Background
Aysel was born in the Azerbaijani capital Baku, the youngest of the three daughters of a journalist and university professor She is a descendant of the nineteenth-century Azerbaijani author and journalist Hasan bey Zardabi.
Aysel was born in the Azerbaijani capital Baku, the youngest of the three daughters of a journalist and university professor She is a descendant of the nineteenth-century Azerbaijani author and journalist Hasan bey Zardabi.
Aysel graduated from the Intellect Lyceum in Baku and attended Texas High School (Texarkana, Texas) in 2005–2006.
Her maternal grandmother was half-Russian, half-Ukrainian. Aysel started to sing at the age of four and the piano became her passion since childhood. Within days of her arrival in the United States, she signed up for the local choir and began training for young vocalists competitions.
In 2005, she participated in Season 4 of the national song contest Yeni Ulduz ("New Star").
As of January 2009, Teymurzadeh was majoring in International Relations at the Azerbaijan University of Languages. In January 2009, Teymurzadeh was selected internally by İtelevision to represent Azerbaijan in the Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia along with Iranian-Swedish singer Arash with the song "Always".
Aysel became the first female singer to represent the country at the Song Contest and only the second act ever to do southern On May 16, 2009, Aysel Teymurzadeh and Arash finished third with 207 points, among the 25 performers that qualified for the grand final.
On May 28, Teymurzadeh announced going on a European tour with Arash, involving concerts in countries such as Sweden, Greece and Russia.
Upon return she announced that together with Arash and his team she is working on an album, which will be released by Sony BMG and Warner Music. The date of release is unknown. She starred in a high profile television commercial for Danone yogurts, which was broadcast on Azerbaijani and Georgian television channels.
In 2012, Aysel Teymurzadeh was among five musicians from Azerbaijan chosen as the jury in the Danish national selection of the 2012 contestant.