Vlad Topalov is a Russian singer, ex-lead singer of the group Smash !!. Currently, his name is more associated with the scandalous story that connects the artist with his own father Mikhail Genrikhovich. According to the pop artist, the parent has an intention to use the promoted name of his son for personal gain. Fans are interested in learning about Vlad's income level. After all, his work today cannot be considered successful.
According to the family's entourage of the singer, the scandal that broke out between the son and the father was a big surprise for everyone. After all, everyone is well aware that at the stage of Vlad's formation, his parent put the maximum of his efforts and means into him, believing in the talent and the lucky star of the young talent.
short biography
On October 25, 1985, the future pop performer was born in the capital's maternity hospital. The Topalov family is closely related to the musical life of the country. His father, who graduated from a music school in the piano class, in his young years was part of the rock movement then persecuted by the official authorities. And in deeper roots were both the composer and the professor of the conservatory. And even the great Rachmaninoff has a distant kinship with Vlad.
From childhood, the boy showed remarkable musical abilities. And in 1990, together with his younger sister Alina, his mother brought him to the children's team "Fidgets". It was here that the necessary fundamentals of creative art were laid. Until 1994, the younger offspring of the Topalovs howled in the ensemble as soloists. Together with this team, they regularly participated in various national and international competitions, in which they were often awarded thematic prizes.
Parents were very happy with the achievements of their beloved children, and in 1994 they sent Vlad and Alina to England to receive a prestigious world-class education. However, the Russian mentality and natural inclination, first of all, Vlad did not allow him to feel comfortable in an uncomfortable country with alien traditions, a strange Western mentality and an uncomfortable climate. The result was their return to their homeland in 1997.
Before and after SMASH
Until 2000, Vlad did not seriously think of becoming a member of the clan affiliation to the domestic musical community. However, his more "prodigious" friend Sergei Lazarev, who was not so lucky in life in terms of family resources, offered to make a musical gift to Mikhail Lazarev, who was then turning 40 years old. At that time the musical "Rotre-Dame de Paris" was in vogue, and its main vocal part, Belle, was very fond of Vlad's father, sophisticated in music. The young people made a professional studio recording, where their duet performed this composition with great enthusiasm.
First, Mikhail Topalov himself expressed his admiration for the musical abilities of his son and his comrade, and then an American friend who worked as the head of one of the recording studios offered his assistance in a thematic endeavor. And already in 2002 the country heard about the formation of the group SMASH !!, when their composition Belle sounded at the festival in Jurmala "New Wave".
The unprecedented success was simply predetermined, because for them a musical niche was calculated with mathematical precision, focused on teenage girls, who had previously given their preferences to foreign performers because of the corresponding vacuum among home-grown pop idols. The albums Freeway and 2nite followed.
However, Vlad's partner showed creative “foresight”, which does not go well with friendship and gratitude, and in 2005 decided to make his way through “special” relations with Lera Kudryavtseva as a solo artist. Sergei Lazarev may not have been embarrassed by the moral aspect of such behavior, but more scrupulous music fans have forever branded him "Pupsik", which is similar to the American concept of "princess" used for men with a female core.
Of course, life has never been fair to real talent. For this reason, today Sergey Lazarev can be considered a more successful performer than Vlad Topalov. After all, the current achievements of the former are well known to the entire Russian music community, and the solo career of the latter has not yet received due recognition. But it is too early to put an end to this story. Moreover, Vlad suddenly abruptly ended his relationship with his father, who at one time very seriously helped him in his formation.
If we talk in numbers about the professional relevance of Vlad Topalov, then it is worth noting that his current fees for performances (concerts and corporate events) are quite modest and range from 5 to 10 thousand US dollars. Apparently, the artist should step over his pride and "zero", starting from the "zero kilometer". And let his "sworn" friend not embarrass the talented singer, and live his life, not the most plausible from a moral point of view.
Son-father relationship
Today, many are perplexed about the gap between the father and son Topalovs announced throughout the country. After all, it is no secret to anyone that information about Vlad's serious support from his parent during the creative formation and founding of the SMASH !! group, which became one of the most popular in the entire post-Soviet space at one time, is not a secret.
The current solo career of Vlad Topalov completely excludes the participation of his father. He did not even invite his parent to a recent solo concert, thereby clearly indicating his attitude towards him.
“We had a conflict with my father, after which we stopped communicating. He has some unreasonable financial demands left on me, and he wants to interfere in my creative activity. And that doesn't suit me. In addition, I am now opening my own production company, and I am not going to share all the profits from my performances with him”- shared Vlad Topalov in his recent interview, which he gave to journalists in connection with numerous thematic issues.
