Munisa Rizayeva

Munisa Rizayeva was born in Tashkent on 21 October 1986. She was drawn to music and dance from childhood, and her mother made her a pupil of the well-known dancer Malika Ahmedova, People's Artist of Uzbekistan. While still at school she moved with her family to London.

In London she studied music at Thames Valley University and then hotel business and tourism at another English university. She returned to Uzbekistan in 2010 and began performing on stage in 2011.

In 2004 she was among the winners of the “Umid yulduzlari” (Stars of Hope) contest in Tashkent with the song “Nega-nega”. Wide recognition came with “Ayrilma yor” in 2012; she later performed songs such as “Hollywood”, “Sekin-asta”, “Ey samo” and “Ko'zlarim yana”, and recorded duets with Ummon, Botir Qodirov and Konsta.

Rizayeva is a singer of the state institution Uzbekconcert. By a presidential decree of 28 May 2026 she was given the honorary title Honoured Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan.