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Helena Paparizou |
 Έλενα Παπαρίζου |
My Number One ESC |
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(copied from here.)
Antique 1999-2003
Antique's success in the Eurovision Song Contest led to them recording several multi-platinum
albums, playing a European tour, and collaborating with many other Greek artists.
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.
Solo career
During the winter of 2003-2004, Paparizou appeared alongside one of Greeces biggest
male singers, Antonis Remos, at the Studio Pireos nightclub. In spring 2004, she released
her first solo record, Protereotita from which Antithesis, Anamnisis, Katse Kala,
and Stin Kardia Mou Mono Thlipsi became hit singles. The album achieved double platinum
in Greece after the huge success in Eurovision Song Contest.
Her success brought her to the Fever nightclub for the winter season 2004-2005
alongside Sakis Rouvas.
2005: Eurovision
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, Elena 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.
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 and Turkey.
Paparizou's second album in Greek, Yparhi Logos, was released in Greece on April 12, 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,
Yparhi Logos, aired on the day the album was released. Gigolo was later released as the
third single from the album, and faired well on Greek radios. The album Yparhi Logos
went to #1 and reached double platinum status in Greece.
On May 20, 2006, Elena graced the stage of Eurovision once more, to open the contest with
My Number One as the opening act. She later sang Mambo!, and then presented the award to
the winners Lordi. During a press interview there, she said that people should expect
to hear a lot of Mambo! and Gigolo in English over the summer, as she tries to pursue
her international career. Paparizou has already released Mambo! in Sweden on a two track
CD single peaking at number 5 on the charts. Sweden is the first of many countries
in which Paparizou will be releasing Mambo!. The other countries in which
Elena Paparizou plans to release Mambo! are: Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Turkey,
and Spain. Other records companies in France, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands,
Belgium, Japan, China, United States, Canada, South Africa, and Australia will also
promote the song. The Scandinavian promotion of the song will be from Bonnier Music.
To gear up for the worldwide release of Mambo!, Elena has filmed a new video targeted
for a more international audience.
2006: Yparhi Logos and The Game of Love
On 22 August, My Number One was released in the United States by Moda Records.
The CD single contains 10 mixes and the radio edit. Mambo! will be released there
later on in the year along with remixes.
Elena's solo debut international album The Game of Love, was released in some parts
of Europe and in South Africa in late 2006. [2] [3] Releases in France and other
markets are also expected in the coming months. The album contains six songs from
her Greek album Iparhi Logos translated into English. There are a further 6 new songs,
and the song Heroes. Heroes, which was the official song for the 2006 European
Championships in Athletics held in Gothenburg, Sweden in August, and was released in
Sweden and Finland shortly after. There will album be a bonus song in Greek on the
CD called O, Ti Axizi Ine i Stigmes (Le Bonheur). The bonus song is originally by
Manou Hadjidaki, and was a big hit in France in 1962.
The song The Game of Love has gained critical success, striking great interest from
Greek pop music critic, Benita Ong. Gigolo was the second single to be released
from the album after Mambo!. The video for the song premiered in Greece in mixed
Greek and English, and there may be a fully English version of the video followed
for other markets.
It was also recently revealed that Paparizou has recorded a song called Fos for the
soundtrack of the Greek Barbie movie. There is now a video for this song.
The song Teardrops was released to Greek radio stations reached number one in Greek
Airplay Chart.
2007-Present: Yparhi Logos: Platinum Edition & new Greek album
In spring 2007, Elena recorded three tracks for the soundtrack CD to the Greek television
series Mazi sou, including the theme tune to the series. 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.
In May, 2007, Elena re-released her album Yparhi Logos as Yparhi Logos: Platinum Edition.
It contained the CD Single Fos as a bonus with six new songs and the hit "Mazi Sou".
The second radio single from the album was called "Min Fevgeis" and was released to
radios on April 23. Elena also released the "Fos" as a separate CD Single.
The CD-Single "Fos", went straight to number one in Greece following its release,
making it Elena's fourth number one hit there. The CD-Single was certified
gold in its 12th week charting at number 2.
Elena was nominated for 5 awards for the 2007 Mad Video Music Awards. They include
"Best Pop Video" (Gigolo), "Best Female Video" (Gigolo), "Video of the Year" (Gigolo),
"Artist of the Year", and "Best outfit in a Video" (An Eixes Erthi Pio Noris).
She won two awards for the "Best Female Video" and for the "Best outfit in a Video".
Elena started the show with the song "Let the Sunshine In" and later sung her song
Min Fevgeis.
She is also nominated for 4 awards for "Cyprus Music Awards". They include
"Best Female Singer","Album of the year", "Greek Album Sales" and "International Album Sales"
Elena has released a new song "3 is a magic number" in Sweden as part as a Swedish
television advertisement for a mobile phone company. The song was originally a hit
from Blind Melon back in 1996. The song immediately entered the charts in Sweden
and stayed there for 5 weeks peaking at number 18.
In Fall 2007, Elena released a new song called "To fili Tis Zois" in Greece as the
soundtrack to the movie of the same name. The song stayed at number one position on
iTunes Greece for many weeks. It also reached number 1 on the official Nielsen Greece
Top 20 Chart" for Radio Airplay.[1]. The song was a big hit on Greek radios, and
became one of the most listened songs of 2007. Elena has also recorded a duet with
popular TV presenter Nikos Aliagas for his album released in Greece which was certified
gold. The song is called "I Zillia Monaksia" a cover of the Pascal Obispo's hit
" L' envie D' Aimer".
For the promotion for Nokia Greece, Elena has released a new song called "Ola Ine Mousiki"
part of their new advertising campaign for 2008. In January 2008, along with Sony BMG Greece,
she teamed up with retailer Plaisio and released a special edition MP4 player called
"MP4 Total Helena" (2GB) by Turbo-X. The MP4 player comes with a special "Best of"
compilation with 12 songs and 5 video clips only available with the purchase of
the MP4 player.
Elena has started work on her new Greek album to be released sometime in Spring 2008.
Sources say it will be released in March. She has also started work on her new English
language album due to be released Spring 2009.
Sony BMG has plans to release The Game of Love in a repackaged version for the French
market in Spring 2008. The repackaged version will feature Le Temps Des Fleurs by
Dalida as well as Teardrops and The Game of Love in French. It will be her first
release in France. There are also plans to release it in Belgium and Canada.
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