Singers from Russia are not internationally popular, but in Russian speaking countries their success surpasses many Western stars. The secret is simple - they understand the tastes and preferences of the Russian-speaking audience like no one else. So, we present to you 10 most popular singers in Russia. Pay attention to the 10 most popular singers of 2015.
Like a hurricane that sweeps away absolutely everything in its path, the singer Zemfira burst into our lives. Deafening, unbridled, harsh vocals, caustic words, and at the same time the image of a charming girl. All this could not help but attract attention to her. Zemfira bewitched us with the mirror shine of her eyes from under her dark hair.
Signs is a Russian folk-rock singer, soloist and founder of the group " " She naturally has a very pleasant voice with a wide range. Pelageya sings Russian folk songs.
An amazing choice for such a young girl, considering that now folklore not at the peak of popularity among her peers.
Famous Russian singer. She writes lyrics and composes music for them. The beginning of it musical career was the victory in the project “ Star Factory - 4" Now she is already a judge on the show “ X factor" Irina often calls herself “ Man with cleavage”, because I’m used to solving problems with male persistence and pressure.
Tall brunette with kind eyes. The incredibly charismatic singer Slava won the hearts of millions after her first appearance on stage. A bright and unique image, a sparkling sense of humor, all this instantly raised the ratings of television and radio programs, as soon as she appeared there.
To date, she has received national recognition. Winner of one of the most significant music awards in Russia - the Golden Gramophone, which she received in 2005 for the song “ Cool».
The rise of his career began with a victory in music competition « New wave 2003
" Her songs " Veins of the River”, “Cool”, “You Say”, “Give Me Five Minutes", took leading positions in all charts for a long time. As a child, Anastasia danced, played the piano, trumpet and even wooden spoons?
The singer's real name is Marina Maksimova. Born in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan. Her older brother and friends with whom she spent a lot of time and gave her the nickname - “ " At the age of 14, Marina graduated music school in piano and immediately began writing songs.
Subsequently, they were included in her debut album. While still at school, she participated in many city music competitions. The singer made her first attempts to record her own songs together with the group " Pro-Z" These were the songs " Passerby", "Alien" and "Start" The latter was very popular on local radio and became a hit in Kazan.
After the release of the song " Oh my god, what a man", Natalie's star has risen again in the sky Russian show business. However, according to the singer, she never felt forgotten. All these years she has been touring and participating in various shows. However, we still miss her tender and lyrical song “ Wind was blowing from sea", with which many have warm memories.
Elvira's story is reminiscent of the classic fairy tale about Cinderella. Elvira Tugusheva was born in Saratov. Since childhood, she dreamed of performing at big stage. Her first song " All is decided"was widely circulated on the Internet. Now Elvira’s songs are played on almost all television and music radio channels in the country. She received the award Fashion People Awards" in category " opening of the year».
Often, in show business, a young and charismatic performer can capture the hearts of an audience of all ages at once. Her songs are greeted with joy by a young audience, and the older generation rejoices at the opportunity to make a nostalgic journey into the past with their help. Nyusha is included in the ranking of the 10 most beautiful women in Russia in 2015.
« I could describe my life in one sentence: the race for popularity"- the singer once said. Become a winner at any cost. Always remaining the most beautiful, talented, charming and attractive was the main goal of her life.
She is not only a singer and figure skater, but also an actress. Your first hit " To the seas"she recorded together with the singer Arash.
When we turn on the TV, we watch all sorts of shows, performances by our favorite artists, without even knowing about them. nationality. All the heroes of our article are Jews, and this is not bad at all, just looking at these artists it is very difficult to guess that they were born in Jewish family or at least one of the parents was Jewish. We present to your attention a list of famous artists whom you would never think were Jewish.
Leonid Agutin (Leonty Nikolaevich Chizhov)
Soviet and Russian singer, songwriter, composer, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Born in Moscow, into a Jewish family of musician and tour manager Nikolai Petrovich and a teacher primary classes Lyudmila Leonidovna (nee Shkolnikova).
Angelika Varum (real name Maria Yuryevna Varum)
Born in Lvov in the family of composer Yuri Ignatievich Varum and theater director Galina Mikhailovna Shapovalova. Honored artist of the Russian Federation.
