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Album
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Album, is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape, or another medium. Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century, first as books of individual 78rpm records, vinyl LPs are still issued, though in the 21st century album sales have mostly focused on compact disc and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl, an album may be recorded in a recording studio, in a concert venue, at home, in the field, or a mix of places. Recording may take a few hours to years to complete, usually in several takes with different parts recorded separately. Recordings that are done in one take without overdubbing are termed live, the majority of studio recordings contain an abundance of editing, sound effects, voice adjustments, etc. With modern recording technology, musicians can be recorded in separate rooms or at times while listening to the other parts using headphones. Album covers and liner notes are used, and sometimes additional information is provided, such as analysis of the recording, historically, the term album was applied to a collection of various items housed in a book format. In musical usage the word was used for collections of pieces of printed music from the early nineteenth century. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums, the LP record, or 33 1⁄3 rpm microgroove vinyl record, is a gramophone record format introduced by Columbia Records in 1948. It was adopted by the industry as a standard format for the album. Apart from relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound capability, the term album had been carried forward from the early nineteenth century when it had been used for collections of short pieces of music. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums, as part of a trend of shifting sales in the music industry, some commenters have declared that the early 21st century experienced the death of the album. Sometimes shorter albums are referred to as mini-albums or EPs, Albums such as Tubular Bells, Amarok, Hergest Ridge by Mike Oldfield, and Yess Close to the Edge, include fewer than four tracks. There are no rules against artists such as Pinhead Gunpowder referring to their own releases under thirty minutes as albums. These are known as box sets, material is stored on an album in sections termed tracks, normally 11 or 12 tracks. A music track is a song or instrumental recording. The term is associated with popular music where separate tracks are known as album tracks. When vinyl records were the medium for audio recordings a track could be identified visually from the grooves
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Anna Vissi
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Anna Vissi, also known as Anna Vishy, is a Greek Cypriot recording artist and actress. Vissi established herself in the industry by winning the Thessaloniki Song Festival in 1977 with the song As Kanoume Apopse Mian Arhi. Together they created the label CarVi, which resulted in issues with EMI Greece, and they then moved to CBS Records Greece. Through the years she kept a strong fan base, sold out tours, since the late 1990s, Vissi has also made attempts at establishing a career abroad, most of which fell through and have had some negative repercussions on her domestic career. While her performance for Cyprus remains the highest placement the country has received in the contest. Through a career that has spanned four decades, Vissi has influenced several of the nations younger generation of female artists. She has won six Arion Music Awards,15 Pop Corn Music Awards, while Forbes Anna Vissi was born on 20 December 1957 into a Greek Cypriot family, in Pyla, a village near Larnaca, Cyprus. She has been singing from a early age, beginning formal musical studies at the age of six at a local conservatory. At the age of twelve she entered a talent competition and won first prize, two years later, she was the main singer at Ayia Tilliria, which was also her first TV appearance. In 1973, her moved to Athens, Greece, where she was able to pursue her studies at the National Conservatory. She would eventually appear with a number of well-known Greek singers, such as George Dalaras, Haris Alexiou, during this time she also studied the law at the University of Athens. Her first important collaboration, alongside George Dalaras, was with composer Stavros Koujioumtzis, Koujioumtzis composed two songs for Vissi, S Agapo and Sta Hronia tis Ipomonis. She also collaborated with many important Greek composers such as Mikis Theodorakis, Georgios Hadjinassios, Doros Giorgiadis, Nikos Karvelas, in 1977, she went on tour with George Dalaras and Haris Alexiou, giving concerts with the most notable at the Rainbow, London. In the same year, she released her first studio album named As Kanoume Apopse Mian Arhi and won the prize for best singer, in 1978 she was proposed by ERT to represent Greece at the 23rd Eurovision Song Contest. There were two songs, Poso S Agapo and O Kyrios Nobel. Finally, due to controversies between the composers of the songs, her participation was disqualified and Tania Tsanaklidou went to the contest and her second album Kitrino Galazio was released in 1979 and produced the hit Aftos Pou Perimeno. The album reached platinum status and became the record of the year in Greece. In 1980, Vissi participated in the 25th Eurovision Song Contest representing Greece with the song Autostop, in the same year she released her third album Nai reaching gold status with 50,000 units sold
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Pop music
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Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid 1950s. The terms popular music and pop music are used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular. Pop and rock were synonymous terms until the late 1960s, when they were used in opposition from each other. Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music. Pop music is eclectic, and often borrows elements from other such as urban, dance, rock, Latin. Identifying factors include generally short to medium-length songs written in a format, as well as the common use of repeated choruses, melodic tunes. David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop music as a body of music which is distinguishable from popular, jazz, according to Pete Seeger, pop music is professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music. Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music, the music charts contain songs from a variety of sources, including classical, jazz, rock, and novelty songs. Pop music, as a genre, is seen as existing and developing separately, pop music continuously evolves along with the terms definition. The term pop song was first recorded as being used in 1926, Hatch and Millward indicate that many events in the history of recording in the 1920s can be seen as the birth of the modern pop music industry, including in country, blues and hillbilly music. The Oxford Dictionary of Music states that while pops earlier meaning meant concerts appealing to a wide audience. Since the late 1950s, however, pop has had the meaning of non-classical mus, usually in the form of songs, performed by such artists as the Beatles. Grove Music Online also states that, in the early 1960s pop music competed terminologically with beat music, while in the USA its coverage overlapped with that of rock and roll. From about 1967, the term was used in opposition to the term rock music. Whereas rock aspired to authenticity and an expansion of the possibilities of music, pop was more commercial, ephemeral. It is not driven by any significant ambition except profit and commercial reward, and, in musical terms, it is essentially conservative. It is, provided from on high rather than being made from below, pop is not a do-it-yourself music but is professionally produced and packaged. The beat and the melodies tend to be simple, with limited harmonic accompaniment, the lyrics of modern pop songs typically focus on simple themes – often love and romantic relationships – although there are notable exceptions
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Sony Music
