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 Aghayev Faig Balagha  (Azerb. Faiq Ağayev; was born on December 29, 1971, in Baku) — Azerbaijani variety singer, People’s Artist of Azerbaijan. He has been on professional stage since 1988. He made his debut on stage in “Baki Payizi 1988 (Baku Autumn 1988)” music contest, in this consent he became the winner of 1st place, then won the “Qizil payiz 1989 (Golden Autumn 1989)” Republic contest, “Vitebsk 1990” International contest, “Yalta 1992” International contest of Television song.

In 1993, he graduated from the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Art, upon the specialty of “Actor of musical theatre” with honors. Then he was the winner of International contest of retro-songs named after Klavdiya Shulzhenko “Kharkov 1995” and the contest of “Golden Hit” – Mogilov 1996.

Since 1996, Faig Agayev, has been the soloist of Azerbaijan State Television and Radio.

In 1995, singer’s first song album “Ola bilmez (It won’t be)” was produced. In 1996, following the aforementioned album, his other song albums, such as “Seni evez elemir (No one can replace you)” were produced, “Vefasizim (My faithless)” in 1998, “Faig-Aghayev – Sechmeler (Selected songs)” in 1999, “Minilliyin sonu (The end of the millenium)” in 2000 and “Tam mexfi (Top secret)” in 2002.

In 1998, Faig Aghayev was the winner of “Humay” award for the “Concert of the year”, “Grand” award for the nomination of “Singer of the year”, in 1999 and “Humay” award for the “Music Video of the Year” due to “Deshti” music video.

On October 28, 2000, by the Decree of Mr. Heydar Aliyev, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Faig Aghayev was awarded with the honorary degree of “Honored Artist of Azerbaijan”. In 2000, Faig Aghayev was the National prize winner of “Qizil Mikrofon (Golden Microphone)” in the nomination of “Singer of the year”, then in 2001, National prize winner of “Grand” in 3 nominations of “Singer of the year”, “Concert of the year” (“Esrin ve minilliyin son konserti” (The last concert of the century and year)) – and “Album of the year” (“Minilliyin sonu (The end of the millenium)”).

On January 7-12, 2007, Faig Aghayev performed his five day sole concert at Heydar Aliyev Palace, the central concert hall of the country, maintaining the absolute record-breaker title in the history of Azerbaijan show-business.

On September 17, 2008, by the Order of Mr. Ilham Aliyev, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Faig Aghayev was awarded with the honorary degree of “People’s Artist of Azerbaijan”Bold text.

Within recent years, Faig Aghayev has been recording some new songs, such as “Bal kimi” (Like honey), “Hiss et” (Feel), “Odlanacaqsan (You’re gonna get burned)”, “Billahi” (Honest to God), “Elvida” (Farewell) and so on. On December 27-30, 2012, Faig Aghayev performed his 4 day sold-out sole concert “VIDA” at Heydar Aliyev Palace.

Earning the title of “Cenab Qizil Shlyager (Mister of Golden Hit)” among his fans Faig Aghayev performed more than 140 sole concerts. Within 2013 and 2015, Faig Aghayev was on the Azerbaijan national Jury of “Eurovision” International song contest. Bold text