Armenchik: Difference between revisions

| name = Armenchik

| image = Armenchik.jpg

| image_size = 210px

| caption = Armenchik in Beirut, Lebanon in 2010

| backgroundbirth_name = Armen = solo_singerGondrachyan

| birth_namebirth_date = {{birth date and = Armen Gondrachyanage|1980|08|08}}

| birth_placeorigin = [[Yerevan]], [[Armenian SSR|Armenia]], [[Soviet Union|USSR]]

| origin genre = [[Yerevan]],Pop [[Armeniamusic]]

| genre instrument = [[Pop music]]

| instrument years_active = 1995–present

| years_activelabel = 1995–presentArmen Entertainment

'''Armen Gondrachyan''' ({{lang-hy|Արմեն Գոնդրաչյան}}; born August 8, 1980), better known by his stage name '''Armenchik''' ({{lang-hy|Արմենչիկ}}), is an [[Armenians|Armenian-American]] pop singer based in [[Los Angeles]].

Armen Gondrachyan was born on August 8, 1980, in [[Yerevan]], [[Armenian SSR|Armenia]] (then part of the [[Soviet Union]]). Armen started singing at the young age. His family moved to the United States in 1989, settling in California, where a large number of [[Armenian American]]s reside.<ref name="armenmusic">{{cite web|title=Biography |url=http://armenmusic.com/news/?page_id=2 |publisher=Armenchik Official Website |accessdateaccess-date=25 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517041153/http://armenmusic.com/news/?page_id=2 |archivedatearchive-date=17 May 2011 }}</ref> With the help of his father, HarpetHapet, Armen successfully recorded the first album titled ''Armen & Nor Seround'' in 1995. In 1998 Armen moved back to Armenia for a year.<ref name="armenmusic"/> Armenchik had his first concert in 2002 in Los Angeles. Two concerts took place at the Alex theatre in [[Glendale, California]], in 2003 and 2004.<ref name="armenmusic"/> Armenchik had appeared at the [[Kodak Theatre]] in 2005 and 2006. Over the years, he had concerts in number of countries: [[Yerevan]]'s [[Karen Demirchyan Complex]], Russia, France, Canada, Greece, Italy, Ukraine,<ref>{{cite news|title=Armenchik|url=http://www.parisetudiant.com/etudiant/sortie/armenchik-paris-09.html|newspaper=[[Le Parisien]]|accessdateaccess-date=26 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Muradyan |first=Vlad |title=Արմենչիկը չի պատրաստվում հրաժարվել "չիկ"-ից ''(Armenchik isn't giving up the "-chik")'' |url=http://aravot.am/old/am/articles/sport/63689/view |archive-url=https://archive.istoday/20130114222601/http://aravot.am/old/am/articles/sport/63689/view |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 January 2013 |accessdateaccess-date=26 November 2012 |date=23 June 2009 |newspaper=[[Aravot]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Արմենչիկ ''(Armenchik)''|url=http://www.bravo.am/news/%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%B9%D5%AB%D5%AF/|publisher=Bravo.am|date=14 March 2011|accessdateaccess-date=26 November 2012|language=hy}}</ref><ref name="zahm"/><ref name="av show">{{cite web|title=Արմենչիկ ''(Armenchik'')|url=http://www.av-show.com/?ln=am&page=person&id=368|publisher=AV Show Production|accessdateaccess-date=25 November 2012|language=hy}}</ref> and in many cities of the United States including Las Vegas and Boston.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hagopian|first=Michelle|title=Armenchik Rocks Saturday Night Dance at 2012 AYF Olympics|url=http://www.armenianweekly.com/2012/11/09/armenchik-rocks-saturday-night-dance-at-2012-ayf-olympics/|accessdateaccess-date=26 November 2012|date=9 November 2012|agency=''[[The Armenian Weekly]]''}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Արմենչիկն Ամանորին համերգ "նվիրեց" ''(Armenchik presented a concert for the New Year)''|url=http://www.erit.am/index.php?id=1405&t=9&lang=1|accessdateaccess-date=26 November 2012|date=13 January 2010|agency=Eritasard {{!}} Youth Online Newspaper}}</ref>

Armenchik married Lusine Manukyan, a [[Armenians in Russia|Moscow Armenian]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Արմենչիկ եւ Լուսինե ''(Armenchik and Lusine)''|url=http://www.bravo.am/news/armenchik_ev_lusine/|publisher=Bravo.am|accessdateaccess-date=26 November 2012|date=5 February 2010|language=hy}}</ref> They have a son named Michael, who was born in 2011.<ref name="zahm">{{cite web|title=Արմենչիկը որդու առջեւ պայման է դրել ''(Armenchik has set terms for his son)''|url=http://zham.am/index.php?lid=am&pageName=evayln&id=464974851|publisher=Zham.am|accessdateaccess-date=26 November 2012|date=15 November 2012|language=hy}}</ref> He is fluent in Armenian and English and knows some Russian.<ref>{{cite news|last=Solovyeva|first=Svetlana|title=Арменчик хранит все подарки поклонников ''(Armenchik saves the gifts from his fans)''|url=http://tvgorod.ru/22104-armenchik-hranit-vse-podarki-poklonnikov.html|accessdateaccess-date=25 November 2012|date=24 July 2012|agency=''TVGorod.ru''|language=ru}}</ref>

===Studio Albums:albums===

*1995 Armen & Nor Seround (1995)

*1996 Siro Yerker (1996)

*1997 Yerevan (1997)

*1998 Hayastanoum (1998)

*2000 Namak (2000)

*2001 Allo Dues? (2001)

*2003 Anunt Inche? (2003)

*2004 Gone Gone (2004)

*2005 Mi Kich - Mi Kich (2005)

*2007 Havatam Te Che... (2007)

*2009 The Road (2009)

*2011 The Armenians (2011)

*2010 Live At NokiaKodak Theatre (2005)

[[Category:21st-century Armenian male singers]]

[[Category:PeopleMusicians from Yerevan]]

[[Category:MusiciansSingers from Los Angeles]]

[[Category:Armenian pop-folk-pop singers]]