Jahongir Otajonov

Jahongir Otajonov was born on 29 September 1978 in the Khorezm region. His father was a German teacher and a local singer, his mother taught Uzbek language and literature; his uncle, Ortiq Otajonov, is a singer and People's Artist of Uzbekistan.

From the first grade he attended the Gliere music school in Tashkent and later studied at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan. As a young man he sang at weddings and events with his father and at first performed as “Jahongir Rizo”.

In 2005 he gave his first solo concert at the Peoples' Friendship Palace. He became known for the songs “Arazlamang”, “Oq kabutarlar” and “Dog'man”, and for his live performance. He later released the live album “Konsert 2017”, the albums “Qaddi baland” (2018) and “Jonli ijro” (2019), and many singles.

On 20 January 2021 he announced his retirement from music and his intention to run in that year's presidential election. He first planned to stand for the Xalq Manfaatlari party, after which the Erk Democratic Party named him its candidate; on 12 July he withdrew and said he was leaving politics. He later returned to the stage.

In 2023 his song “Bom-bom” grew popular: according to Yandex Music's yearly results he was the artist of the year in Uzbekistan. In 2024–2025 he released new songs and videos, among them “Foniy dunyo”, “Poram” and “Happy birthday”.