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Pop Corn Music Awards 1996
The sixth Annual Pop Corn Music Awards in 1996, at the Aliki Theatre, in Athens, Greece. The awards recognized the most popular artists and albums in Greece from the year 1996 as voted by readers of Greek music publication ''Pop Corn''. The ceremony was hosted by Petros Filipidis and Natalia Germanou in March, 1997. The Pop Corn Music Awards were discontinued in 2002.Georgantas, Themis, ''Mousika Vravia Pop Corn '99 Magazine'', Musicoekdotiki Co., Athens, 2000, p.16-17 Performances Winners and nominees References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pop Corn Music Awards 1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ... 1996 music awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica region and is one of the 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 BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political influence on the European continent—particularly Ancient Rome. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evridiki
Evridiki Theokleous ( el, Ευρυδίκη Θεοκλέους, ; born 25 February 1968), known professionally as simply Evridiki, is a Greek-Cypriot rock, pop, and electropop singer. She is best known in Europe for representing her home country, Cyprus, in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992, 1994 and 2007 with the songs ''Teriazoume'', ''Eimai Anthropos Ki Ego'' and ''Comme Ci, Comme Ça'', respectively. Music career Early years Born in Limassol, Cyprus, Theokleous was raised in the island's capital, Nicosia. While still at school, she studied music at the National Conservatory of Cyprus. When she finished school, she went to Le Studio des Variétés in Paris, France where she studied music, theatre, and dancing. Afterwards she went to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, US where she supplemented her musical studies with courses of harmony and instrumentation. In 1989, she moved to Athens, Greece, to work with several artists, sing in compilations, and in 1991, she releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostas Tournas
Kostas Tournas ( el, Κώστας Τουρνάς) (born 23 September 1949,) is one of the pioneers of modern Greek rock. He is a singer and composer of many hits in the '70s including ''Ti Na Mas Kanei I Nychta'' (''What Can The Night Do For Us''). He shaped Greek rock music in the late '60s along with groups such as Socrates Drank the Conium, Peloma Bokiou, Nostradamos and Hexadactylos. He is also one of the founder members of the pioneering Greek rock group Poll along with Robert Williams. Tournas along with Robert Williams and Stavros Logarides, as members of the legendary rock group Poll, created a music wave which met with great success and took the music scene of Athens under the colonels by storm. Their music resonated with the young and created songs which still remain in the history of Greek rock. His 1972 progressive-psychedelic solo album, rock opera ''Aperanta Horafia'' (''Infinite Fields''), is considered a landmark of Greek rock and an act of resistance against t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mando (singer)
Adamantia Stamatopoulou ( el, Αδαμαντία Σταματοπούλου; born 13 April 1966), known as Mando ( el, links=no, Μαντώ), is a Greek singer. She was born and raised in Athens by her jazz pianist father, Nikos Stamatopoulos and a classic soprano opera mother, Mary Apergi. From a young age she began to develop her talent and interest in music, and was characterized as a " born musician". On 14 March 2010, Alpha TV ranked Mando the 23rd top-certified female artist in the nation's phonographic era (since 1960), totalling five gold records.''Chart Show: Your Countdown''. Alpha TV. Airdate: 14 March 2010. On 21 April 2013 she participated at the Greek version of ''Your Face Sounds Familiar'' which was aired by Antenna TV Greece, where in the last episode (30 June 2013), she placed 4th. She was a special guest star in the semi-final of The Voice of Greece where she and one of the participants, Maria Elena Kiriakou, sang together Beyonce's Hit ''Listen'' And she has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikos Karvelas
Nikos Karvelas ( el, Νίκος Καρβέλας; born Nikos Leonardos on 8 September 1951) is a Greek songwriter, producer and singer. He has sold millions of records as a producer and is most recognizable for his three-decade-long collaboration with Anna Vissi, while some of his other well-known collaborations include Tolis Voskopoulos and Sakis Rouvas. Karvelas has released multiple personal 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. Early life Karvelas was born in Piraeus. When he was five years old, his parents bought him his first piano. He started to play popular 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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katerina Topazi
Katerina ( Greek: Κατερίνα, ''Katerína''; Russian, Bulgarian and Macedonian: Катерина, ''Katerina'') is a feminine given name. It is a Greek variant of ''Ekaterini'' and a Russian and Bulgarian short form of '' Ekaterina'' or ''Yekaterina''. The name ''Katerina'' is often associated with the Greek word ''katharos'', meaning "pure" (see: Katherine#Origin and meaning). Notable people Notable people named Katerina include: * Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke (1939-2020) Greek poet, translator and lecturer * Katerina Bassi (born 1977), Greek taekwondo athlete * Katerina Batzeli (born 1958), Greek politician * Aikaterini Bliamou (born 1982), Greek swimmer * Katerina Dalaka (born 1992), Greek hurdler * Katerina Deli (born 1975), Greek former basketball player * Katerina Didaskalou (born 1960), Greek actress * Katerina Georgiadou (born 1982), Greek fashion model * Katerina Giota (born 1990), Greek volleyball player * Katerina Gogou (1940-1993) Greek poet, author and act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasilis Karras
