Andy

Full Name: Andranik Madadian
Birth Date: April 21, 1958
Birth Place: Tehran, Iran

Andranik Madadian born April 21, 1958), better known by his stage name, Andy, is a legendary Iranian singer-songwriter.

Andy was born on April 21, 1958 in Tehran, Iran to ethnic Iranian Armenian parents. He is seen by many as an important figure in Iranian pop music from the 80's and 90's. He started his career with promoter Alireza Amirghassemi in the early 1980s and made it big when he joined Kouros and together formed a successful duo. Andy and Kouros were first introduced at a Siavash Shams concert by Siavash himself who was a good friend of Andy. Andy and Kouros released 4 albums including the 1990 hit album "Balla!." In 1992 Andy and Kouros split and both went to pursue solo careers. Andy has been awarded Best Armenian International Singer of the year four times and in 1994 Universal Studios declared Andy the best Iranian singer of the decade. He is known as the "King of Pop" of Iran. He has released 15 albums since the start of his solo career including the multicultural album "And My Heart..." in 2000 where he sings in Persian, English, Spanish, Armenian, Arabic, and Hindi. Later that year, an American edition of the album was also released. In March 2006 "City of Angels" hit #1 in Virgin Megastores in Dubai. "City of Angels" won the Best International Armenian Album award for the 2006 Armenian Music Awards.

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