Twig Girl”
2003 - “Ugra Valley”
2016 - “A Man in Love”

The soloists of the once super-popular group “Strelki” were not recognized by fans when the members of the group came out into the world.

The pop group "Strelki" had resounding success in the late 90s. The group was revived in 2015, but not with its full original lineup. Now Ekaterina Kravtsova (Kat), Svetlana Bobkina (Gera) and Maria Bibilova (Margot) are trying to conquer show business again. The artists have not yet managed to recapture their former success, but recently the singers have nevertheless attracted attention, Joinfo.ua reports.

"Time takes its toll"

The group "Strelki" became guests of a popular party Russian artist Olga Buzova, which she arranged in honor of the presentation of the video for the song “Not enough halves”.

Buzova’s friend Maria Pogrebnyak was present at the celebration, and it was she who published a photo on her Instagram with the soloists of the once popular group “Strelki”.

“How I danced to their songs as a child, I’m glad to meet you,” Pogrebnyak signed the frame on the social network (Spelling and punctuation hereinafter are the author’s. - Ed.).

"Strelki" are no longer the same...

The girl’s followers were not immediately able to find out who she was pictured with in the photo. And when the followers understood, they agreed that the lead singers of “Strelok” were “not the same anymore.”

“I didn’t recognize them”, “The one in the middle is like a granny”, “Radio operator Kat is not the same... sad”, “Oh my God, I didn’t recognize them, time is taking its toll”, “What old ladies these shooters are already))” , “The little one from Strelok, she looks older than everyone else,” followers on the Internet commented on the photo.

A little biography

Let us remember that when the group broke up, Margot and Gera performed in a duet called “Bridge” for two more years. Margot also did creative work along the way, and also created her own line of jewelry under the B.B.Love brand.

Singer Hera graduated from drama school and began acting in films and TV series. The artist also tried herself as a composer.

After leaving the Strelka group, Kat gave birth to two sons. The artist also organized her own business, which is not related to the world of show business.

Let us remind you that another popular group that time - " Ivanushki International"was included in the database of the Ukrainian website "Peacemaker".

A little over six months ago, our portal published a frank interview with Ekaterina Kravtsova, better known as Radio Operator Kat from the Strelki group, in which she told a love story with her husband Sergei Lyubomsky. Her husband was imprisoned for seven years for making an attempt on the life and health of his mistress. In the same conversation, Kravtsova told us that she regularly visits the courts not only to acquit her husband, but also to return her apartment, which scammers fraudulently took from her about two years ago. Ekaterina spoke about the details of the trial in a conversation with our portal.

For about two years now, Ekaterina Kravtsova has been trying to get her property back through the courts. Several years ago, the lead singer of the Strelki group purchased a three-room apartment in Moscow worth 60 million rubles, after which she decided to rent it out and found a tenant through a realtor.

Once upon a time serendipity Kravtsova learned that the property no longer belonged to her.

“Imagine: as soon as we had a trial with Sergei, where he was sentenced, a few months later I find out that my apartment, it turns out, is no longer mine. I found out about this on May 25, 2017. As it turned out later, the apartment was resold twice, and then also mortgaged to the bank. It's a complicated scheme. On July 7 of the same year, a criminal case was opened, and I was recognized as a victim. At the same time, we initiated a civil process in order to return my property,” Ekaterina said in a conversation with us.

Kravtsova rented out an apartment to a certain Bella Moiseeva. As it turned out later, the woman purchased a passport in the name of Elena Kravtsova and introduced herself as the singer’s sister (which Ekaterina does not have). Then, with the help of notary Irina Agafonova, the deceiver received the right to sell the apartment, allegedly signed by Ekaterina Kravtsova herself.

Catherine won the first hearing in the civil trial, but her opponents filed an appeal. The court that accepted the appeal overturned the previous decision, this moment the proceedings moved to the Supreme Court. The hearing date has not yet been set, but Kravtsova hopes that the situation will be resolved within the next year.

