2006–2012: Early beginnings In 2006, Aram joined several other comedians—largely unknown to the public—to form the
32 Teeth (32 ատամ) comedy show. During his first years in
32 Teeth, he often performed humorous covers of popular songs, earning the nickname "Aram Mp3", referring to the common audio format
MP3. One of his colleagues, Vahagn Grigoryan, gave him that pseudonym. In 2007, he became the winner of
Armenia 1's
2 Stars (2 աստղ) TV show. During this time Aram started to perform live in jazz and blues clubs, record songs and shoot music videos. Famous TV formats such as
X-Factor,
Hay Superstar,
My Name Is...,
Power Of 10 were hosted by him and brought him more fame. In 2010, Aram and his friends created the
Vitamin Club (Վիտամին ակումբ) stand-up comedy TV show, which was broadcast by
Shant TV every week. He has also hosted several shows on
Armenia TV. In particular, he co-hosted the
Nice Evening program on Armenia 1 with
Garik Papoyan.
2013–2014: Eurovision Song Contest In 2013, Aram began to work more on his musical career. He released his first solo music videos for his singles "Shine" and "If I Tried". Both songs were written by Aram himself and his friend,
Garik Papoyan. On 31 December 2013, Aram Mp3 was selected by the
Public Television Company of Armenia to represent
Armenia at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in
Denmark. On 14 March 2014, it was announced that Aram would sing his song "
Not Alone" in
Copenhagen. In the run-up to the competition, Aram criticised the Austrian performer,
drag queen Conchita Wurst in remarks that were characterised as
homophobic and
transphobic, claiming that her lifestyle was "not natural" and that she should "eventually decide whether she is a woman or a man"; he later apologised and insisted his statements were "a joke" and had not intended to offend Wurst, though maintained that he considered homosexuality to be "unacceptable". He later met in person with Conchita and was photographed exchanging words and hugging with the artist, and put out another apology where he stated that he 'rejects homophobia'. In the first semi-final, the producers of the show decided that Armenia would open the semi-final and perform 1st. Armenia qualified from the first semi-final and competed in the final on 10 May 2014. During the winner's press conference for the first semi-final qualifiers, Armenia was allocated to compete in the first half of the final. Aram finished the contest in 4th place with 174 points.
2014–present: After Eurovision After Eurovision, he appeared as a guest star on many Armenian TV shows such as
The Voice and
X Factor. Aram's new single "Help" was released on 7 February 2015. In 2016, he voiced Adult
Simba, both speaking and singing, and was also the lead singer of
Circle of Life in the Armenian version of
The Lion King. Starting in 2016, he participated as a judge and mentor in the Armenian Eurovision National final, where his team was made up of Saro Gevorgyan, LUCY, Lilit Harutyunyan, and Jujo. However, they all got eliminated with
LUCY placing 6th in the contest. In February 2017,
Iveta Mukuchyan and Aram Mp3 released a collaborative single together titled "
Dashterov". On 21 May, Iveta Mukuchyan announced a new traditional project with Aram MP3 called "Dashterov". The first song ("El Eghnim") of that project was released on 15 June and the second one ("Let the wind blow") was released on 22 June. In the same month, Sargsyan participated in a new project to help all the Armenian children who suffer from cancer. Many prominent Armenian singers were also participating, such as
Mihran Tsarukyan,
Erik Karapetyan, and
Iveta Mukuchyan. ==Personal life==