Serj Tankian is a singer, record producer, songwriter, political activist, and musician based in America. He is professionally recognized as a primary lyricist, rhythm guitarist, lead vocalist, and keyboardist of the famous band named System of a Down. While being with System of a Down band, Serj released many albums, including Hypnotize, Mezmerize, System of a Down, Steal This Album, and Toxicity; he also released five albums solo includes Jazz-Iz-Christ, Elect the Dead, Harakiri, Imperfect Harmonies, and Orca.

He collaborated with many singers, musicians, and rappers, including Arto Tuncboyaciyan and Tech N9ne. He featured Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and released the single Elect the Dead Symphony. After working with other musicians and record labels, he founded his record label, Serjical Strike Records.

Serj is recognized as the best vocalist, and people praise him for his vocal range and unusual delivery. In 2006, Serj was ranked on top of the “Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists” list by Hit Parader.

Early Life

Serj Tankian was born in 1967 on 21st August in Beirut, Lebanon. Originally he is from Los Angeles, California. He mentioned his grandparents that were survivor s of the Genocide attack in Armenia. At a very young age, he shifted along with his parents to the U.S, and they established their home in Los Angeles. He completed his studies at Rose and Alex Pilibos Armenian School along with his bandmates named Shavo Odadjian and Daron Malakian. He completed his graduate studies in marketing from California State University.

While he was in college, he started playing different musical instruments and started writing songs.

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Career Beginnings

He started his career through a band named Soil, and there were guitarists, vocalists, and more people along with him. They released few singles together but split after that, and Tankian, along with two other Malakian and Odadjian, formed another band named System of a Down. They started touring the rock clubs of Southern California to build their entity strong. The System of Down released five studio debut albums and ranked number one on Billboard 200. They even got nominated for Grammy Awards, and their single titled BYOB won the award of Best Hard Rock Performance in 2006.

Serj released his second solo album in 2009 that had the title of Music Without Borders, but the title was later changed to Imperfect Harmonies. A single was released of Imperfect Harmonies titled “Borders Are”. He released many more songs and debut albums solo and by collaborating with different record labels.

Personal Life

In 2012, Serj married Angela Madatyan, his love for quite a long time. Angela is an Armenian woman to whom Serj married in a private ceremony in California. After two years, they announced on social media that Angela had given birth to the son of Serj. Both split their time to take care of their son and split time between New Zealand, Los Angeles, and Warkworth.

Net Worth

The estimated net worth of this American musician, record producer, activist, and composer is approximately $20 million.