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Sony Music Entertainment is an American music company owned by Sony. It is incorporated as a partnership of Sony Music Holdings Inc. through Sony Entertainment. The company was first founded in 1929 as American Record Corporation and renamed Columbia Recording Corporation in 1938, in 1966, the company was reorganized to become CBS Records. Sony Corporation bought the company in 1987 and renamed it Sony Music Entertainment in 1991, the buyout led to the dissolution of BMG, which relaunched as BMG Rights Management. Sony Music Entertainment is one of the Big Three record companies, being the second largest after Universal Music Group, in 1929, ARC was founded through a merger of several record companies. In 1934, in the midst of Great Depression, the Columbia Phonograph Company, ARC was acquired in 1938 by the Columbia Broadcasting System, which, in turn, had been formed by the Columbia Phonograph Company, but then sold off. ARC was renamed Columbia Recording Corporation, RCA Victor Records executive Ted Wallerstein convinced CBS head William S. Paley to buy ARC and Paley made Wallerstein head of the newly acquired record company. The renamed company made Columbia its flagship label and Okeh its subsidiary label and this allowed ARCs leased labels Brunswick Records and Vocalion Records to revert to their former owner Warner Bros. which sold them to Decca Records. Columbia kept the Brunswick catalogue recorded from December 1931 onward on the Columbia label and he was succeeded by James Conkling as head of Columbia Records. In 1951, Columbia severed its ties with the EMI-owned record label of the same name, Okeh Records continued to be distributed by EMI on the Columbia label. Columbia founded Epic Records in 1953 and in 1956, Conkling left Columbia and he would help establish the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences before eventually becoming the first president of the newly launched Warner Bros. His successor, Goddard Lieberson began the first of two stints as head of the record company, and in 1958, Columbia founded another label, Date Records, which initially issued rockabilly music. In 1960, Columbia/CBS began negotiations with its international distributor Philips Records with the goal of starting its own global record company. Philips acquisition of US-based Mercury Records in 1961 paved the way for this, elsewhere, CBSs Mexican record company, Discos Columbia, was renamed Discos CBS by 1963. In 1964, Columbia set out acquiring record companies in countries for its CBS Records International Unit. EMI continued to distribute Epic and Okeh label material on the Columbia label in the UK until the deal with EMI expired in 1968 when CBS took over distribution. In late 1965, the Date subsidiary label was revived and this label released the first string of hits for Peaches & Herb and scored a few minor hits from various other artists. Dates biggest success was Time of the Season by the Zombies, the label was discontinued in 1970
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Columbia Records
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Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, Inc. the United States division of Sony Corporation. It was founded in 1887, evolving from an enterprise named the American Graphophone Company. Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in the sound business. Columbia Records went on to release records by an array of singers, instrumentalists. It is one of Sony Musics three flagship record labels alongside RCA Records and Epic Records, rather, as above, it was connected to CBS, a broadcasting media company which had purchased the company in 1938, and had been co-founded in 1927 by Columbia Records itself. Though Arista Records was sold to Bertelsmann Music Group, it would become a sister label of Columbia Records through its mutual connection to Sony Music. The Columbia Phonograph Company was founded in 1887 by stenographer, lawyer and New Jersey native Edward Easton and it derived its name from the District of Columbia, where it was headquartered. At first it had a monopoly on sales and service of Edison phonographs and phonograph cylinders in Washington. As was the custom of some of the regional companies, Columbia produced many commercial cylinder recordings of its own. Columbias ties to Edison and the North American Phonograph Company were severed in 1894 with the North American Phonograph Companys breakup, thereafter it sold only records and phonographs of its own manufacture. In 1902, Columbia introduced the XP record, a brown wax record. According to Gracyk, the molded brown waxes may have sold to Sears for distribution. Columbia began selling records and phonographs in addition to the cylinder system in 1901, preceded only by their Toy Graphophone of 1899. For a decade, Columbia competed with both the Edison Phonograph Company cylinders and the Victor Talking Machine Company disc records as one of the top three names in American recorded sound. In order to add prestige to its catalog of artists. The firm also introduced the internal-horn Grafonola to compete with the extremely popular Victrola sold by the rival Victor Talking Machine Company, during this era, Columbia used the famous Magic Notes logo—a pair of sixteenth notes in a circle—both in the United States and overseas. Columbia was split into two companies, one to make records and one to make players, Columbia Phonograph was moved to Connecticut, and Ed Easton went with it. Eventually it was renamed the Dictaphone Corporation, in late 1923, Columbia went into receivership
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Record producer
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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performers music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process, the roles of a producer vary. The producer may perform these roles himself, or help select the engineer, the producer may also pay session musicians and engineers and ensure that the entire project is completed within the record companies budget. A record producer or music producer has a broad role in overseeing and managing the recording. Producers also often take on an entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, contracts. In the 2010s, the industry has two kinds of producers with different roles, executive producer and music producer. Executive producers oversee project finances while music producers oversee the process of recording songs or albums. In most cases the producer is also a competent arranger, composer. The producer will also liaise with the engineer who concentrates on the technical aspects of recording. Noted producer Phil Ek described his role as the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, indeed, in Bollywood music, the designation actually is music director. The music producers job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music, at the beginning of record industry, producer role was technically limited to record, in one shot, artists performing live. The role of producers changed progressively over the 1950s and 1960s due to technological developments, the development of multitrack recording caused a major change in the recording process. Before multitracking, all the elements of a song had to be performed simultaneously, all of these singers and musicians had to be assembled in a large studio and the performance had to be recorded. As well, for a song that used 20 instruments, it was no longer necessary to get all the players in the studio at the same time. Examples include the rock sound effects of the 1960s, e. g. playing back the sound of recorded instruments backwards or clanging the tape to produce unique sound effects. These new instruments were electric or electronic, and thus they used instrument amplifiers, new technologies like multitracking changed the goal of recording, A producer could blend together multiple takes and edit together different sections to create the desired sound. For example, in jazz fusion Bandleader-composer Miles Davis album Bitches Brew, producers like Phil Spector and George Martin were soon creating recordings that were, in practical terms, almost impossible to realise in live performance. Producers became creative figures in the studio, other examples of such engineers includes Joe Meek, Teo Macero, Brian Wilson, and Biddu
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Nikos Karvelas
