Dima Bilan Biography photo
He managed not only to become known throughout Russia, but also to bring the country the first victory on the Eurovision show. The weight of the artist is 75 kg with an increase, see another of the main bachelors of the country for his 40 years, Vitya Belan was married in the first grade of Dima Bilan in childhood Dima Bilan was born on December 24 in the small city of Ust-Dzheut in Karachay-Cherkessia.
At birth, his full name sounded somewhat different - Viktor Nikolaevich Belan. The singer grew up in a family that has nothing to do with music. Father-Nikolai Mikhailovich-worked as a locksmith and was an engineer-designer, mother-Nina Dmitrievna-worked first in greenhouses, then in the social sphere. The performer has two sisters - Elena, who is a year older than him, and Anna, born 13 years after the appearance of Bilan himself.
The family moved several times-when the future singer turned one year old, they went to Naberezhnye Chelny, and five years later we went to the father of the father in the Kabardino-Balkan Republic. In his youth, the parents of Viti Belan, in his youth, went there, in the city of "May", where he studied well enough, however, sometimes experiencing difficulties with accurate sciences.
From early childhood he kept a diary in which he recorded his poems. Already in the fifth grade, he went to a music school, where he was engaged in vocals and studied the game on the accordion. Bilan’s grandmother worked in the choir for many years, was a creative person and it was with her that the craving of the future singer to art began. He turned out to be very talented and soon began to speak at various events, the young man was even a member of the Morning Star in Stavropol.
In the year, he went to Moscow for the Chung-Chang festival, where he received a reward for his performance from Joseph Kobzon himself. In childhood, Vitya Belan, after graduating from school, the young singer went to Moscow, where he entered the Gnesins music school. For a couple of years, he was engaged in vocals, and everyone saw an opera artist in him, but Bilan wanted to try his hand at the third course on the stage.
The first producer of the young performer was Elena Kan, who helped him shoot the video for the song "Autumn". The clip hit the MTV Russia and gave a strong impetus in Victor’s career - they began to invite him to various concerts, where he met Yuri Aisenshpis. Vitya Belan. He also saw such Aizenshpis in Bilan-he sent the singer to a “new wave”, where he took 4th place. It was Yuri who suggested that the artist change his name and become Dima Bilan.
The performance at the competition allowed him to gain a foothold in the list of young and promising vocalists, and already in the year the first Dima’s studio album called “I am a night bully” was released. The track with the same name instantly became a hit and conquered all the charts, which only added popularity to the performer. In addition, the listeners fell in love with the songs “I was mistaken, I got” and “I love you so much.” A year later, the second record was published - “on the shore of the sky”, which also became extremely popular.
Aizenshpis clearly knew how to advance his ward - clips were shot on many tracks, and foreign musicians were involved in the process of writing. In the year, Bilan began to record the English -language album, and also performed in the qualifying competition for Eurovision with the song “You must be near”, translated into a foreign language. Dima Bilan and producer Yuri Aisenshpis Cooperation with Viktor Baturin, the singer’s career grew rapidly, but in September, what no one could expect - Aizenshpis suddenly died, and the management of the company crossed his wife - Elena Kovrigina.
Producers began a real hunt for a young singer. However, he concluded the contract with the Viktor Baturin Foundation - at that time the husband of Yana Rudkovskaya. The businessman planned to invest a lot of money in Bilan to continue his training - Dima had to go to England vocals, and record a new album in the same studio in which the Beatles worked. Work with Yana Rudkovskaya and a name change if Baturin basically invested money in the singer, then Yana Rudkovskaya, being at that moment as a deputy head of the organization, was engaged in producing.
The couple divorced, but Bilan managed to stay under the leadership of Yana. However, the problems did not end there. The artist wanted to terminate the contract with Aizenshpis, but the price was too high - according to one of the conditions, his pseudonym “Dima Bilan” was supposed to stay with Media Star. The young singer had to choose between freedom and popularity. Dima Bilan and Yana Rudkovskaya.
Under her leadership, he first went to Eurovision, taking second place there, and also gathered many awards in Russia - “Golden Gramophone” “Best Contractor of the Year”, “Best Album” and “Best Composition” for the track “The impossible is possible”. In the same period, Bilan enters the top ten most paid singers according to Forbes magazine, and also becomes a well-deserved artist of Kabardino-Balkaria, Ingushetia and the Chechen Republic.The victory in the Eurovision Council in the year, the singer decided to try his hand again at the Eurovision International Competition.
Initially, he was supposed to perform the song “Porque Aun Te amo”, but it was changed to the legendary composition “Believ”. Next to Bilan on the stage was the Hungarian composer Edwin Marton, who played the violin, and Evgeny Plushenko danced on ice. The performance turned out to be truly spectacular, and Dima took first place, becoming the first Russian to win Eurovision.
Upon returning to his homeland, his teams were met as national heroes. Bilan’s further career at that time was already known in Russia, and the victory in such a large competition completely increased its popularity at times. In the year, the singer released his first English -language album Believe, and a little later recorded a joint track with the American singer Anastec. After that, Bilan released another loud album, which was called the Dreamer.
