Protereotita

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Protereotita
Studio album by Elena Paparizou
Released	August 25, 2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	Pop
Length	67:21
Label	Sony BMG
Elena Paparizou chronology
	Προτεραιότητα (2004)	My Number One (2005)

Contents 1 Original album 1.1 CD singles 1.2 Track listing 2 Euro Edition 2.1 Track listing 3 Euro Edition + Mambo! 3.1 Singles 4 Chart performance

[edit] Original album

The album was released in the second quarter of 2004. The album included 5 singles: "Anapantites Kliseis", "Treli Kardia", "Katse Kala", "Anditheseis" and "Stin Kardia Mou Mono Thlipsi"; which were big hits for Elena. After the Eurovision Paparizou re-released the album with a new CD which contained 11 new tracks that included the Eurovision songs. The album was titled Protereotita: Euro Edition. At the end of 2005 Elena re-released the album for the third and final time, this time it had all the songs from Protereotita and the Euro Edition and this time the songs from the "Mambo!" CD single.

[edit] CD singles

The first CD single to be released from the original album Protereotita was "Anapandites Kliseis". "Anapandites Kliseis"' was double A-side single with "Treli Kardia." The single peaked at number 1 for a successful 2 weeks. After the release of the CD single a number of singles (video clips) followed throughout the year. The first being "Antithesis", which was followed by "Katse Kala" then the last being "Stin Kardia Mou Mono Thlispi."

Greek Singles

1. "Anapadites Kliseis" (CD)
2. "Treli Kardia"
3. "Katse Kala"
4. "Anditheseis"
5. "Stin Kardia Mou Mono Thlipsi"
6. "My Number One" (CD)
7. "The Light In Our Soul"
8. "Mambo!" (CD)

[edit] Track listing

1. "Katse Kala" – 4:24
2. "Proteraiotita" – 3:17
3. "Anditheseis" – 3:50
4. "Anamniseis" – 4:01
5. "Aksizei" – 3:24
6. "Taxidi gia to agnosto" – 4:23
7. "Galana" – 4:00
8. "(Eheis kairo na mou fereis) Louloudia" – 4:20
9. "Stin Kardia Mou Mono Thlipsi" – 3:01
10. "Zise (Vive la Vida Loca)" – 3:09
11. "I zoi sou zari" – 3:31
12. "M'aggaliazei to skotadi" – 3:28
13. "Matia kai cheili" – 4:30
14. "Mesa stin fotia sou" – 3:46
15. "Anapantites kliseis" – 4:07
16. "Treli kardia" – 3:29
17. "Anapantites kliseis" [SMS Remix] – 6:41

[edit] Euro Edition

Προτεραιότητα: Euro Edition
Studio album by Elena Paparizou
Released	2005
Genre	Pop
Length	1:43:23 (both CDs)
Label	Sony BMG
Elena Paparizou chronology
Προτεραιότητα (2004)	Προτεραιότητα: Euro Edition (2005)	My Number One (2006)

Protereotita: Euro Edition was a rerelease of Elena Paparizou's debut album, Protereotita. It was released in 2005, and includes her Eurovision-winning song, "My Number One" followed by "The Light in Our Soul" in the summer of 2005.

In early 2005, Elena was chosen for the Eurovision song contest 2005 in Kiev where she won. After Elena's success, Protereotita was released again with 11 new tracks and "My Number One" was released throughout Europe. "My Number One" was the Elena's second CD single to go to number 1 in Greece.

[edit] Track listing

• CD 1 (67:21)

The same track listing as the original album.

• CD 2 (36:02)

1. "My Number One" – 2:59
2. "O.K." [English Version] – 2:58
3. "Let's Get Wild" – 3:09
4. "The Light in Our Soul" – 2:58
5. "I Don't Want You Here Anymore (Anapantites Kliseis)" – 4:08
6. "A Brighter Day" – 3:36
7. "If You Believe Me (Anamnisies)" – 4:04
8. "Louloudia" [Ballad Version] – 3:20
9. "To Fos stin Psixi (The Light in Our Soul)" – 2:58
10. "O.K." [Greek Version] – 2:58
11. "My Number One" [Karaoke] – 2:54

[edit] Euro Edition + Mambo!

Προτεραιότητα: Euro Edition + Mambo!
Studio album by Elena Paparizou
Released	November 2005
Genre	Pop
Label	Sony BMG Greece
Elena Paparizou chronology
My Number One (2005)	Προτεραιότητα: Euro Edition + Mambo! (2005)	Υπάρχει Λόγος (2006)

Προτεραιότητα: Euro Edition + Mambo! (Protereotita: Euro Edition + Mambo) is an album by Elena Paparizou. It was the second re-release of Protereotita, the first of which was to include her winning Eurovision entry. This was the Euro Edition too, but also included her #1 Greek hit, Mambo!. The whole album, including both re-releases, sold more than 90,000 copies and became double platinum in Greece.

In was released in Greece in November 2005 and was to be the last time Protereotita would be re-released because six months later, in April 2006, Elena released her second studio album Υπάρχει Λόγος.

[edit] Singles

After the release of the singles from the original album and the Euro Edition, in November "Mambo!" was released as a CD single in Greece. "Mambo!" went to number one for an amazing 10 weeks including Christmas number one. Due to the success of the single Sony BMG released Protereotita for a third time. "Mambo!" was the only single to be released from the third edition of Protereotita.

[edit] Chart performance

Protereotita was a very successful album in Greece and peaked at number 1 for eight weeks. This was Elena's most successful album to date in Greece as a solo artist. The success of the album continued to grow as Elena released singles and video clips from the album throughout the year of 2004 up to Elena was picked for the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev which she won.

Chart	Peak position	Weeks On Charts	Certification	Sales
Greece Albums Charts	1 (8)	80	2x Platinum	80,000+