Elen Levon

Elen Levon
Elen Levon at Supafest#2011
Elen Levon at Supafest#2011
Background information
Born (1994-07-13) 13 July 1994 (age 30)
Ukraine
OriginSydney, New South Wales, Australia
GenresPop, dance, hip hop, R&B, glam rock, art rock, indie, reggae
Occupation(s)Recording artist, actress
Years active2008–present

Elen Levon (born 13 July 1994, in Ukraine)[1] is a Ukrainian-Australian singer, actress and dancer.

Early life

Elen Levon was born on 13 July 1994 in Ukraine and moved to Sydney, Australia with her family shortly after she was born. She started ballet classes and learning other genres of dance aged three. Her mother was in the fashion industry, so Levon modeled and walked the catwalk at her mother's and friends' fashion shows. At the age of six, Levon found out she could sing and decided it was something she wanted to do for the rest of her life. She joined a performing arts school where she could further her skills, which led to her training in all styles of dance including ballet, dance, musical theatre, singing and acting.[2]

Career

Levon received her first management deal at the age of 13.[2] In 2008, she was selected to be in the Australian pop group Panjo 5, through the reality television series, Airtime, which was screened on Foxtel's Nickelodeon channel.[3] Together, they released two singles.[4] The group later disbanded in November 2009.[4]

During the first half of 2011, Levon was signed to Ministry of Sound as a solo artist. She played her first solo show at Australia's biggest urban music festival, Supafest, and toured with the likes of 50 Cent, G-Unit and Lil' Kim for the Winterbeatz festival.[2][5] Her debut solo single, "Naughty", was released on 30 September 2011.[6] The single peaked at number 60 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. It was featured in Fox8's promotional advertisement for the American television show Gossip Girl.[7]

Levon has now released successful singles with Ministry of Sound and has been successful in Europe, especially Italy.[citation needed]

Influences

Levon finds music inspiration from all genres of music but as a young girl looked up to the big superstar performers such as Madonna and Michael Jackson: "I used to watch Madonna and Michael Jackson on TV and say to myself, 'I want to do that one day.'"[5][8]

Discography

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUS
[9] 		ITA
[10]
2011 "Naughty" (featuring Israel Cruz) 60 — Non-album singles
2012 "Like a Girl In Love" 74 —
"Dancing to the Same Song" 73 45
2013 "Wild Child" 48 21
"Over My Head" — 29
2014 "Kingdom" — —
"Cool Enough" (Spada and Elen Levon) — 34
2016 "Don't You Worry" (Spada and Elen Levon) — —
List of singles, with selected chart positions
Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUS
[9] 		FIN
[12] 		FRA
[13] 		NZ
[14]
2012 "Save My Life"
(Israel Cruz featuring Elen Levon) 		— — — — Non-album single
2014 "Ah Yeah So What"
(Will Sparks featuring Wiley and Elen Levon) 		4 12 116 34 Another Land

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982.[16]

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2013 "Like a Girl in Love" (Jamie Appleby, Melinda Appleby) Dance Work of the Year Nominated [17]

References

  1. ^ "Exclusive Interview with Elen Levon". 4 June 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Di Francesco, Dominic (11 October 2011). "Exclusive: Elen Levon Interview". Rhyme & Reason. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012.
  3. ^ Soon, Nick (10 February 2009). "Fabulous five take centre stage at mall". Blacktown Sun. Archived from the original on 25 May 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Panjo 5 call it quits". WordPress. 25 November 2009. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015.
  5. ^ a b Moran, Jonathan (9 October 2011). "Elen Levon wants to be a superstar". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Naughty (feat. Israel Cruz) – Single by Elen Levon". iTunes Store. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  7. ^ "'Naughty' on Gossip Girl". Elenlevon.com. 9 January 2012. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Biodata". Elenlevon.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013.
  9. ^ a b Australian chart peaks:
  10. ^ Italian chart peaks:
  11. ^ a b "Italian certifications – Elen Levon" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 8 September 2021. Select "Tutti gli anni" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Elen Levon" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Tutte le sezioni" under "Sezione".
  12. ^ "Discography Elen Levon". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Discographie Elen Levon". lescharts.com (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Discography Elen Levon". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  15. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2015 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  16. ^ "APRA History". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  17. ^ "Dance Work of the Year". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). 2013. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
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