Shura is Mr. outrageous and unpredictable.
The singer managed to win the sympathy of the audience with his bright performances and unusual appearance.
Alexander Medvedev is one of the few artists who openly spoke about being a representative of non-traditional sexual orientation. However, in reality it turned out that this was nothing more than a PR stunt.
Throughout his career, Shura constantly surprised the public. Journalists followed him closely.
At the beginning of his career, Alexander even appeared in public without teeth.
Some did not understand such behavior at all, others called Shura a clown, and still others were simply spectators watching the "performance" directed by Medvedev.
Childhood and youth of Alexander Medvedev
Shura is a creative pseudonym under which the name of Alexander Medvedev is hidden.
Sasha was born in 1975 in the provincial town of Novosibirsk. The boy grew up practically in the women's team.
Sasha was brought up by her grandmother and mother. Alexander had a younger brother.
Alexander Medvedev told reporters that in childhood he was constantly haunted by the feeling that his mother and grandmother loved him less than their older brother.
For example, at the age of 9, Sasha ended up in an orphanage. Then his grandmother took him from there. In addition, my mother remarried, and for some reason Medvedev thought that his stepfather was his own father.
Only after receiving a passport, Alexander realized that he did not live under the same roof with his own dad.
Then Sasha found out that his own father lived a few blocks from his house. However, dad did not take the initiative in communicating with his children. In addition, he practically did not help the family financially.
Medvedev said that this caused serious psychological trauma.
When Shura became popular, he did not leave his own mother in trouble. But here it is important to consider that Alexander does not communicate with his mother.
He helps her, but transfers the money to a card, or transfers it through relatives with whom he maintains relations.
Note that Alexander Medvedev has no musical education.
In addition, the boy's high school education ended in the 7th grade. Then, not the best prospect opened before him.
The young man had to earn for himself and his family for bread, because the money was sorely lacking.
Alexander began his career as a singer at the age of 13. The first serious scene for a young man was the scene of the restaurant "Rus". The singer's grandmother worked in the restaurant, who put in a good word for her grandson.
Interestingly, the guy was immediately given the nickname Yellow Suitcase. This was due to the outrageous appearance of the guy: he went out to perform in a black fringed sweater, patent leather shoes on a high platform and a black coat to the toes.
Shura himself says that his grandmother instilled in him a love of outrageousness. Alexander recalls that Vera Mikhailovna loved to dress up in dresses, paint her lips in bright lipstick and sing in front of a mirror.
Shura still remembers his grandmother with warmth and is very sorry that he did not have time to say some words.
The artist's grandmother has died.
The work of the singer Shura
Shura's debut as a singer took place in one of the prestigious metropolitan clubs in Moscow, Manhattan Express.
Alexander Medvedev made a bet on shocking. And it should be noted that he calculated everything correctly. The debut performance was accepted by the public. The next day, Shura woke up as a famous person.
Another significant event took place in the same institution. Shura met the designer Alisher.
The guys became real friends. Designer Alisher still sews stage costumes for the singer.
The peak of the singer's popularity came at the end of the 90s. Glory to the artist came thanks to outrageous and, to put it mildly, exotic appearance.
Before this period of time, the public had not yet seen this. Shura went on stage without teeth and was not going to put them in.
The Russian singer noted that he did not intentionally remove his teeth, Alexander was deprived of his teeth by his older brother.
Shura's most popular musical compositions of that time were "Summer Rains Quit Noisy" and "Do Good".
The songs immediately hit the top, so Medvedev recorded video clips on the tracks.
The clips turned out to be as outrageous as Shura himself. The artists created numerous parodies on them, which indicated that Shura was moving in the right direction.
Medvedev's first records were recorded in collaboration with Pavel Yesenin. In addition, Pavel also acted as a backing vocalist.
In 1997, the debut disc called "Shura" appeared in the musician's discography.
And in 1998, the album "Shura-2" was released as a continuation.
Russian singer Shura is the owner of many prestigious awards. For the musical compositions "You do not believe in tears" and "Do good" he received his first "Golden Gramophone".
