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Ruslana is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Vasyl Zinkevych, We Are the Heroes, Serebro and Eleni Foureira. Those roots explain a lot about how Ruslana arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Charlotte Perrelli, Go_A, Natalia Gordienko, Chanel and Marija Šerifović, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Eurovision Song Contest 2005, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Ruslana, reaching back through Vasyl Zinkevych and forward to Eurovision Song Contest 2005. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko, known mononymously as Ruslana, is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter, producer, activist and former politician. She is a World Music Award and Eurovision Song Contest 2004 winning recording artist, holding the title of People's Artist of Ukraine. She is also a former MP serving as deputy in the Ukrainian parliament for the Our Ukraine Party. Ruslana was the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Ukraine in 2004–2005. She is recognized as the most successful Ukrainian female solo artist internationally and was included in the top 10 most influential women of 2013 by the Forbes magazine. The U.S. Secretary of State honored her with the International Women of Courage Award in March 2014. She has been named an honorary citizen of her hometown Lviv and was nominated to receive the title Hero of Ukraine.
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Ruslana connections
Ruslana grew out of Vasyl Zinkevych, We Are the Heroes, Serebro and Eleni Foureira, shares an orbit with Charlotte Perrelli, Go_A, Natalia Gordienko and Chanel, went on to shape Eurovision Song Contest 2005. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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