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==Awards and recognition== [[File:Charles Aznavour Gyumri statue 2.jpg|thumb|300px|Statue of Aznavour in [[Gyumri]], Armenia]] ===Decorations=== * [[File:Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg|40px]] Knight of the French [[Legion of Honour]]: 1989 * [[File:Legion Honneur Officier ribbon.svg|40px]] Officer of the French [[Legion of Honour]]: 1997<ref>{{cite web |date=2 January 2004 |title=France/Légion d'honneur : la promotion du Nouvel An ŕ de nombreuses personnalités de divers milieux |url=http://french.peopledaily.com.cn/french/200401/02/fra20040102_64742.html |access-date=18 August 2015 |publisher=French.peopledaily.com.cn |language=fr}}</ref> * [[File:Legion Honneur Commandeur ribbon.svg|40px]] Commandeur of the French [[Legion of Honour]]: 2003<ref>{{Cite news |title=Aznavour commandeur<br />de la Légion d'honneur |language=fr|url=https://o.nouvelobs.com/people/20040514.OBS9273/aznavour-commandeur-de-la-legion-d-honneur.html|website=O.nouvelobs.com|access-date=20 January 2018}}</ref> * [[File:Ordre national du Merite Officier ribbon.svg|40px]] Officer in the [[Ordre national du Mérite|French Order of Merit]]: 1986 * [[File:Ordre national du Merite Commandeur ribbon.svg|40px]] Commandeur in the [[Ordre national du Mérite|French Order of Merit]]: 2000 * [[File:Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Commandeur ribbon.svg|40px]] Commandeur de l'[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]: 1997 * [[File:National Hero of Armenia ribbon.png|40px]] [[National Hero of Armenia]]: 2004<ref>{{cite web |date=28 May 2004 |title=Charles Aznavour and Kirk Kerkorian National Heroes of Armenia |url=http://www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=10630 |access-date=1 May 2011 |website=Panarmenian.net}}</ref> * [[File:BEL Order of Leopold II - Officer BAR.png|40px]] Officer in the Belgian [[Order of Leopold II]]: 2004<ref>{{cite news |date=1 October 2018 |title=Les liens particuliers de Charles Aznavour avec la Belgique |language=fr |newspaper=La Libre |url=http://www.lalibre.be/culture/musique/les-liens-particuliers-de-charles-aznavour-avec-la-belgique-5bb24b45cd70a16d81296362 |access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref> * [[File:BEL Kroonorde Commandeur BAR.svg|40px]] Commandeur in the Belgian [[Order of the Crown (Belgium)|Order of the Crown]]: 2015<ref>{{cite web |date=16 November 2015 |title=Charles Aznavour fait commandeur de l'Ordre de la couronne |url=https://www.rtbf.be/culture/musique/detail_charles-aznavour-fait-commandeur-de-l-ordre-de-la-couronne?id=9137952 |website=[[RTBF]] |language=fr}}</ref> * [[File:CAN Order of Canada Officer ribbon.svg|40px]] Officer in the [[Order of Canada]]: 2008<ref name="The Canadian Press">{{cite web |date=31 March 2009 |title=Aznavour receives Order of Canada honours in Quebec - The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/article695422.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903182059/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/article695422.ece |archive-date=3 September 2009 |access-date=18 August 2015 |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref> * [[File:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|40px]] Canadian [[Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal]]: 2012 * [[File:Barrette Ordre national du Québec - Officier.svg|40px]] Officer in the [[National Order of Quebec]]: 2009<ref>{{cite web |title=Citation |url=http://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=2558 |work=National Order of Quebec}}</ref> * [[File:JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 4Class BAR.svg|40px]] Japanese [[Order of the Rising Sun]]: 2018 ===Honours=== * [[Medal of the City of Paris]]: 1969 * Grand Medal of the [[French Academy]]: 1995<ref>{{cite web |date=1 October 2018 |title=5 dates clés dans la carrière de Charles Aznavour |url=http://www.nostalgie.fr/artistes/charles-aznavour/actualites/5-dates-cles-dans-la-carriere-de-charles-aznavour-344036 |access-date=2 October 