Vasilis Karras ( el, Βασίλης Καρράς; born Vasilis Kesoglidis on 12 November 1953) is a Greek folk singer. Biography Karras was born in Kokkinohori, near Kavala, Greece. At the age of 10, his family moved to Thessaloniki. Also around this time his brother Damian and his sister Anastasia were born. Growing up in the streets of Thessaloniki allowed Karras considerable independence and many of the friendships he created there have lasted well into his life until now. In the summer of 1969, Karras made a brief appearance at the club "Prosfygas" in Evosmos, Thessaloniki and made an immediate impact. Even though he was only 16 years old, he became a favourite in the city suburbs due to his distinctive then raspy voice. The club owners allowed Vasilis to sing on many more occasions, and thus a legend was born. The audience in his home city took a particular liking in his style. In the 1970s, Karras cemented his reputation as a young upstart on the Greek 'laika' (folk son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola
''Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola'' ( Greek: ''Τώρα Αρχίζουν Τα Δύσκολα''; English: ''Now The Difficult Times Begin'') is the fifth studio album by Greek singer Sakis Rouvas, released on 12 May 1996 in Greece and Cyprus by PolyGram Records Greece. This was Rouvas' second album to be entirely produced by singer-songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist Nikos Karvelas, after the groundbreaking success of ''Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas'' in 1994. Track listing Special Edition It was re-released by PolyGram PolyGram N.V. was a multinational entertainment company and major music record label formerly based in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1962 as the Grammophon-Philips Group by Dutch corporation Philips and German corporation Siemens, to be a ... Greece to contain four bonus tracks of remixes of the previous hit singles from the album. Track listing Music videos *"Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola" (Director: Vaggelis Kalaitzidis; Writer: Elias Psinakis) *"Afi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sineidisi
''Sineidisi'' (Greek: ''Συνείδηση''; English: ''Consciousness'') is the second studio album by Greek singer Dimitris Kokotas. It was released in Greece in 1995 by EROS Music. It reached 1× platinum status. This is the second collaboration of Dimitris Kokotas with songwriter Phoebus.http://www.dimitriskokotas.gr/category.php?id_category=11 Track listing # "Liono" - 4:58 # "Giati me tyrannas" - 3:58 # "Poli kali gia na sai alithini" - 4:26 # "Ki ase na lene" - 4:50 # "S'ena tilefonima" - 3:32 # "Sineidisi" - 3:54 # "Anemona" - 4:39 # "Poso mou leipsan" - 3:53 # "M'anisiheis" - 3:37 # "Kathe fora pou me ksehnas" - 4:18 All the lyrics and music: Phoebus Credits and personnel ;Personnel *Phoebus- Music, Lyrics, orchestration, programming *Giorgos Roilos-Percussion *Giannis Bithikotsis- baglama, bouzouki, tzoura, mandolino *Antonis Gounaris- Guitars, cumbus *Maria Reboutsika-violin *Dimitris Kokotas-vocals, second vocals, background vocals *Odysseas Korelis-violin *Plo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klima Tropiko
''Klima Tropiko'' (Greek: ''Κλίμα Τροπικό''; en, Tropical Climate) is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi released in Greece and Cyprus in February 1996. It reached 2× Platinum, acclaiming both critical and commercial success and establishing Vissi's image as a pop icon and contemporary artist in both Greece and Cyprus. In 2000,Hülya Avşar covered the song in Turkish as "Sevdim" ("I loved"). In 2019, the album was selected for inclusion in the Panik Gold box set ''The Legendary Recordings 1982-2019''. The release came after Panik's acquisition rights of Vissi's back catalogue from her previous record company Sony Music Greece. This box set was printed on a limited edition of 500 copies containing CD releases of all of her albums from 1982 to 2019 plus unreleased material. Music Music and lyrics are by Nikos Karvelas, Apostolos Diavolikis, and Natalia Germanou. Track listing # "Trelenome (Klima Tropiko)" (I go crazy (Tropical climate)) # "Ke Ti Egin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arhizo Polemo
''Arhizo Polemo'' (Greek: ''Αρχίζω Πόλεμο''; English: ''I Declare War'') is the seventh studio album by Greek artist, Katy Garbi. It was released on 10 May 1996 by Sony Music Greece and certified gold in 14 days, but after months received triple-platinum certification, selling over 180,000 units*. The majority of the album was written by Phoebus Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label=Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label= ... with contributions by Andreas Mexas, Charis Andreadis, Giannis Doxas and Smaroula Maragkoudaki. It was ranked among the best-selling Greek albums of 1996 and is Katy's top-seller album, containing many of her most successful songs like "Tha Melagholiso", "Mia Fora Ki Enan Kairo", "Hamena" and "Perasmena Xehasmena". In 1996, triple-platinum was the album whose sales exceeded 180 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imiskoumbria
Greek rappers Imiskoumbria (Greek: Ημισκούμπρια), also known as Imiz, is a comedy hip hop group from Athens, Greece. The group's roster has been the same since its inception in 1996. Imiz members include rapper Dimitris Mentzelos (Greek: Δημήτρης Μεντζέλος, born 1968), Mithridatis (born Mithridatis Hatzihatzoglou; Greek: Μιθριδάτης Χατζηχατζόγλου, born 1975) and DJ Pritanis (born Kostas Kostakos; Greek: Κώστας Κωστάκος, born 1972). They are widely credited for the establishment of hip-hop within Greek music show business. Name Ημισκούμπρια has been translated as ''semi-mackerels''. Σκουμπρί is the Greek word for the fish mackerel (cmpr Scombridae) and is sometimes used in slang for elusive persons. The first element ημι- is analogous to the formal prefix " semi-" (in contrast to the colloquial μισό "half"). Hence the name refers to half-elusive guys. The combination of these two eleme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
