Dima Bilan(first and last name at birth - Belan Viktor Nikolaevich) - Russian singer and film actor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2018), Honored Artist of Kabardino-Balkaria (2006), Honored Artist of Chechnya (2007), and People's Artist of Kabardino-Balkaria (2008).
Dima Bilan represented Russia twice at the Eurovision Song Contest: in 2006 with the song “Never Let You Go”, taking second place, and in 2008 with the song “Believe”, taking first place. He became the first singer from Russia to win Eurovision.
Childhood, education
Dima Bilan was born on December 24, 1981 in the village of Moskovsky (part of the city of Ust-Dzheguta) of the Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Okrug.
Father - Nikolai Mikhailovich Belan- At first he worked as a mechanic, then, after graduating from college, he became a design engineer at the KAMAZ plant in Naberezhnye Chelny.
Mother - Nina Dmitrievna Belan— was a greenhouse worker, then went to work in social sphere.
Dima Bilan has two sisters: the eldest - Elena Belan-Zimina(1980), junior - Anna Belan(1994). A photo of little Dima with his family can be seen on his website, as well as a photo with an ABC book already at school.
Singer Dima Bilan with his sister Anna Belan (left) and parents (Photo: TASS/Global Look Press)
As stated in the biography of D. Bilan on his official website, “on the very first day of his life, the baby found himself drawn into a serious intrigue. Since he had a distinctly Caucasian appearance, Nina Dmitrievna began to fear that she, the only Russian woman in the maternity hospital, had had her son replaced, accidentally confused with some other newborn. Fortunately, the obstetricians dispelled her doubts and reassured her.”
When the boy was one year old, the family moved to Naberezhnye Chelny. Five years later, Dmitry’s parents moved to the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, to the city of Maisky.
Studying in fifth grade high school, Vitya (aka the future Dima) entered the music school, which he graduated from in accordion class. Young Dima Bilan was an active participant in various music competitions and festivals. The talented young man was able to take first place in the “Young Voices of the Caucasus” competition. Then D. Bilan became a laureate of various festivals, including the “Morning Star” in the Stavropol region.
The singer’s official biography says that Bilan’s love for songs comes from his maternal grandmother, who worked in the choir for thirty years. At school, Dima could sing a song right in class.
In 1998, Dima Bilan (then Vitya Belan) came to Moscow to participate in the Chunga-Changa festival, dedicated to children's creativity and the thirtieth anniversary joint activities Yuri Entin And David Tukhmanov. And again the reward - young performer received a diploma from Joseph Kobzon.
In 2000, Dima Bilan entered the Gnessin State Music College. Specialty: classical vocals.
While studying at school, D. Bilan takes part in festivals and various music competitions. In addition, in 2000, his video clip for the song “Autumn” was included in the rotation of the MTV Russia television channel. In 2001-2002 Dima Bilan became a laureate of the Festos festival. Along the way, while living in the hostel, he worked part-time in a clothing store.
The beginning of Dima Bilan's career
Latvia. Jurmala. IN concert hall"Dzintari" in Jurmala yesterday took place the first qualifying round (Retro hit in the native language) at the international competition of young pop singers " New wave". In the photo: young contestant Dima Bilan from Moscow, 2002 (Photo: Anton Denisov/TASS)
D. Bilan's first producer was Yuri Aizenshpis, who immediately recognized talent in the young man. In 2002, Dima made his debut at the New Wave festival in Jurmala, where he took fourth place.
At the end of October 2003, Bilan’s debut album entitled “I am a night hooligan” was released.
2004 was a very favorable year for D. Bilan creatively. The first album (“Night Hooligan+”) was re-released. Then Dima Bilan’s second studio album, entitled “On the Shore of the Sky,” was released, which became successful. It included the songs “You Should Be Nearby,” “Mulatto,” “On the Shore of the Sky,” “Congratulations!”, “As I Wanted,” for which videos were shot. The 2005 re-release of the album included English versions of three songs.
Singer Dima Bilan and producer Yuri Aizenshpis, 2004 (Photo: Sergey Uzakov/TASS)
Recording of the singer's first English-language album has begun. Together with Dima Bilan they took part in the work on the album Diane Warren And Shaun Escoffery.
Dima Bilan and Yana Rudkovskaya, 2009 (Photo: Alexei Pantsikov/Russian Look/Global Look Press)
On September 20, 2005, a misfortune happened - Bilan’s producer Yuri Aizenshpis died. After his death, many producers offered Dima contracts. In 2006, Dima left Aizenshpis’s company, which was headed by his widow Elena Kovrigina. However, the company demanded that Bilan change his name, since “Dima Bilan” is a pseudonym that belongs to the company. But together with a new team, headed by Yana Rudkovskaya, Bilan resolved the conflict and since 2008 took a pseudonym as his official name. By the way, the singer chose the name Dima for a reason: Dmitry was the name of Bilan’s grandfather, whom he loved very much. Since childhood, the singer said that he wanted to be called Dima.
