Dado is an Uzbekistani pop music duo consisting of brothers Alisher Madumarov and Rustam Madumarov, formed in Tashkent in 1999.[1] The band was created by two former members of the band Anor. The duo became one of the most commercially successful pop acts of the 2000s in Uzbekistan. Being polyglots, they wrote and performed songs in Uzbek, English, Russian, Turkish, German, Tajik, French, Spanish, Italian and other languages.
Dado | |
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| Origin | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| Genres | Electronic dance Pop rock Hip-hop Pop Euro-House |
| Years active | 1999—2008; 2012 |
| Labels | PanTerra Studio Nikitin WWW Records GC Records |
| Past members | Alisher Madumarov Rustam Madumarov Sherzod Madumarov |
| Website | www.dadomusic.com |
Dado's debut album Y? was released in 2000. Their second album Leto was released in 2004. Dado achieved fame in Uzbekistan and other CIS countries, producing such hits as Yuragim ("My heart"), Benom ("Nameless"), Лето (Leto, "Summer") and "Chat-Pat" ("Discotheque"). Several of Dado's music videos have been broadcast by MTV Russia.
The duo disbanded in 2008. Despite this, they released the single "Космонавты" ("Kosmonavty") along with remixes of their old songs in 2012. One of the band members, Rustam Madumarov, dated Gulnara Karimova, the elder daughter of late Uzbek President Islam Karimov.[2] In 2014 he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Uzbek court on charges of tax evasion and stealing assets worth millions of dollars.[3] The Panama Papers revealed that Madumarov owned a large number of companies overseas, which were believed to belong to Karimova.[4]
Discography
editFilmography
edit| Film | ||||
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
| 2000 | Tohir va Zuhra yangi talqin (Tohir and Zuhra: A New Interpretation) | Themselves | Musical | |
References
edit- ^ Moldalieva, Kaiyrgul (23 January 2015). "Гульнара Каримова с заплывшими от богатства глазами, чья жизнь богата на песни и скандалы" [Gulnara Karimova's life, who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth, is rich in songs and scandals]. Gezitter (in Russian). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "Gulnoraning sheriklari: savol va javoblar" [Gulnora's partners: Questions and answers] (in Uzbek). BBC Uzbek. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ Mirovalev, Mansur (12 May 2016). "Uzbekistan: President's daughter and the Panama Papers". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ Luke Heighton; Edward Malnick (2 December 2017). "Fears that 'dirty money' paid for Uzbek dictator's daughter's £17m Mayfair and Belgravia homes". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
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