Father Yuri Ignatievich (Itskhakovich) Varum recalls: “My grandfather’s last name is Robak, he comes from Warsaw, where my father was born. When the Second World War began World War, his brothers and sisters, forced to flee Poland, decided to take rare surname"Varum" to make it easier to find each other after the war. My grandfather Yudka, stuck in Warsaw, died in the ghetto along with his entire family. A deeply religious man, he enjoyed great authority; people came to him, like a rabbi, for advice and resolution of controversial issues.”
Larisa Alexandrovna Dolina (Larisa Alexandrovna Kudelman)
Soviet and Russian pop and jazz singer, actress. People's Artist RF. She was born in Baku into a Jewish family of builder Alexander Markovich Kudelman and typist Galina Izrailevna Kudelman (née Dolina). At the age of three she moved with her parents to Odessa, hometown parents.
Oleg Mikhailovich Gazmanov
Soviet and Russian pop singer, composer and poet, Honored Artist Russian Federation, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, Candidate of Technical Sciences. Father, Major Mikhail Semenovich Gazmanov, was a professional military man, Tatar by nationality; mother, Zinaida Abramovna (1920-2006) - a cardiologist at a military hospital, Jewish by nationality.
Tamara (Tamriko) Mikhailovna Gverdtsiteli
Soviet, Georgian and Russian singer, actress, composer, Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR (1989), People's Artist of Georgia (1991), People's Artist of Ingushetia, People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
"I am a man of the world. I grew up in international family. Dad is Georgian. I'm just as emotional as he is. And my mother is Jewish. I'm into it with my mind. For Georgians I am Tamara Gverdtsiteli, and for Jews I am Tamara Kofman - Gverdtsiteli. I was born and raised by a Jewish mother, and over the years I feel more and more aware of my Jewish genes. Do I feel that I belong to the Jewish people? Naturally. First of all - by blood. My mother is a purebred Jewish woman from Odessa. I can feel it. This can only be explained by the feelings that I have towards my mother and those closest to me... My grandfather Vladimir Abramovich, whom I remember very well, belonged to the Kaufman family. After the revolution, part of the family emigrated from Russia."
Jasmine
Russian pop singer, actress, model, TV presenter. Honored Artist of the Republic of Dagestan. Born into a family of Mountain Jews. Great-grandmother lives in Israel.
Leonidov Maxim Leonidovich
Born into a family of Leningradsky actors academic theater comedy, Honored Artists of the RSFSR Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Lyulko and one of the founders of the famous skits Leonid Efimovich Leonidov ( real name Shapiro). The famous Russian singer lived in Israel for six years, recorded two music album(in Hebrew and Russian), played in a musical, starred in a movie. And then he returned to his native St. Petersburg and recorded his hit about “The Vision Girl.” Now Maxim lives in Russia, but continues to love Israel
Lolita Markovna Milyavskaya (Lolita Markovna Gorelik)
Russian pop singer, actress, TV presenter and director. Mom, singer, worked in a jazz band. My father worked with my mother as an entertainer and conducted an orchestra. During her parents' tour, little Lolita was raised by her grandmother. In 1972, the parents divorced; in 1974, the father emigrated abroad to Israel.
Boris Mikhailovich Moiseev
Soviet and Russian dancer, choreographer, pop singer. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
The English Wiki has a hint of nationality, but the Russian Wiki does not. Born in prison because his mother dissatisfied with the authorities, was a political prisoner in those years. His childhood was spent in small Jewish ghetto provincial Mogilev.
Marina Arnoldovna Khlebnikova
Soviet and Russian pop singer and TV presenter.
Khlebnikova was invited to the Jewish theater “Sholom” “- Why do you think you were invited to play in this play?
- Don't know. The reason was probably that I was a student of Joseph Davydovich Kobzon. Secondly, now I have a name. And for the theater this series of performances would be a bright spot. Maybe Klara Novikova’s recommendations also played a role. And most importantly, of course, the roots."
