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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Bedros Kirkorov
Person · male · Kingdom of Bulgaria · Varna · born 1932 · died 2025
Bulgarian singer
Also known as Bedros Filippovich Kirkorov · Bedros Kirkorow · Бедрос Филиппович Киркоров · ベドロス・キルコロフ
Timeline
2 events◦ Birth 1† Death 1
1930s
2020s
Biography
English biography53 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1376576168
Biography
Bedros Filippovich Kirkorov (2 June 1932 – 18 March 2025) was a Bulgarian and Russian singer and bandleader.
Born in Varna to an Armenian family, he was awarded the title People's Artist of Russia and was the father of Philipp Kirkorov, also a singer. Kirkorov died in Moscow at the age of 92.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 18 | 78.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 6 | 97.7th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 18 | 78.1th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 6 | 97.7th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class without swords | won | |
| — | Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class without swords | won | |
| — | Merited Artist of Russia | won | |
| — | Merited Artist of Russia | won | |
| — | People's Artist of the Russian Federation | won | |
| — | People's Artist of the Russian Federation | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bedros_Kirkorov_cropped.jpegaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0b6617d2-f28a-48e1-9477-90847f58f9c2discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0b6617d2-f28a-48e1-9477-90847f58f9c2core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4221511genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4221511seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedros_Kirkorovbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedros_Kirkorov
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Bulgarian musicians and singers
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Пресс-служба Президента России · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q4221511 · MusicBrainz: 0b6617d2-f28a-48e1-9477-90847f58f9c2
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