Fairytales is the debut studio album by the Belarusian-Norwegian artist Alexander Rybak.

The chorus in the song "Abandoned" (track #7), uses music by Kirill Moltchanov, from the theme from the 1968 Russian film Доживем до понедельника (en.

On 27 May 2009 Norway's biggest newspaper Verdens Gang was the first to review the album giving it top score, 6 out of 6.

"[5] Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, however, caused a stir by giving the record merely 1 star and hurling epithets like "violin hobbit" and "smurf hits" at the artist.

[10] Bergensavisen was impressed by the record, especially by the album's "personal style", and gave it 5 stars.