Birth name Zulfiyya Khanbabayeva Years active since 1988 Instruments vocals | Genres Pop Origin Guba, Azerbaijan Name Zulfiyya Khanbabayeva | |
Born October 16, 1967 (age 56)
Baku, Azerbaijan ( 1967-10-16 ) Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, actress, author | ||
Zulfiyya Khanbabayeva, (Azerbaijani: Zülfiyyə Xanbabayeva, born on 16 October 1967 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani singer and performer.
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Childhood - “Bakı Payızı”
Zulfiyya Khanbabayeva was born on 16 October 1967 in Baku city. They were three child in family: two girls, one boy. From the child years she had an interest for music, and she loved to sing for her grandparents, she had some little concerts.
Zulfiyya studied at school #161. In school years she was singing in Afshar Javanshirov chorus. First time when newspapers wrote from her she was only 12, that time for the poem "Shabi Hicran" (Şəbi-Hicran) by the greatest Azeri poet Fuzûlî in Uzeyir Hajibeyov home-museum. Zulfiyya learned from her mother Azeri national folk music. And she decided to be singer or actress, although her father wished to see her as student of Foreign Languages Institute. After school she entered to Theater Director faculty. In the student years she directed some plays and played a little roles. The same years she got a friend - Nigar, and today Nigar Hajizadeh is Zulfiyya's producer. In 1987 Nigar acquainted her with Brilliant Dadashova. And Brilliant listened to her, liked her singing. She told to great Azeri composer Cavanshir Guliev to listen to Zulfiyya. Cavanshir Guliev saw her talant, and so began to work with Zulfiyya xanim. In 1989 Zulfiyya participate in Bakı Payızı 88 song contest with the Vagif Gerayzadeh song “Səni Xatırlayarkən” (Remembering You) and entered to final.
Aypara - Zulfiyya today
In 1994 Zulfiyya sang in Vagif Gerayzadeh group Aypara. After leaving group Zulfiyya started solo career as singer. Her first album released in 2000 year named Gecə (Night) and became best-selling album of the year in Azerbaijan. She released 2 music videos from this album. In 2002 She released her second studio album Sən Gedən Gündən (Since You've Been Gone) with 3 music videos. Her third studio album Qəlbinə Yol (The Way To Your Soul) released in 2003 year. Music video for title song was the most expensive music video of all times for Azeri show-business. From this album were released 1 music video. And the fourth studio album...named Sənsiz (Without You) released in December 2004, but was given to stores on 2–5 January 2005. She released 4 music videos from this album and all became #1 in all national charts. In 2005 she gave 6 concert-programms in the frame of her "Canım Məmləkətim" tour (My Dear Land) in 6 cities of Azerbaijan. She named Deserve Artist of Azerbaijan Republic in November 2003. On 17 September 2008 she named National Artist of Azerbaijan Republic by President of Azerbaijan Republic. Married. On 26 October 2007 was born Deniz, Zulfiyya's daughter. First photos of Zulfiyya Khanbabayeva and her daughter were published by OK Azerbaijan magazine.
Studio albums
2000 - “Gecə” (The Night)
2002 - “Sən Gedən Gündən” (Since You've Been Gone)
2003 - “Qəlbinə Yol” (The Way To Your Heart)
2004 - “Sənsiz” (Without You)
2009 - “Dəniz” (The Sea)
Music Videos
1999 - “Demirəm”
1999 - “Gecikməyin Sevməyə”
2000 - “Aləm Oyansın”
2001 - “Sən Gedən Gündən”
2002 - “Son Gecə”
2003 - “Sənsiz”
2003 - “Qəlbinə Yol”
2004 - “Səninlə”
2004 - “Azərbaycan”
2005 - “Ayrılığa Dözərəm”
2006 - “Gözümün Qarası”
2006 - “Xatırla Məni”
2007 - “Mənimsən”
2010 - “Unut Getsin”
2010 - “Nə Faydası”
2013 - “Sən Azərbaycanlısan”
2014 - “İki Doğma İnsan”