Emin

Emin Arasovich Agalarov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan. He is the son of Azerbaijani–Russian oligarch Aras Agalarov, head of the Crocus Group.

Emin's father is Azerbaijani and his mother is Jewish. He considers himself a Muslim. His family moved to Moscow when Emin was four years old. When he was 13, his parents sent him to a school in Switzerland. Agalarov moved to Tenafly, New Jersey, US in 1994 and graduated from Tenafly High School in 1997. He graduated from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City.

Business career

Agalarov began his career in 2001 at Crocus Group, where he initially served as Commercial Director and later became Vice President. In 2014, he was appointed First Vice President of Crocus Group.

In December 2024, Agalarov was elected chairman of the Azerbaijan-Russia Business Council,

Music career

In 2010, Agalarov relocated to London to collaborate with producer Brian Rawling. Their partnership resulted in the album Wonder, which became a BBC Radio 2 Album of the Week. Agalarov’s follow-up, After the Thunder, produced two BBC Radio 2 Singles of the Week and received significant airplay on UK radio.

His most outstanding achievement happened one year later when he performed at the 2013 Miss Universe Contest. A TV audience of over one billion watched.

It was during Miss Universe rehearsals that Agalarov persuaded Donald Trump to make an Apprentice-style cameo appearance in the video for Agalarov’s single, “In Another Life.”

In 2014, Agalarov won a World Music Award following his performance earlier in the evening. Held in Monaco that year, fellow guest performers included Miley Cyrus, Flo Rida, and Mariah Carey.

Then, a few months later, Sony ATV signed Agalarov to a publishing contract, followed by his signing a record deal with Warner Music.

In 2015, Agalarov collaborated with multi-Grammy award-winning music legend Nile Rodgers on the hit single "Boomerang." The remix of "Boomerang" reached 9th on Billboard's dance charts. Later that year, he supported Take That on part of their European tour.

Early in 2023, Agalarov recorded the album, Now or Never, with 16-time Grammy winner David Foster. Released in February 2024, the album features music made by his biggest influence, Elvis Presley and includes duets with Katharine McPhee, Nicole Scherzinger, and Engelbert Humperdinck.

Agalarov is the son of Aras Agalarov, an Azerbaijani-Russian billionaire. From 2006 to 2015, he was married to Leyla Aliyeva, the daughter of the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev. The couple had twin sons in 2008 and adopted a girl, after their divorce, in 2015. In 2018, Agalarov married the former model and businesswoman Alyona Gavrilova and had a daughter. They divorced in 2020 and remarried in 2024.