A significant part of the work of the outstanding singer, People's artist of the USSR Muslim Magomayev is his work in the variety genre. M. Magomayev made a significant contribution to the development of variety music not only in Azerbaijan, but also in the USSR, enriching this genre with newer traditions. So, concerning the variety music of the 1960–1980 years of the last century, first of all, M.Magomayev is remembered. While on the subject of M. Magomayev's variety creative work from this point of view, it is not enough to mention only his song performance. It is also necessary to emphasize the trends introduced by him in this genre. The legendary musician raised Azerbaijan’s variety performance to an academic level. At the same time, M. Magomayev successfully created his own performing line in the song genre. He managed to expand the boundaries of the song genre and to introduce contrasting tricks.