“As for the criminal case, everything is going slowly. All this is very difficult for me. The most difficult thing is to prove the notary's guilt. She claims that I myself signed the notary register for the transfer of the right to sell, after an examination was carried out, during which it was proven that the signature was not mine. But the notary continues to claim the opposite. The fact of negligence is obvious, it seems to me. But, alas, so far it seems only to me. But it’s okay, we’ll fight,” the singer shared.

In addition to all the above legal proceedings, Kravtsova is involved in one more. In 2015, NTV aired a program in which the case of Kravtsova’s apartment was discussed, where, of course, the names of the tenant and the notary were mentioned. After this release, the notary filed a statement in court to protect her honor and dignity. Agafonova, alas, lost the trial, but did not give up and filed an appeal.

Another instance, the Moscow Regional Court, “miraculously overturned the decision” and satisfied the notary’s claim. Kravtsova, in turn, wrote a complaint in which she pointed out the shortcomings of the trial. A hearing is scheduled for June 26.

Remember 1997, all the girls in the country, abandoned by their beloved men, sang: “You abandoned me, you abandoned me! When you left, I was left alone! ". Yes, yes, this is the same legendary Strelka group.

Now, in 2016, the artists decided to return to the stage with a star cast: Kat, Tori, Hera, Margot.

Agree, the hits of the Strelka group are still known and loved, although the group broke up ten years ago.

For several triumphant years, the life of each of the girls was in full swing. Leaving the group, marriages, the birth of children and numerous stories with the second members of the group did not allow them to maintain the golden composition and the group broke up.

Today, having a big life experience, musical past, girls who missed the stage are ready to conquer again big stage and gathered into a single team and recorded a new single "A man in love".

We decided to ask Ket, Tori, Ger, Margot how they decided to get back together and return to the Russian stage.

Devushka.ru: Girls, you are so different: a combination of incompatibility, but after a while you decided to reunite, what is the reason for this?

Arrows: The time has come, it's time to “Come back” for the 2000s. After the Disco 90 concert, to which Leonid Velichkovsky gathered us, it became clear that our Come back was very appropriate, that everyone was waiting for it and it was natural for us and we are ready to continue what we did 10 years ago. The fact that we are so different is wonderful, we complement each other and fit perfectly into a single team.

Girl.ru:Set priorities in life and characterize your positions.

Arrows: Of course, now we all have a family, children and creativity. In our youth, we immersed ourselves in creativity, we lived only as Arrows) Today, we, each of us, have many interests, primarily our children, the interests of friends, that today we have become such versatile individuals and we have limitless possibilities, and there are no priorities, there is the ability to create a correct schedule for the day.

Devushka.ru: How do you spend your free time?

Arrows: Now he's gone. If it suddenly appears, then we sleep, read books.

Devushka.ru: Your line-up was constantly changing, you started with seven of you, and now there are four left! Even at the beginning of your creative development, you did not fight for natural selection, but supported each other. Do you believe in female friendship? What is your relationship with your former soloists?

Arrows: We understand each other, we accept our friendship is measured over the years, we are like good aged alcohol - 20 years together. We have studied each other's shortcomings, strengths, and whims so much that we have learned to cope with it: we know when to show loyalty and when to take decisive action.

We have great relationship with all the soloists, there is no concept " former soloists", we were part of the history of Strelka and we were connected not only by the stage, but also usual life. Warmth and love always live in the heart towards them. It is impossible to erase our common points at once; we treat all the soloists with great care.

Devushka.ru: How do you feel about criticism and how often do you resort to it yourself? How suggestible are you?

Arrows: What is criticism - “the opinion of a specific person? It has a place and criticism will allow each of us to think and correct what we consider correct. In general, we treat criticism adequately, the main thing is that it is constructive, and not angry and envious.

Sometimes we are suggestible to each other, but each of us is always ready to defend our position.

Devushka.ru: In your opinion, what composition has become key in your work?

Arrows:“You left me” is a composition that has become an all-time hit and of course “At the Party” Everyone has been singing these compositions for 20 years.

Recently we heard “You left me” even on the program “ Evening Urgant", where Ivan Urgant and Dmitry Nagiyev sang to our soundtrack))

Devushka.ru: What would you like to change in life or replay?

Arrows: Nothing. Today I would like to do less unnecessary and incorrect movements and get to where we are going faster)

Devushka.ru: What is life like after fame?

