Sevak Amroyan ( hy, Սևակ Ամրոյան; born July 10, 1990) is an Armenian singer, who is best known as the winner of

Shant TV Shant TV (Armenian: Շանթ հեռուստատեսություն) is a private television broadcasting company in Armenia. Shant TV was founded by Arthur Yezekyan in Gyumri, the second largest city of Armenia, in 1994. Shant TV launched a full ...

's folk music competition . Amroyan has released three albums so far, (2016), (2020), and (2022)

Early life

Amroyan was born in the capital

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, but grew up in the village of Proshyan,

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, where he went to school.

Career

Amroyan came to prominence in 2007, after winning the first season of Shant TV's folk music competition (Folk Singer). Since then he has released multiple singles such as "", "" and "" with millions of views on

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. In 2015, he recorded the song "" with

Mher Mesropyan Mher Mesropyan ( arm, Մհեր Մեսրոպյան), better known as his stage name Mger Armenia (also Mher Armenia) is an Armenian singer. In 2017, Mesropyan was awarded with the title of Honored Artist of Armenia upon the decree of Armenian p ...

amid the 100th anniversary of the

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, with the music video being shot in the Genocide Memorial in Yerevan. In 2016, Amroyan released his debut album, . One of the songs from the album, "" featuring

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, received an award at

Armenia TV Armenia TV ( hy, Արմենիա հեռուստաընկերություն, Armenia herustaënkerut'yun), is one of the leading TV channels in Armenia. In 2012, Armenia TV became the first TV channel in Armenia to launch Full HD broadcasting. By ...

's Song of the Year Awards in 2017. In 2019, he was chosen as one of the four judges for Shant TV's (National Singer) music competition. In August 2020, his second album was released. The album's title refers to the Armenian martial dance

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. In November 2020, amid the Nagorno-Karabakh war he was featured on a

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titled "" (Nothing Will Win Us) along with Arthur Khachents,

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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 ...

Sevak Khanagyan Sevak Khanagyan ( hy, Սևակ Խանաղյան, russian: Севак Тигранович Ханагян, Sevak Tigranovich Khanagyan; born 28 July 1987) is a Russian-Armenian singer and songwriter. Khanagyan came to prominence while competing in ...

and

Sona Rubenyan Sona Rubenyan ( arm, Սոնա Ռուբենյան, born December 14, 1993) is an Armenian singer and songwriter. She is best known for winning the fifth edition of '' Hay Superstar''. Career In 2011, Rubenyan became the winner of the fifth editio ...

, produced by

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. Following the end of the war, he was featured on another collaboration track along with Mihran Tsarukyan,

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and

Erik Karapetyan Erik Karapetyan ( arm, Էրիկ Կարապետյան; born 5 June 1988), better known as simply Erik, is an Armenian singer-songwriter. He represented Armenia in the 2011 New Wave international contest for young performers and achieved fifth pla ...

titled "" dedicated to Armenian soldiers. In June 2022, Amroyan was featured on the single "Amber" by Armenian-American singer

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Musical style

He is known for his

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songs, as well as

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songs about Armenia and its

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. While talking about singing in

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genre in an interview, Amroyan said: "No, I'm not thinking about it. Maybe there will be some collaborations, but that's all. Of course, folk music is not as popular in Armenia as pop, but I hope that the situation will improve. Every effort should be made to make folk music a priority".

Personal life

On December 8, 2021, Amroyan was married.

Discography

Studio albums

* (2016) * (2020) * (2022)

Accolades

*2007:

's ''Folk Singer'' show winner *2017:

's Song of the Year award for "" (with

) *2019: Armenia TV's Song of the Year award for ""

References

External links

Sevak Amroyan's channel
on

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amroyan, Sevak 1990 births Living people Musicians from Yerevan 21st-century Armenian male singers Armenian folk singers