1. Alsou represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 in which she came second with the song Solo right after Denmark, giving her recognition across Europe.
28 Facts About Alsou
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Alsou hosted the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 held in Moscow.
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Alsou was born in Bugulma, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.
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Alsou's father, Ralif Rafilovich Safin, who is of Bashkir descent, is a former LUKoil executive and a current member of the Federal Council, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament.
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Alsou is the owner of the FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi football team and was named the 100th richest citizen of Russia by Forbes magazine in 2004.
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Alsou's mother, Raziya Iskhakovna, is an architect of Volga Tatar descent.
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Alsou has an older half-brother called Ruslan, an older brother called Marat, and a younger brother called Renard.
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Alsou was then allowed to attend a private music school.
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In 1998, at the wedding of her brother Marat which was celebrated on the bank of the Moskva River, Alsou sat at the grand piano and sang I Will Always Love You.
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On 18 March 2006 Alsou married Yan Abramov, an Azerbaijani-born Jewish businessman.
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On 7 September 2006, Alsou gave birth to her first daughter Safina at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
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On 29 April 2008, Alsou gave birth to her second daughter Mikella at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.
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On 10 August 2016, Alsou gave birth to her son, Rafael, at the Ihilov hospital in Tel-Aviv.
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At the age of 15 Alsou was introduced to music manager Valeriy Belotserkovskiy.
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Alsou again performed "I Will Always Love You" and impressed the manager.
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In 2000, Alsou recorded her first English language single "Solo" and was entered into the Eurovision Song Contest 2000, written by Andrew Lane and Brandon Barnes eventually finishing second overall.
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Alsou celebrated her 17th birthday by performing in her native town of Bugulma, where 86,000 of the 120,000 population gathered in the main square to see her.
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Alsou performed "Solo" again at Congratulations, the 50th anniversary Eurovision concert in Copenhagen, Denmark, in October 2005.
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Alsou was preparing for her concerts in Moscow at the same time.
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The first show was held in the "Rossiya" concert hall, where Alsou performed her old set entitled "Alsou And Her Authors", which had never been presented in Moscow before.
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On 23 January 2003, Alsou released her new Russian album entitled 19.
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On 5 June 2003, after arriving in Moscow from working in foreign studios, Alsou unexpectedly found herself the winner of the "Best Female Artist" nomination.
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Alsou is credited on most of the tracks recorded for Inspired.
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In 2006, Alsou recorded a wedding song, "Miracles", written by Alsou and her then-future husband Yan Abramov.
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In June 2004, Alsou performed in the British mystical thriller Spirit Trap with Billie Piper, Luke Mably, Emma Catherwood and Sam Troughton.
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Alsou recorded a song for the movie, a melody from which serves as 1st track of "Samoe Glavnoe".
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Alsou is currently selecting a single for her next Russian album of original songs she is working on.
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Alsou has presented the final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow.