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Stephanie Topalian

American singer

Summary

American singer

Field	Value
name	Stephanie Topalian
birth_name	Stephanie Nonoshita Topalian
birth_date
birth_place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
death_date
citizenship
occupation	{{Flatlist
years_active	2007–present
module	{{Infobox musical artist	embed=yes
background	solo_singer
genre	Pop
label	SME Records
past_member_of	Genealogy

Singer
Actress

Stephanie Nonoshita Topalian (born August 5, 1987), known simply as Stephanie, is an American-born singer and actress of Armenian and Japanese descent who is signed with SME Records Japan, which is a part of Sony Music. She released two albums: her self-titled debut in 2008 and Colors of my Voice in 2009. She has won the Japanese Music Awards in 2007. A number of her songs have been featured in several Japanese films. She had roles in a few Japanese films, notably Pride and Tokyo Tribe. In 2015, she represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 as a member of Armenian super group project Genealogy with the song "Face the Shadow".

Career

She began singing at a young age. At age 13, she moved to Japan with her family. At 14, Stephanie sent an audio demo tape of her singing to various music productions, and received a response from a Japanese music producer Joe Rinoie. Rinoie was impressed with her singing, and at the age of 19 Stephanie made her major debut in Japan from SME Records (Sony). She achieved the "Best New Artist Award" at the prestigious 49th Japan Record Awards in 2007 and afterwards released two albums.

Her debut single "Kimiga Iru Kagiri" and the follow-up single "Because of You" became the ending themes of the anime Kiss Dum. Her fifth single, “Changin", was also featured as the last ending theme of the anime D.Gray-man. In early 2008, her single "Friends" became the second ending theme for the anime Gundam 00. The song appeared in the Top 10 of Japanese Oricon charts.

As an actress Stephanie debuted in the film Pride in 2009, based on Yukari Ichijo's shōjo comic. She portrayed the protagonist Shio Asami and took part in the film's theme song, "Pride ~~A Part of Me~~" that featured SRM. Aside from Pride, Stephanie also starred in 2009 in the short film It's All Good which was fully scripted in English. She was cast in 2014 to be in Tokyo Tribe and a short film.

Eurovision

Main article: Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015

In February 2015 she was announced as a member of the music group Genealogy (made up of singers from Armenia and the Armenian diaspora) that represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Stephanie Topalian represents the Asian continent in the formation whereas the Ethiopian Vahe Tilbian represents Africa, the American Tamar Kaprelian the American continent, the French Essaï Altounian the European continent, Australian Mary-Jean O'Doherty Basmadjian Oceania and Inga Arshakyan Armenia. The group sang "Face the Shadow" at the contest in Vienna, Austria. She then became an Armenian citizen along with the other members of Genealogy on April 28, 2015, after being given Armenian passports by President Serzh Sargsyan.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions	JPN
Oricon
Stephanie	Colors of My Voice
	25
	102
"—" denotes items which did not chart, or were released before the creation of a chart.

Singles

As a lead artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Certifications	Album	JPN
Oricon
JPN
Hot 100
{{efn	name=BillboardSingles	Sources for chart positions are as follows:	"Kimi ga Iru Kagiri"	"Because of You"	"Winter Gold"	"Friends"	"Changin’" (featuring Roma Tanaka)	"Pride (A Part of Me)" (featuring SRM)	"Future"	"Towa ni"	"Sakura Zaka"	"Precious Love"
2007	36	—		Stephanie
50	—
80	—
2008	8	7
50	—		Colors of My Voice
2009	82	63
155	—
2012	—	—		Non-album singles}}
—	—
—	—
"—" denotes items that did not chart, or were released before the creation of the Billboard Japan Hot 100 in 2008.

As a featured artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions
"Face the Shadow"
(among Genealogy)	"The Otherside"
(Tamar Kaprelian featuring Elhaida Dani, Elina Born, Maria-Elena Kyriakou & Stephanie Topalian)
2015	47	Non-album singles}}
—
"—" denotes items that did not chart.

Promotional singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions
Hot 100
"Beyond Myself"
2008	76	Stephanie

Guest appearances

Title	Year	Other artists
2012	Takeharu Ishimoto	Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance Original Soundtrack
2013	Takeharu Ishimoto	Subarashiki Kono Sekai Crossover: Tribute
Takeharu Ishimoto, The Death March
2021	Takeharu Ishimoto	Neo: The World Ends with You Original Soundtrack

Notes

References

Jiandani, Sanjay. (28 April 2015). "Eurovision Armenia: Genealogy meet the president of Armenia". Esctoday.
(March 24, 2015). "Exclusive interview with Stephanie Topalian!".
"ステファニーの作品". [[Oricon]].
(February 6, 2008). "Japan Billboard Hot 100".
(March 12, 2008). "Japan Billboard Hot 100".
(January 21, 2009). "Japan Billboard Hot 100".
(July 20, 2017). "有料音楽配信認定月次認定作品". [[RIAJ]].
(July 31, 2008). "Japan Billboard Hot 100".
"Netlistinn viku 21, 2015".
[http://wiwibloggs.com/2015/06/23/tamar-kaprelian-releases-esc-collaboration-the-otherside/98570/ Wiwibloggs: Tamar Kaprelian releases ESC collaboration "The Otherside"]
[https://music.apple.com/ca/album/otherside-feat-elhaida-dani/1009189955 iTunes: "The Otherside"]

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