In m, he again tried to conquer Eurovision, performing a joint track with Julia Volkova, but he took only the second place in the national selection. The singer was not upset and launched his own electro-pop project, which he called his real name. The sound producer Alexei Black came to his aid, and already in M they released an album called “Alien 24”. The audience did not perceive the new record, but the disc “do not be silent”, recorded a year later, the listeners met with enthusiasm, although critics noted that in the singer’s work “nothing new appeared”.
In the year, Dima Bilan released his anniversary, tenth album "Egoist". There were almost no hits in it, and the artist himself admitted that the compositions are more evidenced by the search for themselves. Three years later, he released two more albums - “rebooting” and “second life”. For a long time, Bilan did not delight her fans with new material, but on September 24, the single “You are not my couple” came together with Marie Kraimbreri, who instantly took leading positions in the charts.
A video was also shot for this song. Dima Bilan in cinema and dubbing in the year he took part in the films “Night in the style of Disco” and “Night in the style of childhood”, where he played himself. In several ribbons, he played out episodic roles, and in the film “Theater of the Absurd” played the producer, which became his first main role. Bilan began to think about serious work in the cinema, and in M he was invited to play Andrei Petrovich Dolmatov in the film "Hero".
The debut turned out to be successful, the singer was noted not only by spectators, but also by critics. The film was also praised at the Monaco Film Festival. The singer also voiced cartoons, Prince Hans spoke in his voice in the “Cold Heart” in his voice, and a little later Tsvetan in “trolls” and “trolls. World Tour ". Back in the year, he appeared on “let them talk”, and after 3 years he came to the show “Star Ice” talents.
The singer began to think about the help of young talents, and in M became a mentor in the television program “Voice”. Two years later, the artist appeared in the program “Voice. Bilan did not stop for one season and once again appeared on the Voice project for adult participants in the year, becoming a member of the jury. In the fourth season, the artist began serious health problems, but even then he did not leave the project and contacted colleagues in the video.
Dima Bilan on the show "Voice" Dima Bilan. The best songs and hits for such a long career of singer Dima Bilan released many hits, and his compositions regularly occupied the upper lines of the charts. A truly legendary track can be called “Believ”, which brought victory at Eurovision and Never Let You Go, with which he took second place at the same competition.
In recent years, the artist was able to truly “reboot”, first releasing the hit “Hold” in M, and a year later his song “Lightning” sounded from all the speakers. At the same time, the Light was seen by the composition “Drunk Love”, recorded together with the American performer of Russian origin Polina. In M, Bilan introduced to the audience another hit called “About White Roses”.
There was a capture of Yuri Shatunov, and the clip for the song was shot in the style of x. The single also occupied the upper lines of the charts and fell in love with the audience. How much does Dima Bilan earn? Dima Bilan is included in the top of the richest artists of Russia according to Forbes magazine. The performer has several sources of earnings: concerts, festivals, corporate parties, television projects and advertising.
In M, he went on a tour called “Planet Bilan”, one concert in the framework of which costs from 2. The fee starts to participate in the festival from a million. The price for one corporate party depends on the venue - almost 3. For participation in one season of the Voice project, according to journalists, Bilan earned almost impossible to calculate the exact amount: it depends on the number of concerts and performances, but various sources say that the monthly earnings of Dima Bilan begins from one and a half million dollars.
It is known that for some time he met with the model Lena Kuletskaya. The relationship seemed serious, and Bilan himself even stated that he would marry his chosen one in case of victory at Eurovision.He almost kept his promise, publicly giving her a diamond ring during a concert in St. Petersburg and announcing their engagement. According to Kuletskaya, after that “lightness” left their relationship, and soon the couple struck the audience again, announcing their parting.
Their joint publications regularly appeared on the Web, and the girl worked at the sakes of Bilan. The performer himself did not comment on the rumors, and soon they “came to naught”. Julianna Krylova and Dima Bilan rumors about other Bilan’s novels in different periods of artists with different girls, which only poured oil into the fire and provoked new rumors about the singer’s love affairs.
In m he was found kissing with Julian Krylova, and the novel was so actively discussed on the network that Bilan had to publicly respond to the press. A little later, information appeared that he flew away from Krylova to Thailand, where another girl was waiting for him. During preparation for Eurovision, the artist was attributed to an affair with Julia Volkova - the former soloist of the Tattoo group.
The couple did not comment on their relationship in any way, but two years later in one of the interviews the singer admitted that the spark really “flared up” between them, but they could not combine relations and work, which is why they decided to remain friends. On the set of the film “Hero”, Bilan met with Ksenia Doroshkevich, to whom he also had feelings. But this "intrigue", like the rest, did not end in anything.
Dima Bilan. The orientation for a long time Dima Bilan was accused of homosexuality, in particular, associating this with the fact that his first producer - Yuri Aisenshpis - was rumored to be gay.