Nargiz (Nargiza) Pulatovna Zakirova (Russian: Наргиз Пулатовна Закирова, Uzbek: Nargiz Po'latovna Zokirova, born 6 October 1970) is an Russian-Uzbek singer. She won the Golden Gramophone Award in three consecutive years 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Nargiz was born on October 6, 1970 in Tashkent, into a well-known musical family in Uzbekistan. Mother - Louisa Karimovna Zakirova, popular in the 1960s and 70s, was a pop singer who performed, in particular, in a duet with her brother Botir Zokirov. Father Nargiz - Pulat Sionovich Mordukhaev, a Bukharian Jew, was a drummer in the ensemble, headed by Botir Zakirov. Severe illness of her father prevented Nargiz from participating in the first casting of the television program The Voice in 2012. Pulat Mordukhaev died in April 2013.
At the age of four, Nargiz first appeared on stage, at the age of 15, with the song "Remember Me" to the music of and the words of Ilya Reznik, originally recorded by her along with several other songs for the film Bride from Vuadil directed by Ali Hamroyev, appeared at the 1st All-Union TV contest of young performers of the Soviet pop song "Jurmala-86", where she won the audience award. She studied at the variety department in the republican circus school, and successfully performed with her band.