Karen Kavaleryan

Karen Kavaleryan (; ; born 5 June 1961 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian-Armenian lyricist. He is known for his work in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Karen Kavaleryan is widely considered as the most successful Russian lyricist, he is 27 times finalist of "Song of the Year" gala, author of anthem of 2014 Winter Olympics and the final song 2014 Winter Paralympics, performed by José Carreras and Diana Gurtskaya, during his career has published more than 700 songs performed by Gorky Park, Bravo, Prime-Minister, Alla Pugacheva, Philip Kirkorov, Nikolay Baskov, Valeriya, Dima Bilan and many others.

Artyom Kavaleryan, son of Karen Kavaleryan, is the lyricist of the Russian entry in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 "Doroga k solntsu" performed by Vlad Krutskikh.

Eurovision Song Contest entries Country Year Song Artist Place Points Composer 2002 "Northern Girl"†1 Prime Minister 10 55 Kim Breitburg 2006 "Never Let You Go"†2 Dima Bilan 2 (SF: 3rd) 248 (SF: 217) Alexander Lunyov 2007 "Work Your Magic" Dmitry Koldun 6 (SF: 4th) 145 (SF: 176) Philipp Kirkorov 2007 "Anytime You Need"†3 Hayko 8 (SF: —) 138 (SF: —) Hayko 2008 "Shady Lady" Ani Lorak 2 (SF: 1) 230 (SF: 152) Philipp Kirkorov 2008 "Peace Will Come" Diana Gurtskaya 11 (SF: 5) 83 (SF: 107) Kim Breitburg 2010 "Apricot Stone" Eva Rivas 7 (SF:6) 141 (SF:83) Armen Martirosyan 2013 "Gravity" Zlata Ognevich 3 (SF:3) 214 (SF:140) Mikhail Nekrasov †1 Lyrics co-written with Evgene Fridlyand & Irina Antonyan †2 Lyrics co-written with Irina Antonyan †3 Lyrics co-written with Hayko (Armenian part)

National Finals entries 2005 Russia Alexandr Panaiotov & Alexey Chumakov, Balalayka and Russian version Balalayka 2005 Russia A-Sortie, Keep On Shinin' and Russian version Sharik 2006 Russia Dima Bilan, Lady Flame 2006 Russia Jasmin, Foreigner 2007 Belarus Diana Gurtskaya, How Long 2008 Russia Alexandr Panaiotov, Crescent & Cross 2008 Russia Anatoliy Alyoshin, One More Try 2012 Russia Mark Tishman, Money vs Love

Personal life He is married, has a son Artyom.