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Giro Apo T' Oneiro
''Giro apo t'oneiro'' ( ; English: "''Around the dream''") is the fourth Greek language, Greek-language studio album and sixth studio album overall by Greece, Greek singer Helena Paparizou, released on 29 March 2010 by Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music Greece. The album, which was certified platinum in Greece for 12,000 shipments, was released in both standard and deluxe editions, with the deluxe edition featuring a live DVD. Distributed initially as a covermount with the Greek newspaper ''Real News'' on 28 March, it sold 140,000 copies through both releases, making it the most widely distributed release of Paparizou's career. Its singles performed moderately well compared to her previous albums, with "Tha 'Mai Allios", "An Isouna Agapi", and "Girna Me Sto Htes (song), Girna Me Sto Htes" managing to reach the top 10 of the domestic charts. To promote the album Paparizou performed on several television programs and embarked on a joint national tour with the band Onirama called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Paparizou
Helena Paparizou (; ; born 31 January 1982) is a Swedish-Greek singer, and television personality. Born and raised in Sweden to Greek parents, she launched her singing career in Sweden in 1999 as a member of the laïko (Greek folk music) and Eurodance duo Antique (band), Antique with friend Nikos Panagiotidis. The group released five studio albums between 1999 and 2003, and Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001, represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. Antique disbanded in 2003, and Paparizou signed a solo recording contract with Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music. Her debut solo single "Anapandites Kliseis" preceding the album ''Protereotita'' (2004); her style had an emphasis on laïko, pop music, pop, and dance music, dance sounds. In 2005, she represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "My Number One", which won the contest for Greece for the first time. Paparizou attempted a career beyond Greece with English-language material, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covermount
Covermount (sometimes written cover mount) is the name given to storage media (containing software and or audiovisual media) or other products (ranging from toys to flip-flops) packaged as part of a magazine or newspaper. The name comes from the method of packaging; the media or product is placed in a transparent plastic sleeve and mounted on the cover of the magazine with adhesive tape or glue. History Audio recordings were distributed in the UK by the use of covermounts in the 1960s by the fortnightly satirical magazine '' Private Eye'' though the term "covermount" was not in usage at that time. The Private Eye recordings were pressed onto 7" floppy vinyl (known as "flexi-discs" and "flimsies") and mounted on to the front of the magazine. The weekly pop music paper ''NME'' issued audio recordings of rock music on similar 7" flexi-discs as covermounts in the 1970s. The covermount practice continued with computer magazines in the early era of home computers. In the United King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porta Gia Ton Ourano
"Porta Gia Ton Ourano" (; ) is a song recorded by Greek pop singer Helena Paparizou and the first single from ''Vrisko To Logo Na Zo''. ''MAD TV'', May 11, 2008. Retrieved on April 19, 2008 The song was released as a single on April 8, 2008 to radio stations all over Greece and Cyprus. Song information The single officially debuted on April 8, 2008 when it was played for the first time on Kosmoradio of Thessaloniki. In Athens the song aired for the very first time on Sfera Radio. The music is by Per Lidén, Niclas Olausson and Toni Mavridis, with lyrics by Eleana Vrahali. The photography used on the cover is by Elena's director Alexandros Grammatopoulos. Music video The music video was directed by Alexandros Grammatopoulos and was filmed on April 8, 2008. In it, Paparizou appeared with her new style for the first time. The shooting took place in Athens and lasted 48 hours. On April 14, 2008, MAD TV revealed the concept of the music video. Specifically MAD TV reported, " ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU). The Municipality of Athens (also City of Athens), which constitutes a small administrative unit of the entire urban area, had a population of 643,452 (2021) within its official limits, and a land area of . Athens is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years, and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BCE. According to Greek mythology the city was named after Athena, the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyfada
Glyfada (, ) is a town and a suburb in the South Athens regional unit located in the Athens Riviera along the coast of Saronic Gulf. It is situated in the southern parts of the Athens#Athens Urban Area, Athens urban area. The area stretches from the foot of the Hymettus mountain to the Saronic Gulf. History In ancient times, the area was a deme known as Aixone (). Today, Glyfada is packed with some of the capital's best-known nightclubs, upscale restaurants and shops. It could be argued to be one of the most "Americanization, Americanized" of Athenian municipalities, since an American airbase was located nearby until the early 1990s. The base's population contributed in part to Glyfada's character, leading to a unique blend of Greek and American atmosphere and cuisine. Although the base is now gone and the school relocated, Glyfada still retains part of its American flavor while continuing to offer distinctly Greek cuisine, entertainment and nightlife. Glyfada was established as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down Town (magazine)
