Anna Vissi is a Greek Cypriot singer and songwriter. She studied music at conservatories and performed locally before moving to the professional scene in Athens,in 1973,where she signed with Minos and simultaneously collaborated with other musical artists and released promotional singles of her own while studying at the University of Athens.
Despina Malea,known as Despina Vandi,is a Greek singer. Born in Tübingen near Stuttgart,Germany,Vandi's family returned to Kavala,Greece when she was six years old.
Helena Paparizou is a Greek singer,songwriter and television personality. Born and raised in Sweden to Greek parents,she enrolled in various arts schools before launching a career in Sweden in 1999 as a member of the laïko and Eurodance duo Antique,who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 and afterwards became popular.
"Shake It" is a song recorded by Greek singer Sakis Rouvas,written by Nikos Terzis and Nektarios Tirakis. It is best known as the Greek entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004,in Istanbul.
Katerina "Katy" Garbi is a Greek singer active in Greece and Cyprus,with some popularity in Turkey. Her career has spanned over 35 years with over 2 million records sold in Greece and abroad. Garbi's discography is marked by several multi-platinum releases,including Arhizo Polemo (1996) and Evaisthisies (1997),two of the best-selling albums of the decade. Garbi represented Greece in the annual Eurovision Song Contest in 1993 with the song "Ellada,chora tou fotos",taking ninth place. She later struck her biggest commercial success with To Kati (2000) in terms of unit sales. Over the years,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 top-certified female artists in Greece's phonographic era.
This article features the discography of Greek pop,rock,R&B,and dance musician Sakis Rouvas,which includes twelve studio albums,two live albums,and a total of six compilation albums:two greatest hits albums,one remix compilation album,one ballad compilation,and two box set albums. Furthermore,are three EPs and 12 singles,as well as six albums that contain video. For video releases,see Sakis Rouvas videography.
Anastasios "Sakis" Rouvas,also known mononymously as Sakis,is a Greek singer,actor,and businessman. Born in Corfu,he won medals on the national athletics team during the 1980s before pursuing his musical career in 1991. Throughout the early 1990s,he was signed with PolyGram Records with whom he released five studio albums. Beginning in 1997,Rouvas signed with Minos EMI and released the charting albums Kati Apo Mena (1998) and 21os Akatallilos (2000). His Eurovision Song Contest 2004 song "Shake It" also became one of the best-selling CD singles of all time in Greece,while other songs and videos,such as "1992","Aima,Dakrya &Idrotas","Ela Mou","Min Antistekesai","Xana","Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola","Den Ehei Sidera I Kardia Sou","Ypirhes Panta","Antexa","Se Thelo San Trelos","+ Se Thelo" and "Sta Kalytera Mou" have topped the Greek music charts. In the 2010s,Rouvas expanded his career to film,television,theatre and fashion.
S'eho Erotefthi is the tenth studio album by Greek singer Sakis Rouvas. The album was released on 6 April 2005 in Greece and debut at number 1 on the Greek albums chart,going Gold shortly after. The album eventually went Platinum. The album was also re-released as S'eho Erotefthi:Special Edition in November of the same year.
Ola Kala is the eighth studio album and first international album featuring a number of English language songs by popular Greek singer-songwriter Sakis Rouvas,originally released on June 16,2002,in Greece and Cyprus by Minos EMI. International songwriter and producer Desmond Child is the main producer of the album. The album was certified Gold eleven days after its release in Greece,while it eventually was certified Platinum shortly after.
Irthes is the title of the 12th studio album by Greek singer Sakis Rouvas. The album was released on 3 December 2008 by Minos EMI and is his first new album since 2006. The album features 10 songs primarily composed by Dimitris Kontopoulos. The title track of the album,Irthes,was written as a dedication to Rouvas' newborn baby girl. The main sponsors of the album are Trident,and once again Vodafone Greece.
"This Is Our Night" is a song by Greek singer Sakis Rouvas,from the album Irthes. The song was written by Dimitris Kontopoulos,Craig Porteils and Cameron Giles-Webb. It is best known as the Greek entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009,held in Moscow.
"Kai Se Thelo" is a single by popular Greek singer Sakis Rouvas from the album Irthes,released as a radio single on 17 June 2008 in Greece and Cyprus.
"Spase To Hrono" is a song by Greek pop musician Sakis Rouvas,composed by Greek composer Dimitris Kontopoulos,who had worked with Sakis Rouvas in recent years,as well as his contribution to Eurovision Song Contest. It was released as a radio single on 20 November 2009 in Greece and Cyprus and is the follow-up single to his number-one hit and Greek Eurovision Song Contest 2009 entry "This Is Our Night" and its Greek-language counterpart "Pio Dinata". The song serves as the first single from Rouvas' album Parafora,released in December 2010.
"Emena Thes" is the second single by Greek singer Sakis Rouvas from his 13th studio album Parafora. It is a romantic hard rock ballad written by Dimitris Fakos and produced by Freakchild. The song was released to radio stations on 4 May 2010. The song was further released as a digital single and reached the top five of the airplay charts.
"Tharros I Alitheia" is a song by Greek pop singer Tamta,featuring fellow Greek pop/rock singer Sakis Rouvas. The dance song was written by Dimitris Kontopoulos with lyrics by Viki Gerothodorou for her third studio album of the same name and was released on 9 December 2009 to radio stations in Greece and Cyprus by Minos EMI. This was Tamta and Rouvas' second collaboration after a duet recorded for the latter's 2006 album was never released. The song also served as promotion for the two artists' winter 2009–2010 concert series at The S Club.
The Sakis Rouvas Collection is a ready-to-wear fashion brand headed by Greek entertainer Sakis Rouvas. This was launched exclusively to Greece's largest department store franchise,Sprider Store,in 2010,which made Rouvas the first Greek artist to have his own fashion line.
"Parafora" is the third single by Greek pop/rock musician Sakis Rouvas from his thirteenth studio album of the same name. It is an electropop-ambient-dance-pop song written by Dimitris Kontopoulos and Nikos Kostidakis and produced by Kontopoulos. The song was released to radio stations on 15 October 2010 to coincide with the premiere date of Rouvas 2010–11 winter season shows with Anna Vissi called Face2Face. It is performed as the second song of the setlist at the aforementioned concert series.
"Ola Kala" is the second single released by Greek singer Sakis Rouvas from his eighth studio album of the same name in September 2002. The single was also released initially in France and in many other parts of Europe by 2004. It served as his second internationally released single. While it topped the Greek Airplay charts,it did not chart on the French charts. It was released in both Greek and English versions. The song received generally favourable reviews from Greek music critics.
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 2005's Nylon to be completely written by Nikos Karvelas,while it also serves as their first collaboration in four years. The album has so far generated the title track single and debuted at number six on the Greek IFPI Top 75 Albums chart,moved up to third place on its third week and went gold on the fourth week.
Parafora is the 13th studio album by Greek recording artist Sakis Rouvas and 15th album overall. It was released by Minos EMI in Greece and Cyprus on 14 December 2010 and distributed digitally ten days later to all Eurozone countries and elsewhere. Along with the standard retail edition,a special edition was also sold,which included a bonus pictorial fan magazine with lyrics.
