Murad Arif

Murad Arif oghlu Shukur (Azerbaijani: Murad Arif oğlu Şükür) (born 27 September 1981) is an Azerbaijani singer, composer, record producer, showman, and journalist. The Azerbaijani press has described him as "Hitmaker".^[1][2][3] He is the author and presenter of YouTube project "Popumuz Var!".^[4] He was chosen as a coach in the international project "The Voice".^[5][6][7]

Murad Arif
Background information
Birth name	Murad Shukur
Born	(1981-09-27) 27 September 1981 (age 43) Sumgait, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Genres	Pop Pop folk Orient pop Dance-pop Hip hop Jazz
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, producer, showman
Years active	2002–present

Biography

Murad Arif was born on 27 September 1981 in Sumgait. His father is originally from Fuzuli, and his mother is originally from Shusha. He has two sisters. He is the brother of TV presenter Konul Arifgizi. Murad received his secondary education in Sumgait. He is a graduate of the International Economic Relations faculty. He has two children: his son was born in 2014 and his daughter was born in 2015.^[8]

Television career

In 2002, Murad worked for Radio Space 104 FM. Later, he worked in Lider Jazz FM, Public radio & Day.AZ radio as DJ. His first television show was broadcast on ITV, in 2006 with Husniya Maharramova, named "Qaraj". In 2007, Murad won famous Azerbaijani competition "Mashin show". He was the presenter of "Yeni Sahar", "Solo" in Lider TV and "Gun kechir" in ATV. In 2010 he was commentator of the opening ceremony of World Football Championship. He was commentator of the international music competition "5 Звезд". In 2014, he was one of the judges of "Böyük səhnə", and he was one of the supporters of Dilara Kazimova, who won the 2014 edition of Boyuk Sehne. He is also the host of one of its kind YouTube show "Popumuz Var!". Arif commentated for Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006, 2019, 2021, and 2022.^[9]

Music career

For a long time, Murad was the record producer of Ayaz Gasimov, Khayyam Nisanov, Yashar Jalilov and Elton Huseynaliyev. He presented "Almalarinla" in 2008 with Ayaz Gasimov. In 2009, his song "Sevdiyini söylə" won the competition "Bakı Gecələri" which was organised by Ministry of Culture. The song was performed by Intizar and Natavan Habibi. In 2011, singer Natavan Habibi, sung the song "Təyyarələr" which was composed and written by Murad Arif in the «Turkcevizyon Muzik Festivali 2011» the festival of the Turkish speaking countries, competition which was held in Denizli, Turkey.^[10]

In 2018 Murad performed a solo concert in the Centre of Heydar Aliyev. In 2019, he held another concert in the same location. In 2019, 5 September, Murad Arif had concert "Tufan" in the biggest club of the country "Electra Hall".^[11] In 2020, Murad is being selected as the coach of the international project "The Voice Kids".

Discography

Songs

Date	Singer	Song
2008	Ayaz Gasimov	Almalarınla
2008	Khayyam Nisanov	İstanbul
2008	Elnara Khalilova	Ay qız oyan
2009	Natavan Habibi & Intizar	Sevdiyini söylə
2009	Aygun Kazimova	Şou No. 1
2009	Khayyam Nisanov	İstidir
2009	Ayaz Gasimov	Şokolad
2009	Aygun Rahimova	Məni dəli kimi sevən adam
2009	Faig Aghayev	Bal kimi
2010	Tunzala Aghayeva & Khayyam Nisanov	Ürəyimsən
2010	Khayyam Nisanov	Boom
2010	Natavan Habibi	Təyyarələr
2011	Natavan Habibi	Stop
2011	Zamig Huseynov	O mənə inanır
2011	Nadir Gafarzade	Rakkada-çıkkada
2012	Natavan Habibi	Damlalar
2012	Rashad Ilyasov	Adrenalin
2012	Roza Zargarli	Atəş
2012	Khayyam Nisanov	Bakı-Moskva
2012	Nil Karaibrahimgil	Ay kız uyan
2012	Faig Aghayev	Riyaziyyat
2012	Ziynet Sali	Istanbul
2013	Natavan Habibi	Sən məni başa düşmürsən niyə
2013	Fagan Safarov	Xəstə
2013	Ayaz Gasimov	Mən səni öldürdüm
2014	Zamig Huseynov	Yeganə
2014	Nura Suri	Brilliantlar
2014	Ilhama Gasimova	Seni seviyorum
2014	Roya	Ona nə varki
2014	Murad Arif	Həyat yoldaşımsan
2014	Zulfiyya Khanbabayeva & Abbas Baghirov	Xoşbəxt olun
2015	Roya & Khayyam Nisanov	Sənə ehtiyacım var
2015	Roza Zargarli	Şirin çay
2016	Fuad Dadashov	Şəkillər
2016	Enbe Orkestrasi, Ziynet Sali, Khayyam Nisanov	İstanbul
2016	Abbas Baghirov	Safiyə
2016	Murad Arif	Sevgililər
2016	Murad Arif	Dondurma
2016	Manana & Murad Arif	Yaşasın Sevənlər
2017	Aygun Mammadli	İkimiz
2017	Natavan Habibi	Sənə
2017	Murad Arif	Saçların
2017	Murad Arif	Partlat!
2018	Murad Arif & Dilara Kazimova	Yalnız səni gözlədim
2018	Murad Arif	Qızım
2018	Murad Arif & Ramil Nabran	Oppalara
2019	Murad Arif & Gunel Zeynalova	Tufan
2020	Murad Arif	Oğlum

Singles

• "Həyat yoldaşımsan" (2014)
• "İnşallah" (2014)
• "Tavla" (2016)
• "Sevgililər" (2016)
• "Dondurma" (2016)
• "Sevdiyini söylə" (2016)
• "Ürəyimsən" (2016)
• "Yaşasın Sevənlər" (2016)
• "Fərqliyəm" (2016)
• "Saçların" (2017)
• "Bu şəhər ikimizə dar" (2017)
• "Partlat!" (2017)"
• "Yalnız səni gözlədim" (2018)
• "Qızım" (2018)
• "Oppalara" (2018)
• "Tufan" (2019)
• "Mənə sən lazımsan" (2019)
• "Bossa Nova" (2019)
• "Oğlum" (2020)
• "Hoqqito-Murkito" (2024)

Albums

• Solo (2014)
• Hitmaker (2018)
• Milli (2022)
• Superstar (2024)