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Nikos Karvelas is a Greek songwriter, producer, and singer. Karvelas has released multiple studio albums that have had mild to big success. In 2012, Alpha TV ranked Karvelas as the 13th top-certified composer in Greece in the phonographic era, when he was 5 years old, his parents bought him his first piano. He started to play songs and composed his first melodies. During the 1970s, he studied law at the University of Athens, Karvelas created his first rock band influenced by famous rock bands like the Beatles and The Rolling Stones. He started to become known at the end of the 1970s, in the early 1980s, Karvelas met his muse, Vissi, and a few years later, in 1983, they got married. Vissi has claimed that the first impression she had when she met Karvelas was a hairy thing, Karvelas career as a singer started in 1985 when he released his first studio album under CBS Records Greece, San Diskos Palios making two big hits, Despina and Kalokairines Diakopes. The album sold over 50,000 copies and became gold, in 1987, he released his second album Ola i Tipota and it became platinum. Next year, he released his album, Dimosies Scheseis and in 1989 he released his fourth album. His fifth step came out in 1990 and tended to be his lucky album and it was called Diavolaki and became gold. The top hit of the album was Antistrofi Metrisi, a duet with Vissi, one year later, he released another gold album, titled O Teleftaios Horos. The self-titled duet with Vissi confirmed the rumors about the problems of their marriage, in 1991, Karvelas and Vissi tried their luck in a different type of music. Demones is the first opera composed by Karvelas and Vissi was the protagonist, while actors including Nikos Samsiaras, Vissi has stated Me and Nikos would like so much to do Demones in Athens and we spent all our money to produce it without knowing if it will have success. The rock opera was a success and for two years the theater Attikon was sold-out. Emeis was the album of Karvelas, released in 1992 with the top single Emeis. Two years later, Karvelas releases another album,25 ores. In this period, he cooperated with many famous Greek singers like Lefteris Pantazis, Antypas, Stathis Aggelopoulos, Katerina Stanisi, all the albums were great successes and became either gold or platinum. In 1993, Karvelas released Best Of with 2 new songs, Oikto, in 1996, he released the album To Aroma tis Amartias and it became platinum
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Everything I Am
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Everything I Am is the title of the debut English-language album by Greek singer Anna Vissi. It was created under Vissis affiliation with Sony Music Entertainment international who granted her collaboration with successful American songwriters and producers, however, the album was never officially released in the United States after Sony Music Entertainment decided to withdraw from supporting Vissis global career expansion. The album was subsequently first released in Greece and Cyprus on October 24,2000 by Columbia Records, the album was certified gold in Greece, and platinum in Cyprus. However the album and singles failed to attract mainstream success, the album features the participation of a number of notable pop music producers and songwriters. They include Nikos Karvelas, Paul Berry, Mark Taylor, Graham Stack, Paul Stanley, Vini Poncia, Steve Torch, Russ Ballard, Tina Shafer, Julian Harris, Danielle Gerber, the album contained three cover versions of tracks originally or later recorded by other artists. On A Night Like This was originally recorded by Swedish artist Pandora for her 1999 album No Regrets, so In Love with Yourself was originally recorded by Dannii Minogue in 1997 for her album Girl. I Was Made For Lovin You was originally recorded by the band Kiss, No More the Fool was originally recorded by Elkie Brooks
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X (Anna Vissi album)
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X, a reference to the letter Chi in the Greek alphabet, is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi released 2002 in Greece and Cyprus by Sony Music Greece. The album reached 2x platinum in Greece and 3x platinum in Cyprus and it was also released in Turkey by Sony Music Turkey. Tasis Aftoktonias Pes To Ksana Taseis Aftoktonias It was the single of her album X. Sinharitiria The second single of the album. Martirio feat Yiannis Parios The third single of the album, Pes To Xana It was the fourth single and second video of the album X. Tifli Empistosini Taken from the maxi-single The Remixes. Se Zilevo Another remix from the The Remixes Maxi-single
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Single (music)
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In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats, in most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. Typically, these are the songs from albums that are released separately for promotional uses such as digital download or commercial radio airplay and are expected to be the most popular, in other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album. As digital downloading and audio streaming have become prevalent, it is often possible for every track on an album to also be available separately. Nevertheless, the concept of a single for an album has been retained as an identification of a heavily promoted or more popular song within an album collection. Despite being referred to as a single, singles can include up to as many as three tracks on them. The biggest digital music distributor, iTunes, accepts as many as three tracks less than ten minutes each as a single, as well as popular music player Spotify also following in this trend. Any more than three tracks on a release or longer than thirty minutes in total running time is either an Extended Play or if over six tracks long. The basic specifications of the single were made in the late 19th century. Gramophone discs were manufactured with a range of speeds and in several sizes. By about 1910, however, the 10-inch,78 rpm shellac disc had become the most commonly used format, the inherent technical limitations of the gramophone disc defined the standard format for commercial recordings in the early 20th century.26 rpm. With these factors applied to the 10-inch format, songwriters and performers increasingly tailored their output to fit the new medium, the breakthrough came with Bob Dylans Like a Rolling Stone. Singles have been issued in various formats, including 7-inch, 10-inch, other, less common, formats include singles on digital compact cassette, DVD, and LD, as well as many non-standard sizes of vinyl disc. Some artist release singles on records, a more common in musical subcultures. The most common form of the single is the 45 or 7-inch. The names are derived from its speed,45 rpm. The 7-inch 45 rpm record was released 31 March 1949 by RCA Victor as a smaller, more durable, the first 45 rpm records were monaural, with recordings on both sides of the disc. As stereo recordings became popular in the 1960s, almost all 45 rpm records were produced in stereo by the early 1970s
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Agapi Ipervoliki
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Agapi Ipervoliki is a single from the 7x Platinum album Kravgi by Greek pop singer Anna Vissi, released in 2000 prior to the album release. It was released as a single with five more songs from the album obtaining 4x Platinum status in Greece. It is Vissis most successful single to date in Greece and 4th most successful CD-Single of all time. Agapi Ipervoliki -4,50 Epilogi Mou -4,08 Den Me Agapas -4,56 Afti Ti Fora -6,15 Kaka Pedia -5,10 Ola Ta Lefta -3,47 The song Agapi Ipervoliki was also renowned for its groundbreaking video. On January 1,2007, it was voted as the eighth best video in MADs Countdown Top 40 Best Videos in 10 Mad Years
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Greek alphabet