Two awards Golden Gramophone Award", the Channel One prize for participation in the project "New songs about the main thing" brought Dmitry in 2005. And in the same year, in the field of show business, Dima became the person of the year according to the Rambler search engine, and in 2006, D. Bilan was awarded the title “Singer of the Year” at a music competition in Kyiv. Then Dima became a winner of Muz-TV (three awards - “ Best Album», « Best composition" And " Best Performer of the year").
Singer Dima Bilan during the filming of the New Year's project "Old and new songs about the main thing" (left); at the award ceremony music award"Golden Gramophone", 2006 (Photo: TASS)
Songs " It was love», « The impossible is possible" And " Number One Fan» headed Russian charts during these years.
Unprecedented success accompanied Bilan - he was one of the three most expensive and popular people in Russia, according to Forbes magazine. In show business news, Dima has become a regular character. The singer’s photo also went well. D. Bilan posed naked for the cover of Sex magazine and the City and the news discussed how Bilan shared these photos with colleagues.
Eurovision
In 2006, Channel One chose Bilan to represent Russia at the Eurovision 2006 contest held in Athens. Dima Bilan took second place with the song “Never Let You Go”.
Just two years later, in 2008, D. Bilan took first place at the Eurovision 2008 contest with the song “Believe”. On May 24, 2008, Dima performed in the final of the competition together with Evgeni Plushenko and a Hungarian violinist Edwin Marton. Dmitry became the first Russian singer to win the Eurovision contest, receiving the main prize - the Crystal Microphone.
Russian singer Dima Bilan won Eurovision 2008 (Photo: DPA/TASS)
In the village of Moskovsky in Ust-Dzhegut, a music school was named after Dima Bilan.
Career continuation
Singer Dima Bilan at the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Photo: PA Photos/TASS)
Success followed everywhere talented singer. Dima Bilan became the Ambassador of Sochi-2014. The artist received a May Fashion diploma and entered the TOP 100 most beautiful people in Moscow in 2009. For the fifth time in a row, D. Bilan received the prestigious MTV Europe Music Awards in the “Best Russian Act” category.
In 2009, Bilan’s fifth studio and first English-language album, Believe, was released. In the cover photo, Bilan stands wearing only jeans, with his tattooed arms outstretched.
In 2010, Dima Bilan recorded a duet with American singer Anastacia. They recorded the song “Safety” in Los Angeles at Chalice Recording Studio.
A real sensation on the Internet was caused by a video depicting how Alla Pugacheva and Dima Bilan performed the hit “Loving Do Not Renounce.” The performers received applause from the guests of the evening and enthusiastic comments from users. But fans paid attention not so much to the song and its original presentation, but to the photo where Bilan’s trousers are too tight.
In 2011, Dima Bilan released the album “ Dreamer", in 2013 - " Reach out" The public appreciated songs such as “ I just love you», « Baby», « I'm sick of you"and other hits.
Dima Bilan (Andrey Dolmatov) in a scene from the film “Hero” directed by Yuri Vasiliev (Photo: PR Agency Sarafan/TASS)
IN last years D. Bilan took an active part in interesting projects— “The Phantom of the Opera” (2011), acted as a mentor for the “Voice” project (2012−2016). From 2014 to the present - mentor of the “Voice” project. Children". And in Lately the singer decided to test himself in cinema. Dima’s full-fledged debut was the historical film “Hero”, the events of which take place in Russia during the First World War. Bilan's character is captain Andrei Dolmatov.
Singer Dima Bilan on the set of the musical program “The Voice” (Photo: Pravda Komsomolskaya/Russian Look/Global Look Press)
Also in D. Bilan’s filmography are “The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors”, “The Golden Key”, “Theater of the Absurd”. In the near future, the continuation of the trilogy “Midshipmen, Forward! ", in which Dima will also play.
“I was surprised and delighted by the offer to star in the film Midshipmen 1787, because not only did I have the opportunity to meet the most legendary people cinema of Russia and the USSR, but also to play with them in cult film“, Dima Bilan shared in an interview.
“Friends, are you waiting? Vika is waiting and Dasha is waiting! And let the whole world wait,” Bilan says in the video.
Klyukina took part in the filming of a video for the song “Lightning” - Bilan’s new hit. But what Korotkova is doing next to Bilan has become a mystery to the singer’s fans. These photos and videos were actively discussed on the Internet, linking them with news about Dima Bilan’s personal life.
Bilan does not like to talk about his personal life. The news even reported that Dima Bilan had a row with journalists after being asked about his personal life.
But the artist said that at present (2019) his heart is not free. However, he did not reveal the name of his new passion.
“Tell me, what should happen to a person if he is interested in who I live with? I think it’s some kind of atavism, imagining a person with someone in bed, wondering who he’s sleeping with,” the singer clarified.
In 2019, Dima Bilan told shocking news about his personal life. The revelations were made in the program “Should we talk?” The 37-year-old artist admitted that several years ago his lover became pregnant. Doctors said that the singer will have twins.
“For some reason, like an idiot, I told my friends about this left and right. But the attempt failed, she had a miscarriage, and she flew to Iceland. Then a second attempt, and again it didn’t work. You can believe it, you can not,” the artist admitted.
Bilan admitted that what happened was a real shock for him, the news reported.
“Everyone thinks: “But man, what can I get from him...”. And everything is burning inside, there’s a fire, you’re going crazy. You start drinking,” the singer said.
