Akif Islamzade
{{Short description|Azerbaijani singer (born 1948)}}
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| name = Akif Islamzade
| native_name_lang = Akif İslamzadə
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|08|08}}
| birth_place = Baku, Azerbaijani SSR, USSR
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| instrument = Voice
| genre = Pop
| occupation = singer
| years_active = 1972–1986
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Akif Islamzade ({{langx|az|Akif İslamzadə}}, born August 8, 1948) is an Azerbaijani singer.{{cite web|title=Akif İslamzadə 66 yaşında|url=http://www.adalet.az/w43859/Akif_%C4%B0slamzad%C9%99__66_ya%C5%9F%C4%B1nda/|website=www.adalet.az|accessdate=17 August 2014|language=Azerbaijani}}
Biography
Islamzade was born on 8 August 1948 in Baku to mugham singer Sara Gadimova.{{cite web|title=Akif İslamzadə: "Məni arzulayanların səsini eşitdim"– FOTO, VİDEO|url=http://publika.az/p/35376|website=publika.az|date=8 August 2014 |accessdate=17 August 2014|language=Azerbaijani}} He graduated from Azerbaijan State Economic University in 1979. In 1972, he started as a vocalist at Rashid Behbudov State Song Theatre. In 1976, he participated as a vocalist in Tofig Ahmadov's state orchestra. In 1986, he stopped his musical activities due loss of voice.{{cite web|script-title=ru:Акиф Исламзаде отметит день рождения во время ифтара|url=http://www.trend.az/life/culture/2054465.html|website=www.trend.az|date=8 August 2012 |accessdate=17 August 2014|language=Russian}} After that, he retired from recording full-length albums. The problem of his voice got worse, and affected not only his ability to sing, but also to speak.{{cite web|last1=Rustamova|first1=Zamina|title=Akif İslamzadə: "Məqsədli şəkildə edirlər ki, camaatın potensialı çalıb-oxumağa yönəlsin"|url=http://www.ayna.az/2013/akif-islamzade-meqsedli-sekilde-edirler-ki-camaatin-potensiali-calib-oxumaga-yonelsin/|website=www.ayna.az|accessdate=17 August 2014|language=Azerbaijani|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090157/http://www.ayna.az/2013/akif-islamzade-meqsedli-sekilde-edirler-ki-camaatin-potensiali-calib-oxumaga-yonelsin/|archive-date=19 August 2014|url-status=dead}}
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Category:20th-century Azerbaijani male singers
Category:Azerbaijani pop singers
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