Azerin, born Anaxanım Etibar qızı Tağıyeva on May 9, 1971 in Azerbaijan, is a singer and actor. At the age of five, Azerin became the soloist of the Azerbaijan State Television and Radio. In 1990, she won an award at the Baki payizi-90 (Baku Autumn-90) music contest. Her career continued to flourish with a win in The Voice of Asia music contest in Kazakhstan in 2001. Azerin has performed extensively internationally, including in the United States, South Korea, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Georgia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Israel, Lithuania, Latvia, China, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Russia, and Turkey. She released several albums, including Azerin 1 (2001), Çırpınırdın Karadeniz (2003), Azerin 2 (2006), and Yüreklerde Biriz (2015). In 2006, she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan Republic, and in 2015, she was designated People's Artist of the Azerbaijan Republic.