Mama (Vitas album)
Mama (Мама, sometimes translated Mother or Mom) is a Russian album by Vitas. It was released in October 3rd, 2003. Songs from this album featured heavily in the setlist of Vitas' extensive world tour Songs of My Mother (Песни моей мамы), premiered at the State Central Concert Hall "Rossiya" in November 1st and 2nd, 2003, and performed at hundreds of venues in several countries from 2004 to 2006. The opening track, The Star (Звезда) won a Russian People's HIT prize in 2003 and is one of Vitas' most popular songs worldwide. Like Opera No. 2 (Опера №2), it is still a staple of Vitas' live performances. Vitas sang the song as a duet with Alexander Kireev for his entry into the Star Factory in 2006. He performed the song Starry River (Звёздная река) accompanied by its composer Aleksandra Pakhmutova on piano at a concert in honour of the composer. He covered the song The Unknown Friend Song (Песня о неизвестном друге, also known as Extraterrestrial Friend) composed in 1985 by Aleksandra Pakhmutova and Rasul Gamzatov (the poem is translated by Yunna Morits) for the song cycle The Earth Globe (Шар земной, 1985–1987). The song is about an unknown friend that