Draft:Tokionine

tokionine
tokionine
Background information
Birth name	David Badalyan
Born	19 December 1989 (age 34); Yerevan, Armenia
Genres	Pop, Disco, R&B
Years active	2011–present
Labels	TKN ENTERTAINMENT

Submission declined on 10 March 2024 by TheChineseGroundnut (talk).

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Declined by TheChineseGroundnut 2 months ago. Last edited by FrescoBot 2 seconds ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Submission declined on 6 February 2024 by Alalch E. (talk).

This submission's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article—that is, they do not show significant coverage (not just passing mentions) about the subject in published, reliable, secondary sources that are independent of the subject (see the guidelines on the notability of music-related topics). Before any resubmission, additional references meeting these criteria should be added (see technical help and learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue). If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

Declined by Alalch E. 3 months ago.

Comment: Sources merely passing mentions. Source 1 didn't even mention the subject. Fails WP:NMUSICIAN. @T.C.G. [talk] 22:25, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

David Badalyan (born December 19, 1989), known professionally as tokionine, is a producer and songwriter of Armenian origin. He composed and produced the song Qami Qami, which was performed by Maléna and won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021.^[1]^[2]^[3]. He is also the composer of the song "Do It My Way" performed by Yan Girls, who represented Armenia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023^[4]^[5]. In 2022 tokionine produced a cover version of the song Cheri, Cheri Lady by German pop duo Modern Talking, which was performed my Maléna. In February 2023 Cheri Cheri Lady went viral on TikTok in Indonesia and Vietnam^[6], reaching the top of the Top 50 Viral on Spotify and iTunes in Vietnam. On February 24, the song was the number 1 in Daily Viral Songs Vietnam^[7]. The song was number 26 on the Billboard Vietnam Hot 100 list.

Discography[edit]

Title	Year	Album	Writer	Producer	Remix
"Walking Out"^[8]	2019	Srbuk – Eurovision Song Contest 2019	Y
"Qami Qami"	2021	Maléna – Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021	Y	Y
"Cheri Cheri Lady"^[9]^{[circular reference]}	2022	Maléna		Y	Y
"Can't feel anything"^[10]	2022	Maléna	Y	Y
"Spin The Magic"^[11]	2022	CommonSong - Junior Eurovision 2022	Y	Y
"Flashing Lights"^[12]	2023	Maléna	Y	Y

References[edit]

[1] "Maléna wins Junior Eurovision 2021 for Armenia! 🇦🇲". 19 December 2021.

[2] "Junior Eurovision 2021 Armenia: Maléna - "Qami Qami"".

[3] "Producer David Badalyan on winning JESC and New Wave with Malena and Saro".

[4] "Yan Girls".

[5] "Junior Eurovision 2023 Armenia: Yan Girls - "Do It My Way"".

[6] "Nữ sinh 16 tuổi cover ca khúc Cheri Cheri Lady ngọt lịm". 25 February 2023.

[7] "Spotify Charts - Spotify Charts are made by fans".

[8] "Armenia: "Walking Out" by Srbuk Revealed". 10 March 2019.

[9] "Cheri, Cheri Lady".

[10] "🇦🇲 Maléna releases her new single "Can't Feel Anything"". 16 December 2022.

[11] "Spin the Magic: Junior Eurovision 2022 common song released".

[12] "Qnarik Hovhannisyan and her beautiful interpretation of 'Havoun, Havoun' - ESC Covers". 18 August 2021.

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