Alsou is a singer who broke into the Russian charts in the late 1990s. There was a lot of noise around her work, because she, after all, was the daughter of a billionaire. Nevertheless, Als was able to take second place at the famous Eurovision song contest, and that means something! How did the sweet-voiced Alsou begin her career and what does she do today?
early years
How old is Alsou? The singer in 2015 turned 32 years old.
Alsu was born in Bugulma - a city located in the Republic of Tatarstan. Her father is a well-known person in Russian business - Ralif Safin. He is associated with oil corporations. In 2011, his fortune was estimated at $ 0.5 billion.
The singer also has two brothers: the younger - Renard and the older - Marat. Both followed in the footsteps of their father and became businessmen.
Alsou is a singer who began to show interest in music from childhood. At five, she went to a music school. Then she continued her education in Moscow. In an interview, the singer admitted that she spent some time in London with her brothers and studied there in a comprehensive school. Therefore, when it came time to go to college, Alsou went to study there. True, her studies were in no way connected with music - the basics of business, drawing and mathematics were taught at the college.
Alsou (singer): career start
The fact that Ralif Safin’s daughter knows how to sing was known to Russian music lovers in 1998. It was then that her first songs, “Winter Dream,” “Sometimes,” began to play on the radio. Expensive video clips were shot for these compositions, which regularly appeared in the rotation of Russian television channels. The head of the creative team of Alsou was the famous producer Vadim Baykov.
Alsou is a singer who hit the big stage thanks to her father's investments, but it cannot be said that she has no voice or ability. When the first musical album of the artist “Winter Dream” went on sale, for six months the fans of the young lady sold out 700,000 copies of the collection. These are great indicators. From 1999 to 2000, Alsou performed a lot with concerts throughout Russia.
She really had her own army of fans. There are even cases when young people chased the singer: they watched her, filled up messages by mail and invented tales about non-existent relationships.
Performance at Eurovision
A big breakthrough in the singer’s career occurred in 2000, when she went to represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest. According to the results of the voting, Alsou won the second place in the competition. For Russia at that time it was the best result for 10 years of participation in Eurovision.
After this doubt, the singer’s talent began to disappear gradually, and a new stage began in Alsou’s career: speaking at the World Music Awards, duets with celebrities such as Enrique Iglesias and
John Bon Jovi.In 2002, the album "19" went on sale. The hits from this release were the songs "Yesterday" and "Anyway."
Alsou could become Russian Britney Spears, but chose a completely different path.
Personal life
After the release of the album "19", Alsou disappeared from the air of radio and television channels. It turned out that the singer fell in love. In 2006, she became the wife of a certain Jan Abramov. The singer’s husband Alsou, as expected, is a successful businessman, like her father.
The wedding was held on a special scale: the solemn part was arranged in the state concert hall "Russia"; Among the guests were not only the most famous businessmen in the Russian Federation, but also famous singers, actors, TV presenters. Gifts for the young were also far from modest: a country house in the suburbs, Bentley and, of course, certain amounts of money. There was a honeymoon - the couple went to the archipelago of the islands of Fiji.
Children of the singer Alsou were born in the United States. In total, the singer and her husband have two daughters - Safina and Mikella.
It can be seen that up to 2014, Alsou was completely immersed in the upbringing of her children, since she did not release full-fledged albums. But the world saw a collection of lullabies in her performance, as well as an album recorded in the Tatar language.
In 2014, the singer still returned to the stage with the release of "You are the light." The album includes 18 songs. In the same year, the music video “Stop loving you” was turned on music channels. Alsou again began to perform at concerts and festivals, often appear on television, to take places in charts. However, the singer is more attracted to small and cozy stage venues. For example, in 2015, she often performed at commemorative evenings or television concerts at the Comedy Club. The singer also visited the New Wave contest and the Formula 1 competition in Sochi.