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Parafora
''Parafora'' (Greek language, Greek: ''Παράφορα'', ; English language, English: ''Madly'') 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. Recording dates for the album lasted over one year and concluding in November 2010. Rouvas collaborated with several songwriters and producers, including previous collaborators Dimitris Kontopoulos and Natalia Germanou and the rest mostly new collaborators, including recent Hit single, hit makers Freakchild, Playmen, and Beetkraft. Rouvas continues to serve as executive producer and financier, a role he had adopted since 2006. The release offers new sounds and themes for Rouvas, while still focusing on his established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parafora (song)
"Parafora" (Greek alphabet, Greek: "Παράφορα"; en, Madly) is the third single by Greek pop music, pop/rock music, rock musician Sakis Rouvas from his thirteenth studio album of Parafora, the same name. It is an electropop-ambient music, 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. Background "Parafora" was written and produced by Dimitris Kontopoulos, who has collaborated with Rouvas on several occasions since ''To Hrono Stamatao'' (2003), including having fully produced his ''Irthes'' (2008) album and creating the electronic hits "Ola Gyro Sou Gyrizoun", "Stous 31 Dromous (song), Stous 31 Dromous", "+ Se Thelo", "This Is Our Night", and most recently "Spase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakis Rouvas
Anastasios "Sakis" Rouvas ( el, Αναστάσιος "Σάκης" Ρουβάς, ; born 5 January 1972), also known mononymously as Sakis, is a Greek singer, film and television actor, businessman and former pole vaulter and model. Born in Corfu, he won medals on the national athletics team during the 1980s. Rouvas began a musical career in 1991 as one of Greece's first dance-pop performers. His tenor vocals, complex choreography, costumes, and technological advancements have been credited with transforming music videos and live performances. Rouvas is noted for avoiding domestic music, attaining success for a non-laïko or - éntekhno artist, and for breaking cultural, social, artistic, and generational barriers in Greece and Cyprus. During the early 1990s, Rouvas signed with PolyGram Records and won the Thessaloniki Song Festival. Despite five commercially successful albums, his personal life (including his military service and 1997 Greek-Turkish peace concert, which damaged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emena Thes
"Emena Thes" ( el, Εμένα Θες; en, I am the one you want) 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. Its music video was the subject of a contest held by Rouvas collaborator Trident, where one contestant was chosen to star in the video while nine others served minor roles. The music video, which was directed by White Room and possessed an atmospheric quality, was notable for its painted rotoscoping effect, marking a first in Greek cinematography. Rouvas performed the song at the MAD Video Music Awards 2010 with a stage show that received wide acclaim for its unique camera work and concept. Background "Emena Thes" was written by Dimitris Fakos and produced by Leonidas "Freakchild" Chantzara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Awards And Nominations Received By Sakis Rouvas
This page features a list of awards and nominations received by Greek recording artist and entertainer Sakis Rouvas from the beginning of his career in 1991 to present day. Rouvas has released thirteen studio albums: ''Sakis Rouvas'' (1991), '' Min Andistekese'' (1992), ''Gia Sena'' (1993), '' Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas'' (1994), '' Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola'' (1996), ''Kati Apo Mena'' (1998), '' 21os Akatallilos'' (2000), ''Ola Kala'' (2002), ''To Hrono Stamatao'' (2003), ''S'eho Erotefthi'' (2005), ''Iparhi Agapi Edo'' (2006), ''Irthes'' (2008), and ''Parafora'' (2010). He has also released two live albums: '' Live Ballads'' (2006) and '' This Is My Live'' (2007). These album have been released through PolyGram Records Greece (1991–96), Minos EMI (1997–present), and abroad on Universal Music France (2002–2007). All of his albums have been certified gold or higher by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry of Greece. As of 2008, he has sold an esti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irthes
''Irthes'' (Greek: Ηρθες''; English: ''You arrived'') 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. In April, the album was repackaged to include Rouvas' 2009 Eurovision Song Contest entry " This Is Our Night", along with the two other songs he sang at the Greek national final, which are included in English and in Greek. The album was subsequently renamed ''This Is Our Night''. The album was ranked as the fourth best Greek album of 2009 by '' Ethnos''. Conception Background and recording ''Irthes'' marks Rouvas' 12th studio album in his career and first new album in two years. Rouvas began working on the album in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spase To Hrono
