Sona Hakobi Rubenyan (, born December 14, 1993) is an Armenian singer and songwriter. She is best known for winning the fifth edition of ''

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''.

Career

In 2011, Rubenyan became the winner of the fifth edition of ''

'', which is the Armenian version of the British television hit show ''

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''. In 2014, she also represented Armenia at the New Wave international contest in

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. Since 2016, Rubenyan has been collaborating with

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as a duo under the name Garik & Sona, releasing several singles including " Lusin", "Esor Urbat e", "Nino" and more. In November 2020, amid the Nagorno-Karabakh war she was featured on a

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titled "Mez vochinch chi haghti" (Nothing Will Win Us) along with Arthur Khachents,

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, Gor Sujyan,

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and

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Personal life

In December 2015, Rubenyan got engaged, but they broke up in 2016. In July 2021, she announced about her new engagement. They got married in November 2021.

Discography

Singles

*Jamanakn E (2015) *Ashnan Serenad (2015) *Mayrik (2016) *Artsakh (2016) *Aprelu Chap Hamar (2018) *Mer Tnic Nor Tun (2019) *Lav Orery Et Kgan (feat. Karen Sevak,

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, Saro Tovmasyan,

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, Hripsime Hakobyan,

Erik Karapetyan Erik Valerayi Karapetyan (; 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 place. He also won "Audience' ...

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, Garik Papoyan, Roland Gasparyan and Me Project) (2020) *We Are The World (feat. Kami Friends, Arpi, Aram MP3, Garik Papoyan, Roland Gasparyan, Gor Sujyan, Karina Arustamyan, Vardan Zadoyan, Aghvan Papoyan, Mish Amiryan, Anush Harutunyan, Sona Varpetyan and Anushik Alaverdyan) (2020) *Im Quyr (2020) *Bales Qni (2020) *Mez vochinch chi haghti (Nothing Will Win Us) (feat. Arthur Khachents,

, Gor Sujyan,

and

) (2020) *Siro Nver (feat. Aram Mp3) (2021) *Qez Het Hayrik (2021) *The World is in a Hurry for Good () (feat. Aram Mp3, Erik Karapetyan, ANIVAR, Mariam Merabova,

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, and Margarita Pozoyan) (2021) *Yekar (2021) *Hors Aghjikn Em (2022) *Yes Qez Het (2022) *4 Yerazanq (2023) *Mi Gna (feat. Kami Friends) (2023) *Arajins (2023) *Verev (2023) *Hambuyri My Mej (feat. Vahag Rush) (2023) *Patilner (2023) *Ari Ari (2024) *Im Aghjik (2024) *Alo (2024)

Garik & Sona

* Lusin (2017) *Baleni (2018) *Esor Urbat E (2019) *Hamayak (2019) *Garun A (2020) *Mayro (2020) *Sari Aghjik (2020) *Bingyol (2021) *Ghapama (2021) *Kaqavik (2021) *Lorke (2021) *Mute Enkel A (2021) *Qamin Zana (2021) *Shirkhani Par (2021) *Strid Banalin (2021) *Datark (2022) *Mashinen (2022) *Wake Up Harsner (2022) *Ov Sirun Sirun (2023)

Awards and achievements

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rubenyan, Sona 1993 births 21st-century Armenian actresses 21st-century Armenian women singers Armenian Apostolic Christians Armenian women singer-songwriters Armenian singer-songwriters Armenian pop singers Armenian women pop singers Armenian folk singers Armenian women folk singers Armenian pianists Armenian women pianists Hay Superstar participants Living people Musicians from Yerevan Armenian folk-pop singers Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan alumni