# Nepara

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{{Short description|Russian pop music duo}}
{{About|Russian pop group Nepara|debut studio album by the Ukrainian duo Potap and Nastya|Ne Para}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| background      = group_or_band
| name            = Nepara
| image           = Nepara 2022.jpg
| caption         = Group "Nepara" (composition since 2022)
| years_active    = 2002–present
| origin          = Moscow
| genre           = [Pop](/source/Popular_music)
| label           =
| current_members = {{Ubl
  | Alexander Shoua
  | Daria Khramova
  }}
| past_members    = {{Ubl
  | Victoria Talyshinskaya
  | Marianna Harutyunyan
  }}
| website         = {{URL|nepara.ru}}
}}

'''Nepara''' ("Not a pair", [Russian](/source/Russian_language): Непара) is a Russian pop music duo formed in 2002, composed of Aleksandr Shoua ({{Langx|ru|Александр Шоуа}}) and Victoria Talyshinskaya ({{Langx|ru|Виктория Талышинская}}). The duet was produced by Oleg Nekrasov.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.intermedia.ru/news/339229 |title=Продюсер и солист "Непары" расскажут о распаде и будущем группы |work=[InterMedia](/source/InterMedia_(agency)) |trans-title=The producer and soloist of "Nepara" will talk about the breakup and the future of the group |language=ru |date=9 September 2019 |access-date=15 August 2020 |archive-date=17 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117205859/https://www.intermedia.ru/news/339229 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Background==
In 2003, the first debut album "Another Family" <ref name="starhit1">{{cite web |url=http://www.starhit.ru/profile/gruppa-nepara/ |title=Группа Непара |publisher=starhit.ru |accessdate=20 June 2016 |archive-date=5 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805033224/http://www.starhit.ru/profile/gruppa-nepara/ |url-status=live}}</ref> was released, the author of the music in some songs was Alexander Shoua. The album includes the song "Autumn" (music by [Bobby Hebb](/source/Bobby_Hebb) - lyrics by Karen Kavaleryan ), a Russian-language cover version of the notorious hit " Sunny ", first performed in the mid-1960s by its rightful author, Bobby Hebb, but known in Russia from the disco version of the group Boney M.

In 2012, Alexander Shoua decided to start a solo career, and the group disbanded.<ref name="aif1">{{cite web |url=http://www.adigea.aif.ru/culture/persons/324981 |title=Дуэт "Непара" перестал быть парой |publisher=[Аргументы и факты](/source/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%B8_%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8B) |accessdate=20 June 2016 |archive-date=10 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810173044/http://www.adigea.aif.ru/culture/persons/324981 |url-status=live}}</ref> However, in 2013, the duo reunited.<ref name="starhit1" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mir24.tv/news/show/13152828 |title="Непара": мы вернулись после одной песни |website=MIR24.TV |date=25 August 2015 |accessdate=20 June 2016 |url-status=live |archive-date=9 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809204426/http://mir24.tv/news/show/13152828}}</ref>

In 2013, the band members admitted that they had a romantic relationship for some time.<ref name="ntv">{{cite web |url=http://www.ntv.ru/peredacha/Jizn_kak_pesnya/m35060/o202956/comments/ |title="Непара" // Жизнь как песня |publisher=[НТВ](/source/%D0%9D%D0%A2%D0%92) |accessdate=20 June 2016 |archive-date=12 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112210827/http://www.ntv.ru/peredacha/Jizn_kak_pesnya/m35060/o202956/comments |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2018, at the Comedy Club, Alexander Shoua announced that the Nepara group no longer existed and that he had taken up a solo career. However, in 2019 the band performed in several concerts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rusradio.ru/news/radio/russkoe-radio-predstavliaet-letnii-kontsert-dueta-nepara-na-stsene-shore-house|title="Русское Радио" представляет: летний концерт дуэта "Непара" на сцене Shore House - Новости Русского Радио {{!}} Москва 105.7|website=rusradio.ru|accessdate=15 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414165716/https://rusradio.ru/news/radio/russkoe-radio-predstavliaet-letnii-kontsert-dueta-nepara-na-stsene-shore-house|archive-date=14 April 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rolld.ru/event/nepara-msk-2019-03-07|title=Непара — концерт 7 марта 2019 в Москве|website=rolld.ru|accessdate=15 August 2020}}</ref>

