About Philipp Kirkorov
Philipp Bedros Kirkorov (Russian: Филипп Бедросович Киркоров, IPA: [fʲɪˈlʲib bʲɪˈdrosəvʲɪt͡ɕ kʲɪrˈkorəf]; Bulgarian: Филип Бедросов Киркоров, romanized: Filip Bedrosov Kirkorov; born 30 April 1967) is a Bulgarian-born Russian singer. He began his career in 1985 after participating in the Soviet musical TV show "Wider Circle". Since 2000, he has maintained public interest in his person with a scandalous reputation and recording remakes of hits by international performers from Europe and the United States. In 1995, he represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana, and took 17th place. During his creative career, he achieved success in Russia, Belarus and other countries of the former USSR, and was awarded many Russian music prizes, including ZD Awards and others. He is a five-time winner of the "Best Selling Russian Artist" title at the World Music Awards ceremonies. In 1989, Kirkorov toured with Alla Pugacheva in Australia and Germany and held his first solo concert in Perm. After leaving the Music Hall, Kirkorov met lyricist Ilya Reznik, who became one of his early supporters.
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