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André (Template:Lang-hy), born in 1979, is a pop star of Armenia, winning the Best Male Singer trophy at the Armenian Music Awards in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. In addition, he performed as a musical actor at the local theater in the town of his birth, Stepanakert, in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan SSR.

Early life

At the age of three André started singing with his family as audience. Three years later he began taking piano classes, and at the age of nine he wrote his first song, which he called Prayer, showing his appreciation towards God. His professional singing career started at the age of 15 when he won the music contest Road to Renaissance. For the last few years, André has been the lead vocalist of the pop-jazz band Karabakh, with whom he has toured all over Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. 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 American R&B/Pop Singer Samantha Jade titled Come Back which has become a success on the internet.

Armenia enters Eurovision

In 2006 he was the first artist to represent Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest, performing one of the 37 songs in Athens. There André sang Without Your Love, a mixture between modern Western and traditional Armenian music. The song was composed by an Armenian celebrity, Armen Martirosyan, the conductor of the Armenian Jazz Orchestra. The instrumentation and arrangement was done by one of Armenian music business' most highly regarded persons, Ara Torosyan. 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)
Yerjankutyan Gaghtnik (Secret Of Happiness) (2008)

External links

Source

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Preceded by None	Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006	Succeeded by Hayko with Anytime You Need

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 |Background = solo_singer
 |Birth_name = Andrey Hovnanyan
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+|Born = 1979<br />[[Stepanakert]], [[Azerbaijan SSR]]
 |Genre = Armenian pop, folk
 |Instrument = [[singing|Vocals]]
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+'''André''' ({{lang-hy|Անդրե}}), born in 1979, is a  [[pop star]] of [[Armenia]], winning the Best Male Singer trophy at the [[Armenian Music Awards]] in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. In addition, he performed as a musical actor at the local theater in the town of his birth, [[Stepanakert]], in [[Nagorno-Karabakh]], [[Azerbaijan SSR]].
-'''André'''armenian all over Armenia and [[Nagorno-Karabakh]]. He has participated in numerous music festivals in [[Asia]], [[Eastern Europe]] and the [[United States]], winning many of them and finishing top three i titled Come Back which has become a success on the internet.
+==Early life ==
+At the age of three André started singing with his family as audience. Three years later he began taking [[piano]] classes, and at the age of nine he wrote his first song, which he called ''Prayer'', showing his appreciation towards [[God]]. His professional singing career started at the age of 15 when he won the music contest ''Road to Renaissance''. For the last few years, André has been the lead vocalist of the [[pop music|pop]]-[[jazz]] band Karabakh, with whom he has toured all over Armenia and [[Nagorno-Karabakh]]. 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 American R&B/Pop Singer [[Samantha Jade]] titled Come Back which has become a success on the internet.
+== Armenia enters Eurovision ==
+In 2006 he was the first artist to represent [[Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest]], performing one of the 37 songs in [[Athens]]. There André sang ''[[Without Your Love]]'', a mixture between modern [[western world|Western]] and traditional Armenian music. The song was composed by an Armenian celebrity, [[Armen Martirosyan (musician)|Armen Martirosyan]], the conductor of the Armenian Jazz Orchestra. The instrumentation and arrangement was done by one of Armenian music business' most highly regarded persons, [[Ara Torosyan]]. [[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.
-=
-Armenia enters Eurovision ==
-was done by one of Armenian music business' most highly regarded persons, [[Ara Torosyan]]. [[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)
+* ''Yerjankutyan Gaghtnik'' (Secret Of Happiness) (2008)
+== See also ==
+* [[Eurovision Song Contest 2006]]
+* [[List of André's awards]]
+* [[List of André's songs]]
 == External links ==
+* [http://www.andre.am/ Official website]
-* [
-* [http://www.myspace.com/And myspace.com/AndreSings]
+* [http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=8lTldQScOmE Andre Biography (German)]
+* [http://www.myspace.com/Andresings  myspace.com/AndreSings]
 * [http://www.Andre-4ever.de.vu/ #1 Fanpage/club of Andre]
-* [http://www./inchka/sets/
+* [http://www.myspace.com/Andrerecords  myspace.com/AndreRecords]
+* [http://www.armtv.com/album/eng/?folder=52 ARMTV presents: André photo album]
+* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/inchka/sets/72157612134811091/ André Live in Concert: London] (November 2006)
+* [http://www.andre-armenia.mlap.hu/ Fan page]
+* [http://www.andrefanclub.com/ Fan Club]
 == Source ==
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 | title=[[Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest]]
-| years=Contest 2006|2006]]
+| years=[[Eurovision Song Contest 2006|2006]]
-| after=[[Hayko]]<br>with ''[[Anytime You Neetegory:Armenian singers]]
+| after=[[Hayko]]<br>with ''[[Anytime You Need]]''
+}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Andre}}
+[[Category:1979 births]]
+[[Category:Armenian singers]]
 [[Category:Living people]]
 [[Category:Armenian Eurovision Song Contest entrants]]
-[[Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 200ert]]
+[[Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2006]]
+[[Category:People from Stepanakert]]
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