At the age of four, Nargiz first appeared on stage, at the age of 15, with the song "Remember Me" to the music of and the words of Ilya Reznik, originally recorded by her along with several other songs for the film "Bride from Vuadil" directed by Ali Hamroyev, appeared at the 1st All-Union TV contest of young performers of the Soviet pop song "Jurmala-86", where she won the audience award. She studied at the variety department in the republican circus school, and successfully performed with her band.