The style of star children: the sons of Emin Agalarov and Leyla Aliyeva - Ali and Mikayil. Agalarov spoke about his adopted daughter Singer and businessman Emin Agalarov

Emin (Emin Agalarov)

Emin. Emin Agalarov ( full name- Emin Araz ogly Agalarov, Azerbaijani. Emin Araz oğlu Ağalarov). Born on December 12, 1979 in Baku. Azerbaijani singer and musician, songwriter, businessman. National artist Republic of Azerbaijan (2018). Honored Artist of the Republic of Adygea (2018).

Father - Araz Agalarov (full name - Araz Iskender oglu Agalarov), entrepreneur, president and owner of the Crocus Group.

Mother - Irina Iosifovna Agalarova (nee - Grill), business lady.

The younger sister is Sheila Agalarova.

When Emin was 2 years old, his family moved to Moscow in 1981 - his father defended his dissertation in economics. Then they exchanged an apartment in Baku for a one-room apartment in Chertanovo. Ten years later, they moved to the center, to Malaya Bronnaya Street. AT Soviet time the family lived modestly.

The Agalarov family has been friends with the Magomaev family for three generations. As a child, he often visited and. Later, on his 35th birthday, Tamara Ilyinichna Sinyavskaya presented Emin with a Muslim Magometovich ring - the one that the Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, once presented to him. Later, Emin donated the relic to the Muslim Magomayev Memorial Museum, which is located in Crocus City Hall. "Everything connected with the name of Muslim Magomayev is always present in our lives," said Emin.

In Moscow, he changed several schools, studied unimportantly. He liked to fool around.

The father did not give money to his son, and at the age of 13 he began to earn money himself - he washed cars on the Garden Ring.

After the assassination attempt on his father, 13-year-old Emin was sent to one of the private schools in Switzerland.

Later he lived with his mother in the United States in the city of Tenafly, New Jersey. I lived there from 1994 to 2001. In America, when he was 15 years old, he got a job as a salesman in a large store in the electronics department, he was paid $ 5 per hour, he worked four hours a day (there were no more children). Later he worked at a gas station and worked as a cloakroom attendant in a restaurant.

He spent his earnings on music - he loved it very much and collected everything connected with it (number cards, disks, etc.). It was with Elvis that his career as a musician and singer began - he learned to play the guitar and piano, began to select melodies. Translated Presley's songs into Russian.

The first time he appeared on stage was in the USA when he studied at the university.

Graduated from Marymount Manhattan College (New York), has a bachelor's degree in business management in finance.

Later in Russia he released the next three albums - "Incredible", "Obsession" and "Devotion". Albums "Wonder" (2010) and "After The Thunder" (2012) had international releases.

In September 2011, Emin Agalarov began working with the European recording studio EMI Music Germany. The albums "Wonder" and "After The Thunder" were released in collaboration with producer Brian Rowling. The single "Obvious" entered the UK radio chart, becoming "Song of the Week" on BBC Radio 2, Magic FM and BBC Local Radio. "Wonder" was voted "Album of the Week" on BBC Radio 2. The song "All I Need Tonight" was included in the charity compilation "Download For Good". The film director acted as the producer of the project.

On May 27, 2012, he appeared as a special guest on international competition Eurovision 2012 in Baku. Emin worked on the final show with British director Peter Bird and producer David Bainbridge.

On May 28, 2012, the album "After The Thunder" was released internationally in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Spain, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Greece and Russia. The album was created with the support of producer Brian Rowling.

On September 23, 2012, Emin became a special guest of a concert in Baku, performing several songs from the album "After the Thunder", as well as Muslim Magomayev's song "Blue Eternity".

In 2013, he sang at the Miss Universe contest in Moscow, which was held at the Crocus City Hall (Crocus Group).

In December 2013, Emin presented his first Russian-language album "On the Edge", in early 2014 the seventh numbered album "Amor" was released. At the December concerts of 2014, he presented his second Russian-language album "Nachistotu". Then, in 2015, the third album was released - "8 in the fall".

He starred in the video for the song "In Another Life" in 2013. Emin told about how this happened: “We held the Miss Universe contest at the Crocus City Hall, and, as you know, Donald Trump is the owner of the contest. During the preparation, we became friends with him. And at some point I thought it was stupid to have in Moscow at hand legendary man, 90 most beautiful girls and not use it to shoot a clip. I suggested this idea to Mr. Trump and the only thing he said was "How long will it take?". I replied that no more than 15 minutes, and we shook hands. Shooting was scheduled for 8 am. By that time, the actors and I had already rehearsed the scene. Trump came, asked, "What am I supposed to do?" "It's simple, Mr. Trump, you should fire me." He said, "OK. I can do that." He sat down at the table - and fired me with one take. But now there is a story that the 45th President of the United States starred in my video."