In the "Song of the Year" the performer sang "You do not believe in tears" and "Summer rains have died down." The songs "Artist", "Winter Winter" and "Heaven for Us" received awards.
In the late 90s, Shura was at the peak of popularity. However, the bright star of Medvedev, for reasons unknown to many, began to fade.
The singer practically did not appear on stage, avoided parties and did not release new albums. Journalists began to talk about Medvedev becoming a drug addict and an alcoholic.
Alexander Medvedev got in touch. He officially confirmed the information that he was being treated for alcoholism, but the main reason for his departure from the stage was that he was struggling with a serious illness.
Shura was diagnosed with cancer at the penultimate stage. For a long time, the disease did not want to let the artist go. But still, Medvedev was stronger than the disease.
Shura was treated in one of the military hospitals in Moscow. Alexander underwent a complex operation, but it was only the first stage on the path to healing.
Next was chemotherapy, which was carried out simultaneously with treatment for drug addiction.
At the end of 2000, Shura returned to the big stage. He became the main character of popular shows.
Alexander shared with fans of his work plans for life and how he overcame an insidious disease.
In 2007, the Russian singer became a guest of the rating program “You are a Superstar!” on NTV. The audience noted that Shura changed his image.
Such changes clearly benefited the artist. He reached the final, giving way to the lady.
The victory in the show was taken by the singer Aziza. Shura managed to impress the audience by performing the musical composition “Let's Pray for Parents”.
Alexander performed the song together with Soso Pavliashvili. The audience could not notice that Shura's teeth were in place. A new smile cost the artist 8 million rubles.
In 2015, Shura celebrated 20 years on the big stage.
In the same 2015, the singer appeared on the stage of the show "One to One!" on the TV channel "Russia-1".
In 2016, a big concert tour started, with the program “New Life. New image. New tracks were performed at the concerts - "Penguins", "Our Summer".
Shura's personal life
Rumors about his unconventional sexual orientation constantly circulated around the performer. But the press did not hesitate to discuss his novels with the fairer sex.
In particular, Shura was seen with the vocalist of the musical group “Guests from the Future” Eva Polna and with singer Larisa Chernikova, but the artist himself called these statements another duck.
Despite the fact that all the time Shura talked about his non-traditional sexual orientation, the man nevertheless introduced his love to the fans, and we note that the representative of the weaker sex became his lover.
Shura met his girlfriend at the Opera club, and her name was Elizabeth.
On his 35th birthday, Shura introduced Elizabeth to his loved ones.
And, despite the fact that the singer himself had a holiday, he gave his chosen one a Mercedes. Judging by the joint photos, young people are perfect for each other.
In 2014, Lisa starred in the video of her beloved "Heart Beats".
For a long time, Shura's personal life was hidden from the press. Some details about the personal are still not visible on the Internet.
However, in 2017, Medvedev was asked a question about the heirs, and he confirmed that the couple was starting to think about children.
In 2016, Shura shared his story on Instagram. On his birthday, the singer wanted to see his mother, with whom he was in a protracted conflict.
He arrived in Novosibirsk and began to wait for his mother on the bench. The woman, seeing her son, simply passed by. This hurt the heart of Alexander Medvedev.
But judging by his photo, in 2019, mom and son still found the wisdom to make peace.
Shura now
2018 was not very easy for the Russian singer. The fact is that Alexander Medvedev began to have health problems.
He was worried about pain in his hip joint, and the doctors recommended that it be replaced. For this, the singer went to Kurgan to the Russian Scientific Center "Restorative Traumatology and Orthopedics" named after Academician G. A. Ilizarov.
The operation went well and as a sign of gratitude, Shura held a solo concert in the city.
Alexander does not forget to please fans with new songs. In 2017, Shura presented a new musical composition "Girlfriend".
In 2018, Shura will present the track "Something Important". The song caused a lot of positive emotions among music lovers.
In the same period of time, the singer organizes a concert at the GLAVCLUB GREEN CONCERT
Shura in 2021
At the beginning of May 2021, Shura presented a new single to fans of his work. We are talking about the track "Blows the roof." The composition, with incredibly powerful energy, charged the fans, and instilled faith that Shura would prepare a brand new LP for them.
