Filipp Kirkorov

Biography

Philipp Kirkorov was born on April 30, 1967, in Varna, Bulgaria, to a Bulgarian-born singer of Armenian origin. He rose to fame after participating in the Soviet musical TV show "Wider Circle" in 1985 and went on to represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1995 with the song "Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana". Kirkorov has maintained a successful music career, winning multiple Russian music prizes and being awarded the "Best Selling Russian Artist" title five times.