"Spase To Hrono" (Greek: "Σπάσε το Χρόνο"; en, Shatter time) 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. Composition and theme "Spase To Hrono" is a song similar to Rouvas' most recent number-one hits "This Is Our Night" and "+ Se Thelo", although it contains more urban influences. Vocally it showcases a large range of dynamics. The song maintains one main strong, constant beat throughout. The Vocals begin almost immediately, with Rouvas singing using whispering, gritty vocals in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Kontopoulos
Dimitris Kontopoulos (Greek: Δημήτρης Κοντόπουλος born November 9, 1971, in Athens, Greece) is a Greek music composer. Personal life Dimitris Kontopoulos was born in Athens, Greece on November 9, 1971. After graduating from the Ziridis school, he continued his studies in film scoring at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. Kontopoulos is married and has two children. Career Kontopoulos became active in the music industry in 1999–2000. In 1999 he released as a producer the album 'Etsi ime ego' by Iro. The singles of the album 'Etsi eime ego' and 'Tipota' topped the Greek charts making the producer famous nationally. In 2001, he released the second album of Iro as a producer and composer. The singles 'Apogeiosi', 'Etsi eine oi sxeseis' and 'Moni mou' also topped the charts. In 2002, he produced and composed the album of Giannis Vardis. The first single of the album 'Gia ena lept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTV Greece
MTV Greece was a Greek free-to-air regional television channel launched on 1 September 2008, replacing Smart TV. Owned by Radio TV Piraeus S.A., it closed down suddenly on 11 January 2016, one year prior the proper MTV copyrights come to an end, despite the good ratings. It was replaced by RISE on terrestrial television. Also, it OTE TV and Nova subscription providers, it was replaced by MTV Europe and MTV Live. MTV Greece used to air mainly British, American and Greek music, MTV original shows like ''Date My Mom'', ''Made'', ''Nitro Circus'', ''Room Raiders'', ''America's Most Smartest Model'', etc. subtitled in Greek, as well as three Greek shows (''Hitlist Hellas'', ''MTV Pulse'', ''MTV Take 20''). It was available on terrestrial television in Athens and via satellite to the rest of the country and Cyprus. MTV also launched MTV Plus, a regional spin-off channel based in Thessaloniki. MTV Greece's launch event took place in Panathenaic Stadium on 5 October 2008 with live per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twitter
Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and 'Reblogging, retweet' tweets, while unregistered users only have the ability to read public tweets. Users interact with Twitter through browser or mobile Frontend and backend, frontend software, or programmatically via its APIs. Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur), Evan Williams in March 2006 and launched in July of that year. Twitter, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California and has more than 25 offices around the world. , more than 100 million users posted 340 million tweets a day, and the service handled an average of 1.6 billion Web search query, search queries per day. In 2013, it was one of the ten List of most popular websites, most-visited websites and has been de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enhanced CD
Enhanced CD is a certification mark of the Recording Industry Association of America for various technologies that combine audio and computer data for use in both Compact Disc and CD-ROM players. Formats that fall under the "enhanced CD" category include mixed mode CD (Yellow Book CD-ROM/Red Book CD-DA), CD-i, CD-i Ready, and CD-Extra/CD-Plus (Blue Book, also called simply Enhanced Music CD or E-CD). The technology was popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s with the increase of computer usage. Music CDs often included s, wallpapers, and other various content. However, more recently, acts wishing to include enhanced content often include a |
Greece In The Eurovision Song Contest 2009
participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song " This Is Our Night" written by Dimitris Kontopoulos, Craig Porteils and Cameron Giles-Webb and performed by Sakis Rouvas. To select their entry for the 2009 contest, which was held in Moscow, Russia, the Greek national broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) internally selected Rouvas, while his song was chosen through the televised national final ''Ellinikós Telikós 2009'', which consisted of three candidate songs voted upon by the public and a jury. Following the selection of the song, Rouvas began to travel around Europe and appeared on many television shows, including events held by other participants in the contest. Greece took part in the second semi-final of the contest on 14 May 2009 and qualified for the final, placing fourth with 110 points. At the final on 16 May, Rouvas performed "This Is Our Night" eighth out of the 25 participants and at the end of voting, was awarded seventh place, mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