The tragedy alienated the lovers from each other, each tried to blame their partner for what happened, and as a result the couple broke up.
Dima Bilan also said that he is not planning children yet, but once wanted to name his future daughter Alisa.
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Singer, handsome man and conqueror of women's hearts. This is the first thing that comes to mind when talking about the Russian pop star Dima Bilan.
From the article you will learn:
- How Victor Belan became a star, born into an ordinary family;
- How the artist’s career has developed over the past 20 years;
- How he conquered Eurovision;
- What is he doing now?
- Fresh facts from his personal life;
- Does he have any health problems?
- And much more…
1. Birth
Viktor Nikolaevich Belan (real name at birth) was born on December 24, 1981 at 00:00 in the village. Moskovsky, part of the city of Ust-Dzheguta, Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Okrug, RSFSR, USSR.
2. Parents
Father - Nikolai Mikhailovich Belan - worked as a design engineer at the KAMAZ plant in Naberezhnye Chelny.
Mother - Nina Dmitrievna Belan - worked in greenhouses, then in the social sphere.
The elder sister, Elena Belan-Zimina (born October 10, 1980), works as a clothing designer under her own brand BELAN. In 2006, she married lawyer Gennady Zimin.
3. Moving
Victor was born in a small village in Karachay-Cherkessia, but a year later the family moved to Naberezhnye Chelny, and after another 5 years - to the city of Maisky (Kabardino-Balkarian Republic).
4. School
In the city of Maisky, Belan studied until the 9th grade at school No. 2, and then completed his secondary education at school No. 14.
5. Love of music and music education
The boy's talent was recognized by the school music teacher, who persuaded his parents to send Victor to a music school, where he successfully completed his accordion class.
Soon Victor begins to participate in various music competitions and festivals. Takes first place in the “Young Voices of the Caucasus” competition. In 1998, he participated in the Chunga-Changa festival, where he received a diploma from Joseph Kobzon.
Having already begun his professional career, in 2000 he entered the Gnessin State Music College. Specialty: classical vocals. And after graduating in 2003, he continued his studies at GITIS, entering the second year immediately.
6. Selecting an alias
At birth he was named Victor, and the correct spelling of his surname is Belan. But since childhood, the boy was proud of his grandfather Dmitry, so he wanted him to be called Dima too. As a result, this name became his creative pseudonym, and in his surname he changed one letter for better consonance - Dima Bilan.
In 2008, after litigation with the company of the former producer, he officially changed his first and last name, so now his documents say Dima Nikolaevich Bilan.
7. Debut
The singer will only have a new creative pseudonym in 2002, and before that he debuted under the name Dima Belan in 2000.
Dima recorded his first studio recording and first video for the song “Autumn” under the guidance of his first producer Elena Kan.
8. Start of work with Yuri Aizenshpis
The famous producer noticed the talent of the young performer a long time ago, but they began working together only in 2002. It was then that the singer finally took the pseudonym Dima Bilan.
Aizenshpis helps Bilan record several songs: “Boom”, with which he performed at the “New Wave” competition and took fourth place, “I am a night hooligan”, “You, only you”, “I was wrong, I got caught” and “I am so Love you". It is noteworthy that in the clip on last song The daughter of Igor Krutoy starred.
9. "I'm a night bully"
The debut album “I am a night hooligan” includes all previously released singles, as well as several new ones:
- My clear little star;
- Baby;
- Girlfriend;
- Expensive;
- You have always been like this;
- And others.
In 2004, the album was re-released with four new compositions: “Heartless”, “One Last Time”, “Stop the Music”, “Dark Night”.
10. Death of Yuri Aizenshpis
On September 20, 2005, Bilan's producer, Yuri Aizenshpis, died. The production company was headed by his wife Elena Lvovna Kovrigina, but they did not work well with Bilan. Then a scandal broke out with his creative pseudonym.
Bilan left Kovrigina and began working with Yana Rudkovskaya, she helped him negotiate the use of the pseudonym Dima Bilan, since at the time of the breakdown it belonged to Kovrigina’s company.
In order not to lose his popular pseudonym again, Belan officially changed his name to Dima Bilan.
11. First participation in Eurovision
The singer made attempts to perform at Eurovision back in 2005, but then Natalia Podolskaya won the qualifying competition with the song “Nobody Hurt No One,” and Bilan took second place.
In 2006, the singer was finally chosen as the representative of Russia at the eminent competition. In the main competition, Bilan took second place with the song “Never Let You Go”; the Finnish group Lordi won by a small margin with the song “Hard Rock Hallelujah”.
12. Time is a river
Almost immediately after Eurovision in 2006, new album called "Time is a River". The most famous compositions:
- "The Impossible is Possible";
- "It was love";
- "Never Let You Go"
- "I remember you";
- "Become For Me";
- “This is how this world works”;
- And others.
Bilan’s girlfriend stars in the “It Was Love” video. In the story, the couple eventually breaks up. As it turned out later, the video became prophetic.
13. Second participation in Eurovision
In 2008, Dima Bilan again goes to Eurovision to represent Russia at this competition. In the national qualifying competition, Alexandra Panayotova and Zhenya Otradnaya.
