Билан

a year old, his family consisting of four people, moved

to the city of Naberezhnye Chelny Republic of Tatarstan, to the grandmother. It was at this time noticed all the outstanding musical abilities of the boy. The neighbors in the stairwell he organized these concerts.

moved again, but this time in Kabardino-Balkaria, where her and

sister went to school. There he took part in all the parties and recitals, read poems and sang songs.A few months later in came the class teacher of the local music school, wanting to listen to students. Came to the delight of Dima performance "In a field the birch stood", she said that the boy must go to study music. However, parents wanted him to have a worldly and sought after profession, so his musical education began not at once. When he was in fifth grade, he was immediately accepted into music school, but needed the parents ' permission. Then my sister helped, too determined to keep up with him, and parents had to accept. So Dima began to study accordion and solo in the children's choir. Then there were children competitions, festivals, concerts of regional importance.

Moscow to participate in the festival "Chunga-Changa" dedicated to children's

creativity and 30 years of joint work of Yuri Entin and David Tukhmanov. First visit to the capital Dima remembers with horror: "all new, unknown, no one met, cold, snow and rain, a day of wandering in search of the address of the festival".
The ten-day program
was full of excitement,
meeting and joyful
experiences.

after which he had to return home. But a month

later, on the eve of 1999, unexpectedly comes an invitation from a girl Alla, familiarity with which occurred at the festival, to celebrate the New year in the capital. The next trip to Moscow took place after school and music school when Bilan went to enroll in College. College, class of vocals. Two years the aspiring singer was staying at Alla, but in the second year, left home to live in the dormitory. At night the artist had to work in the store "United Colors Of Benetton", morning - study, parallel implementation of creative desires.

with his girlfriend and classmate Sasha Savelieva acquainted with producer

Yuri Aizenshpis. Recorded at the time the song "Night hooligan" Bilan output to a new stage of his creative career. Work has become increasingly intense: for final exams in gnesinka behind the singer was already three music videos: "Boom," "Night hooligan" and "You, only you". In the last exam, the singer came directly from the set of their fourth video "I was wrong, I got". In 2003 Dima finishes the Gnesin school of music. In the summer of 2004 at the ceremony he received a diploma from the hands of the people's artist of Russia Iosif Kobzon, and having decided not to stop there, comes in GITIS directly to the second year of
the faculty of acting.

of the debut album of the singer "I'm a night

hooligan". The whole program was tested "live" with participation of groups "the Chamber Suite". On the disk were provided to the composition in the framework of popular music with elements of R&B and 2Step, as well as well-known and beloved songs listeners

The selected song "Never let you go" ("Never let you

go") has justified all hopes and became a worldwide hit. The singer takes on the competition honourable second place, conceding only Finland, gleaning 44 points to win.

contest together with Russian figure skater Yevgeny Plushenko and Hungarian

violinist Edwin Marton. According to voting results scored 272 points and took first place, becoming the first Russian singer who has won the competition and received the top special award — "Crystal microphone".