Aygun Kazimova

Aygun Alasgar gizi Kazimova (Azerbaijani: Aygün Ələsgər qızı Kazımova) (born 26 January 1971) is an Azerbaijani singer, songwriter, pop musician, and actress.

Aygun Kazimova
Background information
Born (1971-01-26) 26 January 1971
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer-songwriter
  • actress
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
Years active1986–present
Labels
  • Bakı-Raks
  • SS production
  • Böyük Şahinlər
  • Sabuhi AMD
  • Dokuz Sekiz Müzik
  • DMC

She is a well known singer in Azerbaijan, Turkey and Russia. Her 2006 and 2007 solo concerts in Moscow and Baku brought her fame. During 2002 – 2006 she was president of the "Best Model of Azerbaijan" competition. Her "Hayat Ona Guzel" single was the most popular in Turkey on iTunes. Kazimova wrote and sang the anthem of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2012. Her duet with Snoop Dogg Coffee from Colombia was a number one hit on the Azerbaijani, Turkish, Czech Republic, Colombian, Georgian and Russian charts. Kazimova has recorded ten albums.

Early life

Kazimova 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, she 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, before dropping out in 1986. At the time she worked with the Gaya youth band.[1]

Career

Kazimova's professional solo career began in 1988, when she won the first prize at the Baki payizi-88 (Baku Autumn-88) music contest. In 1989 she 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. Kazimova released her first album in 1997. The CD Sevgi Gulleri (Flowers of love) contained 14 tracks with most of them written by pop composer Vagif Gerayzade. She has released ten albums, with the most successful in sales being the CD Aygun which was released in October 2000 and contained multimedia files with videos and pictures. In 2002, she became 'Honorary Artist of Azerbaijan'.

Some of her awards include numerous Grand-Prix, Honoured Artist of Azerbaijan and 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 is also an actress. In 2005, she played the title role in the musical Khari Bulbullar directed by Arif Gaziyev, the role of Sanam in the screen version of the play Meshadi Ibad. She has also hosted several television shows.

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

She was president of the annual Best Model of Azerbaijan contest in 2002–2006.

In 2013, Kazimova collaborated with Snoop Dogg for the song 'Coffee From Columbia'. It was released by Dokuz Sekiz Müzik and included remixes by My Digital Enemy and Bimbo Jones.

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

It was reported that on 1 November 2012, Kazimova was issued an Azerbaijani diplomatic passport.[2]

Private life

In 1989, Kazimova married 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 forcibly separated since Guliyev was taken into custody in 1996.[1][3] From 2001 to 2002, she was in a relationship with Mert Kılıç.[4] From 2004 to 2010, she was in a relationship with meykhana-singer Namig Garachukhurlu.[5]

Discography

Studio album

  • Ömrüm – Günüm (1997)
  • Ah...! (1998)
  • Aygün (2000)
  • Sevdim (2001)
  • Sevgi gülləri (2003)
  • Sevərsənmi? (2005)
  • Yenə tək (2008)

Compilation albums

Live albums

  • Crystal Hall (2020)

EPs

Singles

Name Year
Petrol 2011
Qoy bütün aləm bizdən danışsın 2012
Hayat Ona Güzel 2012
İkinci Sen (feat. Sinan Akçıl) 2012
İkinci Sen (Batu Çaldıran Remix) (feat. Sinan Akçıl) 2012
Gol 2012
Telafisi Yok 2013
Sənə Xəstəyəm 2014
Unutmuşam 2015
Aklım Başıma Geldi 2015
Arama beni 2016
Seni Böyle Sevmediler 2017
S.U.S. 2017
Hardasan 2018
Yakıştın Bana (feat. Rauf) 2018
AYA (feat. Rauf) 2018
Paramparça 2019
Dola Mənə Qolunu (feat. Rəsul Əfəndiyev) 2019
Mən Gəlirəm 2019
Kim Dinler Sizi 2019
Gedək Şəhərdən (feat. Rəsul Əfəndiyev) 2019
Jalma (feat. Philipp Kirkorov) 2019
Ehtiyacım Var 2019
Can Azərbaycan (feat. Philipp Kirkorov) 2019
Bizdən Danışaq (feat. Rauf) 2020
Jalma (Remake) (Solo) 2020
Deli fikirler 2020
İcazəli (feat. Miri Yusif) 2020
Paramparça (acoustic) 2020
Əsgər Marşı 2020
Vətən oğlu 2020
Yarımdı o (feat. Rəsul Əfəndiyev) 2021
Bu qadın 2021
Söylə 2021
Azərbaycan Türkiyə (Remake) 2021
De 2021
Denizin Ortasında 2021
Lya Lya Fa 2021
Азербайджан (Azerbaijan) (feat. Emin) 2021
Saxla Şəkilləri (feat. Rauf) 2022
Ey Mənim Dünyam (2022 Remake) 2022
Погоди, постой (Wait, wait) (feat. Rəsul Əfəndiyev) 2022
Qorxuram 2023
Vəfasızlar Unudulmur 2023