Emin

In 2016, Emin went on a big tour of Russia for the first time, which was a great success. In the same year, his album Love Is a Deadly Game was released.

In July 2016, Emin Agalarov, together with Sergei Kozhevnikov and Grigory Leps, organized the Heat music festival, which was successfully held in Baku. Philip Kirkorov, Leonid Agutin, Grigory Leps, Nikolai Baskov, Ani Lorak, Polina Gagarina, Alexei Vorobyov, Anita Tsoi, Sergey Lazarev, Katya Lel, Nyusha and other artists performed at the festival.

In 2017, Emin presented the album "Forgive me, my love."

Emin Agalarov's business:

First Vice President of Crocus Group, one of the largest development companies in Russia.

Leads commercial projects: Crocus City Mall; Concert halls Crocus City Hall and Vegas City Hall; Network of shopping and entertainment complexes Vegas; Restaurants by Crocus Group: Nobu, Zafferano, Shore House, Edoko, Rose Bar, Forte Bello, Backstage, Uncle Max's (opened in 2016 together with Maxim Fadeev); Retail direction Crocus Fashion Retail (mono-brand boutiques Sergio Rossi (2), Casadei, Le Silla, Alberto Guardiani, Artioli, Santoni, Cesare Paciotti, John Varvatos, Ravazzolo, Tardini, three Crocus Stock boutiques, Crocus Atelier Couture studio); Sea Breeze Resort development project (Azerbaijan, Nardaran); Crocus City Oceanarium; Crocus Fitness - a network of premium fitness clubs; Unique modular space BOX CITY; Country village Agalarov Estate; Сrocus Media: Crocus Production - TV channels ZHARA, Your Home, Crocus TV, ZHARA FM, Time to Eat magazine; Music label Zhara Music (in partnership with Bakhtiyar Aliyev - Bahh Tee).

Emin Agalarov's height: 180 centimeters.

Personal life of Emin Agalarov:

The first wife is Leyla Aliyeva, daughter of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. They met on January 3, 2005 at ski resort St. Moritz in Switzerland. A year later, they announced their engagement. The engagement of Emin Agalarov and Leyla Aliyeva took place at the country residence of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. According to Eastern tradition, Irina Agalarova put earrings from the latest jewelry collection of the famous couturier into her daughter-in-law's ears. The wedding ceremony took place on April 30, 2006 in Baku at the Gulustan Palace. Video greetings from George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin were read out.

Three children were born in the marriage - twin sons Ali and Mikail (born December 1, 2008), as well as daughter Amina (born April 9, 2014).

After nine years of marriage, the couple filed for divorce. Leyla Aliyeva wrote about this on Facebook: "It is not a secret for many in Azerbaijan that my marriage with Emin in last years was formal. We've been living apart for a long time different cities. It was time to formalize our divorce, which we did. We remain friends."

The second wife is Alena Gavrilova, "Miss Mordovia-2004". They started dating in 2016. Alena has a son from a previous relationship with billionaire Rustam Tariko.

A couple at the Agalarov Golf and Country Club near Moscow. Friends and relatives gathered at the wedding, among which there were many celebrities - Tatyana Navka, Andrey Malakhov, Zara, Kristina Orbakaite, Valery Meladze and others.

Discography of Emin (Emin Agalarov):

2006 - Still
2007 - Incredible
2008 - Obsession
2009 - Devotion
2010 - Wonder
2012 - After the Thunder
2013 - On the edge
2014-Amor
2014 - Straightforward
2015 - More Amor
2015 - 8 in the fall
2016 - Love Is a Deadly Game
2017 - Sorry my love

Duets Emin (Emin Agalarov):

