6.28.2009
Summer holidays!!!
Tomorrow 29-06-2009 I go on holiday for a week and I won't be able to update, but I will return with more news!!!
This wendsay will be MAS AWARDS ON TV (yes I know that they play it on tv one week later, but it's always on this way).
Don't miss it!!! And enyoi your summer too!!!
You can watch greek tv here: http://onlinetv.yamour.com/portal.htm
And also you can wacth tv of anothes countries!!!
Kisses!!!
6.27.2009
The results of my survey.
Yes (I like greek music) has 30 votes
No has 3 votes
More or less has 2 votes
I haven't listened yet has 0 votes so all of you have listened greek music so I'm very happy!!!
Kisses!!!
6.26.2009
Sakis Rouvas has new song!!!
6.25.2009
The results of MAD Awards 2009
I put here some photos and the winners of mad awards 2009!!!
1- Best video clip laiko (typical music from Greece= Ola gia sea (everything for you)- Nikos Oikonomopoulos
2- Best video clip pop= HELENA PAPARIZOU- PIROTEXNUMATA
3- Best video clip techno= Den milw gia mia nuxta egw (I don't talk about one night)- Eleutheria Arvanitaki
4- Best video clip rock= Páno ap'ola- miros stratis
5- Best video clip hip hop= prin se gnoriso (before I know you)- STAVENTO!!!
6- Best video clip alternative= shine- cyanna
7- Best male artist- SAKIS ROUVAS!!!
8- Best female artist- HELENA PAPARIZOU!!!
9- Best first artist to be presented (it refers to the new artists)- Dimos Anastasiádis
10- Best duet= Kaneis láthos (you make mistakes)- Maro Lytra feat TNS
11- Best group= ONIRAMA!!!
12- Artist of the year= SAKIS ROUVAS!!!
13- Video clip of the year= PUROTEXNIMATA (FIREWORKS)- HELENA PAPARIZOU!!!
14- Best direction video clip= ANÁPODA (UPSIDE DOWN)- MIXALIS XATZIGIANNIS!!!
15- Sexy video clip of the year= Tora (now)- lava feat kateria stikoudi
16- Fashion icon of the year= STIN PURA (IN THE FIGHT)- ANNA VISSI!!!
17- Best verse- chorus= MPOREIS APOPSE NA BYEIS OLES TIS TSOULES THS GHS (YOU CAN FIND THIS NIGHT ALL BI..H OF EARTH) STUN PURA- ANNA VISSI!!!
Helena Paparizou was the biggest winner in MAD Awards 2009!!!
Now I will post all the winners of MAD VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS which where yesterday.
But I have to say (like a helena's fan) that helena will the biggest winner of the night with tree awards!!!
She won the awards of:
- best videoclip of the year(pyrotechnimata)
-best pop videoclip of the year(pyrotechnimata)
-best female artist of the year
And know she is the artist with most mad music awards of all history of greek music!!!
CONGRATULATIONS HELENA!!! WE'RE PROUD OF YOU!!!
6.24.2009
Happy Birthay Elli!!!
6.23.2009
Long Hot Tour 2009
Yeah!!! This tour will be awsome!!! In my opinion this is the hotest, the best and the most perfect tour of the year!!!
There will be DESPINA VANDI!!! GOIN'THROUGH!!! NEUMA!!! and finally Thirio and maximos!
This tour is amazing....I hope all people in greece could enyoi it!!! People of Greece....you're very lucky to have this tour this summer!!!
Kisses!!!
6.22.2009
Helena Paparizou in bigfish
New interview of Helena Paparizou on bigfish magazizne. The photos are very great and helena is very very sexy (as always).
Here I put the photos.
On the magazine cover there's one phrase that sais: "otan akouw "eisai theá" keinw t'aftia mou". It means "when I hear "you are like a goddess" I close my ears".
Kisses!!!
6.21.2009
European day of music!!!
6.19.2009
Happy Birthay Antonis!!!
