Birth name Nigar Mutallibzadeh Name Nigar Jamal Website www.nigarjamal.net Education Khazar University | Years active 2011-present Spouse Haluk Cemal Occupation(s) Singer Role Singer | |
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Born September 7, 1980 (age 43) ( 1980-09-07 ) Origin Baku, Azerbaijani SSR, Soviet Union Associated acts Eldar Gasimov, Dima Bilan Genres Pop music, Contemporary R&B Similar People Eldar Gasimov, Ell & Nikki, Safura Alizadeh, Aysel Teymurzadeh, Miri Yusif | ||
Music group Ell & Nikki (Since 2011) | ||
Empathy for khojaly broken dreams nigar jamal
Nigar Aydin kizi Jamal (née Mutallibzadeh, Azerbaijani: Nigar Aydın qızı Camal (Mütəllibzadə); sometimes known as Nikki Jamal, born 7 September 1980 in Baku, Soviet Union) is a British Azerbaijani singer who has been living in London since 2005. Jamal's singing genres include R&B, soul and pop music. She won the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with Eldar Gasimov when they performed under the pseudonym Ell & Nikki.
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- Empathy for khojaly broken dreams nigar jamal
- Nigar Jamal Get Heyatimdan
- Early life
- Eurovision Song Contest 2011
- 2011present After Eurovision
- References
Nigar Jamal "Get Heyatimdan"
Early life
In 1997, she entered Khazar University, majoring in economics and management, finishing 3 out of 4 years. Before trying herself as a singer, Nigar Jamal had been a housewife for five years. In an interview to The Sun she confessed having once planned to participate on The X Factor but having narrowly missed the show's deadline. Jamal says she is inspired by the likes of Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys, Brandy Norwood, Craig David and Chris Brown.
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
In December 2010, Jamal took part in the Azerbaijani national selection, Milli Seçim Turu 2011. Her first appearance was in Heat 7, placing joint first with 11 points, along with Ilhama Gasimova, both qualifying to the semi-final. Jamal qualified from the semi-final along with four other artists to the final on 11 February 2011, where she and Eldar Gasimov won the right to represent Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany in May 2011. They sang under the pseudonym Ell & Nikki the song "Running Scared" written by Stefan Örn and Sandra Bjurman from Sweden and Iain Farquharson from the UK, which won with a total of 221 points.
2011–present: After Eurovision
After winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Jamal and Gasimov got to travel to a number of countries and perform their winning entry. In Azerbaijan 15,000 postage stamps in the denomination of 1 Azerbaijani manat were printed. The production of postage stamps in Azerbaijan were in dedication of Eldar and Nigar's victory at 2011 contest. In September 2011, it was announced that Nigar Jamal would appear in one of the episodes of the Turkish comedy series Yahşi Cazibe.
In 2012, she was among five musicians from Azerbaijan chosen as the jury in the Danish national selection of the 2012 Eurovision contestant.
On 1 December 2011 Nikki presented her first post-Eurovision solo song and video clip "Crush on You". Other new material was released afterwards, including a duet with Miri Yusif entitled "Qal" ("Stay"); and another duet with Eurovision 2008 winner Dima Bilan entitled "Come Into My World".
On 11 August 2012 she released her debut album entitled "Play With Me". She has reportedly worked with Danish songwriter Boe Larsen for the album.
In early 2014 she was a judge in the Turkish television show X Factor and produced the winner of the show.