Dima Bilan

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Dima Bilan at the Eurovision Song Contest (2008)
Dima Bilan at the Eurovision Song Contest (2008)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Believe
  DE 52 06/20/2008 (5 weeks)

Dima Bilan ( Russian Дима Билан , actually Viktor Nikolajewitsch Belan (Russian Виктор Николаевич Белан ); born December 24, 1981 in Ust-Dscheguta , Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia ) is a Russian pop singer .

Life

Dima Bilan together with the Hungarian violinist Edvin Marton (left) and Yevgeny Pljuschtschenko in the semifinals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

When Dima Bilan was one year old, he and his family of four moved to live with his grandmother in Naberezhnye Chelny in Tatarstan , where he lived until he was six. Then he moved with his family to Kabardino-Balkaria in the city of Maiski , where he also finished school. As a child, Dima Bilan was a soloist in the school choir and took part in numerous competitions. His first music teacher was Ludmila Ibragimowna Saschina. After graduating from high school, he studied at the renowned Gnessin Music Academy in Moscow .

He was named Best Russian Artist in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 at the MTV Russia Music Awards and the MTV Europe Music Awards. He has released four albums so far. He became known throughout Europe for his participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 , where he came second with the song Never Let You Go . In November 2006 he received the "Best-Selling Russian Artist Award" at the World Music Awards. Further awards followed.

After Bilan had won the Russian preliminary decision "Eurovision 2008" in March 2008 , he took part again for Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) and took first place with the ballad Believe produced by Timbaland . Bilan's performance was supported by the successful Russian figure skater Yevgeny Pljuschtschenko . In 2011 he read the Russian scoring for the 56th Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf . In March 2012, he and Yulia Volkova with the song Back to Her Future competed in the Russian preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 , but could not qualify for the ESC in Baku .

On June 6, 2008 Universal Music Domestic released “Believe” as a single in Germany.

Since 2012 Dima Bilan has worked as a coach in the program Golos ( The Voice ), since 2014 in the program Golos Deti ( The Voice Kids ).

Dima Bilan belongs to the right-wing populist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia . At the same time he participated in events of the parties “United Russia” and “Just Russia”. In 2011 he was positive about the opposition rallies on the occasion of the parliamentary elections. He supported Vladimir Putin in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections. He spoke out against the ban on an LGBT parade in Moscow and demanded in an open letter the removal of the openly homophobic MP Vitaly Milonov. At the same time he spoke out against the so-called "propaganda of homosexuality".

Discography

Albums

  • 2003: Ja nočnoj chuligan (Я ночной хулиган - I'm a night tooligan)
  • 2004: Na beregu neba (На берегу неба - On the coast of heaven)
  • 2006: Vremya-reka (Время-река - Time is like a river)
  • 2008: Protiv pravil (Против правил - Against the rules)
  • 2009: Believe
  • 2011: Mečtateli (dreamer)
  • 2012: Я задыхаюсь (I'm choking)
  • 2013: Dotyanis (Reach)

Singles

Note: In Russia it is uncommon to release maxi CDs. The songs listed here are 'singles' for which a music video exists, but which mostly only serve to promote the respective album.

Extracts from 'Ja nočnoj chuligan' (2003)

  • Ja nočnoj chuligan (Я ночной хулиган - I'm a night rogue)
  • Malyš (Малыш - little one)
  • Ja tak ljublju tebja (Я так люблю тебя - I love you so much)
  • Bum (Бум - boom)

Extracts from 'Na beregu neba' (2004)

  • Ty dolžna rjadom byt '/ Not That Simple (Ты должна рядом быть - You should be next to me)
  • Mulatka (Мулатка - mulatto)
  • Na beregu neba / Between the Sky and Heaven (На берегу неба - At the edge of the sky)
  • Kak chotel ja / Take Me with You (Как хотел я - As I wished)

Extracts from 'Vremja-reka' (2005, 2006, 2007)

  • Ja tebja pomnju (Я тебя помню - I remember you)
  • Ėto byla ljubov '(Это была любовь - It was love)
  • Tak ustroen ėtot mir / Never Let You Go (Так устроен этот мир - This is how things work in the world)
  • Nevozmožnoe vozmožno / Lady Flame (Невозможное возможно - the impossible is possible)
  • Vremja-reka / See What I See (Время-река - Time is like a river)

Extracts from 'Protiv pravil' (2007, 2008)

  • Number One Fan (2007)
  • Gore-zima (Горе-зима) (2007)
  • Believe (Russian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008) (2008)

Extracts from 'Believe' (2008, 2009)

  • Lonely (2008)
  • Lady (2009)

Further decoupling

swell

  1. ↑ Charts DE
  2. ↑ AFP Agence France-Presse GmbH: Russia triumphs at the Eurovision Song Contest , May 25, 2008, accessed on May 25, 2008
  3. ↑ Объявлен список претендентов на "Евровидение-2012" , accessed on May 23, 2012
  4. ↑ Дима Билан - ЛДПР -Евровидение

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personal data
SURNAME Bilan, Dima
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Belan, Viktor Nikolaevich (full name); Белан, Виктор Николаевич (Russian spelling at birth name); Дима Билан (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Ust-Dscheguta , Karachay-Cherkessia republic , Soviet Union