t.A.T.u. For Life

t.A.T.u. (Russian: Тату́ pronounced [tɐˈtu]) was a duo formed in Moscow, Russia in 1999 by Ivan Shapovalov. The group consisted of Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova. They are the most successful Russian act to date.

Their debut single "Ya Soshla S Uma" (Russian version of "All The Things She Said") was released in December 2000.[4] The single had a huge success in Russia and Eastern Europe.

In early 2001, Shapovalov signed a recording contract with Universal Music Russia to release the debut album, 200 Po Vstrechnoy.
It was released in May of that year and was certified multi-platinum in Russia and platinum in Europe, making t.A.T.u. the first musical act from Eastern Europe to get the IFPI platinum award.
With the release of the English version of 200 Po Vstrechnoy, 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane, in late 2002, t.A.T.u. became the first group ever to get the IFPI Europe platinum award for the same album in two different languages.
The album also got the diamond certification in Japan and gold in the United Kingdom and the United States. The album's lead single
"All The Things She Said" spent four consecutive weeks at the number 1 spot in the UK Singles Chart, and topped the charts internationally.

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