
he became a winner of the Prize "100 Per Cent HIT" established by the radio station "HIT FM" in 20 His songs "Opera N# 2", "Smile!" ,"The Star" were the most frequently he became a laureate of the prize "People’s HIT" in 2001, 20. he became a four-time-laureate of the Musical Prize "PODIUM" for the most stylish achievements in pop music in 2001, 2002, 20 he became a two-time-laureate of the People Prize "Golden Gramophone" for the song "Opera N# 2" in 2001 and for the song "Smile!" in 2002 he became a three-time-laureate of the festivals "The Song of the Year-2000", "The Song of the Year-2001" and "The Song of the Year-2002" he became a Musical Discovery of Year according to the newspaper " Komsomolskaya Pravda" and the Internet Survey "FORUM 2001" (established by the producers of phonograms "Record") as the bestselling single of 2001, 20 According to the official sales results, the single "Opera # 2" was awarded a Russian Prize he released two singles ("Opera # 2" and "Goodbye"). Part 2") which were entered into the Top Three most popular albums in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 20. he released seven albums ("Philosophy of Miracle", "Smile!", "Mother", "The Songs of My Mother", "Kiss As Long As Eternity", "Return Home. Vitas has following achievements during the period of his Vitas performed a piano-backed arrangement of Winter on a Russian New Year TV show in 2002.VITAS first appeared on the Russian stage with his hit "OPERA N# 2" in December 2000. All the other tracks were newly recorded for Songs of My Mother. The song Chrysanthemums Have Faded was previously included on Vitas' Smile! album. The song The Bird of Happiness became from 1981 on forward the most successful in both Russia and China, and is still often performed by Vitas on stage. While Mama included several new songs written by Vitas, Songs of My Mother consists entirely of cover versions of popular older songs, described as "the gold reserves of Russian pop music", including the 1980 song, The Bird of Happiness, composed by Aleksandra Pakhmutova and Nikolai Dobronravov (from Yuri Ozerov's 1981 film O Sport, You - the world!), previously recorded by the vocal – instrumental ensemble Zdravstvuy, Pesnya, among others. Songs from these albums featured heavily in the setlist of Vitas' extensive world tour The Songs of My Mother, performed at hundreds of venues in several countries from 2004-2006. Together with the previous album Mama, the two albums were a tribute to his late mother. It was released in the 3rd of April 2003. The Songs of My Mother (Песни моей мамы) is a Russian album by the singer Vitas.