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It is the ancestor of the Latin and Cyrillic scripts. In its classical and modern forms, the alphabet has 24 letters, Modern and Ancient Greek use different diacritics. In standard Modern Greek spelling, orthography has been simplified to the monotonic system, examples In both Ancient and Modern Greek, the letters of the Greek alphabet have fairly stable and consistent symbol-to-sound mappings, making pronunciation of words largely predictable. Ancient Greek spelling was generally near-phonemic, among consonant letters, all letters that denoted voiced plosive consonants and aspirated plosives in Ancient Greek stand for corresponding fricative sounds in Modern Greek. This leads to groups of vowel letters denoting identical sounds today. Modern Greek orthography remains true to the spellings in most of these cases. The following vowel letters and digraphs are involved in the mergers, Modern Greek speakers typically use the same, modern, in other countries, students of Ancient Greek may use a variety of conventional approximations of the historical sound system in pronouncing Ancient Greek. Several letter combinations have special conventional sound values different from those of their single components, among them are several digraphs of vowel letters that formerly represented diphthongs but are now monophthongized. In addition to the three mentioned above, there is also ⟨ου⟩, pronounced /u/, the Ancient Greek diphthongs ⟨αυ⟩, ⟨ευ⟩ and ⟨ηυ⟩ are pronounced, and respectively in voicing environments in Modern Greek. The Modern Greek consonant combinations ⟨μπ⟩ and ⟨ντ⟩ stand for and respectively, ⟨τζ⟩ stands for, in addition, both in Ancient and Modern Greek, the letter ⟨γ⟩, before another velar consonant, stands for the velar nasal, thus ⟨γγ⟩ and ⟨γκ⟩ are pronounced like English ⟨ng⟩. There are also the combinations ⟨γχ⟩ and ⟨γξ⟩ and these signs were originally designed to mark different forms of the phonological pitch accent in Ancient Greek. The letter rho, although not a vowel, also carries a rough breathing in word-initial position, if a rho was geminated within a word, the first ρ always had the smooth breathing and the second the rough breathing leading to the transiliteration rrh. The vowel letters ⟨α, η, ω⟩ carry an additional diacritic in certain words, the iota subscript. This iota represents the former offglide of what were originally long diphthongs, ⟨ᾱι, ηι, ωι⟩, another diacritic used in Greek is the diaeresis, indicating a hiatus. In 1982, a new, simplified orthography, known as monotonic, was adopted for use in Modern Greek by the Greek state. Although it is not a diacritic, the comma has a function as a silent letter in a handful of Greek words, principally distinguishing ό. There are many different methods of rendering Greek text or Greek names in the Latin script, the form in which classical Greek names are conventionally rendered in English goes back to the way Greek loanwords were incorporated into Latin in antiquity. In this system, ⟨κ⟩ is replaced with ⟨c⟩, the diphthongs ⟨αι⟩ and ⟨οι⟩ are rendered as ⟨ae⟩ and ⟨oe⟩ respectively, and ⟨ει⟩ and ⟨ου⟩ are simplified to ⟨i⟩ and ⟨u⟩ respectively
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Katy Garbi
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Katerina Katy Garbi is a Greek singer active in Greece and Cyprus, with some popularity in Turkey. Her career has spanned over 20 years and is marked by several multi-platinum releases, Garbi participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 for Greece with the song Ellada, Hora Tou Fotos, taking ninth place. She struck her biggest commercial success with To Kati in terms of unit sales, Garbi has won 11 Pop Corn Music Awards, including three for Album of the Year, and one Arion Music Award. On 14 March 2010, Alpha TV ranked her among the female artists in the nations phonographic era. Garbi began her career with her younger sister, Liana, as the Garbi Sisters when she was just 15 years old. Due to their age, their father was against their work as singers and they are most remembered for the backup vocals they provided at Yannis Floriniotiss performances in the early eighties. Breaking away from the duo with her sister Liana, Garbi recorded her first solo song Sain Trope that quickly became a hit, in addition to Sain Trope, contribution also included a duet with Kostas Haritodiplomenos titled Glyka. With the success of the first album, the volume was released in 1989 which featured Garbi in two new songs titled Ah, Afto Mou Aresei and Zo Na SAgapo. These early songs grabbed the attention of Greek music executives, and led her to her first record contract with CBS Records Greece, two years after her recorded music debut, Garbi released her debut personal album titled Prova in 1989. In 1990 and 1991 she released her second and third albums, Gyalia Karfia and Entalma Silepseos. Both albums fared well and allowed her to rise in the ranks of the Greek music scene, by 1992, Garbi released her fourth album Tou Feggariou Anapnoes. Garbi took on a pop approach to her music, faring well with audience as she would gain her first certification when the album went gold. She was placed 9th with 64 points, in 1996, Garbi released Arhizo Polemo, which was eventually certified 3× platinum. In 1997, Garbi followed up her success by releasing her studio album titled Evaisthisies which very soon reached 3× platinum status as well. The album included a duet with rising singer Antonis Remos on the song Asimfonia Haraktiron and that same year, Garbi also performed at Radio City Music Hall on May 9,1997. From 1994 to 1997, Garbi won eight Pop Corn Greek Music Awards and her 1994,1996, and 1997 releases were awarded as the best albums in each year at the Pop Corn Greek Music Awards. For Christmas 1998, Garbi created a Christmas album of famous Christmas carols titled Hristougenna Me Tin Katy all adapted with Greek lyrics by Eleni Giannatsoulia, the album had been a wish by Garbi for many years. Hristouyenna Me Tin Katy is a collaboration with well-known Greek childrens choir of Spiros Labros, since its release in 1998, sales of the album have increased with the coming of each Christmas season
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Re!
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Re. is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi released in Greece and Cyprus on December 24,1994. It was recorded in London at Whitfield Street Recording Studios and released by Sony Music Greece and it is the most acoustic album Vissi has released up to date. It was repackaged in 1995 to include the songs Amin, Eleni, Music and lyrics are by Nikos Karvelas and Evi Droutsa. Re. was originally released on December 24,1994 featuring ten songs, in early to mid 1995, the album was re-released to include the songs Amin and Eleni and a remix of Eimai Poli Kala. The lyrics of the tracks, though, were not included in the albums liner notes. In 1999, a Turkish artist Hülya Avşar covered the single Eleni with the Turkish lyrics as Sevdim, Sony Music Turkey then decided upon the release of Re. in Turkey. The album reached 2x Platinum in Turkey, original 1994 LP and CD release Re. 30 Kai Vale Eimai Poli Kala Paragrafos 62 To Allo Mou Ego I Varka Melanholies Diadilosi Efta Zoes Palio Periodiko 1995 Re-release Re. 30 Kai Vale Eimai Poli Kala Paragrafos 62 To Allo Mou Ego I Varka Melanholies Diadilosi Efta Zoes Periodiko Amin Eleni Ime Poli Kala Turkish Release Eleni Amin Re, Eimai Poli Kala Amin Eleni Credits adapted from the albums liner notes
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Notis Sfakianakis
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Panagiotis Notis Sfakianakis is a Greek singer of Folk music, and is one of the most commercially successful artists of all time in Greece and Cyprus. Sfakianakis began his career in 1985, opening at nightclubs for other artists and he was discovered by Sony Greece and released his debut album Proti Fora. For his second album Eisai Ena Pistoli, he moved to Minos EMI and his signature song O Aetos is one of the most popular songs in Greek music history. Sfakianakis was the best selling artist of the 1990s and stands as the best selling Greek artist of his generation, however, in the 2000s he faced a significant commercial decline. Me Agapi O, ti Kaneis and Ana. Genisis shipped 40 thousand copies each, magikes and Mnimes sold 30 thousand copies each, while the EP Kinonia Ora 07,00 sold 15 thousand copies. He then embarked on the Matomeno Dakry album trilogy and he has sold over 5 million records in Greece alone and in addition to these he has sold over 900 thousand copies of his albums as newspaper covermounts. Sfakianakis is also known for his image and outspoken manner. Notis Sfakianakis and his moved to the island of Kos when he was seven. Notis became a jockey in his early 20s. He supported himself by working as an electrician, plumber, waiter, in 1985 he formed a band and played in clubs in Kos. Due to the lack of success, the band broke apart after less than year of being formed, in 1986 Notis moved back to Crete to start his solo singing career. Notis began opening for acts like Poly Panou. He was discovered by Bourmas, the manager of Sony in Greece. Bourmas signed Sfakianakis to the label, and Notis recorded his debut album Proti Fora which made it into the Greek top ten and he is one of the most successful singers of his era in Greece. Of his early works, his most notable release was Opa Opa which was written by Giorgos Alkaios and later covered by Despina Vandi, in 1994 he released the album Notioanatolika Tou Kosmou, which included O Aetos. This acclaimed single was the catalyst that propelled him to domestic superstardom and he followed this with high profile tracks such as Den Se Hreiazome, Soma Mou, Gyftissa Mera, Na Hareis and Oi Skies. One of the popular of his 21st century tracks is Genethlia. This song was performed by Cretan lyra player and singer Stelios Mpikakis