6.18.2009
Radio Energy
If you like greek music (I guess you like it because you're reading this) you sould listen radio energy. They play a lot of hits and great greek artist like anna vissi, sakis rouvas (they play sakis a lot), helena paparizou, mixalis xatzigiannis, thanos petrelis, sarbel, etc.
For all people who live in greece, radio energy is 96,6 Fm. For people who live in other countries, you can listen it by internet in this page:
http://www.energy966.com/xcms/
Kisses, filakia!!!
6.17.2009
Despina Vandi- the best collection
6.16.2009
New song of Despina Vandi!!!
6.15.2009
Amita Motion Tour
6.14.2009
Do you want Helena Paparizou in Spain???
Iraklika- Ipoulos kosmos
This is a new disc from duet iraklika. Their style is hip-hop and this CD is from june, so it's very new.
Track list
01. ...εισαγωγή στον Ύπουλο Κόσμο
02. Κρητική βεντέττα
03. Superheroez feat. Markezana
04. Έλα [Cult Remake]
05. Η πρώτη αγάπη
06. Μυρωδιά καταλύτη [based on 'διθέσιο']
07. Ήσυχες νύχτες feat. Μέντορας V.I.P
08. Hentai
09. Υπόθεση προσωπική
10. Τίμημα βαρύ
11. Έλα [Club Remake]
12. Έξοδος από τον Ύπουλο Κόσμο...
Download: http://www.easy-share.com/1905694088/Ir_-_Ipo_kos2_-_06-2009.rar
6.13.2009
Summer in Greece 2009
It will be summer soon and now we have typical summer cds. Here you have one and in my opinion it's very good. 20 songs that I'm sure you will enyoi it!!!
Summer in Greece 2009
01. KΑΘΕ ΤΡΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΛΙΓΟ - ΔΕΣΠΟΙΝΑ ΒΑΝΔΗ
02. ΟΤΙ ΠΙΟ ΟΜΟΡΦΟ - ΣΤΑΘΗΣ ΡΑΦΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ
03. ΚΟΜΜΑΤΙΑ ΝΑ ΓΙΝΕΙ - ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΙΑ ΖΩΗ
04. ΣΤΗ ΦΩΤΙΑ - ΑΝΤΟΝΗΣ ΡΕΜΟΣ
05. Σ' ΑΓΑΠΩ ΣΕ ΜΙΣΩ - ΚΑΙΤΗ ΓΑΡΜΠΗ
06. ΠΟΥ ΤΑ ΠΟΥΛΑΣ ΑΥΤΑ - ΛΟΥΚΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
07. ΔΕΝ ΤΟ ΧΑΝΩ ΜΕ ΤΙΠΟΤΑ - ΑΓΓΕΛΙΚΗ ΔΑΡΡΑ
08. ΕΠΑΙΞΕΣ ΚΕ ΕΧΑΣΕΣ - ΝΙΚΟΣ ΒΕΡΤΗΣ
09. ΦΕΥΓΩ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΩ - ΕΥΑ ΜΙΛΛΗ
10. ΕΝΑ ΜΑΓΑΖΙ ΑΠΟΨΕ - ΠΑΝΟΣ ΚΙΑΜΟΣ
11. ΜΑΖΕΨΕ ΤΑ ΜΥΑΛΑ ΣΟΥ - ΑΜΑΡΥΛΛΙΣ
12. ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΟ - ΘΑΝΟΣ ΠΕΤΡΕΛΗΣ
13. ΑΥΤΟ ΜΟΥ ΕΛΕΙΠΕ - ΝΑΝΣΥ ΑΛΕΞΙΑΔΗ
14. ΠΩΣ ΝΑ ΚΛΕΙΣΩ ΜΑΤΙ - ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΗΣ ΡΑΦΑΙΛΗΔΙΣ
15. ΘΕΛΩ ΝΑ ΧΟΡΕΥΩ - ΜΑΡΙΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΙΔΟΥ
16. ΕΙΣΑΙ ΥΠΕΡΟΧΗ - ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ ΠΛΟΥΤΑΡΧΟΣ
17. ΓΕΙΑ ΣΟΥ - ΠΕΓΚΥ ΖΗΝΑ
18. ΘΑ ΚΑΝΩ ΟΤΙ ΘΕΛΩ - ΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΟΥΡΚΟΥΛΗΣ
19. ΑΠΑΝΤΗΣΕ ΜΟΥ - ΝΑΤΑΣΑ ΘΕΟΔΟΡΙΔΟΥ
20. ΕΧΩ ΝΑ ΜΑΘΩ - ΝΙΚΟΣ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ
Download it now!
Part 1: http://hotfile.com/dl/6413791/967d295/Summer_in_Greece_2009_-_06-2009.part1.rar.html
Part 2: http://hotfile.com/dl/6413791/967d295/Summer_in_Greece_2009_-_06-2009.part1.rar.html
6.11.2009
Anna Vissi
Anna Vissi has participated tree times at ESC, but she didn't win.
If you want to read anna's vissi biographhy, check here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Vissi
You sould know that Anna Vissi is going to do a summer tour in Greece. If you want to see her in concert, you sould buy now the tickets.
Here's the official advertisement of the concert of thessaloniki: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TUbsBO4E80
Kisses, filakia!!!
Helena Paparizou
Today I'm going to writte about one of the best singers in Greece (but she is from sweeden). She's Helena Paparizou!!!
She's my favourite singer (with Laura Pausini) and she's on her best moments, because she's nominated in 5 cathegories on MAD VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS!!! Congratulations Helena!!!
Now all her life here:
Biography
1999-2003
Elena Paparizou with Nikos Panagiotidis as Antique.
Paparizou, determined to succeed and fulfill her dreams of being an entertainer, joined childhood friend and fellow Greek-Swede Nikos Panagiotidis, at the age of 17, to form Antique.[4] The duo quickly signed their first record deal, with new-found Swedish record label Bonnier. Their debut single, a cover of Notis Sfakianakis's "Opa Opa" entered the top ten across Scandinavia and Antique became the first act to enter into the Swedish top five with a song sung in Greek.[4] The song achieved gold certification following its August 1999 Swedish release. The following single "Dinata Dinata" also charted, along with both "Follow Me" and "Moro Mou".[4]
By 2001, the duo had made a name for itself which led to them being selected as Greece's representatives for the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 in Copenhagen. The duo reached third place with the song, "(I Would) Die for You" and although equaled by Sakis Rouvas's entry "Shake It" in 2004, it was Greece's highest place in the contest until Elena won the contest as a solo artist in 2005.
Antique's success in the Eurovision Song Contest led to them recording four studio albums, playing a small European tour, and collaborating with many other artists, such as Katy Garbi and Slavi Trifonov. Paparizou has admitted that Greek music had been something of an acquired taste for her, saying that the name 'Antique' was probably a reflection of her childhood impression of it being something rather distant and old-fashioned; something that she only really associated with her summer holidays in Greece.[1] Following her success with Antique, Elena decided to pursue a solo career.
2003-2004: Protereotita
Despite the group's success, Antique broke up in 2003 on good terms as the band had run its natural course, and Paparizou set about going solo. She signed a solo recording contract with Sony Music Greece and released her first solo single "Anapandites Kliseis", a song written especially for her by singer/songwriter Christos Dantis.[5] The three song CD single also featured "Brosta Ston Kathrefti" and "Treli Kardia. Sales were strong and it received gold certification in Greece. It was later re-recorded in English as "I Don't Want You Here Anymore".
2005: Eurovision
Ruslana and Elena Paparizou
Paparizou ended up spending more and more time in Greece, and after a long selection process of the Greek National Broadcaster ERT, she was approached to represent the country for a second time in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. She performed My Number One, Let's Get Wild, and OK on the Greek national final, with My Number One winning the televote. There was also a song called The Light in Our Soul, but it was later disqualified due to it being released prior to the contest, thus breaking the rules. The song went onto win the final contest (with backing vocals provided by Cypriot former Eurovision-participant Alex Panayi), and brought the contest to Greece for 2006 for the first time in the contest's history. Paparizou stated that should she ever consider doing anything Eurovision orientated again it would have to be for her birth country of Sweden,[7] since she already had her turn with Greece.
Paparizou re-released her first album Protereotita in Greece, with a second CD containing her Eurovision entrants, and English versions to previous songs, such as I Don't Want You Here Anymore, Antithesis, OK, and If You Believe Me as well as a ballad version of (Ehis Kero na Mou Feris) Louloudia. The 10 track CD was also available separately for those who already owned her debut album. A 16-track compilation of the Eurovision entrants and songs from her debut album was released in many parts of Europe such as Scandinavia, Switzerland, Poland, Russia, Hungary, Slovenia, the Netherlands and Turkey under the title, My Number One.
In the summer and fall of 2005, Paparizou toured in Australia and North America with Greek artist Nikos Kourkoulis, selling out many venues. She was also named the official ambassador of the Greek Ministry of Tourism, and My Number One was used as backing music to their international television advert.
In the fall of 2005, Paparizou went to studios and recorded a new CD single called Mambo!. The single included Mambo as a Greek and English version, Panta Se Perimena, and Asteria. The CD single stayed on the Greek charts at number 1 for 10 weeks, including Christmas week, and reached platinum status. The track was also released in Sweden in April 2006 and became gold selling more than 25,000 copies, following a succession of hit singles there taken from the album, My Number One. Paparizou's debut album was re-issued for a third time in Greece to contain a third CD (in addition to the actual album and the Eurovision disc), containing both English and Greek versions of "Mambo!" and three other new Greek songs.
2006: Iparhi Logos & The Game of Love
At the end of 2005, Paparizou went back to studio to work on her second Greek language album and her first official English language album. The album has been released in Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Sweden and Turkey.
Paparizou's second album in Greek, Iparhi Logos, was released in Greece on 12 April 2006. Prior to the release, Paparizou sang the title track at the Arion Music Awards. The album consists of two discs, the first featuring 12 brand new tracks, including Mambo! and Panta Se Perimena and the second featuring four new tracks, nine live tracks from her Mad Secret Concert, and a remix of the title track. The video for that single, Iparhi Logos, aired on the day the album was released. Gigolo was later released as the third single from the album, and fared well on Greek radios. The album Iparhi Logos went to #1 and reached platinum status in Greece after three months.
On 20 May 2006, Paparizou returned to the stage of Eurovision once more, to open the contest with My Number One as the secondary opening act. She later sang Mambo!, and then presented the award to the winners Lordi.
2007: Iparhi Logos: Platinum Edition
On 21 January 2007, Paparizou was awarded with a "European Border Breaker Award" at the MIDEM Festival in Cannes, France. She was one of the ten new artists who received the awards which were created by the European Union in 2003 and are given every year to ten artists who manage to have success with their first album abroad. Paparizou won the award for her success with her first solo album Proteraiotita: Euro-Edition.[12]
In spring 2007, Paparizou recorded three tracks for the soundtrack to the Greek television series Mazi Sou, including the theme song to the series.[11] A video was made for the track "Mazi Sou" which became a hit in Greece, with the track has spent several weeks atop the Greek radio airplay chart. Another radio single, "Min Fevgeis", was released to radios on 23 April.
In May 2007, Paparizou re-released her album Iparhi Logos as Iparhi Logos: Platinum Edition with the seven track CD Single "Fos" including the hit "Mazi Sou". Paparizou released "Fos" as a separate CD Single four days before the re-packaging.[13] "Fos", went straight to number one in Greece following its release, making it Paparizou's fourth number one hit there.[14]. The CD Single was certified gold in its 12th week charting at number 2.
