Anna Vissi Άννα Βίσση | |
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![]() Anna Vissi on stage at Athinon Arena in Athens, Greece (2011). | |
Background information | |
Forby kent as | Anna Vishy |
Born | Pyla, Larnaca, Cyprus | 20 December 1957
Oreigin | Larnaca, Cyprus |
Genres | Laïko, pop, dance, entehno, pop rock |
Thrift | Sangster, sangwriter, actress, televeeision presenter, radio personality, businesswumman |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 1973–present |
Labels | Minos (1973–1978) EMI Greece (1979–1982) |
Associate acts | Epikouri, Nikos Karvelas |
Wabsteid | www.annavissilive.com www.fannatics.gr |
Anna Vissi (Greek: Άννα Βίσση (pronounced [ˈana ˈvisi], Greek pronunciation: [ˈanːa ˈviʃːi]); born 20 Dizember 1957), kent as Anna Vishy an aw, is a Cypriot recordin airtist an actress. Born in Pyla, Larnaca, She began singin profeesionally in 1973 when she muived tae Greece an signed a recordin contract wi Minos. In 1977, she teuk 1st place in the 19t Thessaloniki Song Festival wi the sang "As Kanoume Apopse Mian Arhi" ("Let's mak tonight a principle") an released her first album wi the same title. Syne the 80s, Vissi began an exclusive collaboration wi componer an leericist Nikos Karvelas, whom she marriet an haed a dochter thegither.
Throu a career that haes spanned fower decades, Vissi haes influencit several o the naition's younger generation o female airtists. She haes wan sax Arion Music Awards, 15 Pop Corn Music Awards, an nine MAD Video Music Awards. Vissi haes receivit 32 Platinum an 11 Gowd certifications frae IFPI Greece an haes become ane o the kintra's best-sellin airtists o aw time, haein sauld ower 9.5 million records warldwide an is ane o the kintra's top earnin airtists an aw.[1][2][3] In 2010, Alpha TV rankit Vissi as the seicont top-certifee'd female airtist in Greece in the phonografic era (syne 1960), ahint Haris Alexiou,[4] while Forbes leetit her as the 15t maist pouerful an influential celebrity in Greece an fowert heichest rankit sangster.[5]
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Television | |||
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Year | Title | Role | Notes and Awards |
1994 | Me Agapi, Anna (With Love, Anna) |
Hersel/Host | Variety show |
2011 | Anna Vissi: Oso Exo Foni (Anna Vissi: As Long As I Have Voice) |
Hersel/Host | First 'Rockumentary' (autobiography) ever to air in Greece / Cyprus |
Theater | |||
Year | Title | Role | Notes an Awairds |
1991 | Daimones (Demons) |
Queen/Rozanne | First Greek Rock Opera |
1993 | Ode To The Gods | Aphrodite | One Act Opera |
2002 | Mala – I Mousiki Tou Anemou (Mala – The Music Of The Wind) |
Mala Zimetbaum | Opera |
2013 | Daimones (Demons) |
Queen/Rozane |
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