Sakis Rouvas discography

Sakis Rouvas discography

Sakis Rouvas at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009.
Releases
Studio albums 12 (1 TBR)
Live albums 2
Compilation albums 8
EPs 3
Singles 12
B-sides 3
Video albums 6
Music videos 62
Soundtracks 4
Collaborations 4
Box sets 2
Airplay singles 82

This article features the discography of Greek pop, rock, R&B, and dance musician Sakis Rouvas, which includes twelve studio albums, two live albums, and a total of six compilation albums which comprise of: two greatest hits albums, one remix compilation album, one ballad compilation, and two box set albums. Furthermore are three EPs and 12 singles (five of which have been released exclusively to Greece and Cyprus and seven which have been released internationally), as well as six albums that contain video. For video releases, see Sakis Rouvas videography.

Rouvas is among the most successful Greek artists of all-time, having sales of an estimated two million records.[1] All of his albums have achieved certifications of gold or higher in both Greece and Cyprus. Internationally, Rouvas has also scored hits in France, Sweden, Turkey, Bulgaria, North Africa and Russia.[2][3]

Contents

Albums

All the albums listed underneath were released and charted in Greece and Cyprus. Some albums charted internationally.

Studio Albums

Year Title Chart positions Certification Sales threshold1
GRE[4] CYP [5]
1991 Sakis Rouvas

(Greek: Σάκης Ρουβάς)

1[6]
1992 Min Andistekese

(Greek: Μην Αντιστέκεσαι; English: Don't Resist)

  • 2nd studio album
  • Released: September, 1992
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: PolyGram Greece, Philips, Fidelity
  • Formats: LP, cassette, vinyl, CD, digital download
1993 Gia Sena

(Greek: Για Σένα; English: For You)

  • 3rd studio album
  • Released: March, 1993
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: PolyGram Records, Philips
  • Formats: LP, cassette, vinyl, CD, digital download
1994 Aima, Dakrya & Idrotas

(Greek: Αίμα, Δάκρυα & Ιδρώτας; English: Blood, Sweat & Tears)

  • 4th studio album
  • Released: November, 1994
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: PolyGram Greece, Philips
  • Formats: LP, cassette, vinyl, CD, digital download
  • First album produced entirely by Nikos Karvelas.
  • First album to achieve platinum certification.
1996 Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola

(Greek: Τώρα Αρχίζουν Τα Δύσκολα; English: Now The Difficult Times Begin)

  • 5th studio album
  • Released: May 12, 1996
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: PolyGram Greece, Mercury
  • Formats: LP, cassette, vinyl, CD, digital download
  • Sales combined with re-release.
  • Final studio album released under PolyGram Records.
1998 Kati Apo Mena

(Greek: Κάτι Από 'Μένα; English: Something from Me)

  • 6th studio album
  • Released: December 3, 1998
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: Minos EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • First album released under the Minos-EMI label.
  • Album includes four songs from the "Theleis I Den Theleis" single.
  • Artist's most successful album of the 1990s.
2000 21os Akatallilos

(Greek: 21ος Ακατάλληλος; English: 21 X-Rated)

  • 7th studio album
  • Released: April 9, 2000
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: Minos EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Sales combined with remix re-release.
1[6]
2002 Ola Kala

(Greek: Όλα Καλἀ; English: Everything's Fine)

  • 8th studio album
  • Released: June 16, 2002
  • Language(s): Greek (Original), Greek, English (Re-release and international editions), Greek, English, French (French edition)
  • Label: Minos EMI, Universal Music France/ULM, EMI/Capitol
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Sales combined with re-releases.
  • Album includes the single "Disco Girl".
  • First English-language album (International edition) and first album to be released internationally. Also includes first French-language recordings (French edition).
2003 To Hrono Stamatao

(Greek: Το Χρόνο Σταματάω; English: I'm Stopping Time)

  • 9th studio album
  • Released: December 20, 2003
  • Language(s): Greek (Original), Greek, English (Re-release)
  • Label: Minos EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Sales combined with re-release.
  • Album includes the song "Pes Tis" from the single of the same name, while the re-release includes the Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, "Shake It"
2005 S'eho Erotefthi

(Greek: Σ'έχω Ερωτευθεί; English: I'm in Love with You)

  • 10th studio album
  • Released: April 6, 2005
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: Minos EMI
  • Formats: CD (paperback), digital download, Double-disc CD (Special Edition), CD/DVD (Special Edition), longbox CD (Special Edition)
  • Sales combined with Special Edition re-release.
  • Album includes a duet with Lakis Papadopoulos, "Hartini Zoi"
  • S'eho Erotefthi: Special Edition includes a bonus DVD of the album's music videos along with a photo album titled Past...Present...Future...Sakis Photo Book: 1998-2005.
2006 Iparhi Agapi Edo

(Greek: Υπάρχει Αγάπη Εδώ; English: There Is Love Here)

  • 11th studio album
  • Released: December 5, 2006
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: Minos EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1[6]
2008 Irthes

(Greek: Ήρθες; English: You Came)

  • 12th studio album
  • Released: December 3, 2008
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: Minos EMI
  • Formats: CD (paperback), digital download
  • Album includes the single "+ Se Thelo".
2010 Parafora
  • 13th studio album
  • Released: 14 December 2010
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: Minos EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Album includes the singles "Spase To Hrono", "Emena Thes", "Parafora", as well their respective music videos and a bonus pictorial magazine.
1

1 The sales thresholds do not represent the exact sales of the album, but the traditional amount of sales needed to earn the particular certification.

Live Albums

Year Title Chart positions Certification Sales threshold1
GRE[4] CYP [5]
2006 Live Ballads
  • 1st live album/DVD
  • Released: April 27, 2006
  • Language(s): Greek, English
  • Label: Minos EMI
  • Formats: Double-disc CD, CD/DVD, longbox CD (Special Edition)
  • Sales combined with Special Edition release.
  • Recorded at Athens College on February 14, 2006.
  • Live Ballads: Special Edition includes a photo album of the performance.
1[8]
2007 This Is My Live
  • 2nd live album/DVD
  • Released: December 12, 2007
  • Language(s): Greek, English
  • Label: Minos EMI
  • Formats: Double-disc CD (paperback), CD/DVD, limited edition gift box
  • Sales combined with limited edition Christmas gift box.
  • Recorded at Lycabetus Theater on September 9, 2007.
  • Album includes the single "Stous 31 Dromous" from the soundtrack of the same name.
  • The Christmas gift box includes the 2007 release of the Sakis Rouvas doll with a bonus DVD.

1 The sales thresholds do not represent the exact sales of the album, but the traditional amount of sales needed to earn the particular certification.

Official compilations

Year Title Chart positions Certification Sales threshold1
GRE CYP
1999 Me Kommeni Tin Anasa

(Greek: Με Κομμένη Την Ανάσα; English: Breathless)

  • 1st greatest hits album
  • Released: October 5, 1999
  • Language(s): Greek, English
  • Label: Universal Music, Mercury
  • Formats: Double-disc CD, Remastered CD
2003 Remixes
  • 1st remix compilation
  • Released: July, 2003
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: Minos EMI
  • Formats: Double-disc CD, CD/DVD, remastered CD
2005 The Ultimate Collection: Music + Video - 1991–1996
  • 2nd greatest hits album
  • Released: September 6, 2005
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: Universal Music, Mercury
  • Formats: Double-disc CD (paperback), CD/DVD, remastered CD
2007 Ta Erotika: Sakis Rouvas

(Greek: Τα Ερωτικά Σάκης Ρουβάς; English: Erotica)

  • 1st love song/ballad compilation
  • Released: February 10, 2007
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: Universal Music, Mercury
  • Formats: CD, remastered CD
2007 I Megaliteres Epitihies + Kai Se Thelo

(Greek: Οι Μεγαλύτερες Επιτυχίες + Και Σε Θέλω; English: The Greatest Hits + Kai Se Thelo)

  • 3rd greatest hits compilation
  • Released: October 2008
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: Minos EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2009 The Ballads
  • 1st ballad compilation
  • Released: May 2009
  • Language:Greek, English
  • Label: Minos EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • GRE: N/A
  • CYP: N/A

1 The sales thresholds do not represent the exact sales of the album, but the traditional amount of sales needed to earn the particular certification.

Box sets

Year Title Chart positions Certification Sales threshold
GRE CYP
2001 Sakis Rouvas

(Greek: Σάκης Ρουβάς)

  • 1st box set album
  • Released: 2001
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: Universal Music, Mercury, Delta Club
  • Formats: Four-disc box set CD, remastered CD
2007 Ap'Tin Arhi: I Megaliteres Epitihies

(Greek: Απ'Την Αρχἠ: Οι Μεγαλύτερες Επιτυχίες; English: From The Beginning: The Greatest Hits)

  • 2nd box set compilation
  • Released: August 17, 2007
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: Minos EMI
  • Formats: Four-disc CD, CD/DVD, longbox CD, remastered CD

Other compilations

Year Title Chart positions Certification Sales threshold
GRE CYP
1999 Best Love Songs
  • Unofficial compilation album
  • Released: 1999
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: Universal Music, Mercury
  • Formats: CD, remastered CD
  • This compilation was released by Pink! Magazine as a gift from their press with permission from the owner of Rouvas' former label, Universal Music Greece. It was not created for charts.
N/A N/A
2007 I Hrisi Diskothiki

(Greek: Η Χρυσή Δισκοθίκη English: The Golden Record Collection)

  • Unofficial compilation album
  • Released: November, 2007
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: Universal Music, Mercury
  • Formats: CD (paperback), remastered CD
  • This compilation was released by Espresso News as a gift from their press with permission from the owner of Rouvas' former label, Universal Music Greece. It was not created for charts.
N/A N/A

Special edition releases

EPs

Year Title Chart positions Certification Sales threshold
GRE CYP
2006 8 Megales Epitihies

(Greek: 8 Μεγάλες Επιτυχίες; English: 8 Greatest Hits)