''Down Town'' is a magazine published in Greece by the Imako Media Group. Aimed at fashionable Greek adults, it is one of the best-selling weekly magazines in Greece with a circulation of 27,000. It was established in December 1995. The magazine often features sexually provocative content and always features an attractive female or male Greek celebrity on the cover. 2011 cover features included Sissi Christidou, Erika Prezerakou, , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protereotita
''Protereotita'' () is the debut solo album by Greek singer Helena Paparizou, released on 27 June 2004 by Sony Music, Sony Music Greece. The album's first single, Anapandites Kliseis, was released as a CD-single prior to the album's release and reached number 1 on the Greek IFPI singles chart. The album was also re-released twice in Greece, and once internationally as ''My Number One''. Overall, there are five different editions available of the album. The original album was only a mild success, however, following Paparizou's victory in the Eurovision Song Contest the ''Euro Edition'' peaked at number one on the charts and was certified platinum by the IFPI. The album was later certified double platinum in early 2006; as IFPI was making a transition in lowering their sales thresholds at that time, this would imply sales of at least 60,000 copies, although sales of up to 87,000 have been claimed. Album information ''Protereotita'' marked Paparizou's first solo-album after her brea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Game Of Love (album)
''The Game of Love'' is the Greek singer Helena Paparizou's second English-language international album after the release of ''My Number One'' in 2005. It was first released in Greece on 25 October 2006. The album is composed of 12 tracks and a bonus track; seven of these had been previously released on Paparizou's previous album '' Iparhi Logos'', and another was released exclusively to Scandinavia as the official song of the European Athletics Championships. Five of the songs were just English translations of Greek songs as well as two covers. The album was Paparizou's second album in Scandinavia. The album has enjoyed mild success in Greece and Cyprus where it topped the charts and quickly attained platinum certification, while it failed to chart in other countries. Album information Released as an attempt to break the international market, the album was originally intended to be released all over Europe, including France and the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, North Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, migrated to Britain after its End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman occupiers left. English is the list of languages by total number of speakers, most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the list of languages by number of native speakers, third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish language, Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in list of countries and territories where English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Party Arhizei
To Party Arhizei (Greek: Το πάρτυ αρχίζει; English: The party is starting) is the first official large-scale concert tour by Greek contemporary laïka and pop singer Helena Paparizou and her first tour of Greece as a solo artist. The tour took place during the summer of 2008, and kicked off at the National Stadium in Kalamata on July 2, 2008, ending in Athens on September 19, 2008. The final concert at ''Theatro Vrahon'' in Athens was recorded, and released as a bonus DVD on '' Vrisko To Logo Na Zo: Deluxe Edition'' titled ''Live in Concert''. Overall, the concert tour was a moderate success for Paparizou, with an audience total of approximately 192,000 over 29 concerts and one sold-out venue. Alpha TV broadcast the concert on television on December 30, 2008 as part of their holiday music schedule. Background The 2008 tour was Paparizou's first large-scale tour of her career and first tour of Greece as a solo artist; she claimed she felt that she owed something t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MAD TV (TV Channel)
MAD TV (also known as MAD) is a Greek television network that broadcasts music related programming including video clips, music news, and interviews as well as concert footage. It was the first music station in Greece, launched on June 6, 1996, and is run by Andreas Kouris. History In May 2000, MAD TV launched the first Greek music portal, which provides its users with the most up to date worldwide music information along with brand new Internet services. MAD TV also offers a wide range of Retail and B2B services to the public: Go MAD (interactive service) and MAD Music (5 music-interactive audio channels) available on Nova (DTH satellite platform in Greece), MAD Shop (online CD shop) through their website, Nova and i-mode mobile telephony, MAD Scanner (mobile service for acoustic fingerprint) through Vodafone Greece, Real-time video streaming of MAD TV’s program for 2G and 3G mobile phones, mobile content (ring-tones, logos and MMS) to all the top mobile telephony compani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