Arrows: Another) Wonderful, family-friendly. Fame is a relative concept, the main thing is to remain yourself and live your life.

Devushka.ru: “Man in Love” who is the composition dedicated to?

Arrows: Leonid Borisovich Velichkovsky.

And finally, a little history:

In April 1997, the new Spice Girls were born in Russia. Business card "Shooter" became the song “You Left Me,” for which a video was shot with the participation of Ivars Kalnins.

In February 1998, the group’s second video for the song “At the Party” was released, which for a long time occupied leading positions in all charts. This song received two awards: “100-pound hit” and “Golden Gramophone” in November 1998. On February 15, the group’s first album appeared, titled “Strelki go forward.” Total circulation Album sales amounted to more than 700,000 MC copies and about 8,000 CDs.

On April 24, 1999, the first solo concert “Arrows of All Roads” was held at the Olimpiyskiy sports complex. At the end of April, at the Ovation Award, Strelki were recognized as the best pop group of 1998. At the beginning of May, the group toured America. The girls performed on Broadway at the Roxy club and on Brighton Beach.

In 1999, Strelki presented their third album, Thorns and Roses. On April 1, 2000, the 16th video for the new song “Boomerang” was released on TV screens. This video was a continuation of last year’s hit “You Left Me.”

In the spring of 2000, Strelki received the second Ovation Award as the best pop group of the year. In July 2000, a video for the song “Dislike” appeared. In the video, the girls appeared naked. The clip received the Golden Gramophone award. In June 2002, the fifth album, “Love Me More,” was released.

In the late 90s, the girl group “Strelki”, created by producers Igor SILIVERSTOV and Leonid VELICHKOVSKY, was no less popular than it is now “ VIA Gra" One of their brightest soloists was young Catherine KRAVTSOVA, better known as Radio Operator Kat. Now she performs as part of the new project “Radiocat”. At one of the concerts, our special correspondents got into a conversation with her and learned a lot of interesting things.

MIKHAIL FILIMONOV

“I got into Strelka by accident,” admitted Katya. - Before that, I had never even thought about singing on stage.

My parents and I lived in Lytkarino, near Moscow. But my mother really wanted to move to Moscow. In the early 90s, she and her dad began to transport goods from abroad as “shuttle traders”. And at some point they promoted themselves very well. We bought an apartment in Moscow on Kutuzovsky Prospekt. And then there was a default, and all the money was covered with a copper basin. Dad couldn't stand it. He started hitting my mother hard. One day I came home from school and found her in the kitchen with a broken head. After that, I didn’t communicate with my dad for seven years. I couldn't forgive him for this. Mom, after leaving the hospital, began drinking uncontrollably. There was nothing to live on. The apartment was taken to pay off debts. The only thing we have left is a small batch of shoes in our warehouse. And I, a 14-year-old girl, started selling it on the CSKA market. She earned good money. I rented an apartment. I paid for my mother’s treatment from a psychiatrist. In general, little by little I began to improve my life. And then on the TV show “Clipsa” I heard that they were recruiting girls for the group, and decided to try my luck.

All of us in a room

- Did your work at Strelka live up to your expectations?

Where exactly! The producers bought themselves cars, apartments, houses... And we worked like horses. We visited Moscow for a maximum of two days a month and received pennies. We were paid $15 for a 20-minute performance. For a solo concert lasting two hours - 200. This is despite the fact that “Strelki” cost from $5,000 and above.

I am generally silent about the conditions in which I had to work. On tour, we were often accommodated in some hostel with seven of us in one room. And they didn’t even consider it necessary to feed. Moreover, they were constantly fined for being late and other offenses. Now that I’m working on the project myself, I understand that in fact the salary at Strelka was quite normal. After all, out of these 5,000 dollars, it was necessary to pay not only us, but also a bunch of people - the sound engineer, administrator, etc. In the end, the producers didn't have much left to do.

Knocked all over your head

The former director of the Grezy strip club, Andrei Yermonin, recently told us that at one of the parties your group performed naked in front of the oligarchs and then splashed with them in the pool. Was this also done for love? Or were you forced by the producers?

