Alsou

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Alsou (2009)

Alsu Ralifowna Abramova ( Tatar Алсу Ралиф кызы Абрамова , Russian Алсу Ралифовна Абрамова * 27. June 1983 as alsu Ralifowna Safina in Bugulma , Tatar ASSR , RSFSR ), known as Alsou , is a Russian singer and actress Bashkir - Tatar descent. Her name means "rose water".

Life

Alsou is the daughter of Ralif Safin (board member of Lukoil ), a Bashkir, and the Tatar Rasija Safina, has two brothers and lived in London from the age of twelve , where she studied art and French.

At the wedding of her brother Marat, she was discovered as a singer by her later producer Valery Belozorwski. Her first single, Zimnii Son ("Winter Dream "), released in 1999, made her known in her home country. Worldwide she appeared in Mongolia in front of 86,000 fans, in Germany and at the World Music Awards . She became known to the European audience through the song Solo , which she presented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 and thus took second place for Russia. In 2001 she released the song Before You Love Me , which reached number 27 in the UK charts. In the same year her first English album was released, entitled Alsou .

Alsou received the World Music Award as “Best Selling Russian Act 2001” and the MTV Europe Music Awards as “Best Russian Act 2001”. Her album 19 , released in 2002, sold over half a million copies. In 2005 Alsou went on a tour with Westlife . She sang duets with internationally and nationally known singers such as Sergei Lasarew , Valeri Schotajewitsch Meladze , Arkadij Ukupnik, Dima Bilan , Filipp Kirkorow , Iossif Kobson , Lev Leschchenko , Enrique Iglesias , the rapper Nelly , Les Paul , Karl Frierson from the band DePhazz , Al Bano , Ricchi e Poveri and Patricia Kaas . She made her debut as an actress in the 2005 horror film Spirit Trap .

From 1999 Alsou was featured on the covers of Cosmopolitan , Glamor , FHM , Maxim , Elle , InStyle and Bravo magazines . In 2010 Alsou received the award “People's Artist of Tatarstan” (Narodnaja Artistka Respubliki Tatarstan) for spreading the Tatar language and culture.

She moderated the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow with Iwan Urgant . In 2013 she formed the Russian jury for the Eurovision Song Contest together with Dima Bilan, Filipp Bedrossowitsch Kirkorow and Julija Stanislawowna Sawitschewa . In the same year the video for the single Нет тебя дороже ("Nothing is as important as you") was released. The song was written and produced by Dmitrij Klimashenko and reached number 6 on the Golden Gramophone Chart on Russian radio. In October, Alsou's single Останься ("Stay") was presented, the video premiere was in November. In 2014 the video for the single Дочь отца (“Father's Daughter”) was released and the video premiere of the song Счастье ты мое (“You are my luck”) took place, which was part of the soundtrack of the film Дневник мамы первоклассника (“The day of one First grader ”) heard.

Since 2013 Alsou has been one of three presenters of the television show Субботний вечер ("Saturday evening"), which is broadcast on Russian television on Rossiya 1 .

Alsou has been married to Jan Abramow since March 18, 2006. The couple have two daughters and live in Moscow. In 2007 she became a member of the United Russia party .

In 2019, their daughter Mikkela won the Russian edition of The Voice Kids . Since the voting was questioned, the broadcaster ordered an independent review.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Before You Love Me
  UK 27 05/12/2001 (3 weeks)

Albums

  • 1999: Alsu ( Alsou , Russian)
  • 2001: Alsu ( Alsou , Russian, with two new titles)
  • 2001: Alsou (English)
  • 2001: Mne prisnilas osen ( I dreamed of autumn , Russian)
  • 2003: 19 (Russian), also as a limited edition (three remixes)
  • 2008: Samoe Glavnoe ( The Most Important , Russian)
  • 2008: Rodnaja Rech , Туган Тел ( mother tongue , Tatar)
  • 2012: Feja dobryx snov ( The fairy of good dreams , Russian lullabies)
  • 2013: Inspired (English)
  • 2014: Ты - это свет ( You are the light , Russian, an English title I Want Tonight )
  • 2015: Письма, пришедшие с войны… ( letters from the war , Russian)

