Biography
The future singer was born in December 1981 into an ordinary family in a small provincial town in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. At birth, the parents named their son Victor, and his real name is Belan.
From an early age, the boy developed a passion for music, and his parents sent him to music school. He often took part in local and regional singing competitions, and was also lucky enough to take part in the Moscow Chunga-Changa festival. After a successful performance, he entered the music school named after. Gnesins.
Music career
Dmitry began active promotion on stage in 2002. At this time, fate brought him together with producer Yu. Aizenshpis, who advised him to take the stage name Dima Bilan. At the “New Wave” competition, the singer managed to reach the finals and take fourth place. In 2003, Dima's first album was released, which was very warmly received by the public. And the next year another album appeared, the song of which “You Should Be Nearby” became a popular hit.
In 2005, his producer passed away. And Dima decides to break off relations with the production center for which he previously worked. He found a new producer in the person of Yana Rudkovskaya, who not only helped him in legal proceedings with former mentors, but also promoted her ward in every possible way in the world of show business.
At this time, a new stage began for Dima not only in life, but also in creativity. At the end of 2005, the singer received the prestigious Golden Gramophone award. Each new song instantly became a hit, and awards added to the singer’s collection every year.
Already in 2009, Dima recorded his first English-language album. This is a very important step in his career, which allows him to introduce his work to the whole world.
Drugs, rear wheel drive and Instagram. How Timati and Bilan looked for the guilty
The verbal skirmish between rapper Timati and singer Dima Bilan on Instagram on the topic of drugs, a healthy lifestyle and popularity has been going on for several days, involving more and more representatives of show business, athletes and politicians and turning into one of the main topics for the Russian media. Medialeaks followed how the scandal developed.
The conflict began with Timati’s Instagram post addressed to Bilan’s producer Yana Rudkovskaya. He pointed out the singer’s strange behavior at a recent concert in Nizhny Novgorod, calling him a drug addict and “rear-wheel drive,” obviously hinting at the artist’s sexual orientation.
“Yanochka, aren’t you ashamed of your artist? The fact that he is “rear-wheel drive” is half the problem (and, in principle, it’s generally his own business), but the fact that he doesn’t hesitate to go on stage smelling the trash to a young audience at evening concerts where there are a lot of children in the hall, in my opinion look disgusting!!! If suddenly there is a problem with money, I can help place Dima in any of the best rehabilitation centers in the country,” Timati wrote, accompanying the post with an excerpt from a video recording from the concert.
Bilan himself previously explained his behavior by saying that it suddenly became difficult for him to breathe. However, the cause of the breathing problems remains unclear.
Come on, before the trial!
Rudkovskaya was the first to stand up for her ward, who also decided to hint at Timati’s unconventional orientation, placed special emphasis on the decline in the popularity of his concerts and threatened to sue.
“Then let’s take it in order, so: 1) “Rear-wheel drive” - what is that? I personally don’t understand why you talk about this all the time; apparently, this is the most pressing and painful topic for you. Well, we all understand why... So don’t anger God, Timan, we all know your “drive”... Alas... And this is far from a secret, or rather, an “open secret.”
2) You act so disgustingly towards your colleagues... If previously only we knew the reason, apparently it’s time for everyone to know. You have concerts... Well, you know how your concert at Crocus went and how many tickets were sold and how many were distributed... Eh, and I have this data, to your regret...
...You know, I understood one thing, you need this PR, and everyone already knows why, but we are used to achieving everything only with our own work, and not with such dirty methods, and we will solve all problems in a civilized manner, in court, there are medical procedures that will prove your slander. I think it’s time to teach you a lesson, at least once you must answer for your actions, for insulting respected people of our country. PS I won’t be surprised that you’ve already prepared a song with stomps and stomps on this topic, you won’t hit the jackpot, you won’t earn much, no matter how much you want! She will not remain in history, but what will remain is good, eternal, bright... Well... Come on, goodbye. No, come on, before the trial!” she wrote.
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But this is not magic - only cosmetics were needed. Soon Bilan himself entered the discussion, reminding Timati that he acted as an extra for him back in the early 2000s. The singer began to refute hints of his homosexuality, talking about a relationship with a girl many years ago, which his opponent witnessed.
“I don’t consider myself sent by God, but I’m not going to consider myself a scoundrel, as you suggest I consider myself! Or have you forgotten your party, in which I also had the opportunity to communicate at the very beginning of my career! Dino ms47, Vashchekins and I am completely in love with your friend from the party - Lyalya, who lived with her for 2.5 years! Just don’t act like you don’t know!
Or maybe you are haunted and somehow uncomfortable by the fact that back in the early 2000s (20002-2003) you already starred in the EXTRAS of my video “Night Hooligan” in which I and Aizenshpis introduced you?! So I’m writing and thinking how difficult life is for some people, that they have to stoop to this level! I have never personally approached you with requests for anything, but I politely and carefully rejected your calls on the topic “Dima, let’s record a duet” more than once (your “artistic” material did not seem high-quality and interesting! Sorry, I didn’t mean to offend! ", writes Bilan.
