Iowa (band) explained

Iowa
Origin:	Mahilyow, Belarus
Years Active:	2009 – present
Website:	iowamusic.ru
Current Members:	Ekaterina Ivanchikova Leanid Tsiareshchenka Vasil Bulanau

Iowa (Russian: Айова/Ajova, Belarusian: Аёва/Ajova), is a Belarusian-Russian pop rock trio.^[1]

History

Iowa is named after the album Iowa by the band Slipknot.^[2] In 2008, vocalist Ekaterina Ivanchikova sang in the musical The Prophet by Ilya Oleynikov.^[3] Iowa was formed in 2009 in Mahilyow. In 2010, after a series of concerts in St. Petersburg, the group decided to move to St. Petersburg, Russia where the band members live today.

Discography

Studio albums

width=50px	Year	width=200px	Album Title
2014	Export
2016	Import
2020	ludimayaki

Singles

width=50px	Year	width=200px	Song Title	width=100px	Album
2011	A Simple Song	Export
2012	Mom
	To Smile
	Looking for Husband
2013	Bride
2014	Marshrutka
2015	One and the Same
	Beats a Beat	Import
2016	Three Cold Days
	140
	My Poetry, Your Guitar
2017	I Love So Much
	The Beauty	No Album
	Dancing Bad
2018	Fall Down
	Silent on Me
	I Fell Ill with You
2019	Sing	ludimayaki
	Lighthouses
2020	stuffyblowing	No Album
	Spajsi
2021	Take Joy from My Palms
	Green-eyed Taxi (feat. RSAC)
	Spring (feat. Tareq)
	Drop It
	Apple (feat. Yolka)
	Don't Understand (feat. TAYÖKA)
	Money Race
2022	Let the Pain Go Away (feat. Nila Mania)
	Signs
	Moth (feat. Mayby Baby)
	Piggy Bank

Awards and nominations

2012

• New Wave

audience choice (won)^[4]

2013

• RU.TV Award: Best start of the year (nom)^[5]

2015

• Muz-TV Award: Best Song, Breakthrough (nom)^[6]
• RU.TV Award: Dolce Vita (nom)^[7]
• Golden Gramophone Award (won)
• Russian National Music Award: Best Song (nom), Best Pop Group (nom)^[8]

2016

• Muz-TV Award: Best Pop Band (nom)
• Russian National Music Award: Best Song (nom), Best Pop Group (nom)^[9]

2017

• Muz-TV Award: Best Pop Band (nom)
• Russian National Music Award: Best Pop Group (won)^[10]

2018

• Muz-TV Award: Best Pop Band (nom)
• Russian National Music Award: Best Pop Group (nom)^[11]

2019

• Russian National Music Award: Best Pop Group (nom)^[12]

External links

• Official site
• Iowa on Yandex. Music
• RU TV channel
• YouTube channel

Notes and References

1. https://www.kp.ru/daily/25916/2870027/ Группа Iowa везет в Юрмалу белорусский мед, клюкву и детские снимки
2. Web site: Iowa: Быть простыми — не стыдно. colta.ru. 2016-11-14.
3. http://rus.tvnet.lv/showbiz/made_in_lv/206192-na_novoy_volnje_pobjedila_niloo_iz_rossii TVNET. Made in LV — На «Новой волне» победила Niloo из России
4. Web site: Winners of the New Wave 2012 Are Known . 2017-09-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040121/http://www.music1.ru/read/news/winners-of-the-new-wave-2012-are-known-315 . 2016-03-04 . dead .
5. http://musecube.org/?p=94030 Объявлены номинанты Русской Музыкальной премии телеканала RU.TV 2013
6. http://musecube.org/?p=190106 Объявлены номинанты «Премии МУЗ-ТВ 2015. Гравитация»
7. http://musecube.org/?p=189598 Объявлены номинанты Русской Музыкальной премии телеканала RU.TV — 2015
8. News: 2015-12-11. Вручена Первая российская национальная музыкальная премия. ru. Intermedia News Russia. 2020-08-02.
9. Web site: 2016-12-09. Российская национальная музыкальная премия-2016: премьера, Россия 1, номинанты, Кристина Агилера, видео. 2020-08-02. Tricolor TV Magazine. ru.
10. Web site: 2017-12-13. Названа "песня года" по версии Российской национальной музыкальной премии. 2020-08-02. Life Magazine Russia. ru.
11. Web site: 2018-12-04. Определились финалисты Российской Национальной Музыкальной Премии "Виктория". 2020-08-02. Intermedia News Russia. ru.
12. Web site: 2019-12-02. Премия «Виктория-2019» объявила финалистов. 2020-08-02. Intermedia News Russia. ru.