The producers had their own intrigues. Of course, there was no such thing that they could come and say: “You, you and you go and serve so and so.” But attempts, with the help of the group members, to establish contacts with someone from the right people really took place. I remember once we arrived at one radio station, and the producers told us: “If you want to be played here, decide who we will send out?” In principle, this is a normal situation for show business: if you want to be somewhere, you need to do this and that. But even if someone from Strelok was deported to someone, I know nothing about it. In any case, I personally did not participate in anything like that. I had the image of being slightly knocked over the head. Everyone liked that I was so cool. But no one perceived me as a girl. Perhaps that is why all these dirty deeds passed me by.

Married to an oligarch

- Maybe the so-called second squads of Strelok were recruited to please wealthy clients?

It may well be. The participants of the “second cast” received less than us - from 50 to 100 bucks per performance. And at the same time they did not pretend to get into the main team. Then these new girls changed often - about once every six months. For example, I introduced Lana Timakova to Strelki. She gave the impression of a very modest girl. Imagine my amazement when they later told me about her stormy adventures with Serov, Agutin and other stars. - What was the fate of the main cast members?

The first - a year after the creation of the group - was Leah. She studied in the 3rd year of foreign language. Translated from Japanese into English and from English into Russian. I think she's doing very well now. Then Stasya left. Got pregnant by Dutchman Peter. And she became a respectable mother of the family. Now she and Peter already have three sons. Then Mouse left (Maria Solovyova. - M.F.). She married Dmitry Lipskerov, writer, creator of the Twin Peaks and Drova restaurants, and member of the Public Chamber. They have a son and daughter. The producers persuaded the girls to stay. They promised to raise wages. But they couldn't hold them back. As a result, they took it out on the remaining ones - they were all fined. Like, they suffered losses and had to be compensated. And in September 2002, our contracts ended. Yu-Yu left first, who by that time had already recorded solo album and began performing under the name Beretta. After solo career began Hera (Svetlana Bobkina. - M.F.). I didn't intend to leave. But the producers hired new girls and fired me. True, then they invited me to return. Tried to put it back together original composition. Everyone was called. But no one wanted to return. Apparently, they had enough to eat in seven years.

Dobry Mitrofanov

- What did you do after leaving Strelok?

She spun as best she could. For example, at one time I worked as a development director at a dry cleaner. I found wholesale clients and received interest from this. Then everything came at me all at once - my dismissal from Strelok, and a quarrel with my boyfriend. It seemed to me that there was no way out. I got into the car, drove around Moscow for hours and looked for the license plate number of his car. As a result, my psyche could not stand it, and I devoured 20 tablets of phenazepam. For my 35 kg live weight this was more than enough. I lay there, looked at the ceiling and thought: “I wish I could close my eyes soon!” This ceiling shook! Fortunately, my mother found me in time, called an ambulance, and they pumped me out. After that I started writing songs. Thus, I seemed to take out the accumulated pain from myself. And then my son Danila was born, and my life began to have meaning. -Who is the father of your child?- The same young man because of whom I attempted suicide. I started living with him, an ordinary student, while working at Strelka. Now this person has disappeared from my life. Recently he said that I am evil and he doesn’t want to live with me anymore. I'm actually kind. I'm just really tired. He's idle. And I am busy with the child, working, cooking, doing housework. Naturally, by the end of the day I’m already all on my nerves. But now I’m not particularly upset that he left. - How did it happen that you suddenly returned to the stage again?- Deputy Alexey Mitrofanov helped me. Back when I was working at Strelka, he once came up to me after a concert in Sochi, gave me a business card and asked me to call him. “Listen, leave Strelok,” he said when I called. - You are already a popular face. Let's do a project with you." He promised to settle all problems with the contract. But then I refused. And four years later I remembered this conversation. I offered Mitrofanov one of my songs as the LDPR anthem. He immediately invited me to his place at Metropol. My songs, however, did not interest him. But he introduced me to the guys from Tallinn, with whom I made the “Radiocat” project...

JUST A FACT

The other day, the Strelki group, at the invitation of Joseph Kobzon, performed in Aginsky Buryat Autonomous Okrug as part of the singer and politician’s report on parliamentary work.