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Alsou Ralifovna Abramova (Tatar: Alsu Rälif qızı Abramova, Russian: Алсу́ Рали́фовна Абрамова), better known as just Alsou (Russian: Алсу́, born on June 27, 1983) is a popular Tatar-Russian singer.

Early life

Alsou was born in Bögelmä, Tatarstan, USSR. Her father, Ralif Rafilovich Safin is a former Russian oligarch and a member of the Federal Council, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament. He is also the owner of the Sochi football team Zhemchuzhina and was named the 100th richest Russian by Forbes Magazine in 2004. Alsou's mother, Razia Iskhakovna, is an architect and she also has two brothers, Renard and Marat. When Alsou was 1 year old her family moved to Siberia. At 5 years old, Alsou asked her parents for a piano, and was subsequently allowed to attend music school to learn it. By 10, having moved first to Moscow when her father started to expand his business, she moved New York City to attend school.

Personal life

Alsou is now one of a few Russian artists who are known in other parts of the world. She is also well known in Germany, France, USA, Canada, Australia as well as Ukraine and other former Soviet Union republics. She is often featured in Russian magazines, and often in other European magazines.

On March 18, 2006 Alsou married Yan Abramov, a millionaire, who comes from an Azerbaijani Jewish family. Yan allegedly proposed to her with a fireworks display. On September 7, 2006 Alsou gave birth to a 7-pound daughter Safina at the famous Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. The name for the girl was chosen by Yan and it is spelled the same as Alsou's maiden last name, with the accent falling on the second syllable making the only pronunciation difference (Alsou's maiden last name is pronounced with the accent falling on the first syllable.) It is said to be an ancient Arabic name, which means 'a ship'.

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Alsou Ralifovna Abramova Abramova, Russian Alsou was born on June 27th, 1983) is one of the most popular singers in Russia. She competed in Eurovision Song Contest 2000 in which she came in second place giving her recognition all over Europe as well.

Early life

Alsou was born in Bögelmä, Tatarstan. Her father, Ralif Rafilovich Safin is a Russian oligarch, a former LUKoil executive and a current member of the Federal Council, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament. He is also the owner of the Sochi football team Zhemchuzhina and was named the 100th richest Russian by Forbes Magazine in 2004. Alsou's mother, Razia Iskhakovna, is an architect. She has a younger brother Renard and an older brother Marat, who is not related to a famous tennis player Marat Safin. Alsou is an ethnic Tatar.

When Alsou was a year old her family moved from Tatarstan to Siberia. At 5 years old Alsou asked her parents for a piano. She was then allowed to attend a private music school. After living in Moscow due to her father's business, she then moved New York City and later to the UK where she entered a private architecture college. While living in London Alsou visited Russia often.

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. After this private performance her family began to persuade her to pursue a professional singing career.

Beginning of Musical Career

At the age of 15 Alsou was introduced to music manager Valeriy Belotserkovskiy. She again performed I Will Always Love You and impressed the manager. He began work with Alsou the next day. Her debut Russian album was the self titled Alsou was released September 16th, 1999. It was very successful in Russia and spawned 3 singles: "Winter Dream (Zimniy Son)", "Spring (Vesna)", "Sometimes (Inogda)". After the huge success of Alsou's debut Russian album she was signed to Universal Music Russia and became its first domestic artist.

In 2000, Alsou recorded her first English language single "Solo" and was entered into the Eurovision Song Contest 2000, eventually finishing second overall. "Solo" went on to sell 100,000 copies and became the biggest selling single of all time in Russia, surpassed only by her next single, a duet with Enrique Iglesias entitled "You're My #1". `I really enjoyed performing with him in Kremlin and I hope our paths will cross again`. Alsou performed "Solo" again at Congratulations, the 50th anniversary Eurovision concert in Copenhagen, Denmark, in October 2005.

Beginning of English Career

After her success in Eurovision 2000, Alsou began a big tour in Russia. She 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.

During 2000-2001, Alsou began working on her debut English album also called 'Alsou', which was released in Russia on June 28th, 2001. It was also released in Germany, Norway, Poland, the Czech Republic and Malaysia.

The lead single was "Before You Love Me" was released in the UK on April 30th, 2001, soon after charting # 1 on MTV Select and several TV-appearances by Alsou. However it only charted at a disappointing #27 on the UK singles chart. Combined with promotional issues the album was cancelled in the UK. A follow-up single, "He Loves Me" was released in Germany on October 15th, 2001.

Alsou's debut Russian album was re-released twice - in 2001 and 2002, spawning two singles - "Autumn (Osen)" and "When Love Comes To Me (Kogda Lubov Ko Mne Pridiot)".

In the summer of 2002, Alsou began a tour of the former Soviet countries. Her new video for an up-and-coming single "Flying Over The Clouds (Letyashaya Nad Oblakami)" was shown in Russian cinemas before the Russian romantic movie Atlantida. Alsou had recorded two songs for the movie.

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nice topic i like her she is really nice she kind of reminds me Megan Fox btw Thanks!

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