| birth_date = September{{birth year and age|1979}}
| birth_place = [[Baranavichy]], [[Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic|Byelorussian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]<ref name="budzma">{{cite web|url=https://budzma.by/news/top-25-zhanchyn-muzyki-belarusi.html|title=25 жанчын, без якіх не было б беларускай музыкі (+ аўдыё)|language=be|date=2 May 2013|access-date=1 January 2021|website=budzma.by|first=Sergey|last=Budkin}}</ref>
'''Gunesh Alisafayevna Abasova''' ({{lang-az|Günəş Əlisaf qızı Abbasova}};{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} {{lang-be|Гюнэш Алісафаеўна Абасава}}, ''HjunešGüneš AlisafajeŭnaAlisafaěwna Abasava'';<ref name="tavlay">{{cite web|url=http://tavlay-library.by/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=756|title=Гюнэш Алісафаеўна Абасава|language=be|access-date=4 January 2021|website=tavnay-library.by}}</ref> born 1979), often known simply as '''Gunesh''', is a [[Azerbaijanis in Belarus|Belarusian-Azerbaijani]] singer-songwriter. She represented {{Tsccnty|Belarus}} in the [[Turkvision Song Contest 2013]] with the song "{{lang|tr|Son Hatıralar|italics=no}}".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix-world.com/2020/10/10/gunesh-named-chair-of-jury-for-turkvision-2020/|title=Gunesh Named Chair of Jury For Turkvision 2020|date=10 October 2020|access-date=1 January 2021|work=Eurovoix World|first=Anthony|last=Granger}}</ref>
== Early life ==
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She was awarded the second prize for young pop song performers at the 2005 edition of the [[Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://festival.vitebsk.by/ru/2005/|title=XXIII Международный фестиваль искусств «Славянский базар в Витебске» 2005|language=ru|access-date=4 January 2021|website=vitebsk.by|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612220922/http://festival.vitebsk.by/ru/2005/|archive-date=12 June 2014}}</ref> She later performed at the 2006 edition to celebrate the festival's 15th anniversary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://festival.vitebsk.by/ru/2006/|title=XXIII Международный фестиваль искусств «Славянский базар в Витебске» 2006|language=ru|access-date=4 January 2021|website=vitebsk.by|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612220927/http://festival.vitebsk.by/ru/2006/|archive-date=12 June 2014}}</ref>
In 2011, she was awarded the Medal of Francysk Skaryna by [[President of Belarus]] [[Alexander Lukashenko]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kp.byru/daily/25730/2720432/|title=Гюнешь и Хлестова Лукашенко наградил медалью Франциска Скорины|language=ru|trans-title=Gunesh and Khlestov Lukashenko awarded the medal of Francysk Skaryna|date=3 August 2011|access-date=4 January 2021|work=[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]]|first=Sergey|last=Andrianov}}{{Dead link|date=April 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Abasova and her song "{{lang|tr|Son Hatıralar|italics=no}}" were revealed as the {{Tsccnty|Belarus}}ianBelarusian entry for the [[Turkvision Song Contest 2013]] in November 2013. The song was written and composed by Abasova herself.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2013/11/03/belarus-gunesh-to-turkvizyon/|title=Belarus: Gunesh To Türkvizyon|date=3 November 2013|access-date=4 January 2021|work=Eurovoix|first=Anthony|last=Granger}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2013/11/11/belarus-gunesh-to-sing-sont-hatiralar/|title=Belarus: Gunesh To Sing "Son hatıralar..."|date=11 November 2013|access-date=4 January 2021|work=Eurovoix|first=Anthony|last=Granger}}</ref> Belarus qualified from the semi-final held on 19 December 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2013/12/19/turkvizyon-semi-final-results/|title=Turkvizyon: Semi Final Results|date=19 December 2013|access-date=4 January 2021|work=Eurovoix|first=Anthony|last=Granger}}</ref> and placed second in the final on 21 December 2013 with 205 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.turkvision.info/Turkvision-2013-Final-Results,-Points-and-Ranking-42-h.htm|title=Turkvision 2013 Final Results, Points and Ranking|date=21 December 2013|access-date=4 January 2021|website=turkvision.info|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131224194317/http://www.turkvision.info/Turkvision-2013-Final-Results,-Points-and-Ranking-42-h.htm|archive-date=24 December 2013}}</ref>
