BRILLIANT DADASHOVA

'Brilliant Suleyman qizi Dadashova', also spelled 'Dadasheva' (Azeri: ''Brilliant Dadaşova'') (born 15 September 1959, Baku) is an Azerbaijani pop singer.

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Life

Brilliant Dadashova was born into a family of six children. Her mother Gizkhanim Dadashova was a famous accordion player who died in a car accident in 1964. Brilliant Dadashova's older sisters also pursued careers in music. Dadashova first appeared on stage in 1985, when she participated in the annual International Youth Festival in Moscow. Two years later, she won the prestigious All-Union Pop Singers Contest, a singing competition among representatives of the republics of the Soviet Union. In 1990, she graduated from the Azerbaijan National Culture and Arts Institute and became one of Azerbaijan's most successful female singers. She is one of the few pop singers in Azerbaijan, who has given numerous concerts outside of her home country. Dadashova's concert venues included the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Russia, and Turkey. In 1995, her song ''Züleyha'' hit the top 10 in Russian charts.^[1] In 1997, Dadashova was among the musicians who participated in the recording of the album ''Landet vi kommer fra'' ("The Land We Came From"; released by in Norway), which included Azeri folk songs sung in Azeri and Norwegian by the Azerbaijani soloists and the Norwegian choir SKRUK.^[2] In 1999, Brilliant Dadashova was elected to the Baku City Council. From 2001 to 2006 she hosted her own prime time talk-show ''Gözəllik dünyanı xilas edəcək'' ("Beauty will save the world") on Azerbaijan's Space TV. In 2004, her song ''Vokaliz'' (a 2001 vocal improvisation of the Azeri folk dance tunes ''Meydan'' and ''Baki'', as well as Vagif Garayzadeh's ''Novruzu'' musical composition) became an issue of controversy after allegedly having been performed by the Armenian singer Varduhi Vardanyan (†2006) who was accused of violating copyright.^[3] Vardanyan vehemently denied the accusations and claimed that the song is a traditional Armenian folk song.^[4]Since September 2006, Brilliant Dadashova has been actively involved in the ''Akademiya'' TV-project aimed at professional musical training of talented youths and preparing them for the big stage.
Brilliant Dadashova is married and has a son.

References

1. Brilliant Dadashova – Biography at ''Dadashova.com''
2. Norwegians Find 'The Land We Come From' by Steinar Opheim. ''Azerbaijan International''. #5.4, Winter 1997
3. Once Again on the Misappropriation of Our Traditions by Kamran Imanov. Copyright Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan
4. Song Squabble: Words become weapons in regional battle over pop tune By Gayane Abrahamyan, ArmeniaNow arts reporter

External links

★ Brilliant Dadashova's Homepage at Dadashova.com

★ Brilliant Dadashova – ''Vokaliz'' at Youtube.com (videoclip shot in 2004)