Choreography and stage movement were developed by Nikolai Dobrynin and Anna Terekhova, actors from the Roman Viktyuk Theatre.

[7] By late 1989, the group recorded their first mini-album featuring "Pustynny Plyazh," "Medovyy Mesyats (Ne Zhenis)," "Ty i Ya," and "Babushka Yaga."

Na-Na won the 50x50 music show in November 1990 with "Babushka Yaga," marking the first unanimous win across all jury panels.

That year also marked their first international tour in Germany, Turkey, and the United States, including a residency at New York's "Rasputin" club.

During the summer, they performed again at "Slavyanski Bazaar," and in August 1994, the band gave concerts in Berlin's central square and the "Friedrichstadt-Palast" to mark the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Germany.

In October, Na-Na was invited as honorary guests to the "MakFest-94" festival in Macedonia (Greece), and in November, they performed in New York City again.

The premiere of the eponymous show took place at the State Central Concert Hall "Rossiya" in Moscow, featuring over 200 performers, including ethnic drummers from Kenya, African-American dancers from Las Vegas, indigenous musicians from Bolivia, Oleg Lundstrem's jazz orchestra, the symphony orchestra led by People's Artist of the USSR Veronika Dudarova, and the Chukotka ensemble "Ergyron."

In December, the group was invited to Thailand by members of King Rama IX's family to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his coronation.

Supported by the royal family, the band released the album Flowers in Thailand, featuring songs in Thai.

The tour included performances across Kazakhstan, concluding at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, followed by shows in Paris, Berlin, and Tel Aviv.

In 1996, the album Noch bez sna was released, featuring 12 tracks including hits such as "Edu k milenkoy" and "Esli b ne bylo nochey," as well as new songs.

!, with elaborate costumes designed by Vyacheslav Zaitsev, Natalia Naftalieva,[19] and Yuri Ars,[20] and sets by Boris Krasnov.

[21] The program toured Russia, Israel, Canada, the United States, Thailand, and Sri Lanka, featuring the debut of soloist Pavel Sokolov.

[22] In September 1997, Na-Na signed with Sony Music Entertainment to record the album Those Were the Days for the French market.

That same day, the first international fan forum, "I Love Na-Na," took place with notable guests including Arkady Vainer and Anatoly Karpov.

[24] The Russian Assembly of Nobility granted noble titles to the group members and their producer Bari Alibasov.

In August 1998, the album Vsya zhizn' – igra was released, featuring hits and remakes of Alla Pugacheva’s songs.

[27] According to Bari Alibasov, the chairman of Warner Brothers at the time, Less Baider, proposed the idea of recording the first planetary anthem in space.

[28][29] The group began preparations for the space flight, undergoing medical examinations at the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

In June 2001, Na-Na passed tests at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, confirming their fitness for space travel.

Leonid Semidyanov rejoined the group and participated in "Big Bang," where the band members embodied elements, forces of nature, and animals.

According to Alibasov, "Big Bang" was intended for the American market, with interest from Dick Clark and Warner Brothers chairman Less Bider.

[34] The "Shock Show" continued the themes of "Big Bang," with Alibasov describing it as an exploration of death and complex relationships between men and women.

Members of the group were aboard Kolavia Flight 348, which burst into flames after an engine fire while taxiing for takeoff on January 1, 2011, killing 3 and injuring 43.