André (singer)

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André
Background information
Birth nameAndré Sergeyi Hovnanyan
Born (1979-07-08) 8 July 1979 (age 44)
Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
GenresPop, folk, world
Instrument(s)Vocal
Years active1995 (1995)–present
LabelsAndre Production
Websiteandre.am

André Sergeyi Hovnanyan (Armenian: Անդրե Սերգեյի Հովնանյան; born July 8, 1979), better known by the mononym André (Armenian: Անդրե), is an Armenian singer. He was one of the most popular pop stars of Armenia during the mid-2000s, winning the Best Male Singer trophy at various Armenia Music Awards in 2004–2018.

Upon winning the musical contest "Road to Renaissance" at the age of fifteen, he laid the foundation of his professional career. While working for 5 years at the State Theater of Music, he pursued his education at the Yerevan State Conservatory of Music and obtained his PhD.

He has also been a judge in several television shows like

The X Factor
. André also has his own reality show called Andrenaline.

Since 2005, André's producer is Anush Hovnanyan.

Early life

André Hovnanyan was born on July 8, 1979 in

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. He has participated in numerous music festivals in Asia, Eastern Europe, and the United States, winning many of them and finishing top three in a few others. He performed a track with Australian R&B/Pop Singer Samantha Jade
titled "Come Back".

Armenia enters Eurovision

In 2006 he was the first artist to represent

ARMTV presented their Eurovision Song Contest 2006
entry to the public on March 15, 2006. After qualifying through the semi-final André finished in 8th place in the competition with 129 points.

Discography

Albums

  • Es em (It's Me) (2003)
  • Miayn Ser (Only Love) (2005)
  • 1000x (1000 times) (2006)
  • My Love to You (DVD) (2008)
  • Yerjankutyan Gaghtnik (2008)
  • ANDREnaline (2010)
  • Im Hogi (2014)

Singles

  • My Love To You (2005)
  • Without Your Love
     (2006)

Awards and nominations

This is a list of the awards won by the Armenian singer André.

  • 2001 – International music contest “Golden Skif” – Donetsk, Ukraine – The first runner-up
  • 2001 – International music contest “Golden shlyager” – Mogilev, Belarus – Third runner-up
  • 2002 – International music festival "Voice of Asia" – Almaty, Kazakhstan
  • 2003 – International Youth music festival “Festos” – Moscow, Russia – Golden Diploma Award
  • 2003 – Shanghai Asia International Music Festival - Shanghai, China – Excellent New Singer
  • 2003 – Armenian Song of the Year – Moscow, Russia – The greatest contributor in Armenian Music
  • 2003 – Best Song of the Year at Hit FM Radio for song “Antsa – gnatsi”
  • 2004 – World Championships of Performing Arts – Hollywood, USA – 3 golden and 1 silver medals, is found "The Champion of the world"
  • 2004 – Krunk pan-Armenian music festival – Yerevan, Armenia – Best singer of the year
  • 2004 – “Golden Qnar” contest/festival – Yerevan, Armenia – Best Song of the Year “My love to you”
  • 2005 – National Music awards – Best singer of the year
  • 2005 – Los Angeles, USA – The Key of Glendale
  • 2006 – Moscow, Russia – Person of the year
  • 2006 – Tashir 2006 – Moscow, Russia – Prize "Avance"[2]
  • 2006 – M Club Music awards –
    Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, USA – Best Male singer & Best Armenian International artist – The Varduhi Vardanyan Achievement Award[3]
  • 2009 – Tashir 2009 – Moscow, Russia – Singer of Decade
  • 2009 - Armenian music awards & M Club music awards - Nokia Theatre, USA - The ambassador of Armenian music

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-4457-8415-1
    . Retrieved February 13, 2011.
  2. ^ Armenia Music Awards Archived 2015-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Eurovision Young Musicians
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
none
(Debut entry)
 Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest
2006 		Succeeded by
Anytime You Need
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