Aygun Kazimova

Aygün Kazimova
Birth name	Aygün Alasgar qizi Kazimova
Also known as	Superstar, Pop Diva,
Born	(1971-01-26) January 26, 1971 Baku, Azerbaijan
Occupations	Singer actress Musician Singer-songwriter
Years active	1988-present
Spouses	İlgar İbrahimov ​ ​ (m. 1989; div. 1991)​ Template:Partner Template:Partner Template:Partner
Musical career
Genres	Pop, electronic, Mugham, R&B, soul, blues, folk
Instrument	vocals
Labels	Dokuz Sekiz Müzik, DMC, The Orchard, Baki - Raks, Aygun Music, Səbuhi AMD
Website	aygunfans.ws

Aygün Alasgar qizi Kazimova (Azerbaijani: Aygün Kazımova) (born 26 January 1971, Baku) is an Azerbaijani singer, songwriter, pop musician, and actress.

Aygun Kazimova is considered the creator of the modern music of Azerbaijan. She is a very well known singer in Azerbaijan, Turkey and Russia. Her 2006 and 2007 solo concerts both in Moscow and Baku was a huge take off for her career. During 2002 - 2006 she was licensed to organize "Best Model of Azerbaijan" competition. Her "Hayat Ona Guzel" single was the most listened Turkey on iTunes. In 2012 Aygun Kazimova wrote and sang the anthem of FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2012. She is the first known singer from Azerbaijan who produced a duet with Hip-Hop legend Snoop Dogg. Her duet with Snoop Dogg "Coffee from Colombia" was number one hit in Azerbaijani, Turkish, Georgian and Russian charts. Aygun Kazimova official has 7 albums (unofficially 10), more than 50 clips. Aygun Kazimova Azerbaijan is known as the Queen of modern Azerbaijani music. Her controversial career and life wasn't as smooth as it seems. She is known as a brave, liberal women, always fighting for women's freedom and equal rights. Before her pop career she actually fought against Armenian occupation in the front line of Nagorno Karabakh.

Early life

Aygun was the youngest of the family's four children. She revealed her musical talent at the time she was a middle school student. Along with amateur music, Kazimova was passionate about handball and was the captain of the school's female handball team. She abandoned sports upon graduating from high school and entering the Maarif Technicum of Arts, from where she dropped out in 1986. At the time she worked with the Gaya youth band.

Career

Kazimova's professional solo career began in 1988, when she won the first prize at the Baki payizi-88 (Baku Autumn-88) musical contest. In 1989 Aygun won an award in the Yurmala music contest, and then in 1992 she won an award in "The Voice of Asia" music contest, in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Aygun released her first album in 1997. The CD Sevgi Gulleri (Flowers of love) contained 14 tracks and most of them was written by famous pop music composer Vagif Gerayzade. Until today she has released six albums and the most successful in sales was CD Aygun which released in October 2000 and contained multimedia files with videos and pictures of Aygun. In 2002 she became Honorary Artist of Azerbaijan. In 2013 Aygun collaborated with Snoop Dogg for the song 'Coffee From Columbia'. It was released by Dokuz Sekiz Müzik and included remixes by My Digital Enemy & Bimbo Jones.

Some of her most prestigious awards include numerous Grand-Prix, Honoured Artist of Azerbaijan and many other music awards. Along with singing, she is also deeply involved in charity work, giving free and benefit concerts for orphan children every year.

Kazimova also tried herself as an actress. In 2005, she played the title role in the musical Khari Bulbullar directed by Arif Gaziyev and Sanam in the screen version of the play Meshadi Ibad.

She has given concerts outside Azerbaijan, the most successful and recent of them held in Kremlin Palace, Moscow on January 26, 2006. On June 20, 2007 Aygun gave a fantastic solo concert at the T. Bakhramov stadium dedicated to her 20th anniversary of the pop music career in Azerbaijan.

Aygun Kazimova hosted several TV shows of her own, however they were not very successful.

She was president of the annual Best Model of Azerbaijan contest in 2006–2008.

Aygun Kazimova is one of the most prominent artists in the history of Azerbaijani popular music. She is considered the most successful female singer in Azerbaijani music industry and has released the largest number of best-selling singles in the history of Azerbaijan. She is well known for her innovative music videos and carefully prepared mounted stage performances.

It was reported that on 1 November 2012, Kazimova was issued an Azerbaijani diplomatic passport.

Private life

In 1989 Aygun Kazimova ran away with her long-time boyfriend Ibrahim Ibrahimov and in 1990 gave birth to daughter Ilgara. Ibrahimov and Kazimova divorced in 1991. In 1994 she married Rza Guliyev (nephew of Azerbaijan's ex-Speaker of the Parliament and current opposition member Rasul Guliyev), from whom she has been virtually separated since Guliyev was taken into custody in 1996. Beginning in the late 90s, the Azerbaijani mass media numerously reported Aygun Kazimova's plans to get remarried (pop-singer Faig Aghayev and Turkish model Mert Kilic among others were named her potential spouses). These plans would later turn out to be rumours. In her interview with Aysel dated January 2006, Kazimova said she did not have plans to remarry as legally she was not divorced. In 2005–2010, she was in a relationship with meykhana-singer Namig Garachukhurlu.

Discography

Albums

• Sevgi gullari (1997)
• Ey manim dunyam (1999)
• Aygun (2000)
• Sevdim (2001)
• Son soz (2004)
• Sevarsanmi? (2005)
• Aygün Kazımova, Vol. 1 (2008)
• Aygün Kazımova, Vol. 2 (2008)
• Aygün Kazımova, Vol. 3 (2008)
• Aygün Kazımova, Vol. 4 (2008)
• Estrada, Vol. 2 (2008)
• Estrada, Vol. 3 (2008)
• Estrada 2, Vol. 1 (2008)
• Estrada (2008)
• Sevdi Ürək (2012)
• Coffee from Colombia (2014)
• Azərbaycan Qızıyam (2015)
• Səni Belə Sevmədilər (2015)
• Orasına Burasına (2017)

Single

1. Hayat Ona Güzel
2. İkinci Sen (feat. Sinan Akçıl )
3. İkinci Sen (Batu Çaldıran Remix) (feat. Sinan Akçıl )
4. Telafisi Yok
5. Sene Xesteyem – 2014
6. Unutmuşam (feat. Elçin Ceferov)
7. Aklım Başıma Geldi
8. Arama Beni
9. Dola Mənə Qolunu
10. Seni Böyle Sevmediler
11. S.U.S. (song)

EPs (singles)

Year	Name
2014	Ferdi Music - EP

Television career

• Aygün Bu Gün - 1999
• Xeyir Ola - 2009
• Yeni Ulduz ("New Star")
• Extreme Azerbaijan - 2011
• Ozunu Tanit (Azerbaijan Got Talent) - 2015-still

Clips

2

Films

• Yarımştat (1996)
• Yaşıl eynəkli adam 2 (1999)
• Nekroloq (2001)
• Qış nağılı (2002)
• Tam Məxfi (2004)
• Məşədi İbad 94 (2005)
• Adam Ol! 2 (2006) - rol: Aygün

External links

• https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAygun Official Facebook page