  • 1st EP
  • Released: 2006
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: Promo CD, remastered CD
2007 Dance Mixes: Afiste Tin & Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola

(Greek: Dance Mixes: Αφήστε Την & Τώρα Αρχίζουν Τα Δύσκολα; English: Dance Mixes: Leave Her Alone & Now The Difficult Times Begin)

  • 2nd EP
  • Released: May 24, 2007
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: CD
2007 Monadikes Erminies

(Greek: Μοναδικές Ερμηνείες; English: Unique Interpretations)

  • 3rd EP
  • Released: December, 2007
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: Minos EMI
  • Formats: Promo CD, remastered CD

Singles

CD singles

Year Single Chart positions Album IFPI Certification
GRE[4] CYP [5]
1991 "Par'ta" 1 Sakis Rouvas
1996 "Tora arxizoun ta diskola" 1 1 Tora arxizoun ta diskola Gold
1998 "Theleis I Den Theleis" 1 1 Kati Apo Mena Gold
Year Single Chart positions Album IFPI Certification
GRE[4] CYP [5]
2001 "Disco Girl" 1 1 Ola Kala Platinum
2002 "Ola Kala" 1 Gold
"The Light"2
2003 "Feelings"2
"Dis Lui"2
"Pes Tis" 1 1 To Hrono Stamatao Platinum
2004 "Shake It" 1 1 4× Platinum
"Se Thelo San Trelos"2 (With Philipp Kirkorov) Single only
2005 "Na M'agapas" 1 S'eho Erotefthi
2009 "This Is Our Night" 1 TBA Irthes TBA
Soundtrack
2007 "Zise Ti Zoi" Alter Ego Original Soundtrack
As featured artist
1999 "Kapos Allios" (With Stelios Rokkos) Single only Gold
Accumulated hit singles IFPI Certification
GRE CYP
Number-one songs 7 4 2× Gold
Top ten songs 7 4 2× Platinum
Top 20 songs 7 4 1× Multi-Platinum
"—" denotes the single failed to chart, or wasn't released to that particular chart or region.

2Some singles released for international charts only.

Full singles discography

Original soundtracks

Rouvas contributed music to the following soundtracks:

Year Title Chart positions Certification Sales threshold
GRE CYP
1996 I Panagia Ton Parision

(Greek: Η Παναγία Των Παρίσιων; English: The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

  • 1st soundtrack
  • Released: June, 1999
  • Language(s): Greek, Turkish
  • Label: PolyGram Greece
  • Formats: CD
2006 Aftokinita

(Greek: Αυτοκίνητα; English: Cars)

  • 2nd soundtrack
  • Released: July, 2006
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: Minos EMI
  • Formats: CD
2007 Alter Ego
  • 3rd soundtrack
  • Released: May, 2007
  • Language: English, Greek
  • Label: Minos EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
2008 Stous 31 Dromous

(Greek: Στους 31 Δρόμους; English: On the 31 Roads)

  • 4th soundtrack
  • Released: January, 2008
  • Language: Greek
  • Label: Minos EMI
  • Formats: CD
2007 Duresss

(Greek: Τα Ερωτικά Σάκης Ρουβάς; English: Erotica)

  • Upcoming English soundtrack
  • Released: 2009
  • Language: English
  • Label: TBA
  • Formats: CD

Videography

International discography

Albums

Singles

International music videos

International charts

Albums

Ola Kala

CD singles

"Disco Girl"

"Dis lui"

Shake It!"

"Se Thelo San Trelos"

"This Is Our Night"

References

  1. ^ Bakker, Stietse (February 16, 2009). "Moscow 2009: The lucky ones so far". Eurovision.tv. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=1738. Retrieved January 26, 2009. 
  2. ^ "Σάκης Ρουβάς: ΒΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟ" (in Greek). MAD TV. http://www.mad.tv/artists/?id=146&m=bio. Retrieved October 26, 2008. 
  3. ^ Delta Club (2001). ""Η Πορεία Προς τη Δόξα", "Στην Κοορυφή", "Τώρα Αρχίζουν Τα Δύσκολα', "Τhe Comeback", "Ακόμη Μεγαλύτερες Επιτυχίες"". Universal Music / Mercury Music: pp. 6–4. 
  4. ^ a b c d Greek Charts
  5. ^ a b c d Cypriot Charts
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Biography by Official Website". Sakis Rouvas Official Site. http://www.sakisrouvas.com/index.asp?cid=1&lid=2. Retrieved 2008-07-16. 
  7. ^ "Σάκης Ρουβάς (Sakis Rouvas)" (in Greek). ishow.gr. http://www.ishow.gr/personBio.asp?guid=D6D33FFD-6AE5-4354-89B4-5D4145F5894A. Retrieved January 11, 2011. 
  8. ^ "Στο studio o Σάκης Ρουβάς" (in Greek). MAD TV. 2 June 2006. http://www.mad.tv/news/new.php?id=21491. Retrieved 16 July 2008. 
  9. ^ a b tophit.ru Russian Airplay Chart

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