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IFPI Greece
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Currently a Top-75 combined repertoire albums sales chart is compiled. The charts is published by IFPI Greece and sponsored by Cyta Hellas, the domestic trade name of IFPI Greece is Ένωση Ελλήνων Παραγωγών Ηχογραφημάτων. However, it is referred to, and branded as. IFPI Greece founded the first official charts in Greece in 1989. There were two top 20 albums charts, one for domestic and the other for foreign repertoire, the broadcast rights of the charts were acquired by ANT1 radio. Prior to the introduction of industry charts by IFPI Greece, unreliable charts were being published by various magazines which lacked credibility and authority over the monitoring of record sales, by May 1991, the charts were discontinued after it was discovered that they were easily manipulated. Executives blamed artists who made themselves appear more popular by buying hundreds of copies of their own albums in an attempt to gain bargaining power for shows. Also cited was the number of small shops which lacked detailed sales data required as a basis toward an accurate tracking system. In response to the discontinuation, Viko Antypas, managing director of PolyGram Greece, in March 2009 IFPI Greece announced that they would close their charts for a period of time in order to renew their charting system. There will be a shift from wholesale to point of sale sales, inclusion of digital downloads will also prompt the revival of the singles chart, as the decrease in sales and releases of CD singles had led to the discontinuation of the physical singles chart. Nielsen Soundscan is already engaged in the monitoring of digital downloads sold in Greece, in January 2010, IFPI Greece announced that they would start providing the Top 50 Foreign Albums chart on their website again, although the reformed charting system is not yet functional. Thus the Top 50 Foreign Albums chart continues to utilize the old charting system, IFPI debuted its new chart in early October 2010. The new chart, Top 75 Combined Repertoire, is now the sole chart by IFPI Greece and lists the top 75 domestic, the Top 75 Combined Repertoire chart is the official albums chart of Greece. It debuted in October 2010, replacing and combining the prior separate Greek-language, in 2011 IFPI Greece partnered up with a new radio monitoring service called Media Inspector to provide an official airplay chart. Top 50 Greek Albums The Top 50 Greek Albums chart was the albums chart of Greece for Greek-language repertoire. Sales of domestic repertoire are higher in Greece compared to other IFPI nations, the chart was discontinued in March 2009, and later replaced by the Top 75 Combined Repertoire chart. Top 50 Foreign Albums The Top 50 Foreign Albums chart was the sales chart for Greece of foreign repertoire. The chart was discontinued in March 2009, and later replaced by the Top 75 Combined Repertoire chart, Prior to 1997, the sales thresholds for foreign repertoire were the same as domestic ones
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As Kanoume Apopse Mian Arhi
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As Kanoume Apopse Mian Arhi is the title of the debut studio album by singer Anna Vissi, released in Greece and Cyprus by Minos in 1977. In the 1970s in the Greek music industry, the prerequisite to recording an album was to prove ones artistic merits by collaborating and recording with other established musicians. The album featured new songs and songs included in various composer albums. The lead single, As Kanoume Apopse Mian Arhi was sung by Vissi at the Thessaloniki Song Festival, on September 26,1977, prior to the album release, winning first prize. In 1987, As Kanoume Apopse Mian Arhi was among the selection of albums that Minos-EMI decided to release on CD as it was still popular. The Minos EMI reissue for the back catalogue Minos EMI CD Club series, in 2006 it was re-released in a remasted edition including a bonus CD with additional songs from her early career with Minos featured on albums of other successful artists. In 2007 the songs of the album were included on EMIs boxset of Vissi recordings Back to Time which, despite of being a box set, charted on the Top 10 of sales charts. Music and lyrics are by Doros Georgiadis, Spiros Blassopoulos, Antonis Vardis, Panos Falaras, Giannis Spanos, Manos Eleftheriou, M. Terzis, G. Karakatsanis, G. Gerasimidis, and K. Loizos
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Kitrino Galazio
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Kitrino Galazio is the title of the second studio album by Greek singer Anna Vissi, released in Greece and Cyprus in 1979 by EMI Greece. It is her first album after her departure from Minos, her previous record label, the album reached platinum status, and was one of the best-selling albums of 1979 in Greece. After Vissi leaving Minos, decided to pop sound on her second album. The album was received by the public with first single Aftos Pou Perimeno becoming instant hit. The song remains a classic receiving airplay up until today, in 1987, Kitrino Galazio was among the selection of albums that MINOS-EMI decided to release on CD as it was still popular. The CD edition of the album was shipped in shops throughout the years. In 1997, the popularity of Aftos Pou Perimeno was confirmed with the release of remixes of the song on a single titled The Remixes. In 2006 it was re-released in an edition featuring remixes of Aftos Pou Perimeno. In 2007 the songs of the album were included on EMIs boxset of Vissi recordings Back to Time which, despite of being a box set, music and lyrics are by Takis Mpougas, I. Kalamitsi, Daniel Deschênes, G. Kanellopoulou, S. Blassopoulou, G. Kanellopoulou, Sakari, Psylla, and Anna Vissi
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Nai (album)
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Nai is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi. It is her third album and includes the soundtrack of the TV series Methismeni Politeia. It was released in Greece and Cyprus in 1980 by EMI Greece, in 2006, a remastered version was released, including the Greek participation song in the ESC1980 Autostop, featuring the Epikouri band, as well as two remixes of the song Oso Eho Foni. After the success coming from her 1979 album Kitrino Galazio, Vissi remained on pop tunes with this album. Methismeni Politia was the song for a popular drama series during the 1980–1981 TV season on ERT, months before the release of the album. The next singles Oso Eho Foni and To Ksero Tha Ertheis Ksana were also popular, like Kitrino Galazio, Nai was released on CD in 1987 and was shipped to stores throughout the years as the album continued to sell. Oso Eho Foni alongside Aftos Pou Perimeno from Kitrino Galazio were remixed and released on the maxi single The Remixes, all songs from the album were included in 2007 Anna Vissi box set Back to Time which charted on the Greek Albums Chart. Credits adapted from the liner notes
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Anna Vissi (1981 album)
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Anna Vissi is the name of a self-titled album by Greek singer Anna Vissi. It is the first album with lifelong collaborator and companion Nikos Karvelas and it was released in Greece and Cyprus in 1980 by EMI Greece. The album includes original songs as well as several Greek covers of international hits. The album was repackaged with the cover in 1982 to include the bonus song Mono I Agapi. The album appeared on disc for the first time in 2006 with the Minos EMI remastered edition named 4. The re-release was prompted, once again, by Vissis participation in Eurovision, previously the hit singles and other tracks of the album were available in CD format only via various compilations by Minos EMI. The 1982 Eurovision entry Mono I Agapi was also available on CD in the CD single Autostop/Mono I Agapi released in February 2006. All songs from the album were included in 2007 Anna Vissi box set Back to Time which charted on the Greek Albums Chart, composition is by Nikos Leonardos, Anna Vissi, and Afoi Tzavara. Lyrics are by Giannis Parios, Nikos Leonardos, and Anna Vissi
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Na 'Hes Kardia
