Ruslana to release "Wild Energy" album on October 2008

The long-awaited Ruslana album "Wild Energy" will be released on 10 October 2008.

Recorded at the legendary Hit Factory Criteria Studios in Miami and produced by Ego Works, "Wild Energy" maintains Ruslana’s unique musical components blended with modern urban influences. This release contains a first for Ruslana - the collaboration with the American Urban superstars T-Pain and Missy Elliott in two great songs with very dramatic and amazing results.

“Moon of Dreams” - The first single and video - is a duet with T-Pain and is already a smash in Poland and the Ukraine and the album was released on the 2nd of September 2008 in Canada.

"Wild Energy" combines the elements of music, video production, literature and social commitment in an extraordinary way. Dedicated to the idea of the independence of human feelings and freedoms using original and rarely heard ethnic sounds; the music blends these ancient styles and singing traditions of the Carpathian Mountain people with modern popular music. The timbre of Ruslana’s voice coupled with her unique vocal styling is unmistakable and instantly identifiable to millions of her fans.

The ESC winner in 2004, Ruslana peformed a special concert at the festival Golden Stag Romania on September 5.

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Ruslana in protective gear of security staff

ruslana.com.ua reports:

On 16 July fifteen carriages of a train with highly poisonous yellow phosphorus derailed in the region of L’viv. Six of them caught fire.

Ruslana (2004) went to the location of emergency.

"In my estimation, the staff at the location of the accident is working professionally and well-organized. I went there out of different reasons. First of all to get information about the situation first-hand. The second reason is connected with the major Ukrainian-Polish project, devoted to the Euro 2012. I am a co-organizer of the event on the Ukrainian side. Within the frames of the event meetings of the delegations of the Ukrainian and Polish football federations are being held, and on 22 July a major cultural event will take place, a joint concert of stars from both countries. The third reason - many friends of mine live in the area and I would like to support them."

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source of news and photo: Ruslana Official Website

Ruslana provides voice for computer game

The winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 , Ruslana , will go to New York to record the sound of the popular computer game GTA (Grand Theft Auto).

The character which will use Ruslana's voice is kept a secret. Furthermore, songs from her previous albums and from the new album will be used as soundtracks for the game.

Grand Theft Auto (GTA) was created and primarily developed by Rockstar North, published by Rockstar Games and debuted in 1998. The game allows the player to take on the role of a criminal in a big city, who rises in the ranks of organised crime over the course of the game. Various missions are set for completion by the figureheads of the city underworld, generally criminal, which must be completed to progress through the storyline.

source:Ruslana Official Website;esctoday.com

Ruslana remains the queen of the Ultratop

Wild Dances by Ruslana remains the biggest Eurovision Song Contest hit in Belgium since the introduction of the official Ultratop single charts.

With a fourth place in the Ultratip as highest position, Marija Šerifović joins Tanel Padar & Dave Benton and Marie N, who also failed to reach the Ultratop 50 with Everybody and I wanna.



Highest position reached in the charts

01. # 01 . Ruslana - Wild dances (2004)
02. # 02 . Lordi - Hard rock hallelujah (2006)
03. # 02 . Dana International - Diva (1998)
04. # 05 . Charlotte Nilsson - Take me to your heaven (1999)
05. # 06 . Katrina & The Waves - Love shine a light (1997)
05. # 06 . Sertab - Everyway that I can (2003)
07. # 09 . Eimear Quinn - The voice (1996)
08. # 10 . Helena Paparizou - My number one (2005)
09. # 16 . Olsen Brothers - Fly on the wings of love (2000)
10. # 04 in Ultratip . Marija Šerifović - Molitva (2007)
11. # 04 in Ultratip . Tanel Padar & Dave Benton - Everybody (2001)
12. # 15 in Ultratip . Marie N - I wanna (2002)


Number of weeks in the charts

01. 20 weeks . Ruslana - Wild dances (2004)
02. 16 weeks . Lordi - Hard rock hallelujah (2006)
03. 14 weeks . Helena Paparizou - My number one (2005)
04. 13 weeks . Dana International - Diva (1998)
04. 13 weeks . Katrina & The Waves - Love shine a light (1997)
04. 13 weeks . Sertab - Everyway that I can (2003)
07. 10 weeks . Charlotte Nilsson - Take me to your heaven (1999)
07. 10 weeks . Eimear Quinn - The voice (1996)
09. 9 weeks . Olsen Brothers - Fly on the wings of love (2000)
10. 4 weeks Ultratip . Marija Šerifović - Molitva (2007)
11. 2 weeks Ultratip . Tanel Padar & Dave Benton - Everybody (2001)
11. 2 weeks Ultratip . Marie N - I wanna (2002)


source:belgovision.com