Lida Arakelyan ( hy, Լիդա Առաքելյան; born 11 July 1999), better known by her stage name Lidushik ( hy, Լիդուշիկ), is an Armenian singer, best known for songs such as "Poqeri Ashkharh" (2008), "Yerg em Horinel" (2009), "Mankutyun" (2010), and "Pare" (2011).

Life and work

Lida Arakelyan was born on 11 July 1999 in

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, the capital city of

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. Lidushik started singing at the age of 3, and has been a part of the children's pop/pop-folk ensemble "Arevik" from 2004 to late-2010. She adopted the stage name of ''Lidushik'' in early 2005, and is one of the youngest people in Armenia to ever gain popularity. In 2011, Lidushik took part in the fourth annual contest for child singers,

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: Մանկական Նոր Ալիք), and got the special prize from the television channel

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which let her to take part in the popular Italian TV show "

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." In 2013 she had her first solo concert in

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, which was followed by a second solo concert in

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, third in Yerevan, fourth solo concert at the end of the year in

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, and fifth in

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in 2014. Also, she took part in

again as a guest, performing with Tamara Gverdsiteli, Dominick Jocker and

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Discography

Albums

*Kids' World (2012) *Im Poqrik Hayastan (2015)

Singles

Music videos

*Poqreri Ashkharh (2008) *Yerg em Horinel (2010) *Pare (2011) *Mama (feat.

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) (2012) *Tik-Tak (2013) *Qo Nman (feat. Diana Kalashova) (2013) *La La La (2014) *Im Poqrik Hayastan (2014) *Hayastani Nor Patani (2015) *Srtum Arajin Ser (2017) *Yes u du (2019) *Liqy Ser (2021)

References

External links

Official website
Living people 1999 births 21st-century Armenian women singers Musicians from Yerevan Armenian folk-pop singers Armenian child singers {{Armenia-singer-stub