Egine

Heghine Grigoryan
Also known as Egine, Ezhine
Born September 15, 1989
Yerevan, Armenia
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Years active 2010–present
Website egineofficial.com

Heghine Grigoryan (Armenian: Հեղինե Գրիգորյան, born 1989) or Egine (Armenian: Իջին, Russian: Иджùн) or Ezhine,[1] is an Armenian-Russian singer and songwriter who's based out of Miami.[2][3] She is known for her collaboration with American rapper T-Pain titled Moon of Dreams.[4][5][6]

Biography

Egine was born in Yerevan, Armenia[3] to a guitar player and a singer.[1] She was trained in music and attended Gnessin State Musical College.[7] Engine has won several awards including the "Young talents of Russia" musical contest and the annual World Championship of Performing Arts in Los Angeles.[8][9]

Career

Depi Evratesil

In 2016, Grigoryan took part in Depi Evratesil (the national final organised by AMPTV to select the artist to represent Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017).[10][11] During the auditions Egine performed Miley Cyrus's "Wrecking Ball" and all the six previous Armenian Eurovision entrants, who comprise as the jury press their buttons. During Judges Selection she sang the song Sledgehammer and was taken by Hayko. During One of Two she gained 7 points from the jury and passed to the next round with the song "Tired"/"Burnin' Up". At the first semi-final she represented "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)" and "Somos Novios" with her couch Hayko. She gained 25 points from professional jury and 33 points from televoting, placing forth and qualifying for the second semi-final, where she ranked 4th overall and got eliminated.

Awards and achievements

Here is chronologically the awards Egine has received so far.

Year Award Category City Result
2012 Armenia Music Awards Discovery of the Year[1] Moscow Won

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Հայաստանն իմ հայրենիքն է, իմ արյունը, իմ ընտանիքն ու իմ էությունը․ ԱՄՆ-ում և ՌԴ-ում հայտնի երգչուհի EGINE". style.news.am. News.am. December 3, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Egine: On The Rise". NBC 6 South Florida. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  3. 1 2 SouthFlorida.com, Ben Crandell,. "Egine: From Moscow with love songs". southflorida.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  4. ↑ "SINGER-SONGWRITER EGINE CHATS "MOON OF DREAMS," HER DEBUT SINGLE WITH T-PAIN". fuse.tv. Fuse. July 1, 2013. Archived from the original on October 16, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Egine Talks About "Moon of Dreams" And The Artists Who Shaped Her". artistdirect.com. artistdirect. July 1, 2013. Archived from the original on April 22, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Moon of Dreams (feat. T-Pain) – Single". iTunes.com. iTunes. July 1, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Gnessin State Musical College – Russia". www.cinecafe.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  8. ↑ "Презентация нового видеоклипа певицы EGINE "Любовь – ошибка"". www.paparazzi.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  9. ↑ "Певица Egine рассказала, как покоряла Америку" (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  10. ↑ Brey, Marco (July 1, 2016). "Armenia launches ambitious search for Eurovision 2017 act". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on February 28, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Armenia unveils 'Dream Team' for 2017". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. August 22, 2016. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
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