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Grigory Victorovich Lepsveridze ((ロシア語:Григо́рий Ви́кторович Лепсверидзе), (グルジア語:გრიგორი ვიქტორის-ძე ლეფსვერიძე)) known as Grigory Leps (born 16 July 1962 in Sochi), is a Russian singer-songwriter of Georgian origin. His musical style gradually changed from Russian chanson in his early years to soft rock recently. He's known for his low, strong baritone voice.〔http://www.grigoryleps.ru/images/shanson.jpg 〕〔http://russianshanson.info/?id=203&attr=1〕 Meritorious Artist of Russia (2011). Grigory Leps reported the highest income of all singers in Russia in 2013 〔http://www.forbes.ru/rating/50-glavnyh-rossiiskih-znamenitostei-2013-reiting-forbes/2013〕 2014 〔http://www.forbes.ru/rating/50-glavnykh-rossiiskikh-znamenitostei-2014-reiting-forbes/2014〕 and 2015〔 http://www.forbes.ru/rating/50-glavnykh-rossiiskikh-znamenitostei-2015-reiting-forbes/2015?full=1&table=1〕 ==Biography== Grigory Leps was born Grigory Lepsveridze in the city of Sochi, Russian SFSR in an ethnically Georgian family. He finished music school in the class of Percussion instrument. After the army he started to play and sing in a few rock bands, and worked as a singer in restaurants.〔http://vip-bilet.ru/content/view/169/3/〕 He suffered from alcoholism and drug addiction, and to get far from that life he went to Moscow. There he started singing in restaurants, until he received a record deal, and in 1995 he released the album ''May God Keep You'' (Khrani vas Bog). The song "Natali" became a huge hit, but he didn't know that because he was hospitalized for drugs and alcoholism. The doctors told him that one more drop of any of the drugs could kill him completely.〔〔〔 In 1997, he released his second album, ''A Whole Life'' (Tselaya zhizn), which had a few hits including "Chizhik", "Gololed", "A whole life". In 2000, he released the album ''Thank You People'', with the major hits "Shelest" and "Nu i chto". At that album was seen the change in Leps's style, with him completely leaving the Shanson and moving to rock music.〔 That year he met Anya, a dancer in the Laima Vaikule ballet who became his wife. At the same time he lost his voice, and went through an operation. In 2002, he released the album ''On Strings of Rain'' (Na strunakh dozhdya), with a major hit "Rumka vodki na stole".〔〔 In 2004, he released a cover album of songs written by Vladimir Vysotsky in rock versions, ''Parus''. The song "Parus" had a video clip and the album took top places at the selling charts. The second part of the album, ''Vtoroy'' was released in 2007 with its presentation concert being held in the Kremlin hall.〔〔http://www.grigoryleps.ru/images/T23_big.jpg〕 In 2005, he released a compilation album called ''Izbranoye... 10 let''. In 2006, he released two albums, both reaching high success. ''Labirint'', with the hits ''Labirint'' and ''Vyuga'', and the album ''V tsentre zemli'', with the hit ''Zamerzayet Solntse''. The premier concert for the ''V tsentre zemli'' album took place in the Luzhniki Stadium.〔 In 2007, he released two compilations. ''I'm Alive'' (Ya zhivoy, videoclips), and ''All My Life - a Road'' (Vsya moya zhizn - doroga, best songs).〔 In 2009, about the presentation of the album, "Waterfall ". It includes brand new songs old hits. In February 2011, he took a trio of concerts devoted to the new album "Pince-nez" After a year Leps moved to a different style of music. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grigory Leps」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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