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that first appeared in 1999, recognized as both
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's first
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. The band was formed by leading
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composer
Giorgos Theofanous Giorgos (George) Theofanous (, ) (born in Larnaca, Cyprus on 9 January 1968) is a Greek Cypriot composer and producer. He has sold more than two million records and written more than 500 songs in the 1990s and 2000s. Recording artists for whom ...
and
Minos EMI Minos EMI is a record company based in Athens, Greece. The company serves as the Greek record label and offices of the multinational Universal Music Group. EMI is credited for founding the record business in Greece in the 1930s, by producing th ...
A&R Manager
Vangelis Yannopoulos Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou ( el, Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου ; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis ( ; el, Βαγγέλης, links=no ), was a Greek composer and arranger of ...
.
Constantinos Christophorou Constantinos Christophorou (Κωνσταντίνος Χριστοφόρου, born in Limassol, Cyprus on 25 April 1977) is a Greek-Cypriot singer. He represented Cyprus in Eurovision Song Contest as a solo singer with " Mono Yia Mas" (1996) ...
and Philippos-Constantinos Philippou were on board quite early, chosen by Giorgos Theofanous. The next three members were picked up after a selective audition that took place in legendary Athenian Sierra Studio. The selecting committee consisted of
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, Posidonas Yannopoulos, Andreas Kouris,
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, Theofanous and Yannopoulos. Demetres Koutsavlakis, Argyris Nastopoulos and Panos Tserpes were retained among 179 candidates. Christoforou followed a solo career in 2003, and was replaced by another Cypriot singer, Demos Beke. In their 6-year existence they enjoyed much commercial success and earned platinum certifications, as well as having staged memorable performances with successful Greek singers at
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and in
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. In 2005 the band formally disbanded and reunited in 2019. In July 1999 they released their first single, with their debut album following in October. All music and lyrics were written by Giorgos Theofanous (as was all the rest of the musical recorded material of the band) while Vangelis Yannopoulos was producing.


Eurovision 2002

At the end of 2001, national Cypriot broadcaster
CyBC Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation ( gr, Ραδιοφωνικό Ίδρυμα Κύπρου , tr, Kıbrıs Radyo Yayın Kurumu), or CyBC (ΡΙΚ, KRYK), is Cyprus' public broadcasting service. It transmits island-wide on four radio and two domestic ...
requested that they participate in the
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. They agreed and Theofanous wrote the song " Gimme" especially for the occasion. Backup vocals were performed by
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who was part of the stage duo ''Voice'' who represented Cyprus in 2000. After finishing in 6th place they became famous in both Cyprus and Greece and landed platinum certifications. This was Christoforou's second
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performance as already having represented Cyprus in
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with the song "
Mono Yia Mas Constantinos represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 18 May 1996 at the in Oslo, Norway. Organised by the European Broadcasting Unio ...
". Christoforou went on to once again represent Cyprus as a solo artist in the
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with the song "
Ela Ela (Come Baby) Cyprus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Ela Ela (Come Baby)" written and performed by Constantinos Christoforou, who was selected by the Cypriot broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) in November 2004 to r ...
".


Reunion and new music

In 2015 the group reunited to perform their hit " Gimme" as guests at the Greek national final Eurosong 2015, held to select the Greek entry for the
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. On 13 February 2020, record label
Minos EMI Minos EMI is a record company based in Athens, Greece. The company serves as the Greek record label and offices of the multinational Universal Music Group. EMI is credited for founding the record business in Greece in the 1930s, by producing th ...
, formally announced a new single for the group, called "Billy Bam Bam" which was released on 24 February 2020.


Discography

Through their 5 years ONE had released 5 studio albums, 1 live album, 4 maxi singles, and many singles. Their sales exceed 700 000 copies.


Studio albums

*1999: ''ONE'' Their debut album released by Minos EMI included hits like "Proti Mou Fora", "Stin Agakalia Sou" and others. Reached Platinum status in Greece (50 000 copies) and Platinum status in Cyprus (8 000 copies) *2001: ''MORO MOU'' (My Baby) Their follow-up album released by Minos EMI followed the success of album ''One'' selling more than 50 000 copies in Greece and more than 6 000 copies in Cyprus becoming Platinum in both countries. *2002: ''EHO TOSA NA SOU PO'' (I Have So Much To Tell You) The album was originally released in May 2002, featuring the number 1 single ''Gimme'' (Cyprus Entry -
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). There was a second special edition of ''Eho Tosa Na Sou'' + ''The One and Only''. It was re-released in December 2002 with a bonus CD featuring the new song "The One And Only" a cover version of
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classic hit
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and some of their greatest hits in English. The album was once again a Platinum sales record in Cyprus and Greece. *2003: ''ONEira'' (Dreams) The first studio album with new member Demos Beke. Included were the hits "Krata me", "Kainouria Arhi", "Power" and "Oneira". *2004: ''META APO CHRONIA'' (2004) (After Some Years) The 5th album by ONE was an album of covers of some of the most popular Greek songs of the 1980s and 1990s. Included were the hits "Kanenas den mas stamata" (Starship's "Nothing's gonna stop us now) and "Akou tin kardia" (Roxette's "Listen to your heart"). Soon after the group was split.


Live albums

2003: ''BEST OF ONE - LIVE STO LIKAVITO'' (Best Of One - Live At the Likavitos Theatre) The album was recorded during the band's 2002 concert at Likavitos theatre in
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. The album charted top 5 on both Greece and Cyprus.


EPs/Maxi Singles

*1999: ''ONE'' (1999) The band's first ever release was the EP ''ONE''. It was an immediate success reaching Platinum status in Cyprus and Gold in Greece giving the band the chance to release their first studio album. *2000: ''200ONE'' The EP ''200ONE'' (Two Thousand ONE) was released on Christmas 2000 including 3 songs. The EP reached Platinum in Cyprus and Gold in Greece. *2002: ''GIMME'' The maxi single " Gimme" featured the Cypriot entry to the
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. It became Platinum in both Greece (was their best selling single in Greece) and Cyprus. *2002: ''DAME'' Dame was the song Gimme in Spanish. The maxi-single was released in Summer 2002 in Spain. *2003: ''KAINOURIA ARHI'' (New Beginning) This EP was their first record to come out presenting the replacement of
Constantinos Christoforou Constantinos Christophorou (Κωνσταντίνος Χριστοφόρου, born in Limassol, Cyprus on 25 April 1977) is a Greek-Cypriot singer. He represented Cyprus in Eurovision Song Contest as a solo singer with "Mono Yia Mas" (1996) an ...
, Demos Van Beke. The EP reached Gold status in Greece and Platinum in Cyprus. *2020: ''BILLY BAM BAM'' This is the group's first single in 15 years since they disbanded in 2005, the single released on 24 February 2020 and reached #1 in Cyprus airplay charts and top 20 in Greece *2020: ''Diskola Ta Pramata''


References

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