2013 - Angel-demon (with Irina Dubtsova)
2014 - Spring Territory - Azerbaijan (with Zulfiya Khanbabaeva)
2014 - Hello, Earth (with Grigory Leps)
2014 - Shores (with Stas Mikhailov)
2014 - Look at the sky (with Svetlana Loboda)
2014 - Call me (with Ani Lorak)
2014 - I confess (with Soso Pavliashvili)
2015 - Women like me (with Grigory Leps)
2016 - I can't say (with Ani Lorak)
2016 - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (with Ani Lorak)
2016 - Always On My Mind (with Polina Gagarina))
2017 - Be happy (with Laima Vaikule)
2017 - Shards of summer (with Valery Meladze)
2017 - Say goodbye (with Ani Lorak)
2017 - Forgive me, my love (with Max Fadeev)
2017 - In zero gravity (with Polina Gagarina)
2017 - I fell in love (with Alexei Vorobyov)
2017 - If you are near (with A-Studio)
2017 - Do not hesitate (with Irina Dubtsova)
2017 - Turn off (with Alexander Marshal)
2017 - Siberian frosts (with guitar accompaniment by Vladimir Kuzmin)

Russian businessman and popular pop singer.

Biography of Emin Agalarov

Emin Aras ogl Agalarov was born on December 12, 1979 in Baku (Azerbaijan). Successfully combines business and musical career received an excellent education. Emin Agalarov- the son of a businessman, president and owner of the Crocus Group group of companies Aras Agalarov. In 1983 the family moved to Moscow. Emin Agalarov was first educated in Switzerland, where he studied at private school, and then continued in the USA, where he received a diploma in Business Management in Finance. There he launched his first business project: at the age of 18 he opened a clothing store, then a shoe corner in a store on Madison Avenue in New York.

Business activities of Emin Agalarov

Returning to Moscow in 2001, Emin Agalarov began working in his father's company - he took the position of commercial director of Crocus City Mall. For several years, business was the main business of Emin Agalarov's life. His father entrusted him with the management of the construction of a business center in the suburbs. Emin Agalarov created a yacht club in Crocus City Mall. He is the director of the Crocus City Mall, Kashirka Mall, Crocus Stoleshnikov projects, he is the founder and owner of the Russian Art Mall company. He heads the chain of Vegas shopping and entertainment complexes, owns restaurants Nobu, Zafferano, Shore House, Edoko, a development company in Azerbaijan.

“In my perception of myself, I am no longer just a businessman. Therefore, I am simply looking for time for priority projects: today I need to go to speak, tomorrow - negotiations. And I'm just not going to spray on something. A matter of priorities, nothing more.

The secret of his success is simple: “Work and work again. From morning till night. Miracles do not happen, and success is not brought on a saucer.

Musical activity of Emin Agalarov

Music attracted Emina Agalarova primarily because of Elvis Presley. Emin fell in love with his songs at the age of 10. And until now, many compare his style of performance with Elvis. Agalarov's first performance took place as part of the Open Mic Night in New Jersey, Emin was then 18 years old.

“I, along with my mini-band, conquered the visitors of American bars, and it was a test of strength nervous system- mine, and listeners too. Of course, it was far from a 100% success, but it is an unforgettable moment in the life of every person who takes the stage. In addition, it is precisely such moments that make it clear that there is a huge distance between amateur performance and professional creativity.

But quite a long time passed before the first album - it appeared only in 2006, although Emin says that he always dreamed of singing - both during his studies, and upon returning to Russia, and in business. Businessman Agalarov releases his albums under the name Emin.

The first album, Still, was released on April 22, 2006. Since then, the singer has recorded five more albums. Three of them - Incredible (2007), Obsession (2008), Devotion (2009) - were released in Russia, two - Wonder and After The Thunder - are international releases created in collaboration with the producer Brian Rowling.

“He knows what is required and gets things done. So far we have recorded over sixty songs for two albums. In general, they all turned out, the best ones came out - on the Wonder album and soon on the After The Thunder album. He made a revolution in my musical consciousness, helped me find those sounds and notes that make my sound original, the sound of Emin's voice.

In 2011 Emin Agalarov signed a five-year contract with EMI Music Germany for the release and distribution of the Emin Wonder album in the countries Western Europe. The agreement also provides for the release and distribution of two subsequent Emin albums in collaboration with EMI.

One of Emin Agalarov's compositions from the album Wonder - All I Need Tonight - was included in the Download For Good charity collection released by David Lynch, it includes compositions by Moby, Alanis Morissette, Dave Stewart, Iggy Pop and others. Emin became the first and only representative of Russia .

