Iveta Mukuchyan ( hy, Իվետա Մուկուչյան, ; born 14 October 1986) is an Armenian singer. Born in
Yerevan
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Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, she moved to
Hamburg
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, Germany, in 1992. Mukuchyan returned to Armenia in 2009 and placed fifth in the fourth season of the talent competition ''
Hay Superstar
Hay Superstar / Hye Superstar (Հայ Սուպերսթար) is the Armenian version of the British television hit show ''Pop Idol''. It is a talent contest to find the best young singer in Armenia.
Summary
Season 1 (2006)
Auditions were held in ...
''. During this time, she received vocal training at the
Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. Mukuchyan also participated for
season two of ''
The Voice of Germany
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There are five differen ...
'' in 2012.
She
represented Armenia at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "
LoveWave", finishing seventh in the final. Mukuchyan made her acting debut in the comedy movie ''Run Away Or Get Married'' that year, and released her debut
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. , ''IvaVerse''. In autumn 2016, Mukuchyan was a jury member on the first season of ''
Depi Evratesil
''Depi Evratesil'' ( arm, Դեպի Եվրատեսիլ; "Towards Eurovision"; ) is an Armenian music entertainment show created by the Armenian broadcaster AMPTV. It was used as the Armenian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest in , ...
'', a television series selecting the Armenian entrant for the
2017 Eurovision Song Contest.
Mukuchyan and
Aram Mp3 released "
Dashterov", which won a Song of the Year Award, in 2017. The song preceded a collaborative project of the
same name, which received the Collaboration of the Year award at the Armenian Europe Music Awards. Mukuchyan released ''
Armenian Folk'', a solo version of ''Dashterov Project'', on 3 October 2017. That year, she starred in the film ''
The Path of Our Dream''. At the
2018 Swallow Music Awards, Mukuchyan won the title of Best Female Singer of the Year. In 2020, she was honored at the
Distinctive International Arab Festivals Awards (DIAFA) in
Dubai
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, UAE. In December 2022, she hosted the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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in Yerevan.
Early life
Iveta Mukuchyan was born on 14 October 1986 in
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...
,
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, to Ruben Mukuchyan and Susanna Ambaryan.
Her mother worked in a tourist information center when her husband went to Germany to buy a car. However, he stayed in Germany due to unforeseen circumstances, therefore, Mukuchyan's mother decided to move the rest of the family to Germany in 1992.
In 1995, the family returned to Armenia, however, they moved back to Germany because of the horrible conditions at the time. She attended the Catholic
Sankt-Ansgar-Schule in
Hamburg
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from 1998 to 2006
while working part-time as a waitress in a café. Mukuchyan described her father as a patriot and a strict man who demanded she only speak Armenian at home and marry an Armenian man.
While in Hamburg, Mukuchyan joined a music club and sang
Celine Dion
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's "
My Heart Will Go On
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" at a ceremony. Following the performance, her parents believed that she should become a singer.
She studied at the
Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory leaving her
design studies, begun in Germany, unfinished.
Her sister,
Marianna, is a stylist.
Career
2009–2014: ''Hay Superstar'' and ''The Voice of Germany''
In 2009, Mukuchyan auditioned for season four of the talent competition ''
Hay Superstar
Hay Superstar / Hye Superstar (Հայ Սուպերսթար) is the Armenian version of the British television hit show ''Pop Idol''. It is a talent contest to find the best young singer in Armenia.
Summary
Season 1 (2006)
Auditions were held in ...
'' (the Armenian version of ''
Pop Idol
''Pop Idol'' is a British music competition television series created by Simon Fuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. The aim of the show was to decide the best new young pop singer (or "pop idol") in the UK based on viewer voting and par ...
''), where she finished fifth.
She received the Discovery of the Year award at the Armenia Awards in
Moscow
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,
and appeared in the French-language track "L'amour n'a pas de loi" on Armenian rapper Ararat 93's debut studio album ''Amalgame'' (2010). Mukuchyan appeared the following year on ''Parahandes'' (the Armenian version of the British television series ''
Strictly Come Dancing''), where she was eliminated before the semifinals.
That year, she placed third in the German song contest ''The Voice of Hamburg''.
Mukuchyan appeared on several Armenian talk shows, including ''Pop Encyclopedia'', ''Let's Begin Freshly'', ''The Century's Night'' and ''Found Dream'', and was on the cover of ''El Style'' magazine. She participated in
season two of ''
The Voice of Germany
''The Voice of Germany'' is a German reality talent show created by John de Mol, based on the concept ''The Voice of Holland'' and its international series. It began airing on ProSieben and Sat.1 on 24 November 2011.
