NLO (Not Like Others, ) is a Russian music band. It was founded in 2018. The band found popularity in 2021, thanks to the single "Don't Be Sad". The band name "NLO" (stands for "Not Like Others") is first mentioned in a song of the same name released a year before the band was formed.
History
History of creation
The band was formed on December 26, 2018 by its frontman and songwriter, Stepan Rudnitsky, as well as the band's record producer Evgeny Shamov.
In NLO's early music videos you can see the third member of the band Ekaterina Sorokina, who later left the band, while continuing to work in the team (releasing solo songs under the pseudonym KLEO).The band's founder Stepan Rudnitsky was born on May 13, 1989 in Troitsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia. He wrote his first song in 10th grade.
He received his higher education at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics, after which he worked for 6 years in the role of sales manager, but at the age of 28, he gave up his career and went full time into music.
The band's record producer Evgeny Shamov was born on December 26, 1995 in the Republic of Tatarstan, in the city of Zainsk. Graduated from Almetyevsky College of Music. At an early age he was fond of DJing. In 2008 he wrote his first song. In 2010, he won the remix contest for singer Marina Minaeva, on the PromoDJ portal. In 2018, he moved to Moscow, where he actively engaged in writing music for various artists, later joined the group NLO.
He was also the sound producer of Abrikosa and rapper T-killah. The group's debut album, Biogenesis, was released on April 19, 2019 and charted almost immediately with the song "Fallen". NLO's "Birthday" is celebrated on the same day.
2021 released the single "Don't Be Sad," which reached the Top 5 according to Vkontakte, the music video for the single was released in April 2021 and has already garnered over 11 million views on YouTube. In the same year, the group released the single "It's Cold" with T-killah.
The band also released a single titled "Come Out" with Anet Sai, and the single "Sea" with Grigory Leps.
In 2022, the following singles were released: "She will come again", together with the artist Kravts, as well as "Tony", together with the singer Katya Lel.
In 2023, the group released the music singles: "Optimistka", together with the singer - Abrikosa, and "To Walk", together with the music group RASA.
Present time: single and concerts
2023 released the single "Dancing," which hit No. 1 on Vkontakte's top chart and reached No. 15 on Apple Music's top 10 chart, music video as of 2023, has racked up over 30 million views on YouTube.
On August 19, the band performed at the "Towards the World Youth Festival" festival, which was held in Ryazan. On August 26, the music group performed at the Moscow Urban Forum in Luzhniki Stadium.
Members
Current members
Stepan Rudnitsky
Evgeny Shamov
Past members
Ekaterina Sorokina
Discography
Studio albums
EP
NLO (2019)
Singles
Yearly charts
Videography
Awards
Multi-Platinum Disc (for the high number of sales of the single "Don't Be Sad") (2021) Multi-platinum disk (for a large number of sales) (2022) Multi-platinum disk (for a large number of sales of the music single "Dancing") (2023)