In 2016, the singer, together with Sergei Kozhevnikov and Grigory Leps, organized the Heat festival in Baku. Russian and Azerbaijani stars performed on the festival stage: Philip Kirkorov, Leonid Agutin, Nikolai Baskov, Ani Lorak, Polina Gagarina, Alexei Vorobyov, Anita Tsoi, Sergey Lazarev and others. In the same year, Agalarov traveled all over Russia as part of a big tour. In 2018, Agalarov first tried himself as an actor. He starred in the comedy film Night Shift by Marius Weisberg. Emin's partners in film set became Vladimir Yaglych, Pavel Derevyanko, Natalya Bardo, Igor Zhizhikin, Valentina Mazunina, Elena Valyushkina, Sergey Glushko and others.

Emin Agalarov's personal life

April 30, 2006 Emin Agalarov married Leyla Aliyeva- Vice President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, daughter of the President of Azerbaijan. The businessman and musician had to act according to all the rules - not only to ask Ilham Aliyev and his wife for the hand of Leyla, but also to ask permission to start courtship.

The wedding was played twice: in Baku, in the Gulustan Palace, congratulations on the marriage were sent by George Bush and Vladimir Putin, the second time the wedding was celebrated on a large scale in Moscow. The couple had two twin sons Ali and Mikail in 2008.

In 2015, the couple reported in their accounts in social networks about divorce. Despite the breakup, Emin and Leila remained friends. The singer regularly visits children in London and has a great attitude towards Leila's adopted daughter, little Amina, whom she took from the orphanage.

“They are absolute happiness for me. From a very early age I dreamed of children and I am very grateful to fate that I have them. I gave myself an appointment: once a week I should see them, wherever I was. And this little time- a day and a half - I spend with my sons to the maximum. I know that this is mutual - they, like me, are looking forward to our meetings with joy. And I am glad that they like the same thing as me - for example, fishing or sports. In general, we happily spend time in a friendly male company.

In 2016, Agalarov first appeared in public with a model Alena Gavrilova. The young people met by chance and did not know anything about each other, although Alena had heard several of the singer's compositions a few years before they met. In 2017, she starred in Emin's video for the song Good Love.

Discography of Emin Agalarov

• 2006 - Still (2006)
• 2007 - Incredible (2007)
• 2008 - Obsession (2008)
• 2009 - Devotion (2009)
• 2010 - Wonder (2010)
• 2012 - After the Thunder (2012)

Emin Agalarov - Russian businessman and a singer, an Azerbaijani by nationality. First Vice President of the Crocus Group, owner of restaurants, shopping and entertainment venues. He heads such projects as ZHARA TV channels, Your Home, Crocus TV, ZHARA FM radio, Timeto Eat magazine. Together with Bakhtiyar Aliyev (Bahh Tee) owns the music label Zhara Music.

Childhood and youth

Emin Arasoglu Agalarov, better known to fans as the singer Emin, was born in Baku in December 1979. The zodiac sign is Sagittarius. His parents - Irina Iosifovna Gril and Araz Iskenderoglu Agalarov - studied in the same class. Their first love managed to grow into more, they got married in the last years of institutes: she graduated from pedagogical, and he graduated from polytechnic.

When the boy was 4 years old, the family moved to Moscow. There, Emin made friends, went to school, behaved like ordinary children, until his father suspected that his son was in bad company. His father, famous businessman According to rumors, Araz Agalarov himself was in such a situation in his youth, so he decided to send his offspring to Switzerland. Agalarov Jr. studied there until the age of 15, after which he continued his studies in the USA. His younger sister Sheila also studied in the US at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Emin has been an independent guy since the age of 13. His desire to become financially independent and earn money himself helped to achieve success already in early age. The guy was looking for money all the time, sorting through different variants from supermarkets to building your own own business. He worked in an electronics store as a salesman, later in the same capacity he worked in a shoe boutique. Today he claims that this experience is very useful to him in his current life.

Living in the States, Emin Agalarov created a website selling nesting dolls and watches. At that moment, he did not even think that he would ever enter his father's business.

Later, having learned more about the father's business, Emin Agalarov realized that he was interested in what his father was doing. As a creative person, Agalarov combined a pragmatic, intellectual personality with a good sense of humor and fine taste.

After graduating from Marymount Manhattan College in New York, Emin Agalarov received a business manager diploma in finance. The young man understood that working in tandem with his father would be more productive than selling nesting dolls in the United States, so he returned to Moscow. Here began the creative and commercial biography of Emin Agalarov.

Music and business

Today Emin Agalarov is the first vice-president of his father's group of companies Crocus Group. Things are going well, but Emin's potential has not been exhausted at all. Even in America, he began to show interest in music. Hard work, a strong character and the desire to achieve success in the musical field allowed Agalarov to release his first album in 2006. The disc called "Still" was not the only one. Soon Emin Agalarov's discography was enriched with three more albums: "Incredible", "Obsession" and "Devotion".

