![]() He would later study culinary arts before returning to music as a profession. He had his first solo performance at age 16 and stated, "My first performance was at school, and I realized that I wanted to do this - there is something here that binds me". He studied piano at the Saldus Music School. His mother taught him English from the age of 6 and he credits Freddie Mercury as one of his first musical idols. He has one brother and three sisters, one of whom was the first to encourage him to perform on stage at the age of four. He has won Best Rock Album once from two nominations with Lelle (2008) and has been nominated once for Best Pop-Rock Album with Signāls (2013).Īrturs Šingirejs was born on 10 April 1984 in Saldus, Latvia to a Belarusian father and a Latvian mother, who performed professionally as a soloist in the Liepāja group Santa (their leader was Zigmars Liepiņš). At the Latvian Music Recording Awards, he has won Best Pop Album twice from five nominations for Varanasi (2014) and Tūrists (2020). He would find success releasing his next seven albums in the Latvian language: Lelle (2008), Signāls (2013), Varanasi (2014), Sibīrija (2015), Tepat (2016), Namiņš. His first solo album Lights On (2006) would be mostly in English. He released a duet album, Viens Otram (2004), with fellow contestant Lily (real name Linda Kalniņa, m. He has used the stage names Art Green and Art Singer while performing outside of Latvia.īorn in Saldus, Latvia, Dons began his career winning the Latvian reality show Talantu Fabrikā ( lit. He has attempted to represent Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest twice with the songs "Freedom is my Religion" (2010) and "Pēdējā Vēstule" (2014), finishing in second both times. ![]() 'Musical Bank') Song of the Year four times. He has released eight solo albums and has won numerous awards including Latvijas Radio's Muzikālās Banka ( lit. He is one of the most popular singers in Latvia, having won the Latvian Music Recording Awards' Top Radio Hit award seven times for most played song. Arturs Šingirejs (born 10 April 1984 in Saldus), better known as Dons, is a Latvian singer and songwriter.
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