The Chelsea group is the brainchild of the popular Star Factory project. The guys quickly burst onto the stage, securing the status of superstars.
The team was able to give music lovers a dozen hits. The guys managed to form their own niche in Russian show business.
The well-known producer Viktor Drobysh undertook the production of the team. Drobysh's track record included collaborations with Leps, Valeria and Kristina Orbakaite. But Victor made a special bet on the Chelsea group and was not mistaken.
Chelsea squad
The Star Factory project (season 6) started in 2006. In total, more than 16 thousand young talents took part in the qualifying round, but only 17 singers got into the project.
Finding guys to form a team is not an easy task. All contestants initially were not similar to each other. They worked in different musical genres.
However, the producer of the Star Factory project, Viktor Drobysh, coped with the difficult task with a solid "5". He managed to find in the guys what united them. And even disadvantages Victor managed to turn into advantages.
At the second concert, Drobysh presented the formed groups to the audience. Not everyone managed to continue their musical career after the end of the project.
However, 17-year-old Arseniy Borodin from Barnaul, 19-year-old Alexei Korzin from Apatitov, 21-year-old Muscovite Roman Arkhipov and his peer from Mozdok Denis Petrov managed to take advantage of the finest hour.
Before the Chelsea team, the guys tried themselves in completely different musical directions. Arseniy voted for soul, Lesha for R&B, Roman was an avid rocker at heart, and Denis loved hip-hop. But when the guys sang the song “Alien Bride”, the listeners realized that they were one.
The song "Alien Bride" "blew up" the music charts. The track took the second position of the Golden Gramophone hit parade on the waves of Russian Radio and entrenched in this position for 20 weeks.
Choosing a group name
Initially, the guys performed without a creative pseudonym. The soloists were presented as a Russian boy band. The producer for a long time could not decide on a name for the team.
Then, on the forum of the Channel One TV channel, an announcement appeared about the best name for the group.
At the final part of the project, the curtain with the name of the group was slightly opened. In the Olimpiysky sports complex, Alla Dovlatova and Sergey Arkhipov presented the children with a certificate for the Chelsea TK.
Soloists could safely use the name on the territory of Russia and the CIS countries.
In addition to four soloists, the musical group included 5 musicians: three guitarists, a keyboardist and a drummer. In 2011, the Chelsea team underwent some changes.
Roman Arkhipov decided to leave the group. Now the group was headed by Arseniy Borodin, Alexei Korzin and Denis Petrov.
Chelsea band music
The vocalists of the Chelsea group were often accused of using a phonogram. However, the soloists of the collective in every possible way refuted this myth. The group used live instruments and vocals every time at concerts.
At the concert, which was organized by Muz-TV in the spring, the team was among those who vehemently advocated performing "live".
Soon the musicians delighted music lovers with the composition "The Most Beloved". The song hit the bull's-eye again. This track became the second hallmark of the Chelsea group. For the song "Most Favorite", the guys received the "Golden Gramophone".
Group after "Star Factory"
After the final of the Star Factory project, the project participants, including the Chelsea group, went on a big tour in Russia and the CIS countries.
On the stage, the soloists of the group several times in a row had to perform the hits that the audience loved: “For you”, “Last call”, “Become mine”, “In half”, “Beloved”, “Someone else's bride”.
For some reason, many perceived the soloists of the Chelsea group as a beautiful picture. The children themselves wrote the texts and did the arrangements.
So, songs written by Alexei Korzina and Denis Petrov were performed at the Star Factory project. Each of the soloists of the group owned at least three musical instruments.
Towards the end of 2006, the band presented their self-titled debut album. In addition, the Chelsea group released 3 remixes and covered the old hit "I won't come to you" by the popular 1990s group "Jolly Fellows".
The guys presented the first album in the capital's club "Gelsomino". Almost immediately after the presentation of the album, the Chelsea group presented their fans with a new song, Love is Always Right.
Soon the guys were able to perform this track together with Philip Kirkorov. In 2007, the band released the song "Wings".
Cover versions are a second wind for the soloists of the Chelsea group. Their repertoire included a lot of cover versions of popular compositions from old films. The guys loved to perform old hits in a new way.
The band's first video
Despite the fact that the soloists of the Chelsea group were already media personalities by 2007, only this year they presented the first video clip for the song “Most Favorite”.
The director Vitaly Mukhametzyanov worked on the video clip. As conceived by the director, the soloists of the group embodied four elements - fire, water, earth and air.
In autumn, the clip entered the rotation. In the same year, the band's videography was replenished with video clips "I won't come to you" and "Wings".
In 2008, the team released the tracks: “Fly”, “Her eyes are missing” and “Happiness in every home”. Fedor Bondarchuk shot a colorful video clip for the composition “Her eyes are missing”.
The following year, the team presented the songs “Point of Return” and “In a Dream and in Reality”. The title of the first song became the cover of the second album.
In 2011, the team took part on the Channel One TV channel, in the Star Factory project. Return". As part of the project, the producers brought together former participants in the music show who fought for the right to be called the best.
In the spring, the Chelsea team took an honorable 2nd place.
In the same 2011, on the wave of popularity, the group presented the clips “I love” and “Nado” to fans. In 2012, the guys presented the super hit "My First Day", and the producer of the band, Viktor Drobysh, wrote music for his wards for the second hit, called "SOS".
Chelsea group now
In 2016, the team celebrated the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Chelsea group. The soloists came to the first serious round date with three Golden Gramophone awards and two collections. Chelsea have been Group of the Year twice.
Today, the children's creativity is on pause. The last hit of the Chelsea group was the musical composition "Don't Hurt Me". The release date of the track fell on 2014.
From time to time the group can be seen at music concerts. The soloists of the band spend most of their time with their families. The guys do not give any comments about returning to the big stage and recording a new album.
