During that period Igor Krutoy worked also as the artistic director of Valentina Tolkunova band and was giving performances accompanying famous Russian actor Yevgeny Leonov.
Other artists that have been perennial Pesnya goda winners include Iosif Kobzon, Valery Leontiev, Valentina Tolkunova, Edita Piekha, Laima Vaikule, Igor Nikolayev, Irina Allegrova, Philipp Kirkorov, and Alla Pugacheva.
On 16 February 2010, Tolkunova became ill during a concert in Mogilev, Belarus, and went to a local hospital where she was diagnosed with brain tumor before being transferred to the Botkin Clinic in Moscow.
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