Dima Bilan

Dima Nikolaevich Bilan (real name Victor Nikolaevich Belan; genus. At the very beginning, the name "Dima Bilan" was a creative pseudonym, until in the summer of 2008 he adopted this pseudonym as his official first and last name.

Honored Artist of Russia. He twice represented Russia at the international music contest "Eurovision": in 2006 he took 2nd place and 2008 - 1st place.

There are many interesting facts in the biography of Dima Bilan, which we will tell you about in this article.

So, before you is a short biography of Bilan.

Biography of Dima Bilan

Dima Bilan was born on December 24, 1981 in the small town of Ust-Dzhegut (Karachay-Cherkessia). He grew up and was brought up in a family that has nothing to do with the world of show business.

His father, Nikolai Mikhailovich, worked as an engineer at a plant, and his mother, Nina Dmitrievna, worked in greenhouses.

Childhood and youth

In addition to Dima (Victor), 2 more girls were born in the Belan family - Anna and Elena. When the future artist was barely a year old, he and his parents moved to Naberezhnye Chelny, and a few years later to the Kabardino-Balkarian city of Maysky.

It was here that Dima received his secondary education. In addition, he graduated from music school, accordion class. Due to his artistic abilities, the boy often performed at various music festivals.

An interesting fact is that at one time Bilan won the "Young Voices of the Caucasus" competition for children. When Dima turned 17, he went to Moscow to take part in the Chunga-Changa festival, where he was awarded a diploma from Joseph Kobzon.

It is curious that the young man decided to call himself "Dima" in honor of his grandfather, whose name was Dmitry, and whom he loved very much. In addition, the singer liked this name since childhood.

During the biography of 2000-2003. Dima Bilan studied at the school. Gnesins. After that, he continued to receive education at the famous GITIS, where he was admitted immediately to the 2nd year.

Career

Having become a very famous artist in his youth, Dima continued to gain popularity. In 2000 he presented his first video for the song "Autumn". Soon, producer Yuri Aizenshpis drew attention to him, who brought him to a new level of stage.

An interesting fact is that before that Aizenshpis was the producer of the legendary group "Kino", the leader of which was Viktor Tsoi. Soon Bilan presented his debut disc "I am a night hooligan".

In 2004, the release of the second disc "On the Shore of the Sky" took place, which featured the hits "You should be near by" and "Mulatto". Dima's work aroused interest not only among domestic, but also foreign viewers.

In the fall of 2005, Yuri Aizenshpis passed away, as a result of which Yana Rudkovskaya became Bilan's new producer. Then he was awarded 2 "Golden Gramophones" for the hit "You should be near." The following year, the guy was named "Singer of the Year".

In the future, Dima Bilan will be repeatedly recognized as the best singer, and also become the winner in such categories as "Best Album" and "Best Composition". In 2006, a significant event took place in his creative biography.

Bilan was entrusted with representing Russia at Eurovision 2006. As a result, he became the vice-champion of this festival with the song "Never Let You Go". After a successful performance at an international competition, his army of fans grew even larger.

Dima Bilan becomes a participant in the largest festivals, touring not only Russian, but also foreign cities. He still receives many music awards and records new hits every year.

One of the most significant moments and peak in the artist's creative biography is rightly called the victory at Eurovision-2008. In tandem with Hungarian musician Edwin Marton and figure skater Evgeni Plushenko, Dima took 1st place with the hit "Believe". Curiously, he turned out to be the first Russian to win this festival.

In 2009, Bilan's first English-language disc, "Believe", was released, which was awarded the "Album of the Year" award. The following year, after conducting a social survey, Dima's compatriots named him the most popular performer.

At the same time, a video was shot for the song "I just love you", which stayed in the top lines of the "Russian chart" for 20 weeks. After that, Dima continued to present new hits, often performed in duets with famous artists.

From 2005 to 2020, Bilan received 9 Golden Gramophones, published 10 studio albums and shot over 60 video clips. In 2017, he was in the TOP-5 list of the richest Russian celebrities with an income of $ 6 million. In 2018, the singer was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.

Films and TV projects

In 2012-2014 and 2016-2017, Dima was one of the mentors of the rating music show "The Voice". In addition, from 2014 to 2017, he was a mentor - “Voice. Children".

Bilan appeared on the big screen in 2005, playing himself in the TV series Don't Be Born Beautiful. A couple of years later, viewers saw him in the musical Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors, in which such stars as Philip Kirkorov, Nikolai Baskov, Yuri Stoyanov, Ilya Oleinikov and other artists also took part.

In 2011, Dima became a producer and performer of the key role in the short film Theater of the Absurd. After 5 years, he played the main character in the war drama "Hero". This role is the most serious in his biography.

In 2019, Bilan transformed into Captain Giuliano De Lombardi in the movie Midshipmen 4. In addition to filming a movie, he has repeatedly voiced cartoons. Characters of such cartoons as "Frozen" (Hans), "Bird Watch" (Manu) and "Trolls" (Tsvetan) spoke in his voice.

Health and scandals

In 2017, there was news that Bilan was experiencing health problems. Later it turned out that doctors discovered that he had as many as 5 hernias on his spine, which gave the singer hellish pain.

It got to the point that Dima felt unbearable pain even with the slightest body movements. A long course of treatment helped him to restore his health.

In the fall of 2019, a scandal erupted with the singer. At one of the performances in Samara, Bilan went on stage completely drunk, which caused discontent among the audience. Videos of the wobbling artist were immediately posted online.

Later Dima apologized for his behavior. Moreover, he gave a second concert in Samara, and also built a playground at his own expense. By the way, this incident was touched upon in the program "Evening Urgant".

In 2020, another scandal erupted. The pop singer refused to participate in a joint concert of the Eurovision winners in the Netherlands. According to Bilan, he did not want to take part in this project because not only the winners of the competition were involved in it, but also other Eurovision performers of different years.

Personal life

In his youth, the singer met with model Lena Kuletskaya, with whom he even planned to start a family. However, it never came to a wedding. After that, there were rumors that the artist had an affair with the opera singer Julia Lima, but such rumors were not confirmed.

It is worth noting that Bilan was repeatedly accused of homosexuality. Such speculation arose for a variety of reasons including the fact that Dima often opposed the ban on gay pride parades.

In 2014, Dima began to be noticed in a company with a certain Inna Andreeva, who worked as a therapeutic gymnastics instructor. But this relationship ended in parting. Not so long ago, the pop star announced that she was not going to start a family.

Dima Bilan today

In the summer of 2018, Dima Bilan opened a 3-star hotel. In the same year, he participated in campaigning for Vladimir Putin in the upcoming elections. In addition, he presented clips for the songs "Ocean", "Midnight Taxi" and "About White Roses".

In 2020, Dima's mini-album "Bilan's Planet in Orbit EP" was released. Then he was awarded his 9th statuette "Golden Gramophone" for the hit "About White Roses." He has an official page on Instagram with over 3.6 million subscribers!