Hayk Borisi "Hayko" Hakobyan ( hy, Հայկ Բորիսի "Հայկո" Հակոբյան; 25 August 1973 – 29 September 2021) was an Armenian singer and songwriter.

Biography

Hayko was born on 25 August 1973 in Yerevan, Armenia (then part of the Soviet Union). He studied at Yerevan Secondary School No. 170, then in Secondary School No. 32 named after Hovhannes Tumanyan. In 1987, he graduated from the Yerkhani Chukhachyan Music School and was admitted to R. Melikyan Music College. He started his music career in 1996 with his first song ''Love'' ( hy, link=no, Սեր). He won Armenia's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki. He represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest in the final with the song "

Anytime You Need Armenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Anytime You Need" written by Hayko and Karen Kavaleryan. The song was performed by Hayko. The Armenian entry for the 2007 contest in Helsinki, Finland was selected through th ...

". The song placed eighth in the contest.

Musical career

* In 1996, Hayko participated in the "Moskva 96" ("Moscow 96") festival; awarded First Prize. * In 1997, he won the 1st prize at the " Big Apple" festival in New York City. * In 1998, he was acknowledged as "The Best Author – Performer" at the "Ayo" Author's Competition. * In 1999, he was nominated for "The Best Singer" award. * In 1999, he recorded his first CD called "Romance", which represented the well-known Armenian "city" songs with a new and fresh interpretation. * In 2002, he was nominated in different categories at the

Armenian Music Awards Armenian Music Awards was an annual music awards ceremony first held at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California on October 7, 1998. It was created and produced for the first eight years by Peter Bahlawanian who wanted to support Armenian artist ...

(The Best Singer, The Best Project and The Best Album) and this year became exceptional in his career. He won in all three nominations. * In 2003, he got an Award at the "Armenian National Music Awards" for "The best DVD". * In 2003, he gave his first solo concert at the " Alex Theatre" in the United States. * On 27 May 2003, he gave a solo performance in Yerevan and recorded a DVD called "Live Concert" * In 2003, he recorded his first author's CD called "Norits" ("Again"). * He was recognized as the Best Singer 2003 and 2006 at the Armenian National Music Awards. * He entered the

2007 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Helsinki, Finland, following the country's victory at the with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi. Organised by the European Broadcasti ...

for Armenia with the song "

Death

Hayko, who had cancer, died on 29 September 2021, in Yerevan after contracting COVID-19 during the

COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia The COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have reached Armenia on 1 March 2020 ...

. He was 48.

Discography

*Romance (2000) *Norits (2004) *Live Concert (2004) *With One Word (2007) *Live Concert 2008 (2008) *Es Qez Siraharvel Em (2014) *Hayko Live Concert (2018) *Amena (2020)

References

External links

Official website
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