Rauf Kingsley
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Rauf Kingsley | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 24 February 1997 Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Origin | Azerbaijani |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 2016-present |
| Labels | Synaps Production |
| Website | raufkingsley |
Rauf Kingsley (born 24 February 1997), is a Azerbaijani pop musician[1] and songwriter[2]. Formerly based in New York, Rauf collaborated with Azerbaijani rapper Paster after arriving in Baku, as well as Turkish rapper Tepki.[3][4]
Life[edit]
Early years[edit]
He was born on February 24, 1997 in Baku. He entered Qafqaz University in 2015, but then moved to New York in 2016 to continue his education there. The artist began the first steps of his music career in New York. Wanting to pursue a professional music career in 2018, Kingsley began taking vocal lessons at the Voice Academy in New York and recording in a studio in Brooklyn.[5]
Popularization[edit]
In 2018, the first official single "Live in the Moment" was released. The debut single of the artist, who achieved continuous success with his first single, Azerbaijan has risen to the first place in the iTunes rankings.
Then, with the track "6 AM"[6], which was released in March 2022, he achieved great success in Azerbaijan on the platforms of Apple Music, Spotify and iTunes.[7][8] The track, which rose to 3rd and then 2nd place in the listings of Apple Music, breaks the record of daily listening on Spotify in Azerbaijan. It also rose to 1st in the "Apple Music Top 100: Azerbaijan" list in the hip-hop category.[9]
His rapid popularity also led him to be a guest on the "Fatehin Divanı" program on Azerbaijani Public Television.[10][11]
References[edit]
- ↑ "My goal is to bring modern pop music to the Azerbaijani stage". shownews.az (in Azerbaijani).CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Rauf Kingsley və Pasterin mahnısı "ən çox dinlənilən"lərdə". olay.az (in Azerbaijani).CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Well-known Turkish rapper Tepki came to Baku for Rauf". showxeber.az (in Azerbaijani).CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Well-known Turkish rapper Tepki came to Baku for Rauf". shownews.az (in Azerbaijani).CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Rauf Kingsley".
- ↑ "Rauf Kingsley and Paster's song is in the "most listened to"". oxu.az (in Azerbaijani).CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Azeri şarkıcı Rauf Kingsley, iTunes'da birinci oldu". www.hendekwebhaber.com (in Turkish).CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "The first duet of Rauf Kingsley and Paster RISE ON THE FIRST STAGE on iTunes in one day". shownews.az (in Azerbaijani).CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Rauf Kingsley and Paster's song is one of the most listened to". azerforum.com (in Azerbaijani).CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "20 minlik geyimlə "Fatehin divanı"na çıxdı". news.milli.az (in Azerbaijani).CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Azərbaycanlı gənc ifaçı görünüşü üçün 20 mindən çox pul xərclədi: Rauf Kingsleyin lüks "look"u". nocomment.az (in Azerbaijani).CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
External links[edit]
- Rauf Kingsley on Instagram
- Rauf Kingsley on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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