.A.T.u. (Russian: ????) is a Russian pop music duo. The two girls were marketed as a lesbian couple, but their sexual orientation was the subject of much speculation, until in December 2003 they admitted on Russian television that they were not lesbian and it had been a marketing strategy devised by their management.

The members of the duo are:

Elena Sergeyevna Katina (????? ????????? ??????), called Lena, born October 4, 1984, in Moscow, Russia. She is the youngest of three children born to Sergey Katin, a renowned Russian pop music author, and Inessa Katina ... (read more )