Aram Sargsyan was born in Armenia's capital Yerevan. He attended the Yerevan State Medical University, from which he graduated in 2006. During his study at the YSMU, he played in the KVNcomedy show, first among Armenian universities and later in the Armenian team Ararat in Moscow.
Career
2006–12: Early beginnings
In 2006, Aram joined several other comedians—largely unknown to the public—to form 32 Teeth comedy show. During his first years in 32 Atam he often performed humorous covers of popular songs earning the nickname "Aram Mp3", referring the common audio format MP3. In 2007, he became the winner of Armenian First Channel's 2 Stars TV show. During this time Aram started to perform live in jazz and blues clubs, record songs and shoot music videos. Famous TV formats such as X-Factor, Armenian Idol, My Name Is..., Power Of 10 were hosted by him and brought him more fame. In 2010 Aram and his friends created the Vitamin Clubstand-up comedy TV show, which is broadcast by Shant TV every week. He has also hosted several shows in Armenia TV.
In 2013 Aram began to work more on his musical career. He released his first solo music videos for his singles "Shine" and "If I Tried". Both songs were written by Aram himself and his friend, Garik Papoyan. On 31 December 2013, Aram Mp3 was selected by the Public Television Company of ArmeniaArmenia 1 to represent Armenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Denmark. During the semi-final allocation draw on 20 January 2014 at the Copenhagen City Hall, Armenia was drawn to compete in the first half of the first semi-final on 6 May 2014. On 14 March 2014 it was announced that Aram will sing his "Not Alone" song in Copenhagen. In the first semi-final, the producers of the show decided that Armenia would open the semi-final and perform 1st. Armenia qualified from the first semi-final and competed in the final on 10 May 2014. During the winner's press conference for the first semi-final qualifiers, Armenia was allocated to compete in the first half of the final. In the final, the producers of the show decided that Armenia would perform seventh. Aram finished the contest in 4th place with 174 points.
2014–present: After Eurovision
After Eurovision he was appearing as a guest star on many Armenian TV shows such as The Voice and X Factor. Aram's new single "Help" was released on 7 February 2015. In 2016, he is the speaking and singing voice of Adult Simba and also the lead singer of Circle of Life. in the Armenian version of The Lion King. Starting in 2016, he participated as a judge and mentor on the Armenian Eurovision National final where his team was made up of Saro Gevorgyan, LUCY, Lilit Harutyunyan, and Jujo. However, they all got eliminated with LUCY placing 6th in the contest. In February 2017, Iveta Mukuchyan and Aram Mp3 released a collaborative single together titled "Dashterov". On 21 May, Iveta Mukuchyan, on her Facebook page, announced a new traditional project with Aram MP3 called "Dashterov". The first song of that project was released on 15 June and the second one was released on 22 June. In the same month, Sargsyan participated in a new project for helping all the Armenian children who suffer from cancer. Many Armenian prominent singers were also participating, such as Mihran Tsarukyan, Erik Karapetyan, Iveta Mukuchyan.
Personal life
Aram married Anna Margaryan in April 2008. Their son Arno was born in June 2011.
