Yagub Mammadov (singer)

Yagub Mammadov was born on 5 May 1930 in Aghjabadi District. In 1956 he came to Baku for the Republican Youth Festival and became a laureate of the festival. Then he was invited to the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall.^[3] Mammadov had been working at the Philharmonic since 1958 and simultaneously studying in the class of Seyid Shushinski at the Asaf Zeynalli Music College. Mammadov was a soloist at the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall for many years and performed at concerts. His mugham performances, recorded on gramophone shafts, have spread throughout the Near and Middle East.^[4]

Mammadov died on 5 June 2002 in Baku.^[4]

• People's Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR – 29 October 1990^{[citation needed]}
• Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR – 1 December 1982^{[citation needed]}
• Shohrat Order – 3 December 2001^[5]