Clip Emin "Where are you, my love"

In 2011, Emin, at the initiative of David Lynch, was nominated for a Grammy Award as Discovery of the Year. In May 2012, the singer performed as a special guest at the Eurovision Song Contest. In the same year, the album "After The Thunder" was released, after which Agalarov was invited to sing at a Jennifer Lopez concert in Baku.

In the winter of 2013, Emin Agalarov presented fans with his debut Russian-language album called "On the Edge", which included 14 new songs. With the release of a new disc, the singer did not pull, and already at the beginning of 2014 he presented the album "Frankly". It included the song "Call Me", which he performed in a duet with Ani Lorak. A few more songs performed by Emin with other stars got into the album: with Stas Mikhailov, he sang the song “Shores”, with Grigory Leps “Hello, Earth”, with Soso Pavliashvili “I confess”.

Emin - "I live best of all"

2014 was a particularly successful year for the popular artist. His song “I live best of all” received the Golden Gramophone award and became a hit, a video was made for it, in which Paulina Andreeva starred. Emin Agalarov went on a tour of the cities of Russia.

In 2015, Emin Agalarov presented fans with two new albums at once - More Amor and 8 in the Fall. The latter included a joint composition with Grigory Leps “Women like me”.

Emin and Ani Lorak. Clip for the song "Forgiveness"

Emin Agalarov regularly indulges fans of his work with new songs and discs. In 2016, he not only presented them with a new album, LoveIs a Deadly Game, but also, together with Sergey Kozhevnikov and Grigory Leps, became the organizer of the Heat festival, which was held in Baku in July. Participation in the "Heat" was taken by the most bright stars stages of Russia. In the same year, Emin Agalarov recorded two new songs with Ani Lorak - these are the compositions "I Can't Say" and "Forgive".

In 2016, with new and beloved old hits, Emin Agalarov went on a tour around the country, traveling around 50 cities in Russia. Emin's concerts were a resounding success.

Clip Emin Agalarov "Let's find each other"

As for business, here Emin Agalarov manages to do a lot. He leads many projects. For example, he owns shopping center on the Moscow Ring Road "Crocus City Mall", which houses the concert hall "Crocus City Hall". The singer and businessman also oversees the Vegas shopping and entertainment complex chain, the Crocus Group restaurant chain and the Sea Breeze Resort development project in Azerbaijan.

Personal life

Emin Agalarov's wedding coincided with the birth of his first album in 2006. The wife of the singer was the daughter of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev - Leyla Aliyeva. Young celebrated the wedding twice - in Moscow and Baku.

It is known that Emin Agalarov and Leyla Aliyeva began to meet after a number of traditions and customs. Before the direct proposal, Emin first asked permission from the father of the bride to take care of his daughter, and only then asked for her hand.

In 2008, the happy couple became the parents of twins - the boys were named Mikail and Ali. Emin Agalarov and his wife Leyla have been torn between the two countries for a long time. Leila lived with the twins in London, and Emin lived in Moscow. Every week, the father of the family tried to visit the family, and Leila was engaged in social activities during the period of separation.

In May 2015, it became known that the couple officially broke up. It is noteworthy that they did not make a secret of the divorce and immediately announced it on their pages on social networks. Emin Agalarov frankly spoke about the reason for the breakup in an interview a couple of months later. He admitted that he and Leila did not have a personal relationship, but to imitate family life they didn't want to. Contrary to rumors, none of the two of them cheated on each other, and Emin did not have any mistresses about whom the yellow publications wrote.

Former spouses maintained friendly relations. According to Emin, today they are even warmer than they were during the years of marriage. The singer and businessman still takes care of his family and is proud of his sons.

A popular, wealthy and stately handsome man (height - 180 cm, weight - 78 kg), moreover, according to the magazine HELLO! - "The most stylish man in Russia-2016", could not stay alone for a long time. In 2016, it became known who he was dating. Emin Agalarov was noticed next to the girl in whom they recognized Miss Mordovia 2004 Alena Gavrilova. Emin Agalarov posted a photo with the model on his Instagram page.

In the spring of 2016, the couple appeared at the HELLO! magazine award, and then at a charity ball hosted by the Mikhail Rudyak Foundation. And in 2017, the premiere of Emin Agalarov's new video for the song "Goodlove" took place, where Alena got the main role.