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Na hes Kardia is the name of the sixth album by Greek singer Anna Vissi. Released in 1984, it was her first album under CBS Greece and it featured 12 laika songs, the music of whom was written by her then-husband Nikos Karvelas. Lyricists of the album were Karvelas, Vissi herself and Sarantis Alivizatos, the ballad Kai Eho Tosa Na Thimame is the most durable hit, still gaining airplay in Greek radio stations. The orchestra was conducted by Nikos Lavranos and it was first released on CD in 1992 as a joint package with 1985s album Kati Simveni. In 1997, an edition of the album was released. Music and lyrics are by Nikos Karvelas, also Anna Vissi and Sarantis Alivizatos contributed to some lyrics
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Kati Simveni
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Kati Simveni is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi. The album was released in Greece and Cyprus by CBS Greece in 1985 and this album includes her signature song Dodeka. Following the gold certification and success of Na Hes Kardia, her label suggested Vissi collaborate with successful writer Antonis Vardis and she accepted the collaboration with Vardis, but on condition that her husband Nikos Karvelas has half participation in the production. The result was five songs by Vardis and five by Karvelas, though the album was first released on vinyl LP and cassettes in September 1985, five tracks made it into the digital release of next Vissis album I Epomeni Kinisi in December 1986 as bonus tracks. These tracks were, Dodeka, San Ke Mena Kamia, Kati Simveni, Ti Eho Na Haso, Ki Omos Ehis Figi and this means they were among the first songs in Greece ever to be released on the newly-then marketed format. The full album was released on CD format in 1992 as a joint package with 1984s album Na Hes Kardia. In 1996, a version of the album was released. Music and lyrics are by Antonis Vardis, Sarantis Alivizatos, Manos Koufianakis, the first single Dodeka peaked on the radio stations almost immediately and soon became number one. It would become her song and is considered a classic song of pop music in Greece. Second single San Ke Mena Kamia also had the success of Dodeka by reaching number one, both tracks were released on a promotional vinyl 45 rpm disc in 1985. Anna Vissi released live recordings of her songs Dodeka and San kai mena kamia in her 1993 and 2004 live albums. Also a Dodeka video clip was shot live in Asteria Night Club in 2000, the song Ki Omos Ehis Figi was covered in 1999 by Greek singer Elli Kokkinou for her debut studio album Epikindyna Paihnidia. Kati Simveni Ti Eho Na Haso Ki Omos Ehis Figi Agapa Me Otan ThaRthis Dodeka San Ke Mena Kamia O, ti Ki An Pis Ke Se Girevo Pali Horizoume Credits adapted from the albums liner notes
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I Epomeni Kinisi
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I Epomeni Kinisi is a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi released in Greece and Cyprus in 1986 by CBS Greece. This album is all written by Nikos Karvelas, in spite of her previous albums, it featured a clear pop sound, very distinctive of Vissis next albums. The album reached platinum status and was one of the albums of 1987 in Greece. As the two number one singles from the previous album Kati Simveni were written by Karvelas, her label accepted Vissis suggestion for the album to be written entirely by Karvelas. The result was a pop album with 10 songs, notable is the fact that this is the first album CBS Greece released on CD, simultaneously with the original vinyl release, though it was re-released in 1996. Music and lyrics on the album are by Nikos Karvelas, Anna Vissi and Giorgos Mitsigas contributed as the lyricists of two songs. Tracks 1–11 arranged by Nikos Karvelas, tracks 12–15 arranged by Antonis Vardis
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Tora (Anna Vissi album)
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Tora is the name of a 1988 music album by singer Anna Vissi. It was released in Greece and Cyprus by CBS Greece, the lead single 1988 Ki Akoma S Agapo was well received by radio stations, rising to the top of the charts. The song is considered a classic Greek ballad and a pop standard, after the release of other top 5 singles, the song Ta Mathitika Hronia was released. It became a big hit and remains one of Vissis most recognizable songs from the 80s, another hit from the album was Ta Koritsia Einai Atakta. Later that year, Vissi started a radio program named after that song, receiving critical acclaim. The radio program lasted until 1992, the album itself was successful, selling enough to become one of the top albums of 1988 in Greece. Its longevity throughout that year was noteworthy, as Vissi was releasing one hit after another, in 1996, a remastered version of the album was released on CD. Music and lyrics are by Nikos Karvelas and Anna Vissi,1988 Ki Akoma S Agapo Mono To Sex De Ftani Kipseli Ta Koritsia Einai Atakta Magiko Hali Ta Mathitika Hronia Mono Mia Nihta Tora Den S Allazo Skandali Credits adapted from the albums liner notes
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Empnefsi!
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Empnefsi. is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi. It was released in Greece and Cyprus in December 1988 by CBS Greece and it featured ten pop songs, written by her then-husband Nikos Karvelas. In 1997, a version of the original album was released on CD. All music and lyrics by Nikos Karvelas, empnefsi Amore San Dolofonos Maniakos Londino Den Thelo Na Se Vlepo Sihna Ohi Efimerides Houla - Houp Oi 9 Stous 10 Horizoune San Mpalaki Tou Tennis Credits adapted from the albums liner notes
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Fotia (album)
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Fotia is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi. It was released in Greece and Cyprus in 1989 by CBS Greece, the album is entirely composed and written by Nikos Karvelas. By 1990, the album more than 180,000 copies. Pseftika The albums first single Pseftika was among the first hit songs in Greece mixing Western dance vibes with Eastern sounds from India, Turkey, nightclubs heavily played the modern Greek song, which until then nightclubs distinguished from their bouzoukia counterparts generally played only foreign music. It was so different from what Vissi had sung that she did not want to record the song. Thus, Pseftika is noted as revolutionary to modern Greek song, Fotia The 2nd single which had a rock sound followed the success of Pseftika. Mpalomataki The 3rd single, the video for the single was filmed in Morocco for a TV-special aired by Mega Channel in early 1990. Oue Ki Alimono The 4th single climbed on the Top 10 of Greek, Kapnizo The 5th single also climbed on the Top 10 of Greek and Cypriot Charts. Pseftika Ksanagirisa Mpalomataki Se Skeftome Sinehia Fotia Kapnizo Ti Mou Kanis Voithia Oue Ki Alimono Telios Erotas Credits adapted from the liner notes
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Eimai
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Eimai is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi released in Greece and Cyprus in 1990 by CBS Greece. The song Perimeno Tilefonima Sou is dedicated to the musical The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the albums proposed title was Ipervoles, but at the last minute the title of the first track was chosen instead. The music video for the albums first single, Fos, is noted as being one of the first ever music video production in Greece. The music video for the single, Ena Sou Leo, was based on Greek Hollywood actress Melina Merkouris famous scene from the film Stella. After it was produced, Vissi and Nikos Karvelas decided that it was scandalously raw for the Greek market, despite being a simple video, it was widely acclaimed by fans. In 1997, a version of the original album was released on CD. All music and lyrics by Nikos Karvelas, Ime Adika Fos Perimeno Tilefonima Sou Ipopsies Ena Sou Leo I Zoi Sinehizete Ipervoles Ksehnas Mono Ena Thavma Fos Ena Sou Leo Ime Adika Ipervoles Credits adapted from the albums liner notes
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Emeis
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Emeis is the name of a Greek album by singers Anna Vissi and Nikos Karvelas. It was released in Greece and Cyprus in 1992 by Sony Music Greece, the album has achieved gold status. It features her Vissis song Den Thelo Na Kseris, Music and lyrics are by Nikos Karvelas. Emeis Den Thelo Na Xereis Nai Tha Ekana Otidipote Ellada Mesa Sou Mouri Fteo Aksize Girna Moro Mou Emis Den Thelo Na Xeris Mouri Fteo Aksize Nai Credits adapted from the liner notes
