Ulugbek Rahmatullayev

Ulugbek Rahmatullayev was born on 29 January 1982 in Tashkent. In 1999 he entered the history faculty of the Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies. He has worked professionally on the pop stage since 1999.

While a student he met the composer Farrukh Badalbayev, who became his mentor. He recorded his first song, “Bu alam”, in 2000 at the Tarona Records studio; the first piece Badalbayev wrote for him was “Yorim”. In 2006 he signed a contract with the Panterra studio, and his first album, “Sevma”, came out the same year.

On 6–7 May 2007, with his friend the singer Sardor Rahimxon, he gave the concert programme “Yaqinlarimga” at the Friendship of Nations Palace of Arts (now Istiqlol); it was his first concert. That year he received the Nihol prize and won the “Best Singer of the Year” and “Best Video of the Year” categories of the M&TVA-2007 awards.

His second album, “Sen ketding”, came out in 2008 and the third, “Kapalak”, in 2010. On 25 September 2010 he gave his first solo concert, also called “Kapalak”. His repertoire includes “Bemor”, “Omadim kelmadi”, “Layloyimsan”, “Kapalak”, “Qirmizi olma”, “Siz yig‘lamang” and “Ona”; the video of “Ona” had passed 11 million views on YouTube by July 2023.

From 2012 to 2024 the singer performed at the Friendship of Nations Palace, usually in November, in series of several concerts. In 2014 he won the E‘tirof award in the “Best Singer of the Year” category, and in 2016 he was given the title Honoured Artist of Uzbekistan. In 2021–2023 he kept releasing new songs.