Also known as اندی
Էնդի
Andy Role Singer · andymusic.com Name Andranik Madadian | Years active 1985–present Instruments Guitar, bass guitar Spouse Shani Rigsbee (m. 2011) | |
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Native name آندرانیک مددیان
Անդրանիկ Մադադյան Born April 22, 1958 (age 66)
Tehran, Iran ( 1958-04-22 ) Genres Pop, dance-pop, rock, soft rock Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, actor Albums Sarsepordeh, City Of Angels, Orere Seero, Khalvate Man Movies House of Sand and Fog, IRANgeles, Shirin in Love, The Keeper: The Lege, Lost Journey Profiles | ||
Latoya jackson and andy singing persian
Andranik Madadian (Persian: آندرانیک مددیان, Armenian: Անդրանիկ Մադադյան), better known by his stage name, Andy (Persian: اندی, Armenian: Անդի; born 1960), is a famous Armenian-Iranian singer-songwriter and actor. He is a naturalized American and currently lives in Los Angeles.
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- Latoya jackson and andy singing persian
- Andy parya khanoom official music video hd
- Duo in Andy Kouros
- Solo career
- Other collaborations
- Personal life
- VideosDVDs
- References
Andy parya khanoom official music video hd
Duo in Andy & Kouros
Andy made it big when he joined Kouros Shahmiri and together formed a successful duo Andy & Kouros.
Andy & Kouros released 4 albums together: Khastegary (1985), Parvaz (1988), the hugely successful album Balla (1990), and finally Goodbye (1991). The two split in 1992, with both Andy and Kouros going on to have successful individual solo careers. The two reunited several times after that point. In 2002 and 2004 they performed together for a sold-out audience in San Jose, California. In 2009, Andy & Kouros they went on an international tour together in the Iranian diaspora, and performed together again in May, 2010. They also appeared together on a music video by Farez remaking their hit "Niloufar".
Solo career
Andy has released 15 albums as a solo artist. His last three singles have ranked #1 in the charts. In 2013, Andy was nominated for Best Male Artist, Best Live Act, and Best Entertainer of the Year at the World Music Awards. The following year, he was presented with the "Millennium" award at the Big Apple Music Awards in NYC.
Other collaborations
On June 24, 2009, Andy, Richie Sambora and Jon Bon Jovi recorded a version of the Leiber and Stoller standard Stand by Me, described by producer Don Was as a "worldwide solidarity with the people of Iran". The Persian introduction is done by both Andy and Jon Bon Jovi, as well as the rest of the song which continues in English. The record was produced by Don Was and John Shanks and was registered at Henson Studio C, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. He participated in a prestigious recording session for WORLD PEACE ONE, which featured some of the world's most successful artists uniting to promote peace. In 2014, Cherokee Music Productions released the humanitarian single, We Hear Your Voice which brought together 15 international stars from 11 countries to inspire fans and followers to find common ground and heal the divide between nations.
Personal life
Andy married his longtime girlfriend and artist Shani Rigsbee on November 11, 2011. Around 1992, the couple began working and touring together and soon after they discovered Shani had ovarian cancer. She had an early hysterectomy in 1992. The couple is associated with cancer-related charities and has performed together for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life.