Faig Balagha oghlu Aghayev (, born 29 December 1971) is an Azerbaijani pop singer and the

People's Artiste of Azerbaijan People’s Artiste of Azerbaijan () is the honorary title granted for contribution to the development of Azerbaijani culture. The term artiste refers to a professional entertainer, and awards creative success in the theater, cinema and music fie ...

since 2008.Order of the President of Azerbaijan Republic No.3045
— Database of legal acts of Azerbaijan Republic Aghayev received the nickname "Mister Gold Schlager" by his fans.

Career

Aghayev debuted at the "Bakı Payızı 1988" ("Baku Autumn 1988") musical contest where he won the first place. During his time at university he gained recognition as a singer, winning multiple musical contests, including "Qızıl payız 1989" ("Golden Autumn 1989") contest, "Vitebsk 1990" international contest and "Yalta 1992" international television song contest. After graduating from the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Art in 1993, he continued participating in contests and was placed first in "Kharkov 1995" and "Golden Hit." In 1995, his first album ''Ola bilməz'' (''It Can't Be'') was produced. It was the first in a series of albums, such as ''Səni əvəz eləmir'' (''None Can Replace You'') in 1996, ''Vəfasızım'' (''My Faithless'') in 1998, ''Faiq Ağayev – Seçmələr'' (''The Best of Faig Aghayev'') in 1999, ''Minilliyin sonu'' (''The End of Millennium'') in 2000, in 2004 ''Tam məxfi'' (''Top Secret'') and in 2006 ''Faiq Ağayev - Albom Kolleksiyası'' (''Album Collection''). Since 1996, Aghayev has been the soloist of Azerbaijan State Television and Radio Company (

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). In 2012–2013 he was also the soloist of the Azerbaijan State Mugham Theatre. In 2013, 2015 and 2018, Aghayev was a member of Azerbaijan's national jury at the

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. He was the spokesperson for the presentation of points for Azerbaijan at the

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. He was also the coach at '' The Voice of Azerbaijan'' contest in 2015.

Awards

In 1998, Aghayev won the ''Concert of the Year'' Humay National Music Award. In 1999, Aghayev won ''Music Video of the Year'' Humay award for "Dəşti" ("Dashtee") music video as well as the Grand Award for Singer of the Year. On 28 October 2000, by the decree of

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, the President of Azerbaijan, Aghayev was awarded with the honorary title of Honored Artist of Azerbaijan. He was also the winner of ''Qızıl Mikrofon'' ("Golden Microphone") National Music Award for Singer of the Year. In 2001, he was the winner of Grand National Musical Award in three nominations including Singer of the Year, Concert of the Year ("Əsrin ve minilliyin son konserti" - "The last concert of the century and the millennium") and Album of the Year (''Minilliyin sonu'' - ''The End of the Millennium''). On 17 September 2008, the President of Azerbaijan

Ilham Aliyev Ilham Heydar Oghlu Aliyev (born 24 December 1961) is an Azerbaijani politician who has been the fourth president of Azerbaijan since 2003. He is also the leader of the New Azerbaijan Party since 2005. The son and second child of former Aze ...

awarded Aghayev the honorary title of People's Artist of Azerbaijan. In April 2019, Faig Aghayev was appointed a member of

arts council An arts council is a government or private non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts; mainly by funding local artists, awarding prizes, and organizing arts events. They often operate at arms-length from the government to prevent pol ...

of Azad Azerbaijan TV channel.Faiq Ağayevə vəzifə verildi
— Modern.az

Discography

References

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