On 13 September 2019, at a press conference, the NSN officially announced the closure of the Nepara project. On the same day, the premiere of the video clip "Stop Me" and the release of Alexander Shoua's solo album took place.<ref>{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://nsn.fm/press-center/bolshe-nepara-prervannoe-molchanie-i-novyi-tvorcheskii-put|title=Больше "Непара": Прерванное молчание и новый творческий путь|website=Национальная Служба Новостей - НСН|accessdate=15 August 2020|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028150833/https://nsn.fm/press-center/bolshe-nepara-prervannoe-molchanie-i-novyi-tvorcheskii-put|url-status=live}}</ref>

At the beginning of 2020, Alexander Shoua acquired the rights to the Nepara brand and the entire repertoire.<ref>{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://www.starhit.ru/eksklusiv/solist-neparyi-aleksandr-shoua-vyikupil-nazvanie-gruppyi-i-ee-pesni-za-rekordnuyu-summu-203869/|title=Солист "Непары" Александр Шоуа выкупил название группы и ее песни за рекордную сумму {{!}} StarHit.ru|website=www.starhit.ru |accessdate=15 August 2020|url-status=live|archive-date=28 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328010522/https://www.starhit.ru/eksklusiv/solist-neparyi-aleksandr-shoua-vyikupil-nazvanie-gruppyi-i-ee-pesni-za-rekordnuyu-summu-203869/}}</ref> In December, on the set of "Disco. Golden Hits "of the [Muz-TV](/source/Muz-TV) channel, Show introduced new soloists - Daria Khramova and Marianna Harutyunyan.<ref>{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://www.mk.ru/culture/2021/03/09/aleksandr-shoua-povedal-o-novoy-seme-nepary.html|title=Александр Шоуа поведал о новой "семье" "Непары"|website=www.mk.ru |date=9 March 2021 |access-date=9 March 2021|url-status=live|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309201525/https://www.mk.ru/culture/2021/03/09/aleksandr-shoua-povedal-o-novoy-seme-nepary.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tricolortvmag.ru/article/music/2020-12-11-diskoteka-zolotye-khity-pokazhet-40-artistov-1990-kh-i-2000-kh-v-odnom-kontserte-na-muz-t/ |title=Дискотека. Золотые хиты (МУЗ-ТВ): концерт, анонс, кто будет выступать|language=ru|website=TV Mag |accessdate=11 January 2021|url-status=live |archive-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302095706/https://tricolortvmag.ru/article/music/2020-12-11-diskoteka-zolotye-khity-pokazhet-40-artistov-1990-kh-i-2000-kh-v-odnom-kontserte-na-muz-t/}}</ref>

In February 2022, the group's backing vocalist Marianna Arutyunyan left the group.<ref>{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://www.starhit.ru/novosti/ya-s-trudom-spravilsya-s-emotsiyami-aleksandra-shoua-brosila-novaya-solistka-gruppyi-nepara-266712/|title="Я с трудом справился с эмоциями": Александра Шоуа бросила новая солистка группы "Непара" {{!}} StarHit.ru|website=www.starhit.ru|access-date=13 February 2022|archive-date=12 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212165437/https://www.starhit.ru/novosti/ya-s-trudom-spravilsya-s-emotsiyami-aleksandra-shoua-brosila-novaya-solistka-gruppyi-nepara-266712/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In July 2022, Alexander Shoua and the Nepara band took part in the AguTeens Music Forum Gala Concert of the III [Leonid Agutin](/source/Leonid_Agutin) Music Educational Forum.<ref>{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://www.starhit.ru/novosti/leonid-agutin-i-elina-chaga-kotoryim-pripisyivali-roman-vstretilis-na-muzyikalnom-forume-v-sochi-280320/|title=Леонид Агутин и Элина Чага, которым приписывали роман, встретились на музыкальном форуме {{!}} StarHit.ru|website=www.starhit.ru|access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:21st-century Russian singers
Category:Musical groups from Moscow
Category:Musical groups established in 2002

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