Tahmina Niyazova

Who is Tahmina Niyazova?

Tahmina Niyazova is a Tajiki singer. In 2008, she took first place in the international Russian-language Five Stars Intervision music contest.

In 2003, at the age of 14 years, Tahmina Niyazova became the youngest winner of a competition in Tajikistan entitled ‘Stars of the New Century’. She participated in several local festivals, winning top prizes over the next several years, including ‘Best Song’ and ‘Song of the Year’ during 2007. She garnered 216 points during the ‘Five Stars’ competition, beating by one point her nearest competitor to win the event, receiving also an award for being the youngest participant. Tahmina Niyazova represented Tajikistan in 2009 at the Festival of Youth in the Commonwealth of Independent States in Baku, Azerbaijan.

In 2012 Tahmina represented her homecountry Tajikistan at the International Music Festival "Suncane Skale" in Montenegro where she finished 5th with her song "Boom Boom Boom". The music video for her single "Boom Boom Boom" was also shoot in Montenegro and was directed by Macedonian video Producer Dario Jankovic.

Tahmina comes from a noted musical family in Tajikistan, the most famous member of which was her grandfather, Boymuhammad Niyozov, the late Tajik classical musician.