The composition “Believe” was performed together with Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko and Hungarian violinist Edwin Marton. Bilan took first place with 272 points.
After this, in the village of Moskovsky in Ust-Dzhegut, a music school was named after Dima Bilan.
First place at Eurovision also brought some negativity. Bilan's friends and acquaintances began to speak negatively about him behind his back. The reason, according to the singer, was banal envy.
14. Against the rules
Immediately after winning the Eurovision Song Contest, the album “Against the Rules” is released, with three versions of the triumphant song “Believe” - the original, Russian (“Everything is in your hands”) and Spanish (“Secreto”).
The album also included other successful songs:
- "I'm your number one";
- "Grief-winter";
- "Shores/skies";
- "Against the rules";
- And others.
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15. Believe
In 2009, Bilan's fifth studio album was released, recorded in Los Angeles, Miami and Philadelphia in collaboration with music producers Timbaland and Jim Beans. Many compositions in English:
- "Believe";
- "Lady"
- "Number one fan";
- "Lonely";;
- "Amnesia";
- And others.
16. Dreamer
The next album was recorded in 2011, also in collaboration with foreign producers, so some of the compositions were in Russian and some in English.
300 copies of this album were released on vinyl records.
Among the most notable compositions:
- "I just love you";
- "I'm suffocating";
- "Dreamers";
- “Catch my colorful dreams”;
- "Changes";
- "In pairs";
- "Safety"
- And others.
17. Reach out
- “So, it doesn’t happen like that”;
- “Love-Bitch” (feat. Yulia Volkova);
- “Hug me” (feat. Nigar Jamal);
- "Reach";
- "Watch".
18.Alien
In 2014, Dima Bilan released her debut electronic album entitled “Alien”. Almost all compositions are in English.
19. Don't be silent
On October 2, 2015, Bilan’s next album, “Don’t Be Silent,” was released. Notable compositions:
- "Labyrinths";
- "Baby";
- “Sick of you”;
- "Do not be silent";
- “The cry of my soul (feat. Dzhigan)”;
- And others.
20. Selfish
- "Monsters in your head";
- "Hold";
- "Girl, don't cry";
- "Sorry";
- And others.
21. Titles of Dima Bilan
During his career, the artist received many honorary titles, including:
- 2006 - Honored Artist of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic;
- 2007 - Honored Artist of the Chechen Republic;
- 2007 - Honored Artist of Ingushetia;
- 2008 - National artist Kabardino-Balkarian Republic;
- 2018 - Honored Artist Russian Federation- for services to development national culture and art, many years of fruitful activity.
22. Awards and nominations
23. Film career
Bilan does not refuse roles in films. Basically, he is offered cameo roles and voiceovers for animated films, since he still has little acting experience.
However, he has already managed to play in such films as:
- 2005 - Night in Disco style - cameo;
- 2006 - Night in the style of childhood - cameo;
- 2007 - Star Holidays - Fortiano;
- 2007 - Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors - Gourde, stagehand;
- 2009 - Golden Key - visiting singer;
- 2011 - Theater of the Absurd - producer, performer leading role and the performer of the track playing in the film;
- 2016 - Hero - Andrey Kulikov / Andrey Dolmatov.
And voice characters in cartoons:
- 2013 - Frozen - Hans (dubbing);
- 2016 - Trolls - Tsvetan (dubbing).
24. Famous duets
Many celebrities want to sing together with Dima Bilan; the most successful collaborations were with Sergei Lazarev, Ani, Polina, Nikki Jamal and Valeria. He also sang a duet with his sister Anya Belan.
25. Dima Bilan’s career now
Now the performer is actively touring the country, participating in various shows as a jury member or mentor, and of course, delighting fans with new singles.
Among him latest works you can note:
"Lightning"
"Ocean"
"About White Roses"
"Midnight Taxi"
26. Elena Kuletskaya
I dated Lena Kuletskaya for several years. Afterwards, the couple stated that the relationship was fictitious for ordinary and mutual PR. Later, Dima admitted that the joke about PR was voiced to annoy the annoying yellow press and paparazzi.
By the way, the artist publicly announced that if he wins Eurovision, he will marry Elena, but he did not keep his word.
27. Yuliana Krylova
Dima is often in the company of model Yulianna Krylova.
28. Secretive in his personal life
The singer tries not to reveal details of his personal life, which gives rise to great amount rumors All he has to do is publish it in in social networks a photo with a girl, they are immediately credited with an affair.
But the rest of the time the media persistently circulate rumors about unconventional sexual orientation Dima Bilan.
29. Does he have children?
According to official information, he has no children. But for a long time there was a rumor in the media that he had a daughter, Anna Belan. It later turned out that this was his sister.
30. What is he sick with?
The singer had a hernia in his spine, but now he has been cured and is full of strength for further work.
31. How many times have you won Eurovision?
He participated in Eurovision twice and won this competition once.
32. Is Dima Bilan gay?
There is no official information on this matter, but the media are constantly “heating up” this topic due to Bilan’s secrecy in his personal life.
33. Why do they write that he died?
The popularity of Dima's name is used by unscrupulous marketers, thus attracting attention to their sites where dubious ointments and medicines are sold.