Clip for Emin's song "Good love" with Alena Gavrilova

It is noteworthy that once Donald Trump himself starred in Emin's video. The current President of the United States appeared in the video for the 2013 song "In Another Life". Agalarov does not hide the fact that he is personally acquainted with Trump, because the Miss Universe contest has been held in the Crocus City Hall more than once, and, as you know, Donald Trump is the owner of this contest.

Supporters of the US Democratic Party were quick to report that Emin Agalarov was involved in attempts to influence the American elections. The singer himself stated that, despite his acquaintance with Trump, he never tried to influence the outcome of the elections.

In the same 2016, Emin was at the epicenter of the scandal. An unpleasant incident occurred in the Rose Bar, which is directly owned by Agalarov. The cafe manager expelled a person with disabilities from the establishment. Upon learning of this, the owner of the bar, Emin, was extremely upset. He personally apologized for the actions of his employee, who, of course, was fired.

However, on the part of Agalarov, the matter was not limited to apologies. The singer suggested young man cooperation. He asked him to act as a consultant - a person who will help to conduct trainings that increase the level of tolerance among employees.

Emin is also involved in charity work, for example, in March 2018, after the tragedy in Kemerovo, he went on a tour, the proceeds from which were transferred to the Muslim Magomayev Foundation. Subsequently, the fund sent the collected amount (about 15 million rubles) to the Kemerovo branch of the Red Cross, as well as to individual programs help for the families of the victims.

Emin Agalarov now

In 2017, the singer had a new hobby - cinema. Firstly, he got his first role in the film Night Shift, and secondly, he became its producer. Emin coped brilliantly with his small role, because he played different characters more than once in his music videos. The film premiered in theaters in June 2018.

And on July 14, 2018, it became known that Emin Agalarov and Alena Gavrilova got married. The wedding ceremony took place at the Agalarov Estate golf club near Moscow, which belongs to the Emin family. The lovers decided not to attract increased media attention to the celebration, but nevertheless, the journalists managed to find out some details of the marriage. The wedding ceremony was led by Andrey Malakhov, and among the guests were Emin's colleagues in stage and business - Grigory Leps, Timati, Valery Meladze, Alexander Serov, Zara, Steven Seagal and others.

Emin Aras oglu Agalarov, this is the real full name of the singer, was born in the sunny city of Baku on December 12, 1979 in the family of Araz Agalarov and Irina Gril. When the boy was four years old, his parents decided to move to Moscow. It was here that Emin began his studies at a comprehensive school, where, pretty soon, he got into a "bad" company. The boy's father, wanting to protect his son from bad influence, decided to send Emin to study in Switzerland. The private boarding school, where Agalarov Jr. later studied, was characterized by the presence of strict discipline, which only contributed to the formation of firmness in the boy's character. In the conditions of the army order, Emin studied up to 15 years. And in 1994, the Agalarov family moved to the United States. Here he graduated from Marymount Manhattan College with a degree in business management in the financial sector.

However, Emin Agalarov never forgot about music. While in the US, he actively participated in various music shows. But all this was at an amateur level. Emin's first full-length album Still was released only in 2006. This was the start of a successful creative activity singer under the pseudonym Emin. Later, he managed to release the albums "Incredible" (2007), "Obsession" (2008), "Devotion" (2009), "Wonder" (2010) and "After The Thunder" (2012), and the first Russian-language album "On the Edge" saw the light in 2013. In 2014 and 2015, the singer's fruitful work allowed fans to enjoy the compositions included in the albums "Amor" (2014) and "Clean" (2014), "More Amor" (2015) and "8 in the fall" (2015). In subsequent 2016 and 2017, Emin recorded the albums Love Is a Deadly Game and Sorry My Love.

Today, the singer Emin is known and loved by the European and Russian public, collaborates with many stars domestic stage, and his songs often top various charts. At the same time, Emin Agalarov remains a businessman working in tandem with his father and implementing various successful business projects.

Personal life

Emin Agalarov in 2006 married the daughter of the President of Azerbaijan, Leyla Aliyeva. The young couple celebrated their marriage twice - in Baku and in Moscow. Two years later, the couple had twins - Mikail and Ali. Leila lived with her children in London, Emin in Moscow, which soon led to rumors about problems in the couple's relationship. These guesses were confirmed in 2015, when Leyla and Emin announced their breakup through social networks. However, they managed to maintain warm, friendly relations. The singer communicates not only with his children, but also enjoys spending time with Leila's adopted daughter, Amina.

