Alexander Igoryevich Rybak (, tr.
Aleksandr Igorevich Rybak) or in Belarusian
Alyaxandr Igaravich Rybak (, tr.
Alyaksandr Iharavich Rybak; born 13 May 1986 in Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Belarusian-Norwegian singer-composer, violinist, pianist, writer, actor and presenter/host. Representing Norway in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, Russia, Rybak won the contest with 387 points - the highest tally any country has achieved in the history of Eurovision - with "Fairytale", a song he wrote and composed. His debut album,
Fairytales, charted in the top 20 in nine European countries, including a No. 1 position in Norway and Russia.