Diana Hajiyeva Diana Hacıyeva | |
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Born | Mariupol, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) | 13 June 1989
Origin | Baku, Azerbaijan |
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Years active | 2006–present |
Website | https://www.dihaj.com |
Diana Hajiyeva ( Azerbaijani: Diana Hacıyeva, Ukrainian: Діана Гаджиєва, Russian: Диана Гаджиева; born 13 June 1989) is an Azerbaijani singer and songwriter. She is a member and the lead vocalist of the group Dihaj, which represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song " Skeletons" finishing in 14th place. [1]
Hajiyeva was born in Mariupol, Ukraine while the country was a part of the Soviet Union. [2] Since her childhood she was engaged in music, took lessons on a piano and was interested in jazz. She was a member of the musical collective "Bery Bach". [3]
She graduated from Baku Academy of Music. Here she received the education of a choral conductor. During the years of studying at the academy she was engaged in jazz at a professional level. Currently she works at the Baku Jazz Center. [3]
She lived in London, England, where she graduated from The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance.
Later she launched her personal trio group called Dihaj — from the first letters of her first and last name.
She married Ali Nasirov, a member of Dihaj, in 2009. Together, they have a daughter named Savi. [4]
She previously attempted to represent Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. [5] [6]
In 2017, she performed the song " Skeletons". She finished in 14th place out of the 26 countries in the final, with a total of 120 points.
In April 2022, Hajiyeva and pianist Afgan Rasul represented Azerbaijan in the Jazzahead 2022 festival in Germany. [7]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
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SWE Heat [8] | |||||||||||||
"I Break Again" [9] | 2014 | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||||
"Gecələr keçir" [10] | 2015 | — | |||||||||||
"Complain" [11] | 2016 | — | |||||||||||
"Eşqini aşagı sal" | — | ||||||||||||
" Skeletons" | 2017 | 20 | |||||||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |