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The Essential Anna Vissi
This page includes the discography of Cypriot pop singer Anna Vissi. From 1995 to 2015, Vissi received 38 platinum certifications in Greece and has become one of the country's best-selling female artist. Her album ''Kravgi'' still remains the best-selling albums of the 2000s (decade), and one of the best-selling of all time, while two others '' Travma'' and '' Antidoto'' are among the best-selling. She also had some success in the United States, reaching number one on the U.S. ''Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertise ...'' Hot Dance Club Play Chart with " Call Me". Anna Vissi is the best-selling Greek album artist, with her albums exceeding 10 million sales. Albums Studio albums ** denotes unknown or unavailable information. Live albums ** denotes unknown o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Vissi
Anna Vissi ( el, Άννα Βίσση, , ; born 20 December 1957), 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. Vissi established herself in the recording industry by winning the Thessaloniki Song Festival in 1977 with the song "As Kanoume Apopse Mian Arhi" and releasing the eponymous debut album. Since the 1980s, Vissi began a nearly exclusive collaboration with songwriter Nikos Karvelas, to whom she was married from 1983 to 1992 and had one child with, resulting in one of the most successful music partnerships in the nation's history. Together they created the label CarVi, which resulted in legal issues with EMI Greece, and they then moved to CBS Records Greece, which later became Sony M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact Cassette
The Compact Cassette or Musicassette (MC), also commonly called the tape cassette, cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. Invented by Lou Ottens and his team at the Dutch company Philips in 1963, Compact Cassettes come in two forms, either already containing content as a prerecorded cassette (''Musicassette''), or as a fully recordable "blank" cassette. Both forms have two sides and are reversible by the user. Although other tape cassette formats have also existed - for example the Microcassette - the generic term ''cassette tape'' is normally always used to refer to the Compact Cassette because of its ubiquity. Its uses have ranged from portable audio to home recording to data storage for early microcomputers; the Compact Cassette technology was originally designed for dictation machines, but improvements in fidelity led to it supplanting the stereo 8-track cartridge and reel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eimai
''Eimai'' (; ) is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi released in Greece and Cyprus in 1990 by CBS Greece. Background The coda of the song "Perimeno Tilefonima Sou" is a tribute to the musical '' The Phantom of the Opera'' by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The album's proposed title was ''Ipervoles'' (''Exaggerations''), but finally the title of the first track was opted for instead. The music video for the album's first single, "Fos", shot in late 1990 in the area of Lavrio, is noted as being one of the first ever large-scale music video production in Greece. Vissi is portrayed as Esmeralda from Victor Hugo's classic novel '' The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'', published in 1831. Quasimodo's part was portrayed by the video's director Nikos Soulis. The music video for the second single, "Ena Sou Leo", was initially based on Greek Hollywood actress Melina Merkouri's famous scene from the film Stella, where, following the movie's plot, Vissi is finally killed by her boyfriend. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fotia (album)
''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. The album reached platinum status. By 1990, the album sold more than 180,000 copies, and became the second best-selling album of 1990 in Greece. Singles and legacy "Pseftika" The album's first single "Pseftika" was among the first hit songs in Greece mixing Western dance vibes with Eastern sounds from India, Turkey and Greece. 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 initially record the song, but ironically it turned out to be one of her biggest hits. Thus, "Pseftika" is noted as revolutionary to modern Greek song. A music video, directed by Nikos Soulis, accompanied the single release, gaining significant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empnefsi!
''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. It featured ten pop songs, written by her then-husband Nikos Karvelas. Background and release The lead single ''Empnefsi'' ("Inspiration") was met with success, rising to the top of the charts. The song is considered a Greek 80s pop standard. Tracks ''Houla Houp'' ("Hula hoop") and ''Efimerides'' ("Newspapers") were also aired in the Greek media. The album met with commercial success, selling approximately 50,000 copies and reached Gold status. It was released on CD in early 1989. In the same year, the vinyl LP was released in Spain under the Epic label. In 1997, the CD was re-released for the Greek market as a part of the ''OK! Budget Price'' series Sony Music Greece launched at the time. 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 acq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tora (Anna Vissi Album)
''Tora'' (; ) is a 1988 music album by singer Anna Vissi. It was released in Greece and Cyprus by CBS Greece. Background and release The lead single ''1988 Ki Akoma S' Agapo'' ("1988 and still loving you") 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 promotion of other top 5 singles in the Greek and Cypriot media, the song ''Ta Mathitika Hronia'' ("The school years") was released. It became a hit and remains one of Vissi's most recognizable songs from the 1980s. Another hit from the album was ''Ta Koritsia Einai Atakta'' ("Girls are mischievous"). Later that year, Vissi started a popular radio program named after that song, which lasted until 1992. The album itself was commercially and critically well received, with sales reaching Gold status, selling approximately 50,000 copies and becoming one of the most commercial Greek albums of 1988. It was released on CD in early 1988, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Epomeni Kinisi
''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 Vissi's next albums. The album reached platinum status and was one of the best-selling albums of 1987 in Greece. Album information As the two number-one singles off the album ''Kati Simveni'' were written by Nikos Karvelas, Vissi's suggestion for the next album to be written and produced entirely by Karvelas was unanimously accepted by her label's executives. The result was a pop album of 10 songs, a departure from laiko and Greek folk tunes ''Kati Simveni'' was influenced from. The result was commercially and critically acclaimed, with sales reaching Platinum status, selling more than 100,000 copies and becoming one of the most commercial Greek albums of 1987. It is one of the first album titles CBS Greece released on CD in early 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kati Simveni
''Kati Simveni'' ( el, Κάτι Συμβαίνει; en, Something happens) is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi. The album was released in Greece and Cyprus by CBS Greece in 1985. This album includes her signature song "Dodeka". The album reached gold status. Background '' Na 'Hes Kardias moderate chart performance at the time brought sceptiscism to Vissi's label executives over Nikos Karvelas's competence to entirely produce a successful album. As a part of the production team instead, Greek composer and musician Antonis Vardis was recruited, in an attempt to diversify the sound of the new album, as to appeal to younger generations. Vardis was already known, having collaborated with top-profile artists, such as George Dalaras, Haris Alexiou, Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Dimitra Galani and Giannis Poulopoulos and also helping new artists being introduced to the audience, like Manolis Lidakis and Eleni Dimou. He was also an old partner to Vissi, being on her shows in Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on January 15, 1889, evolving from the Graphophone#Commercialization, American Graphophone Company, the successor to the Volta Laboratory and Bureau#Commercialization of phonograph patents, Volta Graphophone Company. Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in the recorded sound business, and the second major company to produce records. From 1961 to 1991, its recordings were released outside North America under the name CBS Records International, CBS Records to avoid confusion with EMI's Columbia Graphophone Company. Columbia is one of Sony Music's four flagship record labels, alongside former longtime rival RCA Records, as well as Arista Records and Epic Records. Artists who have recorded for Columbia include AC/DC, Adele, Aerosmith, Julie And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Na 'Hes Kardia
Na 'hes Kardia (; ) is the sixth album by Greek singer Anna Vissi. Released in 1984, it was her first album under CBS Greece. It featured 12 laika songs, all written by then-husband Nikos Karvelas. Lyricists of the album were Karvelas, Vissi herself and Sarantis Alivizatos. The ballad "Kai Eho Tosa Na Thimame" (And I have so much to remember) is considered the most durable hit off the album, still gaining airplay in Greek radio stations and being a standard of most of Vissi's shows. The orchestra was conducted by Nikos Lavranos. In the course of years, the album reached Gold status. It was first released on CD in 1992 as a joint package with 1985's album ''Kati Simveni''. In 1997, a separate, stand-alone edition was released. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eimai To Simera Kai Eisai To Chthes
''Eimai To Simera Kai Eisai To Chthes'' (; en, I am today and you are yesterday) is the name of the limited run and much valued fifth studio album by singer Anna Vissi. The album was released in 1982 by the short-lived record label Vissi and Nikos Karvelas formed for the release known as ''CarVi'', whose name was a combination of their last names. At the time, Vissi was still signed to the Greek division of the EMI-owned Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ..., which went against her contract releasing an album with a different label. The independent production and release was a result of unresolved differences under her then signing. A court order in favor of EMIAL - the Greek division of EMI and the parent company of the Greek division of Columbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Vissi (1981 Album)
''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, who is credited under the alias "Nikos Leonardos". It was released in Greece and Cyprus in 1981 by EMI Greece. The album includes both original songs as well as several Greek covers of international hits. The album reached gold status. Release The album was repackaged with the same cover in 1982 to include the bonus song "Mono I Agapi", which was the Cypriot entry for the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest sung by Vissi. The album appeared on compact disc for the first time in 2006 with the Minos EMI remastered edition named ''4'', since it was her fourth album. The re-release was prompted, once again, by Vissi's participation in Eurovision, this time for her entry in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. Previously the hit singles and other tracks of the album were available in CD format only via various compilations by Minos EMI. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