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O! Kypros
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O. Kypros is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi released in Greece and Cyprus in 1995. The music featured is traditional Cypriot songs and is a dedication to her parents, a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the album went to help impoverished children in Cyprus. It is Anna Vissis first release since 1982s Eimai To Simera Kai Eisai To Chthes not to feature Nikos Karvelas either on the composition and lyrics or on the production management
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Travma
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Travma is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi released in Greece and Cyprus on April 14,1997. In Greece it became Gold within 12 days and 3x Platinum within 6 months, the album also includes a duet with fellow Greek pop star Sakis Rouvas. The album was released in a tour edition featuring a bonus disc with five songs from previous albums. Vissi promoted the album and tour by participating in a media campaign including press, radio, national television interviews. Music and lyrics are by Nikos Karvelas and Natalia Germanou, Me Niazi Mavra Gialia Eprepe Apolito Keno To Megalitero Soukse Thanatos Ine I Agapi Me Halai Se Thelo, Me Thelis Se Thimame Travma Mavra Gialia Na Se Kala Credits adapted from the albums liner notes
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Antidoto
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Antidoto is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi released in Greece and Cyprus in 1998. The album reached 4x Platinum status and is the first album in Greek music history to sell 80,000 copies in the first week of its release, the album was also released in international packaging in France, Germany, and South Africa. The album was recorded in London during 1997 where Nikos Karvelas lived at the time, when Vissi was performing in Athens and would head off to London on her days off to record the album. Gazi was the first song she presented to the public during her gigs in Haos Club in Athens in winter 1997-1998 season, the cover of Antidoto was made by a photograph from the booklet of the album Travma which was reversed and edited. Additional photos in the booklet were captured from the video of Erotevmenaki. This album includes a duet with Paris Karagiannopoulos titled Magava Tout which was made a single in the summer, the CD was an enhanced CD format release which included the music video of the second single Erotevmenaki. The album was packaged in two versions, the one on paperback, gatefold cover, the other in conventional jewel case, both versions included the music video of the track Erotevmenaki as a free bonus. It became the fastest selling album until then in Greece selling more than 80,000 copies in the first week of its release and it also stands as the first album in Greek music history to become platinum in the first week of its release
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Paraksenes Eikones
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Paraksenes Eikones is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi released in Greece and Cyprus on December 5,2003. The album featured the song Eisai that later became Call Me in English, the album was later officially released in Turkey and Bulgaria. The song Treno was awarded song of the year by Arion Awards, the album reached 3x Platinum in Greece and 3x Platinum in Cyprus. Treno also won the Arion Award for Best video clip, and it was re-released as Paraksenes Eikones, Summer 2004 Edition in the summer of 2004 with a bonus CD of remixes, which was also sold separately as Remixes 2004. Disc 1 and Disc 2 from the original edition along with a third remix CD, ego moro mou Eho pethani gia sena Eisai Eisai Fevgo Five songs from the album were made into music videos, Treno. Eho Pethani Gia Sena Eisai Eisai Min Psahnis Tin Agapi Psichedelia Min Psahnis Tin Agapi The first promo single from the album was released to radio on October 31,2003, Treno Treno was released to radio stations the day of the albums release. It won the award for Song Of The Year 2003 at the Arion Awards and she also received the best dressed artist in a music video award at the 2004 MAD Video Music Awards. Eisai The third promo single from the album, Psichedelia The fourth promotional single from the album. Eho Pethanei Gia Sena Released as a single in April 2004. Fevgo The last promotional single from the album, Paraksenes Eikones was released in Greece and Cyprus in December 2003. It became 2x Platinum in Greece in April 2004, and 3x Platinum in Cyprus in May 2004
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Nylon (album)
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Nylon is a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi, released in Greece and Cyprus on September 28,2005, and subsequently in select European countries and Taiwan. The album reached Platinum status in less than 24 hours after its release, released in September 2005, Nylon was Anna Vissis first studio album since the commercially successful 2003 Paraksenes Eikones. Vissi characterized Nylon as her best album so far, with Nikos Karvelas paying a lot of attention to the lyrics of the songs he had written, upon release, Nylon went platinum within 24 hours in Greece. In October 2005, the album was released on the DualDisc format, the DualDisc version featured bonus songs and as well as special footage from the recording studio. The album was released in Turkey in 2006. In 2007 the Euro-Edition was released in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and it was then released on the market on the Gold maxi-single Call Me. Was later included in the dual disc edition of Nylon, the maxi-single peaked at number 1 of the official Greek singles charts. In Cyprus the maxi-single won the award for best selling single of 2005, Lie Included as a b-side on the maxi-single Call Me. A remix of the song was included in the edition of Nylon. Nylon Prior of the release of the came the single Nylon. In Cyprus it debuted at number 1 of the airplay charts, Erota I Polemo Erota I Polemo feat Goin Through, was the third video from the album. Gia Teleftea Fora Radio single, that achieved the biggest airplay success of the album in Greece, kinoumeni Ammos A remix of the song was released by December 2005 helping it achieve significant airplay, charting at number 4 of the Cypriot charts. Everything Everything was the Greek entry in Eurovision Song Contest 2006 included in Nylon Euro Edition, the song peaked at number 1 on the official Greek airplay charts. It also charted at number 1 in Cyprus, the cd-single debuted at number 1 of the official greek single charts. Call Me Nylon Erota I Polemo Everything All the songs were composed by Nikos Karvelas, All the lyrics are written by Nikos Karvelas with the exception of the rap segment in Erota I Polemo written by Nikos Vourliotis. The album was certified Platinum in Greece within 24 hours of its release
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Apagorevmeno