2018 |publisher=Nostalgie |language=fr}}</ref> * [[Armenian nationality law|Citizenship]] of Armenia<ref name="Itzkoff" /> * Raoul Wallenberg Medal: 2017<ref name="Wallenberg Medal" /> === Awards === * Best Actor Award from the French Cinema Academy for his role in ''La Tête contre les murs'' by [[Georges Franju]]: 1959 * [[Edison Award]]s (three-time award winner): 1963, 1971 and 1980<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Lumley|editor1-first=Elizabeth|title=Canadian Who's Who 2009|date=2009|publisher=University of Toronto Press|location=Toronto|isbn=978-0802040923|page=50|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X4cOAQAAMAAJ}}</ref> * First Prize for French Song in Japan for La Mamma: 1964 * American Society of Songwriters Award: 1969 * [[Golden Lion]] Honorary Award at the [[Venice Film Festival]] for the Italian version of the song ''Mourir d'aimer'': 1971<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.lexpress.fr/culture/musique/videos-mourir-d-aimer-charles-aznavour-contre-le-conservatisme-des-annees-1970_1699181.html | title=Mourir d'aimer: Charles Aznavour contre le conservatisme des années 1970 | magazine=L'Express | date=19 July 2015 | access-date=2 October 2018 | author=Colonna-Césari, Annick}}</ref> * Bernard-Lecache award * Ambassador of Goodwill and Permanent Delegate of Armenia to [[UNESCO]]: 1995<ref>{{cite web |url=http://erc.unesco.org/cp/cp.asp?country=am&language=e |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031011174649/http://erc.unesco.org/cp/cp.asp?country=AM&language=E |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 October 2003 |title=Delegation of Armenia to UNESCO |publisher=Erc.unesco.org |access-date=1 May 2011 }}</ref> * Induction into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]]: 1996<ref>{{cite web | author=Gregory Viscusi| url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-01/charles-aznavour-french-singer-compared-to-sinatra-dies-at-94 | title=Charles Aznavour, French Singer Compared to Sinatra, Dies at 94 | publisher=Bloomberg | date=1 October 2018 | access-date=2 October 2018 }}</ref> * French [[Victoires de la Musique|Victoire]] award for Male Artist of the Year: 1997<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.lepoint.fr/culture/les-grandes-dates-de-la-vie-de-charles-aznavour-01-10-2018-2259278_3.php | title=Les grandes dates de la vie de Charles Aznavour | magazine=Le Point | date=1 October 2018 | access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref> * Honorary [[César Award]]: 1997<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/french-singer-actor-charles-aznavour-dies-at-age-94/ | title=French singer, actor Charles Aznavour dies at age 94 | publisher=CBS | date=1 October 2018 | access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref> * [[MIDEM]] Lifetime Achievement Award: 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=28195 |title=Aznavour to receive MIDEM award, PanArmenian.net, 15.01.2009 |publisher=Panarmenian.net |date=15 January 2009 |access-date=1 May 2011}}</ref> * [[Grigor Lusavorich]] award of [[Nagorno-Karabakh Republic]]: 2009<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.regnum.ru/news/fd-abroad/armenia/1164595.html |title=Именем Шарля Азнавура в Степанакерте назван культурный центр, Regnum, 2009 |publisher=Regnum.ru |date=18 May 2009 |access-date=1 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308225932/http://www.regnum.ru/news/fd-abroad/armenia/1164595.html |archive-date=8 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Honorary Doctorate from the [[University of Montreal]]: 2009<ref>{{cite news | url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/charles-aznavour-who-had-lifelong-love-affair-with-quebec-has-died | title=Charles Aznavour, who had lifelong love affair with Quebec, has died | newspaper=Montreal Gazette | date=1 October 2018 | access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref> * Honorary order from Russia "For contributing to strengthening cultural relations between Russia and France": 