Biography
Athena Manukyan from an early age is used to performing before the public, which helped her to gain confidence in himself and the ability to maximize the scene. The talent of the actors appreciated the audience and judges of the National Selection of Armenia, who presented it with the opportunity to submit a country at Eurovision in the Netherlands.Childhood and youth
Athen Manukyan was born on May 22, 1994 in the Greek capital - Athens. By nationality, she is a Greek, but has Armenian roots. Already in the early years of the biography, the future star was interested in music, in which her parents were supported, later the younger brother were interested in creativity.
At the age of 10, Athena arranged improvised concerts in their room, which allowed her to get used to the scene and public speeches. For the first time, the girl loudly declared himself when she became the winner of the Greek Music Competition This Is What's Missing, which was broadcast on television.
A year later, the young performer flashed at the Children's Eurovision in Greece, where the composition to Fili Tis Aphroditis sang. It was not possible to conquer the main prize, the result was the 7th place, but Atena received the valuable experience of participating in such contests.
Personal life
The performer prefers not to disclose the details of his personal life, so there is nothing known about the second half of half.Music
The teenager Manukyan acted in nightclubs, where she managed to collect crowds of enthusiastic listeners. Soon the girl thought about creating a debut single, which was called Party Like a Freak. The track quickly got into the top of the music charts of Greece, and the video on Youtube scored millions of views.
The next song I Surrender was no less popular and was recognized as a summer hit. Later, Athena conquered the listeners by the composition Na Les Pos M 'Agapas. All three debut tracks received the "Golden Disk".
A truly known outside of Greece, the artist has become only after the yield of XO. The record of the single was carried out in Sweden, and shooting a clip - in Australian Sydney. In 2015, the song was awarded the ARMENIAN PULSE MUSIC Awards award as an English-speaking hit.
That same year, Manukyan visited Armenia for the first time, where she looked local attractions, met with fans and spoke at the music festival along with the Gentleman's Band group. Later, she re-come to the country and told about the plans to record a song in Armenian.
In 2018, Athena decided to storm the British scene and became the participant of the show The X Factor. On the selected, she performed the Beyonce Track Crazy In Love, which conquered the singer Robbie Williams. As a result, the girl received three positive responses and one negative from Louis Tomlinson and went to the next stage. The winner of Manukyan never succeeded.
Anya Manukyan now
At the beginning of 2020, the actress became a participant of the Armenian competition of the Depi Evratesil, dedicated to Eurovision. The girl spoke about the plans to speak on the selection since 2015, but she could not complete the preparation on time and harmonize the conditions with the organizers.Shortly before the speech, she gave a short interview in which he told that it was going to arrange a spectacular show. Athine called its competitors to national selection of unique and talented, but made a bet on their experience in participation in contests.
At the Armenian scene, the singer presented the composition of Chains on You. In a conversation with journalists from EscBubble, the girl revealed a deep meaning of the song. She is about the fact that every person has a natural gift (diamond), which needs to be developed, despite the attempts of other people to prevent this, and in the end, the efforts will be rewarded.
The girls' competitors were 11 bright performers, but according to the results of the vote of the Armenian and foreign jury, and she received the victory leaders. In the amount of Atene, it was possible to score 168 points. The award-winning Manukyan was a trip to the Eurovision International Music Competition, which is held in the Dutch Rotterdam.
On March 13 of the same year, the artist presented a bright video clip in which she dances on a scene in the form of a diamond. The video collected many enthusiastic feedback from the fans of her creativity.
Now the artist continues to engage in a musical career. She leads a page in "Instagram", where the photo and video from the speeches is divided, and also informs subscribers about the news.
Discography (songs)
- 2011 - Party Like a Freak
- 2012 - I Surrender
- 2012 - Na Les Pos M'agapas
- 2014 - Xo.
- 2020 - Chains ON You