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Apagorevmeno is Greek singer Anna Vissis 25th studio album, released in Greece and Cyprus on December 9,2008 by Sony BMG Greece. It is Vissis first studio album since 2005 and the first since her 1981 self-titled album to not include any songs or input by Nikos Karvelas. The album was produced with the Maple Jam Music Group in Los Angeles, United States. The album was reissued with three new songs and two remixes as Apagorevmeno+ on November 16,2009, Vissi had been working on the album for two years. On October 30,2008, Vissi gave an interview on MAD TVs OK with Themis Georgandas and she added that ten of the tracks were arranged in Los Angeles, while she had a hand in the production of all tracks. By the end of November, the name Apagorevmeno had been selected, the final version contains 15 tracks in total, with the single To Parelthon Mou and the cover Kontra being included as bonus tracks. The album was produced with the Maple Jam Music Group in Los Angeles, California, Vissi is also signed to Maple Jam for artist management since 2008. The title track Apagorevmeno is also co-composed with Kara DioGuardi, among the lyricists are Mirto Kontova with six songs, Eleana Vrahali with five songs, and Giorgos Mitsigkas, Grigoris Kollias, Valia Kaladzi and Vagellis Papazoulou with one song each. The latter was an Aguilera B-side track composed by Aguilera herself, Vissi composed the song Apo Makria Kai Agapimeni with lyrics by Mirto Kontova as a reflection of her relationship with Nikos Karvelas. A remake of the Rebetiko song Pente Hronia Dikasmenos, originally recorded in 1936 by Vangelis Papazoglou, Vissis rendition presents a fusion of vintage Greek urban folk music, or rebetiko, with contemporary urban music by including English language R&B and rapping elements. Argile is Greek for hookah, while the featured rappers also refer to smoking with a hookah pipe, composers of the additional songs on re-release of the album titled Apagorevmeno+ include Alex Papaconstantinou, Giannis Kifonidis, and Anna Vissi with one song each. Among the lyricist are Vagia Kalantzi with one song, and Anna Vissi with two songs, the release of Apagorevmeno marks Anna Vissis 25th studio album. It was released on December 9,2008 in Greece and Cyprus by Sony BMG Greece, Apagorevmeno was repackaged and re-released with three new songs and two remixes as Apagorevmeno+ on November 16,2009. This new 19-track version is in DBS packaging and carries a price of €9.90. The re-release replaces the song Apo Makria Kai Agapimeni with the remixed version, the newspaper, Real News, distributed the album Apagorevmeno on 8 August 2010. The newspaper sold 60,320 units publication that included the album, Apagorevmeno debuted at number three on the IFPI Greek Albums Chart on week 51, and was certified gold within its first week of release. The album moved up to one on its second week where it remained for its third week. In March 2009 IFPI Greece announced that they would close their charts for a period of time in order to renew their charting system, IFPI Greece is set to resume public release of the Greek albums chart in late 2010
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Agapi Einai Esi
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Agapi Einai Esi is the 26th studio album by Greek recording artist Anna Vissi, released in Greece and Cyprus on 17 December 2010 by Sony Music Greece as a covermount with Real News. It is her first album since 2005s Nylon to be written by Nikos Karvelas. The album has so far generated the title single and debuted at number six on the Greek IFPI Top 75 Albums chart, moved up to third place on its third week. It was first reported in September 2010 that Anna Vissi was working with previous long-time collaborator Nikos Karvelas on songs for her forthcoming album, the CD single marks Vissis first collaboration with Karvelas in four years. Speaking to the magazine Life & Style, Vissi stated that she had a desire to work with Karvelas once more and she further stated that she felt they were made for each other artistically. During an interview with Love Radio on 8 December 2010, Vissi announced the name of her new album, in December 2010, Oasis and San To Nto Ke To Si were also debuted on the radio. Vissi also stated that she would be covering a song titled Vampir off of Nikos Karvelas album Adio Heimona, a duet with Sakis Rouvas was also announced in the spring, with Karvelas being considered as the writer, although it apparently did not make it to the album. The album was released on 17 December 2010 as a covermount with Real News, the album was scheduled to be available in retail stores in Greece and Cyprus on 22 December 2010. For promotion of the album, Vissi released a 3–track promotional CD single as a covermount with Real News on 24 October 2010, the CD single was later also released digitally on 5 November 2010. Leading up to the release of the CD single, Vissi was interviewed by Real FM97.8 on 21 October 2010, at the time, Agapi Einai Esi had been heard. Lakis Lazopoulos also made fun of the lyrics during his highly popular weekly satire show Al Tsantiri News in October 2010, Vissi has defended the song and suggested that it was a good example that anything Karvelas does, whether perceived good or bad, does not go unnoticed. The album was distributed with the nationwide newspaper Real News once again, two other high-profile artists, Sakis Rouvas and Michalis Hatzigiannis, released their albums, Parafora and To Kalitero Psema, within one and two weeks prior to Agapi Einai Esi, respectively. This triggered a sense of competition among the media, curious to which artist would ultimately have the best album. During its fourth week on the chart, IFPI Greece certified the album gold, the album remained on the chart for seven straight weeks, and during its eighth week it dropped out of the Top 75. Agapi Einai Esi Agapi Einai Esi was released on 9 October 2010 through newspaper Real News website, the single was also later released as a digital download in Greece and Cyprus on 29 October 2010, while it was also included on the promotional CD single. A music video for the song was released on 14 December 2010, Den Tha Iparksei Allo Den Tha Ipraksei Allo, is the second single from the album. Although there were rumours that a video for the song was on plan, Ombrela Ombrela, was the third radio-single from the album by Sony Music
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Live! (Anna Vissi album)
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Anna Vissi Live. is the name of a live Greek album by singer Anna Vissi. It is her first live album and was released in Greece and it was recorded in Zoom night club, in Plaka, Athens. The reason for its release was to celebrate the 20 years of Anna Vissis career and it also featured three duets with Lampis Livieratos and Yannis Siamsiaris, who also took part in the live performance as backing vocalists. Anna Vissi dedicated the album to her daughter Sofia Karvela
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Anna Vissi Live
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Live is the name of a live album by Greek singer Anna Vissi, released in 2004 in Greece and Cyprus. It is her live album and it has gone Platinum. It was also released as a live music DVD, skordilis, E. Ntaina, V. Atraidis, G. Vassilopoulos, Chr
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Autostop (Anna Vissi and The Epikouri song)
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Autostop was the Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, performed in Greek by Anna Vissi and The Epikouri. With music by Jick Nacassian and lyrics by Rony Sofu, the Autostop was Greeces sixth entry in the Contest and it is an up-tempo number in praise of the tradition of hitch-hiking throughout Europe. Vissi suggests that it is the best way of seeing the world, the song is also memorable for the frequent repetition of the title, with the word being sung 37 times. Also of note is the fact that Lia Vissi, Vissis older sister, made an appearance as one of the backing singers, both sisters would go on to represent their country of birth, Cyprus. The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 took place in The Hague, Netherlands on April 19,1980, Autostop was performed third out of the nineteen entries of the night and followed Turkeys Ajda Pekkan with Petr Oil while preceding Luxembourgs Sophie & Magaly with Papa Pingouin. At the close of voting, the performance had received 30 points and it was succeeded as Greek representative at the 1981 Contest by Yiannis Dimitras with Feggari Kalokerino. As mentioned above, Anna Vissi returned to the Contest in 1982, then representing her native Cyprus with Mono I Agapi, Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980
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Mono I Agapi
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Mono I Agapi was the Cypriot entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982, performed in Greek by Anna Vissi. This was Vissis second Eurovision entry, in 1980 she had represented Greece in The Hague with the song Autostop, mono I Agapi was performed eighth on the night, following Switzerlands Arlette Zola with Amour on taime and preceding Swedens Chips with Dag efter dag. Mono I Agapi is a ballad, with Vissi singing that only survives the various problems of life. The English-language version of the song was entitled Love is a Lonely Weekend, the song was translated to Hebrew and sung by Israeli singer Ilana Avital as Lama Atzuv Li. Considered one of the best video clips CyBC ever sent to Eurovision, at a garden probably in Limassol, at Troodos dressed completely in white, at a medieval bridge and most notably at the Petra Tou Romiou area in Paphos where the video clip begins and ends