2010<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Aznavour to Receive Special Recognition from Russia |url=https://russkiymir.ru/en/news/123241/ |website=russkiymir.ru |access-date=20 May 2024 |date=24 August 2010}}</ref> * Special Prize named after [[Rouben Mamoulian]] of the "Hayak" National Film Awards in Armenia for "his great contribution to world cinema": 2014<ref>{{cite news|title=The French-Armenian legendary singer Charles Aznavour was awarded with the special prize named after Ruben Mamulyan during|url=http://armenpress.am/eng/news/761674/charles-aznavour-is-awarded-with-special-prize-named-after-ruben-mamulyan-at-%E2%80%9Chayak%E2%80%9D.html|access-date=8 June 2014|work=Armenpress|date=13 May 2014}}</ref> * Honorary Award at the [[NRJ Music Award]]s: 2015 * Star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] for Live Performance, located at 6225 [[Hollywood Boulevard]]: 2016<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/people-charlesaznavour-idUSL4N1CY1ZN|title=French crooner Charles Aznavour gets honorary Hollywood Star plaque|date=29 October 2016|website=Reuters}}</ref> ===Statues and busts=== * At Carrefour de l'Odéon in Paris, a bust of Aznavour was unveiled in 2021, in the neighborhood where Aznavour grew up.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://parissecret.com/un-buste-de-bronze-de-charles-aznavour-inaugure-a-paris-en-sa-memoire-2021/ | title=Un buste de bronze de Charles Aznavour inauguré ce week-end à Paris en sa mémoire !|website=Parissecret.com | date=24 May 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.arts-in-the-city.com/2021/05/26/un-buste-en-bronze-de-charles-aznavour-inaugure-a-paris/ | title=Un buste en bronze de Charles Aznavour inauguré à Paris |website=Arts-in-the-city.com | date=26 May 2021 }}</ref> * In [[Gyumri]], Armenia there is a statue of Aznavour in a square named after him * In [[Artsakh Republic]], a monument-bust of Aznavour was built in front of the Charles Aznavour Culture Center in Stepanakert in 2021<ref>{{cite web | url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1053101/ | title=Bust of Charles Aznavour inaugurated in Stepanakert, Artsakh|website=Armenpress.am| date=22 May 2021}}</ref> to mark Aznavour's 100th birthday.<ref name="Factor.am">{{Cite web|url=https://factor.am/746244.html|title=Azerbaijanis dismantled Charles Aznavour's monument in Artsakh|website=Factor.am}}</ref> [[Azerbaijan]] dismantled it after gaining control of its internationally recognised territory in September, 2023.<ref name="Factor.am"/> * In [[Varna, Bulgaria]] a seated statue of Aznavour was unveiled in 2022<ref>{{cite web | url=https://en.armradio.am/2022/06/01/charles-aznavour-monument-unveiled-in-varna-bulgaria/ | title=Charles Aznavour monument unveiled in Varna, Bulgaria|website=En.armradio.am }}</ref> ===Other=== * Petah Tikva, Israel has a Charles Aznavour Park, which is home to an Armenian Genocide memorial<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/turkeys-feathers-ruffled-by-haifas-newly-unveiled-armenian-genocide-square/|title=Turkey's feathers ruffled by Haifa's newly unveiled Armenian Genocide Square | The Times of Israel|website=[[The Times of Israel]] }}</ref> * Armenia minted a gold ֏10,000 face value collector coin in 2024 dedicated to the one hundredth anniversary of Aznavour's birth.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://en.armradio.am/2024/05/20/armenia-puts-into-circulation-gold-collector-coin-dedicated-to-charles-aznavours-100th-birth-anniversary/ | title=Armenia puts into circulation gold collector coin dedicated to Charles Aznavour's 100th birth anniversary |website=En.armradio.com}}</ref> * Paris named a garden near Champs-Élysées and Concorde square "Jardin Charles Aznavour" on the 100th anniversary of his birth.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://en.armradio.am/2024/05/23/park-in-the-heart-of-paris-named-after-charles-aznavour/ | title=Park in the heart of Paris named after Charles Aznavour }}</ref>
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