In the same post, the singer explained about the concert in Nizhny Novgorod, attributing breathing problems to fatigue accumulated from touring.
“If you forgot or didn’t know what endless travel at night, tours, concerts, sold-out houses, filming, eternal busyness and not focusing on your loved one, but the desire to create and give of yourself, just shut up and pour yourself a drink! Just shut up! I believe that the love of the viewer, the listener must be earned every day - hell of a job! I don’t think, or rather, I’m almost sure that your obvious fixation on yourself allowed you to experience this at least once! You have no conscience! Although I hate all this gossipy PR nonsense, which, apparently, is becoming your main profession, and turns you up when writing every word now, as recently as at a concert in Nizhny Novgorod, in the city that became the peak of my fatigue! I'll go to the shower! I’m tired of pi,” he concluded.
Old shoals
Timati continued to insist on his version about drugs. He published two more posts with excerpts from an old video where Bilan sits on the jury at a competition and suddenly begins to twitch.
A day later, Timati’s intonation changed and became more serious. He said he was ready for court proceedings and drug testing. Moreover, this entry, unlike the previous ones, no longer contained grammatical errors and emoticons.
“I will offer my deepest apologies after looking at the result, if everything is as you claim, that you and your artist are clean. Please let me know publicly when you can, as I can cancel everything and arrive any day. Thank you,” concluded Timati.
However, Rudkovskaya replied that she would not accept his apology and published an old photo of Timati with a joint, recalling his past.
In response, the singer posted a photo of Dima Bilan with white powder under his nose.
He stated that he “does not pretend to be a saint, and admitted that he had “mistakes in childhood.”
“Your reference to my photograph from 15 years ago is no longer particularly relevant. In our youth, we all make mistakes, but I made my choice a long time ago and I am responsible for my actions - for more than 10 years, I have been promoting a healthy lifestyle - I do not drink, smoke or use drugs. DON’T LEAVE THE TOPIC - Bilan is a drug addict, I state this openly - all his colleagues in show business have now lowered their heads in shame, hushing up what we see regularly at performances, filming TV shows, etc.,” writes Timati.
People's Artist of Chechnya
And then heavy artillery came into play. Against the backdrop of threats of legal proceedings, Ramzan Kadyrov, known for his love of Instagram, spoke out in defense of Timati and announced that he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Republic.
“I am carefully watching the dispute between Timati and Bilan, with whom Rudkovskaya is performing in tandem. Timati is my friend! I respect him for his creativity, for his life position, for his patriotism. Timati leads a healthy lifestyle. He doesn’t drink, doesn’t smoke, and plays sports at a professional level,” he writes.
Kadyrov supported Timati’s version about Dima Bilan’s addiction to drugs, but did not directly mention his name.
“Unfortunately, some representatives of our show business are not distinguished by such qualities. In pursuit of an audience, they strive to imitate Western musicians, many of whom are openly proud of the so-called. gays, spend years in drug clinics, and eventually die from an overdose or infection. An actor and artist who claims to be a youth idol must have the moral right to do so, and not lead youth to lack of spirituality. This is a path to national degradation, which is not acceptable for Russia and its peoples,” Kadyrov believes.
The singer thanked the head of Chechnya for his support, calling him “a real man” with “his own opinion and position.”
Unboyish attack
All these days the entire Russian stage was watching the showdown between the two artists, with the majority taking the side of Dima Bilan. The main complaint against Timati was that he publicly announced his colleague’s drug addiction, and did not clarify this issue with him. Influential producer Joseph Prigozhin called this behavior “unboyish.”
“I consider Timati’s attack on Dima incorrect and unboyish, if you like, because being a boy does not mean publicly insulting your colleagues and no matter how driven he is. Who else but an artist wouldn’t know: if you’re sick, you’re not sick, but you have to go on stage. Knowing what crazy tours Dima has, I understand that the guy was simply overwhelmed,” he wrote on Instagram.
TV presenter Lera Kudryavtseva reminded Timati that Dima Bilan has parents who would be unpleasant to see such serious accusations.
“Why organize this circus in front of millions and, in my opinion, thereby show yourself not in the best perspective. We are all in the same “workshop”, you are both two completely different artists and each has its own audience. In my opinion, this is unacceptable, wrong, ugly!!!...Why? Everyone has mistakes, we are all not perfect, but this is everyone’s “world”! Your world is music and the stage, prove something there!” she writes.
Figure skater Evgeni Plushenko stood up for his wife Yana Rudkovskaya and announced that he had added Timati to his “black list.”
“So, this is not a boy’s story at all. If you have any opinion, you can call our friends or us, if you even suspect something... I’ll add: there are a lot of gay people in our world, but why does Timati constantly talk about it and raise this topic? Maybe he himself is gay? What did he call it? “Rear-wheel drive” or “all-wheel drive”?” he said in an interview with Super.ru.
Even Ksenia Sobchak stood up for Bilan, who “shamefully covered her nostrils” for the photo.
