RUSSIA, BELARUS, AND UKRAINE — ALL IN ONE DAY: ZANNA RECORDS SONG AIRS IN THREE COUNTRIES SEPARATED BY WAR
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On April 16, 2026, Radio Stations in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus — Across Three Nations Divided by an Active Conflict — Each Broadcast "You Are My Destiny" Within the Same 24 Hours. No Coordination. No Politics. No Promotion. Just Music.
SEDONA, ARIZONA — April 16, 2026 — In the span of a single 24-hour period, radio stations in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine — three nations currently divided by one of the most consequential armed conflicts of the twenty-first century — each independently chose to broadcast the music of Italian-American songwriter Gianluca Zanna, founder of Zanna Records in Sedona, Arizona.
Each station made its decision independently. There was no coordination. There was no paid promotion. There was only a song, a global monitoring system that tracks what radio stations actually play, and the quiet, unpolitical judgment of three programmers doing their jobs.
The result is a small, measurable moment of human connection that no diplomatic apparatus could have engineered. Three countries. One song. One day.
"On the same day — in Russia, in Belarus, in Ukraine — my song was on the radio. Three countries at war with each other, or touched by the same war, and all three were hearing the same melody. I did not send it. I did not promote it. I did not ask. It simply arrived. That is not my achievement. That is music's achievement. And it is the reason I will never stop writing it."
— Gianluca Zanna
APRIL 16, 2026 — THREE COUNTRIES, 24 HOURS
🇷🇺 08:03 local time · Yekaterinburg, Russia
Радио Пилот / Radio Pilot (100.4 FM) aired "You Are My Destiny – remix." Radio Pilot has been on air since 1997 and is one of the leading Contemporary Hit Radio stations in the Ural region. This was the second Russian station in the same city to program Zanna's music, following Radio Prichali earlier this year and Radio Kamchatka Dance in Moscow on April 13.
🇧🇾 19:24 local time · Minsk, Belarus
Радио ЦЕНТР FM (Center FM) (101.7 FM Minsk) broadcast "You Are My Destiny – remix." Center FM is a national Contemporary Hit Radio network launched in 2018, broadcasting across seven Belarusian cities — Minsk, Brest, Vitebsk, Gomel, Grodno, Mogilev, and Novopolotsk — reaching listeners nationwide in one of Europe's most geopolitically isolated countries.
🇺🇦 23:58 local time · Novoyavorivsk, Ukraine
Yantarne.FM broadcast "You Are My Destiny" from Novoyavorivsk, a city in western Ukraine near the Polish border. Yantarne.FM is one of several Ukrainian stations that have independently featured Zanna's music alongside Europa Plus Ukraine, Radio ROKS, Kiss FM Kyiv, and Kalash FM — a Ukrainian broadcast presence that has continued uninterrupted throughout the war.
WHAT THIS IS — AND WHAT IT IS NOT
This story is not a statement about the Russia-Ukraine war. Zanna has made no political endorsement and takes no diplomatic position. The artist's perspective, consistently expressed across his body of work, is a simple one: music that reaches listeners on its own merit, without being sent or pitched, reveals something about the shared humanity of those listeners that borders and policies cannot easily erase. All three plays were independently verified through WARM (World Airplay Radio Monitor), the global industry standard for radio airplay tracking. No Zanna Records representative contacted any of these three stations. No submission, payment, or exchange was involved. In each case, a music director in a different country, on a different day-cycle, independently chose to program the same American artist's song.
This is not music journalism's usual territory. It is not a chart movement, an award, or a celebrity endorsement. It is something quieter, and in some ways more interesting: a small piece of evidence that in an era of maximal division, music continues to travel routes that politics has declared impassable.
"A song is the shortest distance between two human hearts. It doesn't need a passport. It doesn't ask permission. It just travels, and it arrives. On April 16, 2026, it arrived in three places at once. I will remember this day for the rest of my life."
— Gianluca Zanna
THE BIGGER PICTURE
Zanna Records' worldwide airplay now spans 302+ verified stations across 78+ countries on 6 continents — a global footprint built entirely independently, without major label backing. Zanna's YouTube channel has surpassed 23 million views, his song "Wake Up America" has crossed 20 million views on TikTok, and his work has been covered by Rolling Stone (US & UK), Forbes, Billboard Italia, Music Connection, and Entrepreneur UK.
Zanna — born in Rome, Italy, and an American citizen since 1998 — operates Zanna Records independently from a ranch in the wilderness of East Arizona, alongside his creative and life partner, singer Claudette Lyons. His flagship song "You Are My Destiny" previously reached #1 on the North American College & Community Radio Chart and #3 on Amazon Dance & Electronic.
ABOUT ZANNA RECORDS
Zanna Records is an independent music label founded and operated by Gianluca Zanna from Sedona, Arizona. With a catalog of 150+ original compositions and verified airplay across 302+ radio stations in 78+ countries, the label is recognized for an entirely organic, independent approach to global music distribution. Long-term collaborators include Claes Cornelius (co-founder of Mega Records Copenhagen), Music producer Danny Saber, and 3-time Grammy-nominated keyboardist Joseph Wooten.
PRESS CONTACT
Gianluca Zanna, Founder & CEO
Zanna Records | Sedona, Arizona
Email: zanna@zanna.us
Website: www.zannarecords.com
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