34. How tall is he?
35. Weight?
36. Instagram and other social networks
The artist’s Instagram always surprises and becomes the reason for another round of rumors. Dima Bilan regularly posts photos together with models, singers and TV presenters.
The singer's Instagram is one of the most popular and visited in RuNet.
There are also official accounts in
For the last few years, his personal life (35) has remained a secret under seven locks: the singer was not seen in relationships with girls, and refused to comment on it. But in the interview " Izvestia“he admitted: the status of a free man now suits him quite well.
Said: “I can say with absolute certainty that now I will enjoy absolute independence. Both in creative and personal relationships. I like my current status - “free.”
In September, Dima said the same thing. In an interview with the portal " StarHit“He admitted that he has too much to do and is not yet ready to be distracted by relationships: “I would call myself happily retired. It took me a long time to achieve this and now I value the feeling of lightness. “...” Today for me to be left to myself is happiness. Don’t call anyone, don’t report to anyone, don’t worry about anyone...” And in 2013, Dima generally said: I don’t like weddings: “It was always a shock for me. Such cosmic happiness is expected, but in reality - face down into salad and drunken dancing on tables.”
But once Dima almost got married. He had a five-year relationship with a model (34) - this is the singer’s most high-profile romance in his 14-year career. They met in 2006 at a French airport. Charles de Gaulle”, but then they did not pay attention to each other, and a month later they met again - already on the set of the video “It Was Love”. A dizzying romance began between the singer and the model. In 2008, Dima even promised to marry Kuletskaya: “I’ll be back with” Eurovision“And I’ll marry Lena!” But in 2011, their “relationship gradually faded away,” as Lena said in an interview, and the couple broke up.
Since then, Dima has not spoken to the press about his relationship and has led a secluded life in his country house in outskirts of Moscow.
Dima Nikolaevich Bilan (name at birth and until June 2008 - Viktor Nikolaevich Belan). Born on December 24, 1981 in the village. Moskovsky (part of the city of Ust-Dzheguta, Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Okrug). Russian singer, film actor. Honored Artist of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (2006). Honored Artist of the Chechen Republic (2007). Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia (2007). People's Artist of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (2008). Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2018).
Vitya Belan was born on December 24, 1981 in the city of Ust-Dzheguta (Karachay-Cherkess Republic).
Father - Nikolai Mikhailovich Belan - worked as a mechanic and design engineer.
Mother - Nina Dmitrievna Belan - worked in greenhouses, then in the social sphere.
The older sister, Elena Belan-Zimina (born 1980), is a fashion designer, worked as a waitress, and married law student Gennady Zimin in 2006.
Younger sister - Anna Belan (born 1994).
When he was one year old, the family moved to Naberezhnye Chelny, and after another 5 years - to the city of Maisky (Kabardino-Balkarian Republic), where Vitya studies in school number two until the 9th grade, and completes his secondary education in school number 14.
In the fifth grade he entered a music school, from which he graduated with an accordion class.
Participated in various music competitions and festivals. Took first place in the “Young Voices of the Caucasus” competition.
In 1999, he comes to Moscow to participate in the Chunga-Changa festival, dedicated to children's creativity and the thirtieth anniversary of the joint activity of Yuri Entin and David Tukhmanov. Vitya Belan receives his diploma from the hands of .
In 2000-2003 he studied at the State music school named after the Gnessins. Specialty - Classical vocals.
In 2001-2002 became a laureate of the Festos festival.
In 2003-2005 studied at GITIS (entered straight into the 2nd year).
In 2000, the first video clip of Dima Bilan, shot with the money of his first producer Elena Kan, was included in the rotation of the MTV Russia channel. The video for the song “Autumn” was filmed on the shores of the Gulf of Finland. The song is considered one of Dima Bilan's first studio songs.
While still a student, Dima Bilan met his future producer, who immediately recognized his talent and began working with him.
In 2002, Dima Bilan made his debut on the stage of the Russian festival in Jurmala - “New Wave”, where he presented his composition “Boom” and took fourth place. After the competition, the shooting of a video for this song followed, and then also for the compositions “I am a night hooligan”, “You, only you” and “I was wrong, I got caught”. The daughter appeared in the video for the song “I Love You So Much.” During the period of work with Aizenshpis, Dima Bilan imitated Danko in many ways.
At the end of October 2003, their debut album entitled “I am a night hooligan” was released. In 2004, a re-release of the album ("Night Hooligan+") was released, including 19 songs: 15 songs from the original edition of the album "I am a Night Hooligan" and 4 new songs ("Heartless", "For the Last Time", "Stop the Music", "Dark night").
Dima Bilan - Heartless
In 2004, Dima Bilan's second studio album, entitled “On the Shore of the Sky,” was released. In the same year, recording of Dima Bilan's first English-language album began. Diane Warren and Shaun Escoffery took part in the production of the album.
In February 2005, Dima Bilan participated in the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Not That Simple”, taking second place. After this, a re-release of the album “On the Shore of the Sky” was released, which included English versions of the songs “As I Wanted,” “On the Shore of the Sky” and “You Should Be Nearby.”
