# Mitya Fomin

Dmitri Anatolevich Fomin (Russian: Дмитрий "Митя" Анатольевич Фомин; born 17 January 1974), known by his stage name Mitya Fomin, is a Russian solo singer, dancer and producer. Between 1998 and 2009, he was a member of the dance group Hi-Fi.

## Early life

He was born to Anatoly Fomin (1939-2014), an associate professor at the Institute of Communications and Tamara Fomina (1942), an engineer.
From January 2018 to 2021, Fomin was banned for 3 years from entering Ukraine because of his (during a concert in Lviv) claim that since the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, Crimea is a "Russian territory." In April or May 2022, Fomin participated in a concert organized in order to support the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

## With Hi-Fi

Later on, Mitya Fomin moved to Moscow where his friends producer Eric Chanturia and composer Pavel Esenin offered him to join Hi-Fi in 1998 with Oksana Oleshko and later on Tatyana Tereshina.
While in the group, Mitya started working with many writers and composers for his own work and decided to leave the group in January 2009 after more than 10 years with the band.

## Solo

In March 2009, he collaborated with songwriter and producer Maxim Fadeev in releasing his debut solo single "Две земли".
He released at the end of 2010 his debut solo album Так будет (meaning So it will be) that included his hits and other rhythmic, relax, ambient and easy dance songs. He also released single "Перезимуем" again featuring StuFF with a video directed by Mitya himself. He also collaborated with the Pet Shop Boys in his dance hit single "Огни большого города (Paninaro)" (Ogni Bolshogo Goroda meaning City Lights) and finally "Не манекен" with Christina Orsa (Кристина Орса) filmed in Hong Kong.

## Others

Besides directing many of his music videos, Mitya Fomin is also directing videos for other artists, for example Yena's "Эксбой" (Exboy). He is also involved in 2011 series of Russian reality television show Жена напрокат.

## Awards and nominations

(For awards with Hi-Fi, see Hi-Fi)
| Year | Awards | Song / Album / Artist | Category | Results |
| 2010 | Golden Gramophone Awards | "Everything will be good" | Song | Won |
| 2010 | God of Air | "That's It" | Radiohit | Nominated |
| 2010 | Song of the year | "Everything will be good" | Award winner | Won |
| 2011 | Muz-TV Awards | Mitya Formin | Breakthrough of the Year | Nominated |
| 2011 | Fashion People Awards | Mitya Formin | Fashion Breakthrough of the Year | Won |
| 2011 | RU.TV Awards | "Everything will be good" | Best ringtone | Nominated |
| 2011 | RU.TV Awards | Mitya Formin | Real coming | Won |
| 2011 | Golden Gramophone Awards | "City Lights (Paninaro)" | Song | Nominated |
| 2011 | OE Video Music Awards | "City Lights (Paninaro)" | The most stylish singer | Nominated |
| 2011 | OE Video Music Awards | "City Lights (Paninaro)" | Breakthrough of the Year | Nominated |

## Discography
### Albums
#### As Hi-Fi (studio albums)

* 1999: Первый контакт
* 1999: Репродукция
* 2001: Запоминай
* 2002: Новая коллекция 2002 (DJ remixes)

#### As Hi-Fi (collection albums)

* 1999: Звёздная серия
* 2002: Best
* 2005: Любовное настроение
* 2008: Best 1

#### Solo

| Year | Album | Details | Notes |
| 2010 | Так будет | Date released: 27 July 2010 Label: Gala Records Format: CD, Digital downloads | Tracklist: Больше (feat StuFF) Две Земли Тишина Вот И Все Все Будет Хорошо (feat StuFF) Садовник Так Будет Смотри OK! (River Piano Version) feat Kirill Clash Две Земли (Vengerov & Fedoroff Remix) Вот И Все (DJ Neitrino & Kirill Clash Remix) |

### Singles
#### As Hi-Fi

| Year | Title | Album |
| 1998 | "Ты прости" (Ty prosti) | Первый контакт |
| 1998 | "Не дано" (Ne dano) | Первый контакт |
| 1999 | "Беспризорник" (Besprizornik) | Первый контакт |
| 1999 | "Про лето" (Pro leto) | Репродукция |
| 1999 | "Чёрный ворон" (Chornyy voron) | Репродукция |
| 2000 | "Он" (On) | Запоминай |
| 2000 | "Глупые люди" (Glupyye lyudi) | Запоминай |
| 2000 | "За мной" (Za mnoy) | Запоминай |
| 2001 | "Так легко" (Tak legko) | Запоминай |
| 2002 | "СШ No. 7 (А мы любили)" (SSH No. 7 (A my lyubili)) | Best |
| 2002 | "Я люблю" (YA lyublyu) | Best |
| 2004 | "Седьмой лепесток" (Sed'moy lepestok) | Любовное настроение |
| 2004 | "Билет" (Bilet) | Best 1 |
| 2004 | "Беда" (Beda) | Best 1 |
| 2005 | "Берега" (Berega) | Best 1 |
| 2006 | "Взлетай" (Vzletay) | Best 1 |
| 2006 | "По следам" (Po sledam) | — |
| 2007 | "Право на счастье" (Pravo na schast'ye) | — |
| 2008 | "Седьмой лепесток" (Remix) (Sed'moy lepestok) | — |
| 2008 | "Мы не ангелы" (My ne angely) | — |

#### Solo

| Year | Title | Featuring | Album |
| 2009 | "Две земли" (Dve zemli) | | Так будет |
| 2010 | "Вот и всё" (Vot i vse) | | Так будет |
| 2010 | "Всё будет хорошо" (Vse budet horosho) | featuring StuFF | Так будет |
| 2010 | "Перезимуем" (Perezimuem) | featuring StuFF | – |
| 2011 | "Огни большого города (Paninaro)" (Ogni Bolshogo Goroda (Paninaro)) | with Pet Shop Boys | – |
| 2011 | "Не манекен" (Ne maneken) | featuring Christina Orsa (Кристина Орса) | – |