Top Ten Best Armenian Musicians, Composers, & Singers
The Top Ten
1 Daron Malakian
Daron Vartan Malakian is an Armenian–American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He's best known as the main songwriter, guitarist, and co-vocalist for Armenian/American rock band System of a Down. After System of a Down's hiatus in 2006 he began to release music through a solo project called Scars on Broadway. Some of Scars' On Broadway's songs include: They Say, Lives, Guns Are Loaded, World Long Gone, and Angry Guru. Said albums from Scars on Broadway are the following: Scars on Broadway (2008), and Dictator (2018) with rumors of a 3rd album on the way at some point. Despite a long hiatus and a feud with Tankian System would release two new songs in 2020 Protect ...read more.
Daron Vartan Malakian is an Armenian–American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He's best known as the main songwriter, guitarist, and co-vocalist for Armenian/American rock band System of a Down. After System of a Down's hiatus in 2006 he began to release music through a solo project called Scars on Broadway. Some of Scars' On Broadway's songs include: They Say, Lives, Guns Are Loaded, World Long Gone, and Angry Guru. Said albums from Scars on Broadway are the following: Scars on Broadway (2008), and Dictator (2018) with rumors of a 3rd album on the way at some point. Despite a long hiatus and a feud with Tankian System would release two new songs in 2020 Protect ...read more. Select Tracks:
-Sugar
-Radio/Video
-Peephole
-Mr. Jack
-ATWA
-Holy Mountains
-Aerials
-Revenga
-Roulette
-Lonely Day
2 Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian is a Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, poet, and political activist. He's best known for being the lead singer of the Armenian/American rock band System of a Down. After System of a Down's hiatus in 2006 he began to release solo material. Some of his solo songs include: The Sky is Over, Lie Lie Lie, Harakiri, Baby, Empty Walls, and more. His solo albums and EPS include: Elect The Dead (2007), Imperfect Harmonise (2010), Harakiri (2012), Jazz-iz Christ (2013), Fuktronic (2020), and Elasticity (2021) on top of that he has gone on to perform soundtracks for films in recent years.
Serj Tankian is a Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, poet, and political activist. He's best known for being the lead singer of the Armenian/American rock band System of a Down. After System of a Down's hiatus in 2006 he began to release solo material. Some of his solo songs include: The Sky is Over, Lie Lie Lie, Harakiri, Baby, Empty Walls, and more. His solo albums and EPS include: Elect The Dead (2007), Imperfect Harmonise (2010), Harakiri (2012), Jazz-iz Christ (2013), Fuktronic (2020), and Elasticity (2021) on top of that he has gone on to perform soundtracks for films in recent years. Select Tracks:
-Yes, It's Genocide
-Sugar
-Radio/Video
-Peephole
-Mr. Jack
-ATWA
-Holy Mountains
-Aerials
-Revenga
-Roulette
I like this funny man!
3 Fahrat
4 Arthur Meschian
Select Tracks:
-But Alas
-Ancient Land
-Where Were You God?
-I Don't Know
5 Barsegh Kanachian
6 Raphael Patkanian
7 Ruben Matevosyan
8 John Dolmayan
John Dolmayan is a Lebanese-born Armenian-American songwriter and drummer. He is best known as the drummer of System of a Down. During System's hiatus, he made a solo album based solo on covers called These Grey Men, which featured vocal performances from Serj Tankian, M. Shadows, Franky Perez, Jonathan Dorr, Jonah Perry Nimoy, and Sirusho. Tom Morello provided guitar work on Street Spirit. Dolmayan and Serj have argued on social media, due to their drastically different political beliefs.
John Dolmayan is a Lebanese-born Armenian-American songwriter and drummer. He is best known as the drummer of System of a Down. During System's hiatus, he made a solo album based solo on covers called These Grey Men, which featured vocal performances from Serj Tankian, M. Shadows, Franky Perez, Jonathan Dorr, Jonah Perry Nimoy, and Sirusho. Tom Morello provided guitar work on Street Spirit. Dolmayan and Serj have argued on social media, due to their drastically different political beliefs.
9 Shavo Odajian
Shavo Odajian is an Armenian-American bassist, musician, and composer for the Armenian-American band System of a Down. During System's hiatus, Shavo Odajian would go on to form a rap-rock group called North Kingsley, featuring Ray Hawthorne as the feature vocalist/rapper of the group who also writes most of the lyrics. They released two EPS called Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 they have yet to release a full feature length album.
Shavo Odajian is an Armenian-American bassist, musician, and composer for the Armenian-American band System of a Down. During System's hiatus, Shavo Odajian would go on to form a rap-rock group called North Kingsley, featuring Ray Hawthorne as the feature vocalist/rapper of the group who also writes most of the lyrics. They released two EPS called Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 they have yet to release a full feature length album. Select Tracks:
-Sugar
10 Aram Khachaturian
Sabre Dance is one of my most favorite classical pieces.
Select Tracks:
-Sabre Dance
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