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's Choice" of that competition.ZARK Foundation․ Erik Karapetyan In 2016, he became one of the jury members of the Armenian X-Factor.
Life and career
Early life
Karapetyan was born on 5 June 1988 in Tbilisi. In 2005, he graduated from Tbilisi's Dzabatdze N79 Georgian School, in which he subsequently studied violin, and after the graduation he transferred to Yerevan. There, he started to study in the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan until 2011.
Career In 2021, he won the first edition of Masquerade, the Armenian version of the Masked Singer contest.
Songs Song name Year Album Hoy Nar 2010 - Yerani imanam 2013 - Arajin u miak 2013 - Anirakan 2014 - Im karotn e 2014 - I'll do anything 2014 - Anhasaneli 2015 - Siro Zanger 2015 - Im poqrik 2015 - Ser 2016 - Gaghtniq u Karot 2016 - Im amenalav 2016 - Tiezerq 2017 - Im sireli 2017 - Im ashxarh ek 2018 - Erazanqi im see 2018 - Siraharvats 2018 - Voch avel, voch pakas 2019 - Irenov Ani 2019 - Zovi 2020 - Baxte Im 2020 - Ser lines 2020 - En vor asum en 2021 - Lovi Lovi 2020 Siro Pandemia Sirts Tsavi 2020 Siro Pandemia Qani or, Qani gisher 2020 Siro Pandemia Qani Kam 2020 Siro Pandemia Im u qo 2020 Siro Pandemia
Filmography
+List of appearance on television as himself Year Title Notes2008Two Stars with Masha Matveeva2016X-factor (Իքս-Ֆակտոր)Judge/Mentor2016Benefis (Բենեֆիս)Special guest2017Full House (Ֆուլ Հաուս)Guest2017Hayastan Jan (Հայաստան Ջան)Contestant
Awards and achievements Erik Karapetyan has received these awards:
Year Award Category City Result 2006 Yntsa Awards The Grand Prize Yerevan 2007 Discovery International Music Festival The Grand Prize Bulgaria 2011 New Wave Audience Choice Jūrmala 2011 National Music awards. The Best Singer of Year Yerevan 2012 Armenian National Awards The Best Singer of the Year Yerevan 2013 World Armenian Entertainment Best song of the year USA 2015 Armenian Pulse Music Awards Best Pop Song Yerevan 2016 Pan Armenian Entertainment Awards The Best Concert Singer Los Angeles 2017 The Armenian Music Awards The Best singer of the Year Paris 2018 Tsitsernak National Music Awards The Best singer of the Year Yerevan 2021 The Masked Singer Armenia Winner Yerevan
References
External links Official site bravo.am article armstar.am article armtimes.com article