What is Alsou?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Alsou | image = Alsou.jpg | image_size = | caption = Alsou (2009) | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Alsou Ralifovna Safina | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|6|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Bugulma]], [[Tatarstan]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]] | death_date = | origin = [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]; [[London]], [[England]] | genre = [[pop music|Pop]], [[R'n'B]], [[Synthpop]] | occupation = [[Singer]], [[Songwriter]], [[Pianist]], [[Actress]] | instrument = [[vocals]], [[piano]], [[keyboards]] | years_active = 1998–present | label = [[Universal Music]] | associated_acts = }} '''Alsou Ralifovna Abramova''' ({{lang-ru|Алсу́ Рали́фовна Абра́мова}}; {{lang-tt|Алсу Рәлиф кызы Абрамова}}; ''née'' '''Safina''', born June 27, 1983) is a [[Bugulma]]n singer. She is known simply as '''Alsou''' ({{lang|ru|Алсу́}}). She is a [[Tatars|Tartar]] and a [[Muslim]], born in Bugulma (Republic of Tatarstan).<ref name=RA>{{cite web |url=http://music.russiansabroad.com/detail.aspx?id=pop&detail=alsou |title=Alsou Safina Biographia |author=<!--Staff writer(s)--> |publisher=RUSSIANSAbroad.com |access-date=31 December 2014 |archive-date=15 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715214957/http://music.russiansabroad.com/detail.aspx?id=pop&detail=alsou |url-status=dead }}</ref> Alsou only speaks a few common phrases in her own language.<ref name=RA/> At the age of 15 she gained recognition with her first recording, ''Alsou''.<ref name=UNN>{{cite web |url=http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38942#.VKP4yivF-So |title=Russian singer Alsou Abramova joins roster of UNESCO Artists for Peace |author=<!--Staff writer(s)--> |publisher=UN News Centre |access-date=31 December 2014}}</ref> She competed in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2000]] finishing in second place.<ref name=Beumers235>Birgit Beumers, ''Pop Culture Russia!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle''