| Diana Hajiyeva | |
| Native Name: | Diana Hacıyeva |
| Native Name Lang: | az |
| Birth Date: | 13 June 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Mariupol, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) |
| Origin: | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Years Active: | 2006–present |
| Website: | https://www.dihaj.com |
Diana Hajiyeva (Azerbaijani: Diana Hacıyeva,, Russian: Диана Гаджиева; born 13 June 1989) is an Azerbaijani singer and songwriter. She is a member and the lead vocalist of the group Dihaj, which represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Skeletons" finishing in 14th place.[1]
Hajiyeva was born in Mariupol, Ukraine while the country was a part of the Soviet Union.[2] Since her childhood she was engaged in music, took piano lessons and was interested in jazz. She was a member of the musical collective "Bery Bach".[3]
She graduated from Baku Academy of Music. Here she received the education of a choral conductor. During the years of studying at the academy, she was engaged in jazz at a professional level. Currently she works at the Baku Jazz Center.
She lived in London, England, where she graduated from The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance.
Later she launched her personal trio group called Dihaj — from the first letters of her first and last name.
She married Ali Nasirov, a member of Dihaj, in 2009. Together, they have a daughter named Savi.[4]
She previously attempted to represent Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.[5] [6]
In 2017, she performed the song "Skeletons". She finished in 14th place out of the 26 countries in the final, with a total of 120 points.
In April 2022, Hajiyeva and pianist Afgan Rasul represented Azerbaijan in the Jazzahead 2022 festival in Germany.[7]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE Heat [8] | ||||||||||||||
| "I Break Again"[9] | 2014 | — | rowspan="5" | |||||||||||
| "Gecələr keçir"[10] | 2015 | — | ||||||||||||
| "Complain"[11] | 2016 | — | ||||||||||||
| "Eşqini aşagı sal" | — | |||||||||||||
| "Skeletons" | 2017 | 20 | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||