In 2005, the official collection of videos “You, Only You” was also released, which, in addition to official video clips, included concert video presentations of the albums “I am a night hooligan” and “On the shore of the sky.” The collection also included additional compositions not included in these albums: the song “I won’t forget” and a cover version of the famous melody “Caruso” (presentation “I am a night hooligan”), the track “Seven Days” (presentation “On the Shore of the Sky”) .
At the end of 2005, the single “New Year from a New Line” was released containing the original version and a remix of the song “New Year from a New Line”, as well as an English version of the hit “On the Shore of the Sky” called “Between the Sky and Heaven”.
On September 20, 2005, Bilan's producer, Yuri Aizenshpis, died. Immediately after this, Dima was nominated for the World Music Awards as “Best Russian Artist”.
After Aizenshpis's death, many producers offered Bilan contracts. In 2006, he broke the contract with Aizenshpis’s company, which after his death was headed by his wife Elena Lvovna Kovrigina. After this, the company demanded that Bilan change his name, since “Dima Bilan” is a pseudonym that belongs to the company. But together with a new team, headed by Bilan, he resolved the conflict and, since 2008, took a pseudonym as his official name.
In December 2005, he received two Golden Gramophone awards for the song “You Should Be Nearby” in St. Petersburg and Alma-Ata. On the project “New Songs about the Main Thing,” the singer received the Channel One prize from the professional jury. Dima became the man of the year in show business, since the majority of voters cast their votes for him, according to the Rambler search engine. In December 2005 in Botanical Garden a video was shot for the lyrical composition “I Remember You”.
In 2006, he took part in the “Golden Sharmanka”, “International Music Awards” in Kyiv, where he received the “Singer of the Year” award. The song "Never Let You Go" was performed there for the first time.
Dima Bilan represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song “Never Let You Go” and took second place.
In the summer of 2007, Dima becomes an honorary guest of the New Wave 2007 festival in Jurmala, and also sits on the jury of the project “STS Ignites a Superstar”.
On October 4, the annual music ceremony MTV Russia Music Awards 2007 took place. Dima Bilan received 3 nesting dolls that evening, winning in the categories: “Best Composition” (“Impossible-Possible”), “Best Performer”, and the main award “Artist of the Year”. No less important event was the performance of Dima and Sebastian (Timbaland’s brother), who specially flew to Moscow for the RMA MTV ceremony, he performed the hit “Number One Fan” with Dima in a new arrangement. There was also an exclusive premiere of the new song “Amnesia”.
All-Russian Center studying public opinion(VTsIOM) On January 15, it presented data on who Russians consider “Favorite Citizen of Russia in 2007.” The first place in the “Singer of the Year” rating, as in 2006, was taken by Dima Bilan.
In 2007, a reality show on MTV called "Live with Bilan". It became popular and gained a lot of fans. That is why a continuation of this show was aired at the beginning of 2008.
Also in 2007, Dima Bilan was included in the top three most expensive and popular people in Russia according to Forbes magazine: 3rd place in terms of press attention and audience interests and 12th place in terms of income.
Dima Bilan represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song “Believe” and took first place, becoming the first Russian artist, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Eurovision 2008: Dima Bilan - Believe
On May 16, the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was held in Moscow at the Olimpiysky sports complex. Dima Bilan opened the competition with his number, since it was thanks to his victory at Eurovision 2008 that Russia received the honorable right to host the main musical competition Europe in Moscow.
In 2012, Dima Bilan, in a duet with Yulia Volkova, performed in the national selection of the Eurovision song contest with the song “Back to Her Future”, where together they took 2nd place.
In 2012, Dima Bilan created an electronic project in synth-pop style, initially taking his own name as a new pseudonym. native name Vitya Belan, but after sound producer Alexey Cherny joined him, the project changed its name to Alien24.
In December 2014, the band released their first studio album, Alien, which included the song “Fairy World,” which they originally released under the name Vitya Belan, as well as the singles “Music Is in My Soul” and “Wally,” for which video clips were shot.
In 2012-2014 and 2016-2017 - mentor of the “Voice” project.
In 2018, he was awarded the honorary title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation - for his services to the development of national culture and art, and many years of fruitful activity.
In the village of Moskovsky in Ust-Dzhegut, a music school is named after Dima Bilan.
Socio-political position of Dima Bilan
In 2005, he was a candidate from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia in the elections to the Belgorod Regional Duma. For several years he was a member of the party. In parallel with this, he took part in the events " United Russia" and "A Just Russia".
In 2011, he spoke positively about opposition protests.
In the presidential elections of 2012 and 2018, he participated in campaigning for.
He spoke out against the ban on the gay pride parade in Moscow. However, in 2013 he convicted foreign performers, raising the topic of LGBT rights in Russia, and stated a negative attitude towards the so-called “propaganda of homosexuality,” but noted that it is necessary to distinguish it from “artistic intent.”
He condemned the action of the Pussy Riot group, but spoke out against imprisonment for the participants, proposing to limit himself to “exemplary flogging.”
In 2016, he performed at the “We Are Together” concert-meeting, dedicated to the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea to Russia.
Dima Bilan's height: 182 centimeters.