On 19 June 2007, Paparizou attended the Cyprus Music Awards where she was nominated for two awards: "Best Female Singer", and "Album of the Year" with Iparhi Logos, though she did not win either.[15] A few days later, Paparizou attended the 2007 Mad Video Music Awards held on 25 June 2007 where she was nominated for five awards.[16] They included "Best Pop Video" ("Gigolo"), "Best Female Video" ("Gigolo"), "Video of the Year" ("Gigolo"), "Artist of the Year", and "Best outfit in a Video" ("An Eihes Erthi Pio Noris". She won the two awards for the "Best Female Video" and the one for the "Best outfit in a Video".[17] Paparizou participated in the show singing the song "Let the Sunshine In" and later sung her song "Min Fevgeis".
2008–present: Vrisko To Logo Na Zo & New English album
Elena Paparizou receiving the gold certification for Vrisko To Logo Na Zo.
In early 2008, Elena Paparizou started work on her Greek album Vrisko To Logo Na Zo, which was released on June 12, 2008.[20][21] The first single off of the album, "Porta Gia Ton Ourano", was released on April 8, 2008, while the second single, "I Kardia Sou Petra", was released on June 2, 2008 to radio stations all over the Greece.[22][23] The album received gold certification only one week after its release and Paparizou was awarded the gold disc on June 25, 2008.[24] On July 7, 2008 the album reached number one on the Greek Albums Chart where it remained for 11 weeks.[25]
At the 2008 Mad Video Music Awards held at the end of June, Paparizou was nominated for six awards. The song "To Fili Tis Zois" was nominated in four categories: "Best Pop Video", "Most Played Artist", "Artist of the Year", and "Best Video by a Female Artist". The song "Mazi sou" and the song "Zilia Monaksia" featuring Nikos Aliagas were nominated in the categories "Most Played Artist" and "Best Duet", respectively.[26] Finally she picked up two awards for "Best Pop Video" and "Artist of the Year".[27]
[all information of wikipedia]
Kisses
6.09.2009
MAD Video Music Awards
MAD Video Music Awards
MAD Video Music Awards come again!!! finally!!! It’s celebrated one time at year, and it’s awards from Greek music, so there will be a lot of singers and groups!!! All the greek stars will be there. It will be on 24 of June.
The’re 17 categories, but the hardest competition is “kalitexnhs ths xronias” (artist of the year). There are Helena Paparizou, Sakis Rouvas, Anna Vissi, Mixalis Xatzigiannis and Stavento, very hard, really??? I have voted for Helena Paparizou, because she is my favorite of all, but I don’t know if she will win again (last year Helena won on the categorie “artist of the year”).
I will translate for you the categories:
1- Best video clip laiko (typical music from Greece)
2- Best video clip pop
3- Best video clip techno
4- Best video clip rock
5- Best video clip hip hop
6- Best video clip alternative
7- Best male artist
8- Best female artist
9- Best first artist to be presented (it refers to the new artists)
10- Best duet
11- Best group
12- Artist of the year
13- Video clip of the year
14- Best direction video clip
15- Sexy video clip of the year
16- Fashion icon of the year
17- Best verse- chorus
And these are all categories, in this link you can vote for your favorite artist!!! Ask me anything you don’t understand or some question do you have!!!
http://www.videomusicawards.gr/2009/site/?page_id=177
Kisses (filakia)
Presentation
This is a little presentation of myself (Anna) and my blog. This is a blog where you can find information about Greece, specially about her music and singers, but also information about her culture, traditions and actuallity.
My name is Anna and I'm 18 years old. I study moder greek, and ancient greek also, and I have studied English in hightschool. I'm a fan of Greece, specially her music (but only modern music, like Helena Paparizou, Despina Vandi, Sakis Rouvas, Anna Vissi, Onirama, Stavento, etc).
I'll writte this blog in Enlgish because I think that in this way it would have more readers. Is my small presentation. Thanks everyone.