Andranik Madadian
Andranik Madadian (Persie: آندرانیک مددیان, Armenie: Անդրանիկ Մադադյան), better kent bi his stage name, Andy (Persie: اندی, Armenie: Էնդի), is a famous Iranian-Armenie sangster-sangwriter.[1] He is a naturalisit American an currently lives in Los Angeles, Californie.
| Andranik Madadian | |
|---|---|
 Andy at a Washington, DC concert, Januar 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Native name | اندی Էնդի |
| Forby kent as | Andy |
| Born | Tehran, Iran |
| Genres | Dance, dance pop, pop, rock, soft rock |
| Thrift | Sangster, sangwriter, actor |
| Instruments | Guitar, bass guitar |
| Years active | 1985-present |
| Labels | Pars Video, Caltex, Taraneh, Avang Music, Cherokee Music Group |
| Wabsteid | www |
Career
eeditDuo in Andy & Kouros
eeditAndy made it big when he joined Kouros Shahmiri an thegither formit a successful duo Andy & Kouros.
Andy & Kouros released 4 albums thegither: Khastegary (1985), Parvaz (1988), the hugely successful album Balla!, an feenally Goodbye (1991). The twa split in 1992, wi baith Andy an Kouros goin on tae hae successful individual solo careers. The twa reunitit several times efter that point. In 2002 an 2004 they performit thegither for a sauld-oot audience in San Jose, Californie. In 2009, Andy & Kouros they went on an internaitional tour thegither in the Iranian diaspora, an performit thegither again in Mey 2010. They appeared thegither on a muisic video bi Farez remakin their hit "Niloufar" an aw.
Solo career
eeditAndy haes released 15 albums as a solo airtist.
Ither collaborations
eeditOn 24 Juin 2009, Andy, Richie Sambora an Jon Bon Jovi recordit a version o the Leiber an Stoller staundart Stand by Me,[2] describitd bi producer Don Was as a "warldwide solidarity wi the fowk o Iran". The Persie introduction is done bi baith Andy an Jon Bon Jovi, as well as the rest o the sang which continues in Inglis. The record wis producit bi Don Was an John Shanks an wis registered at Henson Studio C, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Californie.
Discografie
eeditAndy & Kouros
eedit| Year | Title | Notable Tracks | Notes |
| 1985 | Khastegary | Three of us Madar |
Duo album |
| 1988 | Parvaz | Chi Mishod Restless Niloufar Topoli Restless |
Duo album |
| 1990 | Balla! | Balla Leila Atish Negah Sheytoon bala Khodaye Asemoonha Don't Go Away |
Duo album |
| 1991 | Goodbye | Strange Love Yasaman |
Duo album |
Andy
eedit| Year | Title | Notable Tracks | Notes |
| 1992 | Beegharar | * Beegharar * Entezar * Dokhtar Irooni * Shaytanat * Ghasre Kaghazi * Shabgard |
First solo album |
| 1993 | Laili | * Yeh Roozi Tange Ghoroobe Asemoon | Collaboration — featurin Bijan Mortazavi an Hassan Shamaizadeh |
| 1994 | Tanhaee | * Tanhaee * Cheshmaye Naaz * Naaze Naaz |
Solo album |
| 1996 | Devoted | * Sarsepordeh * Dokhtare Bandar * Peike navid |
Solo album |
| 1998 | Silk Road | * Az Khod Gozashteh * Orere Seero * Melli Poosha |
Solo album |
| 1999 | Ghahremanane Vatan | * Ghahremanane Vatan | Collaboration / Single — featurin Leila Forouhar an Dariush |
| 1999 | Nune | * Chera Ashegh Shodam | Single |
| 2000 | And My Heart... | * Yalla * Rayhan |
Solo album — includin 7 sangs in Persie, 1 in Inglis, 1 in Spainyie, 1 in Armenie, 1 in Arabic, an 1 in Hindi |
| 2000 | And My Heart... | * Yalla * Rayhan * Hotel California |
Solo album — American Edition - includin 7 sangs in Persian, 3 in Inglis, 2 in Spainyie, 2 in Armenie, 1 in Arabic, an 1 in Hindi, a Persie version o the Eagles' Hotel California is added. |
| 2001 | Yaran | Collaboration — featurin Pyruz, Paksima, an Hamid Nadiri | |
| 2002 | Khalvate Man | * Negahe avval * Shaghayegh |
Solo album — includin 4 remixes o the 2000-hit Rayhan |
| 2003 | Orere Seero | * Orere Seero * Garoun Garouneh |
Solo album — Andy's first aw-Armenie album |
| 2004 | Platinum | * Veda * Salame Asheghouneh * Ghesseye Baran |
Solo album — Salame Asheqouneh an Leiliye Sahraei are featured in the Oscar nominatit motion pictur House of Sand and Fog. |
| 2006 | City of Angels | * Mohem Nabood * Gole Bandar * Daram Miram Beh Tehran |
Solo album — 11 oreeginal sangs an 5 remixes on 2 CDs, a cover o the sang Marde Tanha oreeginally sung bi Farhad as well as a remix by Nami are found on the first an seicont CD, respectively. An editit version o the sang Tanine Solh written bi Leila Kasra an sung bi Andy, Kouros, Fataneh, Moein, Morteza, an Hayedeh is done. Daram Miram Beh Tehran is featured as the soondtrack o the animatit film Babak an Friends - A First Norooz. |
| 2007 | Airport | * Foroudgah * Deltang * Zamooneh |
Solo album — 13 oreeginal sangs an 3 remixes |
Videos/DVDs
eedit- The Journey
- Orere Seero
- Platinum
- City of Angels
- Balla!
- Andy Live at the Kodak Theatre
Filmografie
eedit| Year | Title | Role |
| 2003 | Irangeles | Andy |
| 2003 | House of Sand and Fog | Weddin Sangster |
| 2005 | The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam | Ali Ben-Sabbah |
| 2010 | Lost Journey: Lost Journey | mr.zand |
Personal life
eeditAndy marriet his langtime girlfriend an airtist Shani on 11 November 2011.[3]
See an aw
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ "Weekend Forecast". Los Angeles Times. 2007.
|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ Bon Jovi an Andy sang in support o Iranian demonstrators bbc
- ↑ http://nabz.com/news/andy-shani-wedding-report-photos/ Archived 2012-07-16 at Archive.today
- Tehran Magazine. Choose the Best: Andy, Mansour, or Shahram Kashani Issue 476. Page 72-76. http://www.tehranmagazine.com