Sona Rubenyan ( arm, Սոնա Ռուբենյան, born December 14, 1993) is an Armenian singer and songwriter. She is best known for winning the fifth edition of ''

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''.

Career

In 2011, Rubenyan became the winner of the fifth edition of ''

'', which is the Armenian version of the British television hit show ''

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''. In 2014, she also represented Armenia at the New Wave international contest in

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. Since 2016, Rubenyan has been collaborating with

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as a duo under the name Garik & Sona, releasing several singles including " Lusin", "Esor Urbat e", "Nino" and more. In November 2020, amid the Nagorno-Karabakh war she was featured on a

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titled "Mez vochinch chi haghti" (Nothing Will Win Us) along with Arthur Khachents,

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, Gor Sujyan,

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, Sevak Khanagyan and

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Personal life

In December 2015, Rubenyan got engaged, but they broke up in 2016. In July 2021, she announced about her new engagement. They got married in November 2021.

Awards and achievements

References

1993 births 21st-century Armenian actresses 21st-century Armenian women singers Armenian Apostolic Christians Armenian women singer-songwriters Armenian pop singers Hay Superstar participants Living people Musicians from Yerevan Armenian folk-pop singers Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan alumni {{Armenia-singer-stub