Mikhail Borisovich Turetsky
Russian singer and conductor. Founder, artistic director and art director of the art group “Turetsky Choir” and “Soprano 10”. National artist RF. Born into a Jewish family of immigrants from Belarus. Father - Boris Borisovich Epstein. She bears her mother’s surname, since all relatives on her side died during the Holocaust, and she also looks Russian.
Mikhail Zakharovich Shufutinsky
Russian pop singer, pianist and composer. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
Born into the Jewish family of war veteran and doctor Zakhar Davidovich
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Alexander Nikolaevich Uman and Igor Mikhailovich Bortnik - both went to Israel, Bortnik served in the army.
Elena Vorobey (real name Elena Yakovlevna Lebenbaum)
Russian pop actress, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Born into a Jewish family, Yankel Movshevich Lebenbaum and his wife Nina Lvovna.
Klara Novikova
Born in Kyiv, in the family of a front-line soldier, director shoe store in Podol, Boris Zinovievich Herzer. The Jewish woman Klara Novikova reigns supreme among women in the kingdom conversational genre Russia. Novikova got her Russian surname from her first husband, a musician.
Maxim Alexandrovich Galkin
Popular Russian parodist, comedian, TV presenter, film actor and singer. Currently married to Alla Pugacheva. A family from a small village near Chelyabinsk. I even managed to write down some of my grandmother’s memories. On my father's side, there were Larins in our family. According to my mother - Odessa Jews
Alexander Viktorovich Kutikov
Famous Soviet and Russian musician, composer, vocalist, music producer. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Born into a Jewish family.
Valery Miladovich Syutkin
Russian singer and musician, author of lyrics for the rock and roll group "Bravo". Honored Artist of Russia, artistic director of the variety department of Moscow State University for the Humanities. M.A. Sholokhov.
Mom was born in Moscow, on Samotek. Her maiden name Brzezidskaya, she is of Polish and Odessa blood. To put it bluntly (laughs). So I’m a normal Polish Odessa resident. I have Jewish roots. From my mother...I am familiar with Jewish traditions.
Ukupnik Arkady Semenovich
Born on February 18, 1953, Kamenets-Podolsky, Khmelnitsky region. Composer, pop singer, producer of the group "KAR-MAN", director of the studio "Galla" and "Alla." I was born in Ukraine. There, from the age of 5, I learned what it was to be a Jew, to be a "stranger among one's own" Having already arrived in Moscow as an adult, I immediately noticed that there is no such harsh attitude towards Jews as in Ukraine. Since then, I have achieved a lot in my life. And yet, I am very worried about this. that there is MEOC, and that here I am always “one among my own.”
Vladimir Natanovich Vinokur
Soviet and Russian comedian, singer and TV presenter. Honored Artist of the RSFSR, People's Artist of the RSFSR. Born into the Jewish family of builder Nathan Lvovich Vinokur.
Modern domestic show business- this is a special and in some way separated from the rest of civilization world, in which slightly different people live, with their own worries, affairs and quirks. Russian performers are in most cases persons, albeit without a world name, but quite famous in the vastness of their land and within their native state, and perhaps within the neighboring countries too. This article will tell you about popular and in-demand last decade Russian performers.
First echelon
So, let's get started, then we will describe Russian performers. The list is opened by old-timers of the national stage. Leonid Agutin, Nikolai Baskov, Oleg Gazmanov, Valery Leontyev, Alexander Rosenbaum, singer Slava, Lolita, the groups “Para Normalnykh”, “Mumiy Troll” were quite popular at the beginning of the 2000s and were famous for their armies of devoted fans, but with the onset of the second decade of the century they the fame has faded a little. Today these artists can only be seen at the most traditional concerts and musical evenings. The same cannot be said about Philip Kirkorov, Valery Meladze, singers Natalie and Anita Tsoi, and the groups “Zveri” and “Splin”. These artists are in demand and loved by audiences even today. Their concerts still attract millions of fans. And all this despite the fact that they also have the right to call themselves “old-timers of the stage.”
