Elvin Grey (Bashkir: Элвин Грей) is the stage name of Radik Yulyakshin (Bashkir: Радик Юлъяҡшин, Russian: Радик Юльякшин), a Russian pop singer and producer of Bashkir descent.
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Birth name | Radik Yulyakshin |
Born | (1989-05-17) 17 May 1989 (age 33) Ufa, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Genres | Pop, Bashkir music, Tatar music |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instruments | vocals |
Years active | 2006–present |
Radik Yulyakshin was born in Ufa into an ethnic Bashkir construction worker family. He graduated from the Moscow State Pedagogical University.
In 2006, he released his first album. Every year between 2006 and 2012, Yulyakshin was named Singer of the Year in Bashkortostan.[1] In 2011, he relocated to Moscow. In 2016, Yulyakshin was named Person of Culture of the Year in Tatarstan.[2]
In 2017, he received the title Merited Artist of Bashkortostan.