In 2016, Emin Agalarov was published with his new sweetheart Alena Gavrilova, having the title of "Miss Mordovia 2004", an affair with which began in July of the same year.

He is young, rich, educated, successful. And free again. Vice President of the Crocus Group and popular singer Emin Agalarov gave HELLO! the first interview after the divorce with his wife - the daughter of the President of Azerbaijan Leyla Aliyeva, talking about the changes in life, raising sons and the ability to achieve their goals.

Emin, today an artist of the international music label WarnerMusic International, has just recently completed a big tour of Europe and America - Miami, New York, London, Paris, Madrid, Berlin, Dublin met the artist with full houses. But until quite recently, they did not want to take his songs on the radio in Russia and did not know anything about him abroad. We met with Emin in Baku - more precisely, 30 kilometers north of the capital of Azerbaijan, in the town of Nardaran. Here, on the shores of the warm and windy Caspian Sea, Emin spent the summer as a little boy at his parents' dacha. Many years later, it was here that he returned to build the Sea Breeze resort complex with luxurious villas, a hotel and gourmet restaurants and a large house next door for himself and his sons.

Emin's mansion at the very edge of the sea - with countless rooms, wide balconies and beautiful verandas - looks fabulous, but not very comfortable. Maybe because no one lives here permanently: both the owner himself and his children, six-year-old twins Ali and Mikail, are only visits. This time, Emin was alone - the children were with their mother in London. Agalarov flew in for a few days to give a traditional summer concert at the Green Theater in Baku.

On May 30 this year, Emin and Leyla Aliyeva announced a divorce. On their pages on social networks, they published identical messages in three languages ​​- Russian, English and Azerbaijani. It is not a secret for many in Azerbaijan that my marriage to Emin/Leyla has been formal in recent years. We have been living separately for a long time, in different cities. It was time to formalize our divorce, which we did. We remain friends.

Emin, on last week the premiere of the video for your song "Forget You" was held. In the video you have a wife and two children and you sing: "Let me forget you, let me stop loving you..." The viewer has direct associations with you and your life...

It's just a song, which also got me quite by accident. I usually don't sing other people's songs, but this one was special. It was written by a talented author Oleg Vladi. The song is about how love can pass, but still some feeling remains that keeps a person awake at night. As for the video, I trusted the director Alexei Golubev, but I proposed the idea of ​​the script myself. I am glad that Alexey managed to shoot the story deeply, emotionally and drivingly. But I repeat, she has no direct connection to her personal life.

And yet you announced a divorce. Your official statement was the first line in all news feeds and was broadcast in prime time on federal channels. Few people expected that you and Layla would be so open about the breakup.

I have a very simple position: I want to be honest - in relation to myself, to people, to representatives of the media. It makes life easier. I don’t want to be in a situation where the interlocutor, whether it be a journalist or just a person on the street, asks: “Why don’t you live with your wife? Are you divorced or not? But there are rumors ... Leila and I simply decided that As soon as we get divorced, we will immediately notify the public about it. We consulted, agreed on the form and did it. It is necessary to give each other a chance for personal happiness. It can be for both of us only under the condition of absolute freedom. If two people don’t have personal relationships, it’s stupid to imitate family life, it’s easier to get a divorce, maintain friendship, raise children ... Leila and I divorced by mutual desire, we just didn’t have a family in the full sense of the word. None of us betrayed the other, didn’t offend, we didn’t do anything bad to each other at all. And now our relationship is even better than it was in marriage, very good. And most importantly, for our boys, nothing, in fact, has changed. If there is an opportunity, then we are together - we walk, we go somewhere. Our goal is to raise children together and do everything for them.

- Are you ready to fall in love again?

I do not think about it. I don't think we can be prepared for this. The feeling of falling in love completely changes the worldview, paints life with bright colors, and completely different music is composed. But emotional experiences also contribute to creativity, give rise to unexpected melodies.

- And what kind of woman can you like? Beautiful, talented?

Any. Actually, it's impossible to explain. As soon as you put it on the shelves - why I love, for what I want - everything ends. Sometimes you look at a couple and understand - they love each other. You may not understand what he saw in her or why she is with him, but they are together and they love. They just love everything.

- Do you agree with the statement that being happy is more difficult than being unhappy?

I agree. Because to be happy in marriage, in love - big job over each of the spouses. We must not pay attention to some trifles, constantly fight with ourselves ...

- What character trait can prevent you from being happy?

