Emin Aras oghlu Agalarov (Azerbaijani: Emin Araz oğlu Ağalarov, also known as Emin Arazovich Agalarov, Russian: Эмин Аразович Агаларов; born 12 December 1979) is an Azerbaijani singer and businessman. A president of Agalarov Development as well as the chairman of the Azerbaijan-Russia Business Council, he is involved in music and is known mononymously by his stage name Emin. He performs in English, Azerbaijani and Russian. In 2018, Agalarov was awarded the honorary title of People's Artiste of Azerbaijan.
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Early life
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.