Aleksandr Nikolaevich Malinin (, born Vyguzov, ; 16 November 1958) is a Russian singer who was named a

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an honorary and the highest title awarded to citizens of the Russian Federation ...

in 1997.

Career

Malinin was born in

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(then Sverdlovsk) as Aleksandr Nikolaevich Vyguzov. At the end of the 1980s, he toured the

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and made a duet with

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, becoming the first Soviet singer to collaborate with an American musician since the breakout of the

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. Between 1990 and 1996, he gave several sold-out concerts named Балы с Александром Малининым (Dances with Aleksandr Malinin), breaking attendance records.Malnyin biography in Russian
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as the best selling Russian artist. Malinin is married and has four children. His son named Anton (born in 1982) was educated in part in the UK, attending Haileybury & Imperial Service College in

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Popular Songs

Awards

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References

External links

Official websiteAlexander Malinin
at MTV *
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at iTunes {{DEFAULTSORT:Malinin, Alexander People's Artists of Russia Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine World Music Awards winners 1958 births Living people 20th-century Russian male singers 21st-century Russian male singers