“What if Timati’s eye, sharp as the bandy club from Krasnogorsk, sees something suspicious in his nose? Freud was a cocaine addict, Bulgakov was on morphine, Gauguin and Van Gogh dabbled in opium, but they were lucky, Timati was not next to them! However, not only they were so lucky, but also the drugs themselves, next to which Timati, according to his own statement, was not seen,” she wrote on Instagram.
Even the lead singer of the Leningrad group, Sergei Shnurov, did not stand aside, who compared Timati with the famous thinker Immanuel Kant, and Dima Bilan with the no less famous Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
“Kant, as you know, highly valued Rousseau, but could not agree with him on everything due to his different mentality and character. It is known that Immanuel, like Timati, led a healthy lifestyle, Jean Jacques, on the contrary, did not deny himself anything, well, he looked just like Bilan. If, according to Rousseau, human nature is perfect and the less we influence it, the more we will provide man with the opportunity for improvement. According to Kant, man is by nature an animal with all evil instincts, so he needs to be taught discipline. As far as I understand, pop singers discuss about the same thing, but in different words,” he explains.
Timati himself believes that the artists took Bilan’s side only because “they also do not lead a healthy lifestyle” and are afraid of exposure. He stated this to the Super.ru portal.
This is not the first time that the artist has attracted attention through scandals. In May 2012, Timati had a fight with Philip Kirkorov over the results of the Muz-TV award, also hinting at his sexual orientation. The result of the scandal was his video “Let's see you goodbye.”
Eurovision
Dmitry made more than one attempt to not only take part and win the European music competition. But in 2005 he took second place in the national selection and did not get into the competition.
A year later he got his chance and went to represent Russia in Athens. From there he took second place. The highlight of Dima’s creative biography was 2008. He managed to take first place at Eurovision. The number he presented was staged together with the famous figure skater Evgeni Plushenko and musician Edvin Marton. It was a real show on ice.
The youngest
In 1995, Dmitry Bilan had a second sister. The girl was named Anna.
It is known about the younger sister of the popular vocalist that she lives in the United States and is studying there to become a singer.
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A few days ago, Bilan starred for the New Year's light on the Russia 1 channel in a duet with Anna. The singer posted a joint photo on Instagram with his 24-year-old “blood.” The photo shows Anna in a luxurious dress. An older brother in a black suit stands nearby. Instagram users showered Anna with compliments: “She’s like a princess,” “What a beauty,” etc.
“The Voice” and other projects
Years of hard work in show business were not in vain for the singer. He successfully uses the experience he has gained as a mentor for the “Voice” show. For the first time he took part in the adult version of the television project, and two years later in the children's version. In 2020, he again became a mentor for adult participants.
Overall, 2016 was a very fruitful year for Dmitry. He constantly tours, tries himself as an actor and takes part in festivals as a judge and participant.
At “New Wave 2016” he again amazed the audience with his performance for the song “Indivisible”, and also sang with his little ward Danil Pluzhnikov.
In 2020, Dmitry starred in the feature film “Hero”. Critics greeted the film very positively and noted the actor’s good performance.
Dima also tried his hand at voicing the cartoons “Trolls”, “Frozen” and others.
Personal life
This side of Dmitry’s life causes a lot of controversy in the press and among his fans. For a long time he had a relationship with model Elena Kuletskaya. He even promised to marry the girl, but never kept his word.
Now no one knows who owns the heart of the talented bachelor. He makes no comments on this matter in the press. Some gossip that he is dating his ex-girlfriend again, while others attribute him to an affair with Julia Lima. As soon as joint photos of Dima and his backing vocalist appeared on social networks, the press immediately began to discuss Dmitry’s new novel.
For now, Dima is free, and this raises a huge number of speculations about the singer’s sexuality.
Elder sister
The age difference between Elena and Dmitry Bilan is 10 months. Today the singer’s older sister is 39 years old. It is known that the girl is developing her own clothing brand.
When an 18-year-old boy, Dmitry Bilan, left to conquer Moscow, he made a promise that, as soon as he became successful, he would definitely move his relatives to the capital. The singer kept his word. The first to move in with Dmitry was his older sister. Elena didn’t want to sit on her star brother’s neck, so she went to work as a waitress in a small cafe. Within its walls the girl met her future husband Gennady Zimin. Elena did not tell him that she was a relative of the famous Russian singer. Gennady first saw Dmitry when he came to visit his soul mate. After communicating with Zimin, Bilan approved the choice of his older sister.
In 2006, Elena and Gennady got married. Dmitry himself was present at the wedding. At the registry office there was a slight embarrassment between the young couple... because of their last name. At first, Bilan’s sister wanted to leave her last name, but the groom was categorically against it. Fortunately, the young people still managed to find a compromise. As a result, Elena became Belan-Zimina.
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The wedding celebration took place in an expensive restaurant in the center of Moscow. There were not very many guests - 60 people. Surely many are interested in finding out what Dima Bilan gave to the young people. The Russian singer had to fork out a lot. His gift was a brand new Ford - the dream of any car enthusiast.
Over the 13 years of their marriage, Elena and Gennady have so far only had one child - daughter Alice.
