Aliya [full name - Aliya Salakhova] - Pop, r&b singer and songwriter.
She was born in Ashkhabad but since her childhood she had to travel a lot.
Aliya's father worked in UNESCO and the family followed him wherever he went on business.

Aliya took interest in music at the age of 3, when she listened to her favorite jazz, soul,
rhythm-and-blues tracks and then sang them for hours. At the age of 6 she entered the music school and
at the age of 10 began to write rhymes and prose which had certain readership. Musical work started
when Aliya was 14 years old. Being a big dreamer, she composed her first song at a History class.

Aliya's music career started in 2005 in Minsk when she recorded the single "Remember Me".
That was Aliya's first professional record during which she mastered the studio work.
The first single "Remember me" hit all local radio stations and took the leading
positions in radio charts. The remix and 3D-video were released for the single "Remember me" as well.
The other singles released: "Here comes the time" (2006), "Believe me" (2007),
"What I like" (2009) in cooperation with Balboa, the rapper from New York,
"Forever and ever" (2011), "Hey" (2013).

Today Aliyamusic label is involved in active music production.