[12] Emin's interest in music began in high school whilst in the United States.

He then released an album per year: Incredible in 2007, Obsession (a set of classic Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley songs) in 2008;[13] and in 2009, Devotion.

On 26 May 2012, Emin was the local interval act during intermission on the Eurovision Song Contest that was held in Baku.

[15][16] Emin performed "In Another Life" in a music video with Donald Trump and Miss Universe 2013 contestants.

[20] In January 2013, Agalarov and his father visited Las Vegas, Nevada, after Donald Trump, the beauty pageant's owner, announced at Miss Universe 2012 that the next competition would be hosted at Crocus City Hall, owned by Emin's father Aras, in Moscow.

[19] In November 2013, Agalarov's father hosted Miss Universe 2013 at his Crocus City Hall in Moscow.

"[21] Herman Gref, who runs Sberbank of Russia, Agalarov and his father hosted a dinner for Trump on the night of the pageant.

[19] Agalarov and his publicist, Rob Goldstone, helped arrange the June 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort, Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, and Ike Kaveladze.

In 2018, Agalarov married the former model and businesswoman Alyona Gavrilova and had a baby girl, Afina (Афина) .