Armenian famous singers Andre and Sirusho have won in the nominations of The Best Male Act and The Best Female Act at international Daf BAMA Music Awards 2016.

While receiving his prize Andre expressed his gratitude from the stage by thanking his fans from Armenia and Artsakh. This fact infuriated the Azerbaijani delegation. While receiving her prize, singer Aygun Kazimova announced from the stage:

“Thank you my Azerbaijan, thank you my Karabakh”.

Andre had informed us, that the problem had deeper roots.

While doing my sound check, I sang the Armenian song “Sari Aghjik”, which Azerbaijani people “conceder to be theirs”. But everyone knows, it’s an Armenian Folk song. Since then I’ve noticed some curious faces fixed on me”,-said the singer.

Earlier Azerbaijani press had spread rumors about Armenian song Sari Aghjik mentioning that Andre (whom they incorrectly named Sirusho) was about to sing Sari Aghjik during the concert but they had demanded the organizers to change the song.

But as far as we’re informed, Andre had intended to sing his song “Hum Hey” from the beginning.

In order to clarify this story we spoke with the organizer of Daf BAMA Music Awards, Roya Nadi.

“We had a very successful Award ceremony and were very pleased to have more than 30 artists from different countries and cultures attending. We had 20 different languages on our board, what makes our Event really special in its kind.

Regarding the Songs from Sirusho and Andre, I can insure, that we have chosen the songs about 3 weeks before the ceremony. The lineup was made days before the Event and there were no changes in any songs of any Artists during the day of the ceremony or before. We are a multicultural Award ceremony from Germany who respects all countries, cultures and religions.We are sure, that all the Artist who participate in our ceremony, respect this matter”,-she said.

Syune Arakelyan