Personal life of Dima Bilan:
For four years, the singer maintained a relationship with model Lena Kuletskaya, even promising to marry her if he won the Eurovision Song Contest. Then he broke up with Kuletskaya, saying that he had been leading fans and the press by the nose for all four years: this relationship was an ordinary PR.
After breaking up with Kuletskaya, he got another model and aspiring singer - Yuliana Krylova, who starred in his Safety video.
Then he had Adelina Sharipova.
There were rumors about an affair with his producer Yana Rudkovskaya. It was long believed that this could be a journalistic canard. But in May 2019, this fact was confirmed by Yana Rudkovskaya: “I can say with whom I had an affair. I had an affair with Dima Bilan. Seriously. If Plushenko weren’t next to me, I would have Dima Bilan. He suits me in everything. This is very important point. He’s handsome, talented, and earns very well.”
Also, the topic of the artist’s non-traditional sexual orientation has been raised in the media and the Internet for a long time.
Dima Bilan now
Discography of Dima Bilan:
Studio albums:
2003 - I'm a night hooligan
2004 - On the shore of the sky
2006 - Time is a River
2008 - Against the rules
2009 - Believe
2011 - Dreamer
2013 - Reach
2014 - Alien
2015 - Don't be silent
2017 - Egoist
Collections:
2011 - BEST. From bully to dreamer
2013 - Baby
CD singles:
2005 - “New Year from a new line”
2006 - “Never Let You Go”
2008 - “Believe”
2009 - “Dancing Lady”
2012 - “Catch my colorful dreams”
Collaborative songs:
“New Year from a new line” (feat. Fidgets)
“I can’t live without you” (feat. Darina)
“Who Invented Love” (feat. Anita Tsoi)
“You sing to me” (feat. Larisa Dolina)
"Number One Fan" (feat. Sebastian)
"Safety" (feat. Anastacia)
“Star” (feat. Anya Belan)
“Blind Love” (feat. Yuliana Krylova)
“Love-bitch” / “Back to Her Future” (feat. Yulia Volkova)
“Don’t be afraid, baby” (feat. Eva Samieva)
“Hold Me” / “Come Into My World” (feat. Nikki Jamal)
Video clips of Dima Bilan:
2000 - “Autumn”
2002 - “Boom”
2002 - “I am a night hooligan”
2003 - “You, only you”
2003 - “I was wrong, I got it”
2003 - “I can’t live without you” feat. Darina Hindrek
2003 - “I love you so much”
2004 - “Congratulations!”
2004 - “Mulatto”
2004 - “On the Shore of the Sky” / “Between The Sky And Heaven”
2005 - “You should be around” / “Not That Simple”
2005 - “As I Wanted” / “Take Me With You”
2005 - “I Remember You”
2006 - “It was love”
2006 - “Never Let You Go”
2006 - “The Impossible is Possible” / “Lady Flame”
2007 - “Time is a River” / “See What I See”
2007 - “I’m your number one” / “Number One Fan”
2007 - “Grief Winter”
2007 - “You Sing to Me” feat. Larisa Dolina
2008 - “Believe”
2008 - “Lonely”
2009 - “Lady”
2009 - “You are with me (Dancing Lady)”
2009 - "Changes"
2010 - “In pairs”
2010 - “Safety” feat. Anastacia
2010 - “I Just Love You”
2011 - “Dreamers”
2011 - “Changing” / “Rock My Life”
2011 - “Blind Love” feat. Yulia Krylova
2012 - “It Doesn’t Happen” / “Honey”
2012 - “Love - Bitch” feat. Yulia Volkova
2012 - “Fairy World”
2013 - “Don’t be afraid, baby” feat. Eva Samieva
2013 - “Catch my colorful dreams”
2013 - “Hug Me” / “Come Into My World” feat. Nigar Jamal
2013 - “Reach”
2013 - “Baby”
2014 - “Music Is in My Soul”
2014 - “Sick of you”
2014 - "Wally"
2014 - “When the ice melts”
2015 - “Clock”
2015 - “Don’t be silent”
2016 - “Indivisible”
2016 - “In your head”
2017 - “Monsters in your head”
2017 - “Labyrinths”
2017 - “Hold”
2017 - “Forgive me” feat. Sergey Lazarev
2018 - “Girl don’t cry”
2018 - “Drunken Love” feat. Polina
2018 - “Lightning”
2018 - “Sorry” feat. Alexander Filin
2019 - “Ocean”
Filmography of Dima Bilan:
2007 - Star Holidays - Fortiano
2007 - Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors - Gourde, stagehand
2009 - Golden Key - visiting singer
2011 - Theater of the Absurd - producer, leading actor and track performer
2016 - - Andrey Kulikov / Andrey Dolmatov
2019 - Midshipmen IV - Captain De Lombardi
Scoring of Dima Bilan's films:
2013 - Frozen - Hans
2016 - Trolls - Tsvetan
Name: Dima Bilan
Age: 36 years
Place of Birth: Ust-Dzhegut, Karachay-Cherkessia
Height: 182 cm
Weight: 75 kg
Activity: Russian singer
Family status: not married
Dima Bilan - biography
You can go on and on towards your goal for years, resulting in momentary fame, and then into history. And our hero is like the chosen one. Whether it’s a matter of talent or a lucky coincidence of circumstances, the fact remains: Dima Bilan pleases us more and more.