The youth
Russian performers are also representatives of a new generation. Their popularity today is at its peak, their discs are selling faster than others, their tours are scheduled for five to seven years in advance. There are a lot of young Russian pop singers. Their list includes several hundred names and pseudonyms, the most famous are Dima Bilan, Sergey Lazarev, rapper Timati, his protégé - Yegor Creed, Andrey Grizzly, Alexey Vorobyov, Dan Balan, Dominic Joker, Irakli, Max Korzh, Denis Maidanov, Tamerlan, Vyacheslav Basyul, Ani Lorak, Ivan Dorn, Nyusha, Pelageya, Yulia Savicheva, Anna Sedakova, Vera Brezhneva, Tati, Elena Temnikova, Polina Gagarina, Elvira T, Maxim, Loya, Svetlana Loboda, Stas Kostyushkin, Noise MC, Yuliana Karaulova, "Pizza" ", "Silver", M-Band, "23:45", "Banderos", "30.02", Quest Pistols, "Degrees", quartet "Heroes", "China", trio "VIA GRA" and many others.
Voice
Russian performers today also come from many popular television shows. Project with the most high ratings on domestic television - the show “The Voice”. This platform has produced wonderful singers such as Gela Guralia, Elina Chaga, Nargiz Zakirova and many others.
Russian show business is replenishing and Victoria Petrik can be called a prominent representative of this separate group of the domestic stage. The girl is the winner of the world famous Children's New Wave festival. This is certainly a worthy replacement for the old-timers of Russian show business. Now you know which Russian performers are most in demand at the moment.
Nobody in the world knows Soviet and Russian pop musicians. Especially in the West. However, musicians from Russia in different time entered the Western charts.
All attempts to promote and impose our popular music on the Western public have failed. Russian pop music is very secondary and backward - both technologically and stylistically.
But it has already become good tradition telling the Russian public lies about the successes of certain performers in the West. It's getting really funny.
Kirkorov traveled to Monte Carlo to The World The Music Awards are a show of the best-selling performers in their countries, but it is quite difficult to find a person in Russia who has Kirkorov’s album. Pugacheva, as you know, in 1997 took only 15 place out of 25 at the useless Eurovision.
For some reason, Sergei Lazarev sings in English, something the human brain simply cannot handle. Joseph Prigogine, who became an obsession with pushing Valeria to the West, once said in a paid article in a British newspaper that his wife had sold 100 million albums in Russia.
Most big success was with the rapper Timati when the Swiss DJ Antoine made a remix of Timati's song Welcome to St. Tropez. The song topped the charts all over the world, except for the UK and the US. In Switzerland, the song took sixth place at the end of the year. This is our peak pop singers behind Lately.
Which of our musicians really achieved high places in the Western (and this, in a musical sense, is primarily the USA and Great Britain) charts and is generally more or less known in the West.
1. Composer Aram Khachaturian - 1972
One of the recordings of the music of his ballet “Spartacus” called Spartacus, which Khachaturian made together with the London symphony orchestra, entered the British albums chart in 1972, reached number 16 and stayed there for 15 weeks.
By the way, his music is so popular in the world that it was even used in such famous films like Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, James Cameron's Aliens and Tinto Brass's Caligula.
2. Boris Grebenshchikov - 1989
His album Radio Silence, released in England and the USA, took 198th place on the Billboard200, despite the fact that it was recorded with the then super-popular group Eurythmics. The video shows BG's performance on David Letterman's popular TV show.
3. Gorky Park-1990
The success of Gorky Park in the USA cannot be exaggerated. They did not conquer America. Just look at their achievements on the charts. On the Billboard Hot 100 they only scored with the single Try To Find Me (81st place and 6 weeks on the chart), and on the Billboard 200 with the album Gorky Park (80th place and 21 weeks on the chart).
But Gorky Park generally sold well - 300 thousand copies sold in America alone - this is a very good result. Much more success the group achieved success in Scandinavia. Gorky Park in Norway reached 9th place, and the single Bang - 5th. In Denmark the album Moscow Calling It even went platinum.
4. Alsou-2000
With the song Before You Love Me “under Britney Spears” got to 27th place for only a week, during the period when they were trying to promote it in Europe after 2nd place at Eurovision.
5. PPK-2001
The Rostov trance project PPK, with the release of a separate single ResuRection (Eduard Artemyev’s melody from the film “Sibiriyada” by Andrei Konchalovsky with the voice of Yuri Gagarin), debuted in the UK immediately in third place!
