VTsIOM elected the best Russian players for 2026 Sergey Lazarev and Polina Gagarina became the leaders in the rating of local performers according to the Russians. These results were presented by a new survey of VTsIOM. Among the men, Sergey Lazarev took first place - 20% of the respondents voted for him. Next come Basta (17%) and Grigori Leps (16%). The fight turned out to be tight: the difference between the three participants does not exceed four percentage points. Polina Gagarina leads the women's ranking with 23%. The second place was won by Tatiana Kortukova (20%), third - Tatiana Bulanova (14%). Young people have their favorites. Among men aged 18-24, Lazarev has already scored 28%, followed by Vanya Dmitrenko (20%) and Besta (14%). Even in the women's category, Gagarina maintained her leadership, but with a result of 15%. Olga Buzova, Kalba Koka and Anna Esti scored 12% each. Siebert was slightly behind - 11%. It seems that the musical tastes of the generations are not so different: Lazarev and Gagarina are confidently at the top, although young people already look up to their idols. Infographic: VTsIOM Telegram | Max | Read exclusively.

VTsIOM elected the best Russian players for 2026 Sergey Lazarev and Polina Gagarina became the leaders in the rating of local performers according to the Russians. These results were presented by a new survey of VTsIOM. Among the men, Sergey Lazarev took first place - 20% of the respondents voted for him. Next come Basta (17%) and Grigori Leps (16%). The fight turned out to be tight: the difference between the three participants does not exceed four percentage points. Polina Gagarina leads the women's ranking with 23%. The second place was won by Tatiana Kortukova (20%), third - Tatiana Bulanova (14%). Young people have their favorites. Among men aged 18-24, Lazarev has already scored 28%, followed by Vanya Dmitrenko (20%) and Besta (14%). Even in the women's category, Gagarina maintained her leadership, but with a result of 15%. Olga Buzova, Kalba Koka and Anna Esti scored 12% each. Siebert was slightly behind - 11%. It seems that the musical tastes of the generations are not so different: Lazarev and Gagarina are confidently at the top, although young people already look up to their idols. Infographic: VTsIOM Telegram | Max | Read exclusively.