I'm a bore. Not as douchey as it seems. With claims for any reason. I remember everything, I can’t stand being late, I’m impatient, I need everything at once. It's very difficult with me.

- And with whom is it easy ... Who is easy for you?

It's easy with my kids. (Smiling.)

Emin, you have such a busy life - big business, musical career. Today negotiations in Moscow, tomorrow - a concert in Paris. When and how do you raise children?

I try to spend at least two days a week with my children. I fly to where my sons are - to Baku, for example, for the weekend. And these Saturdays and Sundays I wake up with them and put them to bed myself. Compensate for the absence. It is clear that I cannot come, break into their lives and begin to educate. But I'm trying to do things right.

- What do they want from dad?

Basically an iPad. I resist: "Son, you haven't seen me for a week, let's play without the iPad." "No, I don't want to play with you, I want to play with the iPad. And you play with Alisha," says Mika.

- Is it embarrassing to hear that?

Well, like this. We agree. An hour or two on the iPad, then a walk, driving in cars ... You know, I see myself in both of them. I was also very touchy. He put himself in a corner, like I'm punished.

Emin Agalarov with sons

- For what?

For the fact that they were taken away from the kindergarten earlier. AT kindergarten there were such multi-colored cubes, it was possible to build all sorts of them out of them. I was waiting for all the kids to play. And only when everyone was taken away, my time came. But as soon as I sat down alone to build a giant palace out of blocks, my grandmother would come.

- Wasn't it possible to play with other children? Or by force to take away all the cubes from others?

No. I was a well-mannered boy, I didn't do that. Everyone has their own way of getting what they want. Mine is to wait.

- That is, to be a winner, you have to wait?

And wait too. And also be a little smarter than others, faster. But the main thing is not to be afraid to work hard and hard.

- What questions that you don't always know what to answer do your sons ask?

- "Why are you leaving?" What can I say? "Because I have to work," I say. "Why can't you work here?" they ask. Honestly, you won’t answer a child that, in principle, you leave, work, record songs, perform on stage only because you yourself want it all, and not because you need to. I can afford not to work at all, just stay at home with the children. But I want to be realized, to achieve my goals, that's why I work.

Well, you've accomplished a lot, and not just in business. You release albums, perform in Europe and America. Do you like that foreign press calls you Russia's Ricky Martin?

I don't care. But if they compare, then let it be with someone who is talented, than with some mediocrity.

- Is it difficult to break into the western scene?

It has never been easy for a Russian artist to achieve recognition abroad. But I can say I got lucky. I won the World Music Awards before my first Golden Gramophone was given to me. In principle, everything is understandable: I started my professional musical career in London, worked for a long time with producer Brian Rowling, and received my first radio rotations abroad long before Russian ones. And, besides, in Europe, in America, I’m just a singer Emin, my father is not as well known there as in Russia, and my surname does not cause bias in relation to my music, which was once in Russia and, perhaps still present. But the music should speak for itself!

You don't make music for money. But for fame?

No, I don't do music for the sake of money, my art is for the sake of art. It seems to me that I just learned how to monetize it correctly. As for fame, I only recently began to go on stage with the realization that I want to please the people in the hall, only now I began, as they say, to bathe in applause. I'm already 35, and I'm only now collecting sold-out concerts. I have always sincerely wished for this, I was ill with it, I dreamed about it so much since childhood, and I consider myself very lucky. And every time I go on stage, I remember this. But if I choose to popularize myself or my music, then I bet on the latter. And I don't think I made it high altitudes I'm only at the beginning of the journey. Haven't done much yet. There are still songs to be sung that will remain, will not go into the sand ...

- Modesty - not your main advantage?

Probably, someone can dream modestly, but this is not my case. Think big! Only if you set impossible tasks and strive for big goals you can achieve some success. I dreamed of concert activity. A concert implies a full house, otherwise how? It's like a restaurant. If you want to open a restaurant, you plan for it to be always full of people. How can you dream of a half-empty concert or a half-full restaurant?

What achievements are you proud of today?

Definitely having two sons. Not by what they just are, but by how they grow. Smart, educated. At the age of six, they are fluent in three languages ​​- Russian, Azerbaijani and English, add up three- and four-digit numbers in their minds. You know, so I set up houses, and ask me where my house is, I won’t be able to answer right away. Probably, now my home is where my children are. Today in Baku, tomorrow in Moscow, and the day after tomorrow - somewhere else.

Emin Agalarov by Vladimir Shirokov