Singles

  • 1999: Zimnij son (winter dream ), Vesna (spring), Inogda (sometimes)
  • 2000: solo
  • 2000: You're my number one (feat.Erique Iglesias)
  • 2001: Run right out of time
  • 2001: He loves me
  • 2001: Osen (autumn)
  • 2001: Before you love me
  • 2002: Vsjo ravno (It doesn't matter), Letjaschaja nad oblakami ( Flies above the clouds), Vchera (Yesterday)
  • 2003: Always on my mind
  • 2003: Etkei (father, Tatar), Mechty (dreams), Pervyi raz (first time)
  • 2004: Everybody
  • 2005: Nebo (Tam gde rozhdaetsja svet) (Heaven - There, where the light arises), Уфа юкэлэре (Уфимские липы) / Ufas Lindenbaum (Tatar)
  • 2006: Samoe Glavnoe (The Most Important )
  • 2007: A u moei lubvi (My love has ...)
  • 2008: Sandugasch (nightingale, Tatar)
  • 2009: Pervyi chas janvarja (The first hour in January)
  • 2010: Spi mojo solnyschko (Sleep My Sunshine) feat. Tatiana Bulanowa , Irina Dubzowa and Jasmin, Ja tebja ne pridumala (I did not invent you)
  • 2011: Tam gde ja (There where I am), Time to say good-bye feat. Dima Bilan
  • 2012: Oly julnyn tuzany / Олы юлнын тузаны / Пыль большой дороги (The dust of a great street, Tatar)
  • 2013: Нет тебя дороже (Nothing is as important as you), Останься (Stay), Маленькое облачко (Small cloud)
  • 2014: Дочь отца (father's daughter), Счастье ты мое (You are my luck), Ввысь (top), Любовь (love) feat. Noel
  • 2015: Твой сон (Your dream), Разлюбить Не В Силах (Can't stop loving you), Там где нет тебя (Where you are not)

Filmography

  • 2005: The ghost trap ( Spirit Trap )
  • 2008: Vivat, Anna! (Russian)

Books

  • 2002: Vmeste i nawsegda (Together and forever)

DVDs

  • 2001: Rozhdenie sverxnowoi (Birth of the Star, Your Way Up)
  • 2002: Letjaschaja nad oblakami Live concert (Flying over the clouds)
  • 2008: to the album Самое главное
  • 2008: to the album Родная речь , Туган Тел

Awards

  • 1999 to 2015: Песня года (Song of the Year)
  • 2000, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2015: Золотой граммофон (Golden Gramophone) for Inogda (Sometimes), Vsjo Ravno (Anyway), Vchera (Yesterday) and Ja tebja ne pridumala (I didn't invent you), Inogda (Sometimes) ( Best songs from 25 years)
  • 2000: Honorary citizen of the city of Bugulma (Tatarstan)
  • 2000: Zasluzhenaja Artistka Tatarstana (Honored Artist of Tatarstan)
  • 2001: World Music Award Best Selling Russian Act
  • 2001: European Music Award Best Russian Act
  • 2003: Muz Tv Award Best Singer
  • 2005: Muz Tv Award Best Video for “Always on my mind”, director: Joseph Khan
  • 2005: Goldene Biene Best Singer
  • 2009: Hello Russia Best Style 2009 1st place
  • 2010: Песня года 2010 (Song of the Year) Singer of the Year
  • 2011: Artist of the World by UNESCO
  • 2011: Алтын барс (Золотой Барс, Golden Leopard) Special award for spreading Tatar songs
  • 2014: Hello magazine Russia Award Best Couple , Alsou and Jan Abramow

Web links

Commons : Alsou Abramova  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ « Башкир по паспорту и крови » . In: Коммерсантъ (Уфа) . July 13, 2010, p. 8 ( kommersant.ru [accessed November 4, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Алсу опубликовала фото в национальном башкирском костюме. Retrieved November 4, 2018 (Russian).
  3. ↑ Tatar-Bashkir Report: February 13, 2004. Accessed November 4, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Message on photoexpress.ru ( Memento of January 31, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ rusradio.ru
  6. ↑ http://www.moskva.fm/artist/алсу/song_0582654
  7. ↑ http://7days.ru/article/topnews/klip-dnya-alsu-ostansya
  8. ↑ http://style.news.am/rus/news/10704/alsu-predstavila-trogatelniyiy-klip-na-pesnyu-schaste-tiy-moe.html
  9. ↑ http://www.starhit.ru/novosti/pevitsa-alsu-zanyala-mesto-verki-serdyuchki/
  10. ↑ Алсу вступила в ряды артистов- "единороссов" , newsru.com (Russian)
  11. ↑ Владелец прав на "Голос" прокомментировал скандал с дочерью Алсу. RIA Novosti , May 1, 2019, accessed May 1, 2019 (Russian).
  12. ^ Andrew Roth: The Voice Kids: Russian reality TV show hit by vote-rigging row. In: The Guardian . April 29, 2019, accessed May 1, 2019.
  13. ↑ Chart sources: UK
  14. ↑ Ты - это свет on hellomagazine.com
  15. ↑ for 2011 see message on hotconcert.ru (Russian)
  16. ↑ http://www.woman.ru/newyear/NY-stars/article/97964/
  17. ↑ http://imhomir.com/blog/gossip_girl/10835.html
  18. ↑ message on kassir.ru ( Memento from 1 November 2011 at the Internet Archive ) (Russian)
  19. ↑ oikotimes.com: Alsou (2000) wins Unesco Prize ( Memento from September 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  20. ↑ http://www.tatar-inform.ru/news/2011/12/17/297592/
  21. ↑ Hello magazine Russia Award ( Memento from May 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Alsou
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abramowa, Alsou Ralifovna (real name); Safina, Alsou Ralifovna (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian singer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Bögelmä , Tatarstan, RSFSR