Filmography

Television

Year Program Character Episode TV
1998–1999 Aygün Bu Gün Herself season 2 Sara TV
2000–2001 Bumeranq Şou season 1 Lider TV
2001 Gecə yarısı season 1 ANS TV
2003 Gələn Var season 1 Space TV
2005 Aygün Bu Gün season 1 Space TV
Yeni Ulduz ATV
2008–2010 Xeyir Ola season 2 ATV
2011 Extreme Azerbaijan season 1 Space TV
2015–2016 Ozunu Tanit season 1 ATV

Film

Title Year Role Notes Ref.
Yarımştat 1996 Aygün
Yaşıl eynəkli adam 2 1999 Aygün
Nekroloq 2001 Aygün
Qış nağılı 2002 Aygün
Tam məxfi 2004 Aygün
Xarı Bülbüllər 2005 Xurşudbanu Natəvan
Məşədi İbad 94 2005 Sənəm
Adam Ol 2006 Aygün
3 Bacı 2013–2014 Aygün soundtrack

Awards

Aygun Kazimova awards and nominations
Totals[lower-alpha 1]
Wins2
Nominations9
Note
  1. Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Big Apple Music Awards

The "Big Apple Music Awards", is an annual American awards show.[6][7]

Year Nominated work Award Result Ref
2015 Aygun Kazimova Best Azerbaijani Female Artist Nominated [8]
2015 Best Caucasian Female Artist Nominated [8]

Daf Bama Music Awards

The "Daf Bama Music Awards ", is an annual German awards show.[9]

Year Nominated work Award Result Ref
2015 Aygun Kazimova Best Azerbaijani Female Artist Nominated [9]
2016 Best Azerbaijani Female Artist Won [10]
2017 BAMA People's Choice Award Nominated [11]
2018 Best Azerbaijani Female Artist Nominated

Kral Music Awards

Year Nominated work Award Result Reference
2012 Hayat Ona Güzel Song of the Year Nominated [12]
Best Female Artist Nominated [13]

Golden Butterfly Awards

Year Nominated work Award Result Ref
2017 Aygun Kazimova Best Azerbaijani Female Artist Nominated [14]
2018 Best Azerbaijani Female Artist Won [15]

References

  1. Aygun Kazimova: Biography. Kazimova's Official Fan Club Aygunfans.ws
  2. Айгюн Кязымова пользуется дипломатическим паспортом Archived 23 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Vesti.az. 21 August 2013.
  3. Dedim ki, Izim Qala Archived 12 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Aysel Magazine. January 2006
  4. "Ben Mert'i, Bülent Ersoy'a yedirtmem". Hürriyet Daily News. 11 August 2002. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  5. "Aygün Kazımova ilə Namiq Qaraçuxurlu ayrıldı". anspress.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  6. "Aygün Kazımova "Big Apple Music Awards 2015" müsabiqəsində |". Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  7. "bama2018". bama2018. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "Aygün Kazımova "DAF BAMA Music Awards – 2016"-da – FOTO". oxu.az. 15 August 2016. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  11. 1news. "Aygün Kazımova Avropa musiqi mükafatına namizəd olub – FOTO – VİDEO". 1news.az. Archived from the original on 28 November 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  12. "Azerbaycan'ın Divasi Aygün Kazımova Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri Gecesinde". Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  13. "KRAL TV ´TÜRKİYE MÜZİK ÖDÜLLERİ´ ADAY ADAYLARI AÇIKLANDI". sinemamuzik.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  14. "Aygün Kazımova "Altın Kelebekden imtina etdi – 2017"".
  15. "Aygun Kazimova Altin Kelebek Kazandi". 9 December 2018.
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