There are five differen ...
'' in 2012 (performing
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's "
Euphoria" during her audition), and
Xavier Naidoo
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chose her as part of his team. Mukuchyan was the winning contestant from Naidoo's team in the second phase of the contest, where the participants sang "
Many Rivers to Cross". In December 2012, ''El Style'' named her the "Sexiest Armenian" and featured her on its cover.
2015–2016: Eurovision Song Contest
Mukuchyan released the single "Simple Like a Flower" with a music video in October 2015. The same month,
Armenian Public Television announced that the singer would represent Armenia at the
2016 Eurovision Song Contest in
Stockholm. "
LoveWave", written by Lilith and Levon Navasardyan with lyrics by Mukuchyan and Stephanie Crutchfield, was chosen as the Armenian entry in February 2016. Mukuchyan premiered the song and a music video in March 2016, and appeared again on the cover of ''El Style''.
During the Eurovision season, Mukuchyan and her team were constantly providing information via ''Eurovision Diary'', an
AMPTV program specifically designed for Armenian Eurovison entrants. On 3 April 2016, she promoted "LoveWave" as the Armenian Eurovision entry at the Eurovision Pre-Party concert in
Moscow
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. However, she changed some of the song's lyrics because of the then ongoing
Artsakh clashes. The singer cancelled her participation at the 9 April ''Eurovision in Concert'' event to protest the clashes.
Mukuchyan was seen holding the flag of the disputed
Republic of Artsakh
Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Artsakh controls a part of the former ...
during the first Eurovision semifinal in May 2016, sparking controversy and a backlash from the
Azerbaijan
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i press. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) released a statement the following day, calling the incident a "serious breach" of its ban on political messages and saying that Armenia's public broadcaster would face sanctions: "Any further breach of the rules of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest could lead to disqualification from this year's event or any successive editions." In response, Mukuchyan said that "
erthoughts are with
erMotherland. I want ... peace everywhere." An airplane appeared near the
Ericsson Globe
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in Stockholm on the day of the Eurovision final with the message, "Karabach loves Iveta". "LoveWave" finished seventh at the Eurovision, with 249 points. The singer also won the titles of Eurovision's Next Top Model and Best Female Solo Vocalist of Eurovision 2016. In addition to her musical career, she starred with
Mkrtich Arzumanyan
Mkrtich Arzumanyan ( hy, Մկրտիչ Արզումանյան; born August 10, 1976), better known as Mko ( hy, Մկո) is an Armenian actor, humorist, showman, screenwriter, and producer. He was born in Gyumri (formerly Leninakan). He is known fro ...
in the adventure-comedy film ''
Run Away or Get Married'' (2016) and recorded the soundtrack of the movie.
2016–2017: ''IvaVerse'' and ''Dashterov''
After Eurovision, Mukuchyan guest-starred on a number of Armenian television shows. In June 2016, the Mukuchyan sisters attended
Sónar
Sónar is a festival dedicated to music, creativity and technology, founded in Barcelona in 1994 by Ricard Robles, Enric Palau, and Sergi Caballero. The festival has been divided into two parts since its inception: Sónar by Day and Sónar b ...
, a three-day summer electronic music festival in
Barcelona
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. Mukuchyan was guest singer at the July 2016 Armenian Street Festival in
London
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where she performed with
duduk player Gevorg Karapetyan. In September, she performed a solo concert for the launch of Armenian
Evocabank's advertising campaign. She was named Armenia's entertainment ambassador at the 19 November 2016 Pan Armenian Entertainment Awards at the
Microsoft Theater in
Los Angeles
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, where she performed "LoveWave" and a new single, "Amena". "Amena", which Mukuchyan said is a song about women and their transformation, inner struggles and values,
was released five days later.
Its music video, produced by Mukuchyan, was released in April 2017.
She was a jury member on the first season of ''
Depi Evratesil
''Depi Evratesil'' ( arm, Դեպի Եվրատեսիլ; "Towards Eurovision"; ) is an Armenian music entertainment show created by the Armenian broadcaster AMPTV. It was used as the Armenian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest in , ...
'' (''To Eurovision''), a television series selecting the Armenian entrant for the
2017 Eurovision Song Contest.
Her final act, Vahe Aleksanyan, finished fifth in the contest with 48 points.
Mukuchyan released her debut
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. , ''IvaVerse'' (a mix of styles, including
funk and
R&B), on 25 December 2016
and promoted it at the
Dalma Garden Mall.
She had a photo shoot with the Armenian magazine ''Oriflame'' in January 2017, and appeared on its cover. Mukuchyan and
Aram Mp3 released a single entitled "
Dashterov" the following month,
which received a Song of the Year award at
Armenia TV's awards of the same name.
