Alibaba Balaahmed oğlu Mammadov (Azerbaijani: Əlibaba Balaəhməd oğlu Məmmədov; 5 February 1929 – 25 February 2022) was an Azerbaijani singer and composer of mugham music.
[2] In 1945, he joined the Azerbaijan State Academic Philharmonic Hall.
From 1978 to 1988, he was part of the "Azkonsert birliyi", which previously included artists such as Bulbul, Khan Shushinski, Shovkat Alakbarova, Sara Gadimova, Haji Mammadov, and others.
He became director of the "Humayun" Folk Instrumental Ensemble at the Azerbaijan State Academic Philharmonic Hall.
[3] He became a mugham professor at the Baku Musical College in 1963, training prominent Azerbaijani singers and paving the way for the modern-day art of mugham.