Faig Aghayev
Faig Balagha oghlu Aghayev is an Azerbaijani pop singer and the People's Artiste of Azerbaijan since 2008. Aghayev received the nickname "Mister Gold Schlager" by his fans.
Career
Aghayev debuted at the "Bakı Payızı 1988" musical contest, where he won first place.During his time at university, he gained recognition as a singer, winning multiple musical contests, including the "Qızıl payız 1989" contest, "Vitebsk 1990" international contest, and the "Yalta 1992" international television song contest.
After graduating from the Azerbaijan State [University of Culture and Art] in 1993, he continued participating in contests and was placed first in "Kharkov 1995" and "Golden Hit."
In 1995, his first album, Ola bilməz was produced. It was the first in a series of albums, such as Səni əvəz eləmir in 1996, Vəfasızım in 1998, Faiq Ağayev – Seçmələr in 1999, Minilliyin sonu in 2000, in 2004 Tam məxfi and in 2006 Faiq Ağayev - Albom Kolleksiyası.
Since 1996, Aghayev has been the soloist of Azerbaijan State Television and Radio Company. In 2012–2013 he was also the soloist of the Azerbaijan State Mugham Theatre.
In 2013, 2015, and 2018, Aghayev was a member of Azerbaijan's national jury at the Eurovision Song Contest. He was the spokesperson for the presentation of points for Azerbaijan at the Eurovision [Song Contest 2019].
He was also the coach at The Voice of Azerbaijan contest in 2015.
Awards
In 1998, Aghayev won the Concert of the Year Humay National Music Award.In 1999, Aghayev won Music Video of the Year Humay award for "Dəşti" music video as well as the Grand Award for Singer of the Year.
On 28 October 2000, by the decree of Heydar Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, Aghayev was awarded with the honorary title of Honored Artist of Azerbaijan. He was also the winner of Qızıl Mikrofon National Music Award for Singer of the Year.
In 2001, he was the winner of Grand National Musical Award in three nominations, including Singer of the Year, Concert of the Year and Album of the Year.
On 17 September 2008, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev awarded Aghayev the honorary title of People's Artist of Azerbaijan.
In April 2019, Faig Aghayev was appointed a member of arts council of Azad Azerbaijan TV channel.