Alexander Malinin
{{Short description|Russian singer (born 1958)}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Alexander Malinin
| native_name = Александр Малинин
| image = 1986 Группа Стаса Намина.jpg
| caption =Malinin (middle) with the ensemble Gruppa Stasa Namina in 1986
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| birth_name = Aleksandr Nikolaevich Vyguzov
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|11|16}}
| birth_place = Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 1981–present
| genre = Russian romance, Operatic pop, pop, soft rock
| website = [http://www.malinin.ru/ www.malinin.ru]
| associated_acts = Tsvety
}}
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Aleksandr Nikolaevich Malinin ({{langx|ru|Александр Николаевич Малинин}}, born Vyguzov, {{langx|ru|Выгузов}}; 16 November 1958) is a Russian singer who was named a People's Artist of Russia in 1997.
Career
Malinin was born in Yekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk) as Aleksandr Nikolaevich Vyguzov.{{cite web |url=http://taina.aib.ru/biography/aleksandr-malinin.htm |website=taina.ru |accessdate=3 July 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017135210/http://to-name.ru/biography/aleksandr-malinin.htm |archivedate=2011-10-17 |script-title=ru:Александр Николаевич Малинин - биография |trans-title=Aleksandr Nikolaevich Malinin - biography |url-status=dead }}
At the end of the 1980s, he toured the United States and made a duet with David Pomeranz, becoming the first Soviet singer to collaborate with an American musician since the breakout of the Cold War.{{cite web |url=http://www.davidpomeranz.com/biography.html |title=David Pomeranz Biography |accessdate=3 July 2011 |archivedate=29 July 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729123140/http://www.davidpomeranz.com/biography.html |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
Between 1990 and 1996, he gave several sold-out concerts named Балы с Александром Малининым (Dances with Aleksandr Malinin), breaking attendance records.[http://www.peoples.ru/art/music/pop/malinin/index.html Malnyin biography in Russian] The series of concerts were also broadcast on television. In 1994, he received the World Music Award as the best selling Russian artist.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TAgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=world%20music%20awards%201994%20alexandr%20malinin&pg=PA41|title=Billboard 1994|date=21 May 1994|accessdate=2011-07-03}}
Malinin is married and has four children.{{cite web|url=http://www.malinin.ru/press/56/|title=Моя семья — настоящий дар судьбы!|publisher=Friedmann's Revu|year=2010|accessdate=2011-12-18}} His son named Anton (born in 1982) was educated in part in the UK, attending Haileybury & Imperial Service College in Hertfordshire.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
Popular Songs
- "[//www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV6CIiScglY Berega]" ("Берега")
- "[//www.youtube.com/watch?v=efqPpgcOgBY Belyj Kon]" ("Белый конь")
- "[//www.youtube.com/watch?v=93aKNnoFH6w Naprasnie slova]" ("Напрасные слова")
- "[//www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0uN3miBcKU Molba]" ("Мольба")
- "[//www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgmXH2_F6Us Zabava]" ("Забава")
- "[//www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEnneglotl8 I Lyubov' i razluka]" ("Любовь и разлука")
- "[//www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw5T2HP1g0E Dai bog]" ("Дай, Бог")
- "[//www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VqJMD4UfW8 Nado zhit]" ("Надо жить")
- "[//www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUjqBz-wau4 Ty Takaya Krasivaya]" ("Ты такая красивая")
Awards
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! colspan="3" style="background: cyan;" | World Music Awards
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{{succession box|title=Best-Selling Russian Artist|years=1994
Alexander Malinin|before=1993
Laima Vaikule|after=1995
Dmitry Malikov}}
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References
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External links
- [http://www.malinin.ru/eng/ Official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141224201113/http://www.mtv.com/artists/alexander-malinin/ Alexander Malinin] at MTV
- {{Discogs artist|Александр Малинин|Alexander Malinin}}
- [https://music.apple.com/us/album/porucik-golicyn-lubimaa-kollekcia/633820047 Alexander Malinin] at iTunes
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Category:People's Artists of Russia
Category:Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine
Category:World Music Awards winners