Brilliant Dadashova

Birthday:

09/15/1965

Place of birth:

Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]:

Biography:

Brilliant Suleyman gizi Dadashova (Azerbaijani: Brilliant Dadaşova) is an Azerbaijani pop singer. Dadashova first appeared on stage in 1985 with the songs by Azerbaijani composer Eldar Mansurov. In 1986, she participated in the annual International Youth Festival in Moscow. Two years later, she won the prestigious All-Union Pop Singers Contest, a singing competition among representatives of the republics of the Soviet Union. In 1990, she graduated from the Azerbaijan National Culture and Arts Institute. She is one of the few pop singers native to Azerbaijan to have played outside of their home country. Dadashova's concert venues included the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Russia, and Turkey.