The song became the first track from Russia to be in hot rotation on BBC Radio One. ResuRection was then released in other countries, where it also charted successfully - number 5 in the Netherlands, number 9 in Belgium, and number 15 in France and number 36 in Australia.
6. Tattoo-2003
In 2002, the English version of their album “200 in the opposite direction” was released and “Tatu” generally became the most popular Russian group in the world. The girls did not become stars of the first magnitude, and their success was not that long, but they sold about 10 million of their records abroad. This is an unattainable result for Russian performers.
The English-language album now has gold status in four countries and platinum in Europe as a whole, the song “All the Things She Said” occupied the first line of the British chart for several weeks, and a cover of The Smiths was performed in the TV series “Gossip Girl” in 2009.
7. Leonid Agutin - 2007
Author " barefoot boy"And Angelika Varum’s husband graduated from the Moscow Jazz School and from his youth was fond of not only pop music, but also a variety of acoustic guitar music- from jazz to flamenco. In the early 2000s, Agutin began playing concerts, and then recorded the album “Cosmopolitan Life” together with Al di Meola, an American virtuoso of the genre. In Germany the album had more than good sales.
8. Eduard Khil - 2009
A well-known, sad and beautiful story, as a result of which the great pop singer known throughout the world as “Mr. Trololo”. On November 26, 2009, user RealPapaPit posted on YouTube the vocalization “I’m very happy, because I’m finally returning home” - today this video has 19 million 700 thousand views.
They say that the singer was even offered an international tour - but he refused. Both Gawker and The New York Times wrote about Gil's death.
9. Pussy Riot-2012
This is the only group here that has not been on the Western charts, but it cannot be ignored. From a musical point of view, this is a comical story. A group whose songs no one had really heard anywhere became the most famous musical group from Russia recently. Suffice it to say that in the West the Cathedral of Christ the Savior is known as Pussy Riot Church.
Soon after the arrest of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich, musicians around the world began to carry out actions in their support - ranging from Madonna and Paul McCartney to Mike Patton and The Knife and Die Antwoord.
10. Anna Netrebko - 2007 - present
The opera singer was able to achieve real world fame, including the United States. She enjoys particular success in Austria, where she received citizenship. Also lives in New York. Her records are constantly on the charts classical music, but in some countries they also appear on general music charts. Especially in Austria and Germany. Thus, 15 of Netrebko’s albums entered the Austrian chart .
Bonus: The most famous Russian music video in the world
Bloody viral hit "Bad Motherfucker" from Russian group Biting Elbows, shot in first person and therefore more reminiscent of an action video game than music video. The clip was publicly celebrated by Samuel L. Jackson and Darren Aronofsky. 24.6 million views on Youtube.
, .This time I made Top 25 the most beautiful Russian singers, which features Russian pop singers, as well as one Opera singer. When compiling this rating, I took into account external data, photogenicity, without paying attention to the awards and merits of the girls in the professional field.
25.Nyusha(at birth - Anna Shurochkina; pseudonym is also used Nyusha; born August 15, 1990, Moscow) - Russian singer.
24.Jasmine(real name - Sara Manakhimova, born October 12, 1977 U, Derbent, Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, RSFSR, USSR) - Russian pop singer, actress, model, TV presenter. Honored Artist of the Republic of Dagestan.
23. (born March 27, 1987) - Russian- Ukrainian singer, songwriter and composer, actress, winner "Star Factory-2", laureate of a music competition "New wave", television festival "Song of the year", National Television Awards for Popular Music "Muz-TV Award".
22. (born December 13, 1983, Moscow, USSR) - Russian singer, performer of traditional Russian songs in modern adaptation, finalist of the competition "People's Artist-3". Often performs in different countries as an “ambassador” of Russian culture.
21. (born January 31, 1981, Voronezh) - Russian singer, actress. Took part in the international vocal competition "Big Apple-95", where she won the Grand Prix. Since then, her popularity has grown: she was the host of the program "Saturday evening" and channel "Star". In 2000 she starred in the musical "Formula of Joy", in 2001 - in the film "The Hero of Her Novel", in 2004 - in the series "Bomb for the Bride".