She was the Armenian spokesperson at the Eurovision 2017 finale in May, and was a special guest on the musical TV talk show ''
Benefis''. Mukuchyan also announced Dashterov, a traditional-music project with Aram Mp3, based on the single of the same name in May. It received a Best Collaboration of the Year award at the Armenian Europe Music Awards, where Mukuchyan was recognized as the Diva of Armenian Pop.
On 21 June, she announced on her
Facebook
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page a new song and music video ("
Hayastan Jan"), which premiered five days later.
That month, Mukuchyan and other well-known Armenian singers released a single entitled "De Jpta" to benefit children with cancer.
She appeared in the 2017 film ''
The Path of Our Dream'' along with Mher Mkrchyan and Arka Manukyan.
Mukuchyan performed her single, "Depi Nor Irakanutyun", at the Miss Armenia beauty pageant on 24 September.
She released its music video on her
YouTube
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channel the following day, and the song's title became Evocabank's slogan. In October, Mukuchyan received three nominations at Germany's Daf Bama Music Awards.
Her debut solo album, ''Armenian Folk'' (with the ''Dashterov Project'' songs), was released that month. Mukuchyan was a special guest on ''
The Voice of Armenia'' on 13 October, when she sang
Naughty Boy
Shahid Khan ( ur, شاهد خان; born 1 January 1981), better known by his stage name Naughty Boy, is a British DJ, record producer, songwriter and musician. In 2012, Khan signed a three–year publishing deal with Sony ATV, as well as a rec ...
's "
Running
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". She performed at the 26 October New Body Awards (sponsored by
McFit
The McFIT GmbH is the largest fitness center chain in Germany with 246 studios and over 1.4 million members in Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland and Spain. The company's headquarters is in Schlüsselfeld. Directed by founder Rainer Schaller, the ...
) at the
Tempodrom
The Tempodrom (also referred to as Neues Tempodrom) is a multi-purpose event venue in Berlin.
Founded by Irene Moessinger, it opened in 1980 next to the Berlin Wall on the west side of Potsdamer Platz, housed in a large circus tent. After severa ...
in
Berlin
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. On 11 November, Mukuchyan and her sister launched their Mukuchyan brand at the MADE shopping center.
2018–present
In January, Mukuchyan was one of the international jury members of ''
Eurovision Song CZ'' and ''
Destination Eurovision'';
national finals to select the French and the Czech Republic's entries for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. In the same month, she announced a new song, which premiered on 1 February titled "Siraharvel Em Qez". Three days later the song was released for digital download on
iTunes as a single.
In February, the singer undertook a major musical project in
South Africa
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, which was later revealed to be named "The Journey of a Woman". Throughout the year, Mukuchyan had solo concerts at the ''Moe's on the 5th'' restaurant in
Dubai
Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...
on 15 March 19 April and 5 May. She also performed at the 2018
Swallow Music Awards on 31 March and won one of the major awards, the Best Female Singer of the Year.
On 1 April, she gave a concert with her band at the KAMI Music Club, where she sang songs by the
Dashterov project and her latest singles. On
Motherhood and Beauty Day
Motherhood and beauty day ( hy, Մայրության և գեղեցկության օր) is an official holiday in Armenia dedicated to women. While March 8 celebrates all women, April 7 is mother's day. April 7 is the Feast of the Annunciation in t ...
, the singer was the special guest of the RIO Mall card presentation and appeared on a comedy show ''
Evening Azoyan'' with
Arame
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.
During the
2018 Armenian protests, Mukuchyan supported the anti-government protesters
on both days of the Prime Ministerial election; she performed "Hayastan Jan" at the
Republic Square, Yerevan
Republic Square ( hy, Հանրապետության հրապարակ, ''Hanrapetut′yan hraparak'', known locally as ''Hraparak'', "the square") is the central town square in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. It consists of two sections: an oval ro ...
. The singer, along with
SONA and Ara Martirosyan, gave a concert at the Aram Khachaturian Grand Concert Hall on 31 May 2018. On
Europe Day, the singer performed an
open-air concert
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at
Northern Avenue, Yerevan
Northern Avenue ( hy, Հյուսիսային պողոտա, translit=Hyusisayin poghota) is a pedestrian avenue in Yerevan, Armenia, opened in 2007. It is in the central Kentron district and links Abovyan Street with Freedom Square on Tumanyan s ...
