Alsu

Cast

Born

June 27, 1983 · Bugulma, Tatar ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Tatarstan, Russia]

Birth name

Alsu Ralifovna Safina

She was born in a family of a Bashkir father and a Tatar mother. Her father, Ralif Rafilovich Safin is the owner of a football team and was named the 100th richest Russian by Forbes Magazine in 2004. Alsou's mother, Razia Iskhakovna, is an architect. Alsou has an younger brother Renard, an older brother Marat, and an older half-brother Ruslan. At 5 years old she asked her parents for a piano. She was then allowed to attend a music school. After some time of playing the piano she picked singing.