Nasiba Abdullaeva, born in Samarkand, is a well known Uzbek ethno-pop Artist and was chosen by the Uzbek people as the "People's Artist of Uzbekistan". She started her singing career at a secondary school singing in a choir hobby group. She also attended music school and graduated from the department of accordion. Being a pupil, Nasiba participated in different national contests and always won first places. Nasiba, yet has a higher education - she graduated from the Institute (college) of Culture in Tashkent and was enrolled in the Samarkand Philharmonic Society as a solo singer in 1980. After that she started touring not only Uzbekistan, but also all over Central Asia, with appearances on TV and radio and releases of her audio albums, which were very popular with the Central Asian people.