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When he came back to Kuala Lumpur in 1995, he was named as commercial director of Crocus Group. In 2011, he was promoted to vice president of Crocus Group. Since 2014, he has held the position of executive vice president of Crocus Group.[citation needed]
Emin's interest in music began in high school whilst in the United States. After graduating from high school, he returned to Russia, where he continued to write songs.
In 2006 Emin gained attention for his debut studio album Still.
He then released an album per year: Incredible in 2007, Obsession (a set of classic Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley songs) in 2008;[13] and in 2009, Devotion. Each of these albums was supported by concerts in Moscow and Baku.
In 2010, Emin relocated to London. Emin's album Wonder was released in Russia and CIS in 2010 and in the UK on 21 March 2011. The song "Heart Keeps Beating" was the first single in Russia from his second album After the Thunder and received radio airplay on Russian Radio in 2012.
Emin's first single from his 2012 album After The Thunder was the song "Baby Get Higher". On 26 May 2012, Emin was the local interval act during intermission on the Eurovision Song Contest that was held in Baku. Emin performed "Never Enough", a track taken from the album After the Thunder.[14] Emin was the opening act for Jennifer Lopez's 23 September 2012, concert in Baku.[15][16]
Emin performed "In Another Life" in a music video with Donald Trump and Miss Universe 2013 contestants.[17][18] Contestants were required to appear in the video without pay.[19]
In November 2013, Agalarov's father hosted Miss Universe 2013 at his Crocus City Hall in Moscow.[19] Agalarov performed during the evening gown competition section. He also made a music video with Trump and the contestants.[17][18] Contestants were required to appear in the video without pay.[19] Agalarov reportedly "offered to send prostitutes to Trump's hotel room" during Trump's trip to Moscow, "but the repeated offers were rejected by Keith Schiller, Trump's longtime bodyguard."[21]
Emin Agalarov is the son of Aras Agalarov, an Azerbaijani-Russian billionaire.[25] From 2006 to 2015, he was married to Leyla Aliyeva, the daughter of the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.[1] The couple had twin sons in 2008 and adopted a girl, Amina, after their divorce, in 2015. In 2018, Agalarov married the former model and businesswoman Alyona Gavrilova and had a baby girl, Afina (Афина) .[26] The couple divorced in 2020 and remarried in 2024.[27]
^Cowen, Richard; Shkolnikova, Svetlana (13 July 2017). "Russian pop star tied to Trump has Tenafly roots". The Record. Retrieved 28 February 2018. Russian pop star Emin Agalarov wore black leather, drove a souped-up moped and wanted to be the next Elvis Presley, having spent his teenage years living large and dreaming big on the streets of his adopted hometown, Tenafly. Twenty years after graduating from Tenafly High School, the Russian crooner this week hit it really big.... Emin Agalarov as a senior in Tenafly High School's 1997 yearbook.
^Calamur, Krishnadev (10 July 2017). "Who Is Emin Agalarov?". The Atlantic. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
