Igor Nikolayev

Biography Nikolayev was born in Kholmsk, Sakhalin Oblast, into the family of the Sakhalin marinist poet Yury Nikolayev. He graduated from the pop branch (class of the composer Igor Yakushenko) of the Moscow Institute of Culture. In the early 1980s, he worked in Alla Pugacheva's ensemble "Recital" as a keyboardist and arranger. In 1983, Pugacheva and Nikolayev recorded the songs "Iceberg" and "Tell, Birds!", which established him as a celebrated composer. He has a daughter, Yulia Igorevna Nikolaeva, from his first marriage. His second marriage was to the singer Natasha Koroleva. He has a further daughter, Veronika Igorevna Nikolaeva, from his second marriage to the singer Yulia Proskuryakova, who in 2021 attracted public attention after insulting a neighbour who had occupied her parking space. "Ozero nadezhdy" (, Hope Lake) by Alla Pugacheva "Ne obijay menya" by Alla Pugacheva "Paromshik" by Alla Pugacheva "Rasskazhite, ptitsy" by Alla Pugacheva "Parahody" by Valery Leontiev "Tri minuty" (, Three Minutes) by Valery Leontiev by Igor Sklyar "Strannik Moy" by Irina Allegrova "Zheltye Tyulpani" by Natasha Koroleva "Malenkaya strana" (, Little Country) by Natasha Koroleva "Kievskiy mal'chishka" (, Kiev Boy) by Natasha Koroleva "Ya Ne Rafael" (, I Am Not Raphael) by Philipp Kirkorov "Nemnogo zhal" by Philipp Kirkorov "Vip'em Za Lyubov" (, Let's Drink to Love) "Dve Zvezdy" (, Two Stars) by Alla Pugacheva and Vladimir Kuzmin "Staraya Melnitsa" "Taxi, Taxi" "Den Rojdeniya" (, Birthday) "Master and Margarita" "Volshebnoye steklo moyey dushi" (, The Magic Glass of My Soul) by Diana Gurtskaya "Piano in the Night" "Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors" "You Do Not Know How Beautiful You Are"

Discography 1986 — Счастья в личной жизни (Alla Pugacheva) (Good Luck in the Personal Life!) 1987 — Мельница (Mill) 1989 — Королевство кривых зеркал (Kingdom Of Crooked Mirrors) 1989 — Фантастика (Fantasy) 1989 — Kingdom of Carnival Mirrors, Sweden 1989 — Aqarius 1999 (Lisa Nilsson), Sweden 1989 — Julen Är Här (Tommy Körberg), Sweden 1990 — Жёлтые тюльпаны Natalya Koroleva (Yellow Tulips) 1991 — Мисс разлука (Ms. Separation) 1992 — Дельфин и русалка (The Dolphin and the Mermaid) 1992 — Странник мой Irina Allegrova (My Stranger) 1994 — Малиновое вино (Raspberry Wine) 1994 — Поклонник Natalya Koroleva ("Admirer") 1995 — Конфетти Natalya Koroleva ("Confetti") 1995 — Выпьем за любовь (Let's Toast to Love) 1997 — Пятнадцать лет. Лучшие песни (15 Years. The Best Songs) 1997 — Бриллианты слёз Natalya Koroleva (Diamonds Of Tears) 1998 — Игорь Николаев-98 (Igor Nikolaev-98) 2000 — Разбитая чашка любви (The Broken Cup Of Love) 2001 — Самая родная (The Dearest) 2001 — Дочка …и я (feat. Yulia Nikolaeva) (The Daughter ...And I) 2002 — Прости и отпусти (Forgive And Let Go) 2004 — ЗДРАВСТВУЙ (HELLO) 2004 — Миллион красивых женщин (compilation) (Million Of Beautiful Women) 2006 — Как ты прекрасна ( How Beautiful You are) 2006 — Просто всё прошло (Everything has ended) 2006 — Лучшие песни. Новая коллекция (Best songs. New collection) 2010 — Игорь Николаев и Юлия Проскурякова: Новые песни (Igor Nikolaev and Yulia Proskuryakova: New Songs) 2010 — Англоязычные песни Игоря Николаева (Igor Nikolaev's English-language songs) 2014 — Линия жизни (Lifeline)