Dima Bilan

Dima Bilan (Russian Дима Билан, real name Viktor Nikolaevich Belan (Russian Виктор Николаевич Белан); born 24 December 1981 in Ust-Djeguta, Karachay-Cherkessia Partial Republic) is a Russian pop singer.

Live

When Dima Bilan was one year old, he and his family of four moved to his grandmother in Naberezhnye Chelny in Tatarstan, where he lived until he was six. Then he moved with his family to Kabardino-Balkaria to the town of Maiski, where he also finished school. As a child, Dima Bilan was a soloist of the school choir and participated in numerous competitions. His first music teacher was Ludmila Ibragimovna Sashina. After graduating from high school, he studied at the renowned Gnessin Academy of Music in Moscow.

He was awarded Best Russian Artist at the MTV Russia Music Awards in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and at the MTV Europe Music Awards. He has released four albums to date. He became known throughout Europe through his participation in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, where he placed second with the song Never Let You Go. In November 2006 he received the "Best-Selling Russian Artist Award" at the World Music Awards. This was followed by other awards.

After Bilan won the Russian preliminary round of Eurovision 2008 in March 2008, he once again took part in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) for Russia and took first place with the ballad Believe, which was produced by Timbaland. Bilan was supported in his performance by, among others, the successful Russian figure skater Yevgeny Plyushchenko. In 2011, he read out the Russian scoring for the 56th Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. In March 2012, he competed with Yulia Volkova with the song Back to Her Future in the Russian preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, but failed to qualify for the ESC in Baku.

On June 6, 2008, Universal Music Domestic released "Believe" as a single in Germany.

Since 2012 Dima Bilan has been a coach on the show Golos (The Voice), and since 2014 on the show Golos Deti (The Voice Kids).

Dima Bilan belongs to the right-wing populist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. At the same time he participated in events of the parties "United Russia" and "Just Russia". In 2011, he expressed positive views on the opposition rallies on the occasion of the parliamentary elections. In the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections, he supported Vladimir Putin. He spoke out against the ban on an LGBT parade in Moscow and called for the removal of the openly homophobic MP Vitaly Milonov in an open letter. At the same time he spoke out against the so-called "propaganda of homosexuality".

Dima Bilan together with the Hungarian violinist Edvin Marton (left) and Yevgeny Plyushchenko in the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008Zoom
Dima Bilan together with the Hungarian violinist Edvin Marton (left) and Yevgeny Plyushchenko in the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Discography

Albums

  • 2003: Ja nočnoj chuligan (Я ночной хулиган - I am a night hooligan).
  • 2004: Na beregu neba (На берегу неба - On the Coast of the Sky)
  • 2006: Vremya-reka (Время-река - Time is like a river)
  • 2008: Protiv pravil (Против правил - Against the Rules)
  • 2009: Believe
  • 2011: Mečtateli (Dreamer)
  • 2012: Я задыхаюсь (I'm suffocating).
  • 2013: Dotyanis (reach)

Singles

Note: In Russia it is unusual to release maxi CDs. Songs listed here are 'singles', for which a music video exists, but which mostly only serve to promote the respective album.

Releases from 'Ja nočnoj chuligan' (2003)

  • Yes nočnoj chuligan (Я ночной хулиган - I'm a Night Rovdy).
  • Malyš (Малыш - Small)
  • Ja tak ljublju tebja (Я так люблю тебя - I love you so much)
  • Bum (Бум - Boom)

Releases from 'Na beregu neba' (2004)

  • Ty dolžna rjadom byt' / Not That Simple (Ты должна рядом быть - You Shall Be Beside Me)
  • Mulatka (Мулатка - Mulatto)
  • Na beregu neba / Between the Sky and Heaven (На берегу неба - At the Edge of the Sky)
  • Kak chotel ja / Take Me with You (Как хотел я - As I Wished)

Releases from 'Vremja-reka' (2005, 2006, 2007)

  • Ja tebja pomnju (Я тебя помню - I remember you)
  • Ėto byla ljubov' (Это была любовь - It Was Love)
  • Tak ustroen ėtot mir / Never Let You Go (Так устроен этот мир - That's the way things go in the world).
  • Nevozmožnoe vozmožno / Lady Flame (Невозможное возможно - Impossible is possible)
  • Vremja-reka / See What I See (Время-река - Time is like a river)

Releases from 'Protiv pravil' (2007, 2008)

  • Number One Fan (2007)
  • Gore-zima (Горе-зима) (2007)
  • Believe (Russian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008) (2008)

Releases from 'Believe' (2008, 2009)

  • Lonely (2008)
  • Lady (2009)

Further releases

  • Safety* (feat. Anastacia) (2010)

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