Ivan Nikolayevich Shapovalov (

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: Иван Николаевич Шаповалов, born 28 May 1966) is a musical producer based in Moscow, Russia. He is best known for being the founder and former executive producer/manager for

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Production career

In 1999, Shapovalov with Voitinskyi,

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, Renski and then-lover

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, created

, where most of Shapovalov's success would come from. He directed the music video of t.A.T.u's 2002 single "

Ya Soshla S Uma "All the Things She Said" is a song recorded by Russian music duo t.A.T.u. for their second, and first English-language, studio album ''200 km/h in the Wrong Lane'' (2002), and released as the lead single from the album in Europe on 9 September ...

" ("

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"). Ivan led the girls to stardom as their producer, with a controversial image, and producer of the production company Neformat, which he and Renski formed. In 2003, Shapovalov formed the project

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to develop his producing skills. He ended up working with many artists, and becoming the producer of 7B and n.A.T.o. However, in 2004, t.A.T.u. decided to break off from Shapovalov (and Neformat) and continue alone. t.A.T.u. was soon re-signed to

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, appointing Boris Renski as their head producer.

References

External links

«Тату»-мейкер. Компания № 207.
March 25. 2002 {{DEFAULTSORT:Shapovalov, Ivan 1966 births Living people People from Volgograd Oblast T.A.T.u. Russian record producers Russian music video directors