Dima Bilan - Little Kabardian
The future singer was born exactly at midnight on December 24 in the town of Ust-Dzheguta, in Karachay-Cherkessia. My father worked as a mechanic and design engineer, my mother worked in greenhouses and in the social service. Their daughter Lena grew up, and then the long-awaited son appeared - he was named Victor. Soon the family moved to Kabardino-Balkaria. Vitya went to school there, and at the age of 11 he began studying music. Parents did not give special significance the nascent talent and did not immediately send their son to a music school. But literally from the very beginning of his studies, success fell upon him!
Dima Bilan's first success
He participated in all local competitions and festivals, and if he did not win, he was different and memorable. After graduating from music school in accordion class, Victor went to Moscow. There in 1999 at the festival children's creativity"Chunga-Changa" at the beginning of it creative biography the first success happened: Vitya Belan received his diploma from the hands of ! The boy did not intend to stop there, so he stayed in the capital and entered the Gnessin School. Three years of study - and here it is, the long-awaited qualification in vocal performer!
In his third year at Gnesinka, Vitya met his future producer. Yuri saw a star in the guy and decided to see what would happen if he took him seriously. He told Vita to take a pseudonym - they decided to call the project “Dima Bilan”. Dmitry is the name of Vita’s grandfather; the boy liked it all his life. He began to perform under it. To begin with, I took 4th place at the New Wave competition in 2002, and then, as if from under a factory machine, songs, videos, projects began to appear...
Popularity in the biography of Dima Bilan grew exponentially. In the fall of 2005, he was nominated for an MTV award as the best Russian performer. And then, at the very peak of his ward’s fame, Yuri Aizenshpis died. Dima received an award, and later another one, but the producer was no longer with him.
The contract with the company owned by Aizenshpis was terminated and they demanded that he not perform under that name. The country could have been left without Dima Bilan, whom everyone loved so much. But then Yana Rudkovskaya appeared. Taking Bilan under her wing, she helped solve the problem with the name. In order not to change the promoted brand “Dima Bilan”, she advised me to register this name at the registry office as my real name, according to my passport. Now the singer could easily perform under it further - both in Russia and, as planned by the new producer Yana Rudkovskaya, abroad.
Dima Bilan first at Eurovision
In 2006, Dima Bilan went to conquer Eurovision. His famous number for the song “Never let you go” is not remembered except by babies. Then, at Eurovision 2006 in Athens, Bilan performed his signature jump from the piano, which later became his business card. But victory was still not given: the Europeans liked the Finnish group Lordi more. In the end - second place. But Dima is not one of those who gives up easily! After waiting another year, he again goes to the most prestigious song competition in Europe.
At that time, the popularity of figure skating was growing with all its might. After the success of Russian athletes at the Olympics in Turin, a real boom began in our country! The creative Rudkovskaya played on this. To perform at Eurovision 2008, she decided to involve the brightest among the skaters - Evgeni Plushenko. It's a win-win option, because Olympic champion well known and loved in Europe. And as a musical addition, Yana invited the Hungarian violinist Edwin Marton. With such a company they decided to conquer capricious Europe. This time no one could stand in the way of the glorious team! Bilan was declared the winner, placing the Ukrainian Ani Lorak a step lower.
Biography of Dima Bilan's personal life: I'm getting married, oh, I'm getting married!
Europe was taken. The treasured microphone was in Dima’s hands, he literally became a national hero, because before him, none of the domestic performers had won this competition! The ladies staged a real hunt for the eligible groom. But Dima promised reporters that he would marry his girlfriend. According to rumors, his chosen one, model Lena Kuletskaya, had been waiting for a marriage proposal for a long time, and it was promised to her if she won Eurovision. But time passed, and no offer was received.
Their common path diverged into different paths; more and more often at social events, Lena was noticed in the company of other men. Soon Dima and Lena announced their breakup. And then it turned out that the romance was not real: the couple only portrayed the relationship and everything that happened was nothing more than a PR stunt. After this, Dima began to carefully hide his personal life. This did not stop journalists: they wrote with all their might about his wedding and even put up photographs of the couple in the attire of the bride and groom. It turned out that it was a duck again: in this form, pseudo-wife Yulia Sarkisova starred in Bilan’s video “The Hours.” In fact, she has a billionaire husband and children.
There are many beauties hanging around who work with him, star in his videos, and Dima is credited with an affair with almost every one of them. And he even supposedly has a wife - Anna Moshkovich. But he shrugs it off and insists that his heart is free. He seems to enjoy the role of being the favorite of women.
When Dima turned 30, he realized that it would be nice to pass on his experience and light up a couple of stars. He became a mentor for the television project “The Voice” with adult performers. After just a couple of seasons, I realized that it was more interesting to work with children, and became firmly established among the mentors of the children’s “Voice.” He turned out to be a sensitive teacher and psychologist no matter what! Who would have thought that 10 years later the boy jumping out of the piano would turn out to be a real example for future stars, becoming not only a mentor for them, but also a friend!