Elen Levon

This article is about the Australian pop singer. For the Russian-born actress, see Elena Levon.
Elen Levon

Elen Levon at Supafest#2011
Background information
Born (1994-07-13) 13 July 1994
Ukraine
Origin Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres Pop, dance, hip hop, R&B, glam rock, art rock, indie, reggae
Occupation(s)

Recording artist, actress

instrument = Vocals,
Years active 2008–present

Elen Levon, (born 13 July 1994, in Ukraine) is a singer, actress and dancer.

Early life

Elen Levon was born on the 13th of 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. Elen's mother was in the fashion industry so Elen would model and walk the cat walk at her mothers and friends fashion shows. At the age of 6, Levon found out she could sing and decided it was something she wanted to do for the rest of her life. Levon joined a performing arts school where she could further her skills which led to her training all styles of dance including, ballet, dance, musical theatre, singing and acting.[1]

Career

Levon received her first management deal at the age of 13.[1] In 2008, Levon 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.[2] Together, they released two singles.[3] The group later disbanded in November 2009.[3]

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.[1][4] Her debut solo single, "Naughty", was released on 30 September 2011.[5] The single peaked at number 60 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. It was featured in Fox8's promotional advertisement for American television show, Gossip Girl.[6]

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

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'".[4] Beyoncé has also been named another one of her influences.[7]

Discography

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Year Title Peak chart
positions		 Album
AUS
[8]
[9]
2011 "Naughty" (featuring Israel Cruz) 60 Non-album singles
2012 "Like a Girl In Love" 74
"Dancing to the Same Song" 73
2013 "Wild Child" 48
"Over My Head" -
2014 "Kingdom" -

Featured singles

Year Title Album
2012 "Save My Life"
(Israel Cruz featuring Elen Levon)		 Non-album single
2014 "Ah Yeah So What"
(Will Sparks feat. Wiley featuring Elen Levon)		 Another Land
"Cool Enough"
(Spada featuring Elen Levon)		 Non-album single

References

  1. 1 2 3 Di Francesco, Dominic (11 October 2011). "Exclusive: Elen Levon Interview". Rhyme & Reason. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14.
  2. ↑ Soon, Nick (10 February 2009). "Fabulous five take centre stage at mall". Blacktown Sun (Fairfax Media). Archived from the original on 2012-03-14.
  3. 1 2 "Panjo 5 call it quits". WordPress. 25 November 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14.
  4. 1 2 Moran, Jonathan (9 October 2011). "Elen Levon wants to be a superstar". The Daily Telegraph (News Limited). Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  5. ↑ "Naughty (feat. Israel Cruz) – Single by Elen Levon". iTunes Store. Apple. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  6. ↑ "'Naughty' on Gossip Girl". Elenlevon.com. 9 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14.
  7. ↑ "Bio". Elenlevon.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14.
  8. ↑ "ARIA Charts Report Issue #1128" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 2012-02-11.
  9. ↑ "Chartifacts – Week Commencing: 12th March 2012". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 2012-03-13.
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