20. (born March 1, 1980, Moscow) - Russian figure skater, actress, TV presenter and pop singer; former soloist group “Brilliant” (2003-2007). Films with her participation: “Club”, “Daddy of All Trades”, “Taming of the Shrew”, “Rzhevsky against Napoleon”, etc.
19. (born May 10, 1986 in Astrakhan) - model, singer, TV presenter. She worked in the groups “Podium” and “Tootsie”, and is now building solo career. From 2009 to 2010 she was the presenter and face of the TV channel World Fashion Channel.
18. (born December 25, 1983, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR) - Russian singer, lead singer of the pop group “Factory”, formed in 2002 on the “Star Factory-1” project. Graduate of State Medical University named after. Gnessins (department for training managers folk choirs and folklore ensembles).
17. (born August 30, 1985, Vytegra, Vologda Region) - Russian singer, actress and TV presenter. Films: “Bachelors”, “Young and Happy”, “Swan Paradise”, “Three on Top”, “The Crime Will Be Solved”, “Love in big city", "In love and unarmed", "Heavenly relatives".
16. Valeria(real name Alla Perfilova; born April 17, 1968, Atkarsk, Saratov region) - Russian singer, Honored Artist of Russia (2005).
15. Zara(real name Zarifa Ivanov; born July 26, 1983, Leningrad, RSFSR) - pop singer and actress of Yazidi origin. Project participant "Star Factory-6", where she took 3rd place.
14. Sogdiana(real name - Oksana Nechitailo; born February 17, 1984, Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR) - singer from Uzbekistan. Performs songs in Russian, Uzbek, French, English, Chechen languages. She is the author of some of her own songs, and has also had some experience in writing songs for other performers.
13. (born November 12, 1982, Volzhsky) - Russian singer, TV presenter, former soloist of the Russian female pop group “Brilliant” (2001-2007), after leaving the group she began a solo career.
12. (born September 18, 1971, Krasnodar, USSR) - Russian opera singer, soprano. People's Artist of Russia.
10. (born August 21, 1977, Moscow, USSR) - Russian singer, lead singer of the Russian pop group “Vintage”. Former lead singer of the Russian pop group “Lyceum” (1997-2005).
9. Varvara(real name Elena Susova; born July 30, 1973 in Balashikha) - Russian singer. Honored Artist of Russia (2010). She graduated from the Gnessin School and GITIS. Performed as part of the troupe State Theater variety performances. First solo album, which was called “Varvara”, the performer released in 2001. She also released the albums “Closer” (2003) and “Dreams” (2005).
8. Vera Brezhneva(real name Vera Kiperman; better known by her pseudonym; born February 3, 1982, Dneprodzerzhinsk, Dnepropetrovsk region) - Ukrainian singer, actress, TV presenter, former member pop groups VIA Gra(2003-2007)
7. (born October 2, 1982, Verkhny Kurkuzhin, Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) - Russian singer, former soloist of the Russian women's group"Factory" (from December 2002 to May 2010).
6. (born April 23, 1988 in Sochi) - singer gr. "Yin-Yang", actress of the youth series "Give Youth".
5. Alsou(maiden name - Safina; born June 27, 1983, Bugulma, Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) - Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan (2000), People's Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan (2010). UNESCO Artist for Peace (2011). In May 2000 she represented Russia at a music competition "Eurovision", where she took second place.
4. (born December 16, 1982, Kyiv) - pop singer of Russian origin, TV presenter, actress. Former soloist of the “golden lineup” of the Ukrainian female pop group VIA Gra.
3. (better known by the stage names Tanya Tereshina, Tanya and Tanya; born May 3, 1979, Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic) - Russian singer and fashion model, ex-soloist of the Hi-Fi group.
2. (born September 27, 1978, Leningrad, USSR) - Russian singer, musician, composer, lyricist.
1. (born September 3, 1985, Sholokhovsky village, Rostov region, USSR) - Russian singer, title holder "Miss Russia 2006", former soloist of the Russian-Ukrainian female pop group “VIA Gra” (2008-2010). After leaving the group, she began her solo career and also starred in the TV series “Happiness is Somewhere Nearby.”
