Philipp Kirkorov (born 1967)
Born 1967 CE.
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.
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