Erik Valerayi Karapetyan (Armenian: Էրիկ Վալերայի 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 place. He also won "Audience's Choice" of that competition.[1] In 2016, he became one of the jury members of the Armenian X-Factor.

Erik Karapetyan
Background information
Birth nameErik Karapetyan
Born (1988-06-05) 5 June 1988 (age 36)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Genres
  • Pop
Occupation
  • Singer-songwriter
Years active2008–present

Life and career

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Early life

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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

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In 2021, he won the first edition of Masquerade, the Armenian version of the Masked Singer contest.[citation needed]

Songs

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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

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List of appearance on television as himself
Year Title Notes
2008 Two Stars with Masha Matveeva
2016 X-factor (Իքս-Ֆակտոր) Judge/Mentor
2016 Benefis (Բենեֆիս) Special guest
2017 Full House (Ֆուլ Հաուս) Guest
2017 Hayastan Jan (Հայաստան Ջան) Contestant

Awards and achievements

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Erik Karapetyan has received these awards:[citation needed]

Year Award Category City Result
2006 Yntsa Awards The Grand Prize Yerevan Won
2007 Discovery International Music Festival The Grand Prize Bulgaria Won
2011 New Wave Audience Choice Jūrmala Won
2011 National Music awards. The Best Singer of Year Yerevan Won
2012 Armenian National Awards The Best Singer of the Year Yerevan Won
2013 World Armenian Entertainment Best song of the year USA Won
2015 Armenian Pulse Music Awards Best Pop Song Yerevan Won
2016 Pan Armenian Entertainment Awards The Best Concert Singer Los Angeles Won
2017 The Armenian Music Awards The Best singer of the Year Paris Won
2018 Tsitsernak National Music Awards The Best singer of the Year Yerevan Won
2021 The Masked Singer Armenia Winner Yerevan Won

References

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