Origin Russia Moscow, Russia
Genres Pop, Dance, Electronica, Rock
Years active 1999– present (on hiatus)
Labels Neformat 2000 - 2004
Universal 2001–2006
Interscope 2002–2006
T.A. Music 2005 – present
Soyuz Music 2008
Misteriya Zvuka 2009
Coqueiro Verde Record 2009
Pelo Music 2010
Associated acts Neposedi
Website www.tatu.ru
2009–Present: Waste Management/ Hiatus
On July 13, the English version of "Snegopady", named "Snowfalls", was released to the playlist of MTV Baltic. On July 14, Snowfalls was released on Amazon.com's MP3 Store and is now on iTunes.
On October 30, the English Version of the Beliy Plaschik video, "White Robe", was released on Coqueiro Verde Records official YouTube account. t.A.T.u's official website announced that the video was up for voting on MTV Brazil on November 10, 2009. The video for "White Robe" premiered in high quality on t.A.T.u's official YouTube channel on November 30, 2009. On December 3, the "White Robe" video reached the number one position on MTV Brazil.
The album is also confirmed to be released in Russia at the end of the year. The third single off "Waste Management" is going to be Sparks, the English counterpart of "220". It will be released in Brazil and on t.A.T.u.'s official Youtube account in HD, the release date was April 13, 2010. The video is cut in a slightly different way to that of the 220 video, says Insider (informant from the official web page) and it does have the girls lip-synching in English.[citation needed]
It was announced on tatu.ru that the release in Southern America by Coqueiro Verde records has been delayed though management has no info on this, however the Russian edition (the English songs but case notes in Russian) will be available to order from the tatu.ru online store from the 14th December.
Coqueiro Verde records said the album will be released in Argentina & Chile on the 1st of February, 2010 & will also release in Colombia on the 8th of March, 2010.
On March 31, 2010, a contest will be launched in which fans will be able to remix their favorite t.A.T.u songs from the new album. The winning mixes will be included on an upcoming remix album.
On 13 April 2010 t.A.T.u. released their third single "Sparks" and premiered it on Youtube on 13 April.
Currently it is unknown if t.A.T.u . will reunite in the future due to conflict between the two girls. Yulia made headlines in Russia with a recent interview where she expressed her opinion on Lena's solo career, "She [Lena] has the right to do it [sing t.A.T.u. songs], but it's so stupid, absolutely stupid. If you do a solo career, it means that you do your own work. Her stuff, that she makes, I think, is silly and very soon her career will wither away and disappear." Lena responded to this interview via her Youtube Page, "I saw Yulia's interview. Of course I got upset. But I want to tell everybody that I have a completely opposite attitude towards the whole situation, Yulia's project included. I believe she's a very talented person and I sincerely hope that she'll be successful in all the things she plans. I guess some of you were waiting for my comment about this, so it was the comment to the situation and to the discussion on the forum."
In July Lena made an appearence on a radio station where she was asked about the future of the duo. Lena responded by saying " Life has changed a lot . Yulia and I are working on our projects now. I, for one , I'm traveling to Los Angeles this Saturday, where I will keep working on my album. And I 'm preparing a big show in San Francisco in September, so now we are not planning to reform t.A.T.u., certainly not in the near future . Now I really want to concentrate only on our own projects." Lena Katina and her full band will perform her first live major solo show in San Francisco on September 17, 2010 at 1015.