. In the summer, Mukuchyan released a collaboration with record producer Narek Mets Hayq, "Mets Khagh", which also features Roland Gasparyan and Hayk Karapetyan. In October 2018, the first and the second parts of her South African project were released with the names "Margo" and "Rich Bitch" respectively. On 29 and 30 October Mukuchyan and some other Armenian singers had a tribute concert "For You, Aznavour" dedicated to French-Armenian singer
Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour ( , ; born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, hy, Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրեան, ; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a French-Armenian singer, lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his dist ...
. Following the concerts, the singer released the Armenian version of Aznavour song "Quand Tu M'Aimes" (When You Love Me). On 17 November 2018, Mukuchyan premiered a new song titled "Hayastani Axjikner" (Armenian Girls) during an Armenian comedy-show ''Women's Club''. The next day, Mukuchyan organized a showcase for the music video of the song in "The Alexander" hotel, Yerevan and called the music video "feministic".
On
International Women's Day, Mukuchyan had her first concert at
Belasco Theatre
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in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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. To promote the concert, the singer appeared in a number of Armenian TV-programs airing in the United States. On 28 April 2019, she released the third and final part of the trilogy "The Journey Of A Woman" called "United". Mukuchyan performed her single "Hayastani Axjikner" at the
Miss Armenia beauty pageant on 11 May 2019. A few days later, Mukuchyan performed an open-air concert dedicated to the 100th anniversary of
Yerevan State University
Yerevan State University (YSU; hy, Երևանի Պետական Համալսարան, ԵՊՀ, ''Yerevani Petakan Hamalsaran''), also simply University of Yerevan, is the oldest continuously operating public university in Armenia. Founded in 1919 ...
.
In October 2020, amid the
Nagorno-Karabakh war, Mukuchyan hosted an online musical event titled ''Rock for Artsakh'' featuring Armenian and foreign artists to raise awareness and funds for Artsakh. She also urged her fans and friends to donate to help the families of soldiers who died in the war instead of buying gifts for her 34th birthday. In early November, she was featured on a
charity single
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George Harrison's "Bangla Desh" single in 1971 is commonly acknowledged as the first ever purpose-made ...
for Artsakh titled "Mez Vochinch Chi Haghti" (Nothing Will Win Us) along with Arthur Khachents,
Srbuk
Srbuhi Sargsyan ( hy, Սրբուհի Սարգսյան ; born 3 April 1994), professionally known as Srbuk, is an Armenian singer. She first came to prominence after competing in season one of the Armenian version of ''The X Factor'', where she pl ...
,
Gor Sujyan,
Sevak Amroyan
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Early life
Amr ...
,
Sevak Khanagyan and
Sona Rubenyan
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Career
In 2011, Rubenyan became the winner of the fifth editio ...
, produced by
DerHova
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Career
Harout Arthur Der-Hovagimian signed his first recording contract at the age of 17 wit ...
.
Shortly after the end of the war, Mukuchyan visitied
Kalbajar District
Kalbajar District ( az, Kəlbəcər rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country and belongs to the East Zangezur Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Lachin, Khojaly, Agdam, Tart ...
to film a reportage in German, talking to local Armenians who burnt their homes to prevent them being reinhabited by Azerbaijanis ahead of the transfer of the province from Artsakh to Azerbaijan. In her reportage, she also showed the ancient Armenian heritage of the district and performed a song in the
Dadivank monastery. In the same month, Mukuchyan performed the single "Nevagivup" (English version of "1% Ser") and received an award at the 2020
Distinctive International Arab Festivals Awards (DIAFA) in
Dubai
Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...
, which she dedicated to the Armenian soldiers and her friends, who lost their lives in the war. During her acceptance speech she condemned Azerbaijan and Turkey and called on international community's attention to the inhuman treatment of
the Armenian POWs in Azerbaijan.
In 2021, Mukuchyan became one of the jury members of AMPTV's ''
The Masked Singer
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''. In December 2022, she hosted the 20th edition of
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest (often shortened to JESC, Junior Eurovision or Junior EuroSong) is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) annually since 2003. It is held in a diff ...
along with
Garik Papoyan
Garik Papoyan ( hy, Գարիկ Պապոյան , born 20 September 1984) is an Armenian actor, musician, presenter, writer and comedian.
Early life
Garik Papoyan was born on 20 September 1984 in Gyumri. He received secondary education No. 196 ...
and
Karina Ignatyan in Yerevan, Armenia.
Discography
Albums
Extended plays
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Filmography
Films
Television
Awards and nominations
See also
*
Armenians in Germany
Armenians in Germany are ethnic Armenians living within the modern republic of Germany. Like much of the Armenian diaspora, most Armenians immigrated to Germany after the Armenian genocide of 1915. Others came later, fleeing conflicts in places li ...
References
External links
Official website*
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