List of awards and nominations received by Despina Vandi

**Despina Vandi awards and nominations**
Despina Vandi performing at World Music Awards(after party) in America!.
Award	Wins	Nominations
Arion Music Awards	8	10
Grammy Awards	1	1
World Pop Concert	1	1
Balkan Music Awards	1	3
Hit FM Russia Awards	1	1
House Music Awards	1	1
International Dance Music Awards	1	1
MAD Video Music Awards	13	33
MTV Europe Music Awards	0	1
Greek Internet Awards	31	34
Must Magazine Style Awards	1	1
Pop Corn Music Awards	7	14
Rádio Nova Era Awards	1	1
Star Radio Awards	1	1
World Music Awards	5	5
Totals
Awards won	57
Nominations	80+

Despina Vandi is a Greek laïko singer who was born in Stuttgart–Tübingen, West Germany and later raised in Kavala, Greece. She has had three records certified gold and 11 certified at least once platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry of Greece. Since the beginning of her recording career in 1994, Vandi has released eight studio albums in Greece and Cyprus: Gela Mou (1994), Esena Perimeno (1996), Profities (1999), Gia (2001), Stin Avli Tou Paradeisou (2004), 10 Hronia Mazi (2007), and C'est La Vie (2010). She has also released one live album, titled Despina Vandi Live and two studio albums abroad: Gia (2003) and Come Along Now (2005). Vandi's releases have been issued on the record labels Minos EMI (1994–2000), Heaven Music (2001–09), and The Spicy Effect (2010–present).

Vandi has been awarded mostly in laïko and dance music categories. Since receiving her first nomination of her career in 1997, Vandi has won three Pop Corn Music Awards for Best Female Singer, Best Female Stage Performance, and Best Song, as well as three Arion Music Awards for Female Artist of the Year, Best-Selling Album of 2002 for Gia, and Live Album of the Year. Both of the aforementioned awards ceremonies have served as the national awards ceremonies until their respective cancellations. Vandi's first and most significant international award came in 2002 at the World Music Awards where she was awarded as being the Best-Selling Greek Artist of 2001; she was the first Greek artist actually recording in Greece to receive the award, and one of four overall. As Vandi began receiving international exposure while pursuing a career abroad during the period of 2003–05, her music and remixes of it earned awards and nominations at international dance music-oriented award ceremonies. She also received honours from dance-oriented radio stations in the United States, Portugal, and Russia. Since 2004, Vandi has received ten MAD Video Music Awards, including Female Artist of the Year and Artist of the Year, making her the second most honoured female artist and tied for third most honoured artist overall in the award's history as of 2010. In addition to these recognized awards, Vandi has also received an honorary award by Richard Branson of Virgin for her single "Ipofero", which was recognized as the best-selling single of all-time at the Greek Virgin Megastores, after surpassing sales of 100 thousand copies, while in March 2010 Alpha TV ranked her the top-certified Greek female artist of the phonographic era (since 1960), making her the youngest artist in both age and career longevity within the top ten. Overall, Vandi has received 25 recognized awards from 59 nominations.

Arion Music Awards

The Arion Music Awards are the official Greek music industry awards by IFPI Greece since 2002, after the Pop Corn Music Awards, which were organized by the Greek magazine Pop Corn from 1992–2001, were discontinued. The Arions were broadcast by Mega Channel in their first five years before moving to ANT1 channel. The awards have not been held since 2007 for various reasons. Despina Vandi has won three awards from ten nominations.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Year	Recipient	Award	Result
2003	Ante Gia	Female Singer of the Year	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
2003	Gia	Best-Selling Album of the Year	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
2004	Despina Vandi Live	Female Singer of the Year	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
2004	Despina Vandi Live	Live Album of the Year	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
2005	Despina Vandi	Laiko Female Singer	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
		Pop Female Singer	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
		Female Singer of the Year	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
	Stin Avli Tou Paradisou	Pop Album	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
	Stin Avli Tou Paradisou	Album of the Year	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
2006	Special Edition	Female Singer of the Year	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won

Balkan Music Awards

On December 7, 2009, Balkanika Music Television officially announced the start of the First Balkan Music Awards 2010.

Despina Vandi has two nominations for the Balkan Music Awards 2011^[5]^[6] and one nomination for the Balkan Music Awards 2012.^[7]

Year	Recipient	Award	Result
2011	Kommati Ap' Tin Kardia Sou	Best Song in the Balkans from Republic of Greece for 2010	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
2011	Despina Vandi	Best Female Artist in the Balkans for 2010	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
2012	Erota Theli I Zoi (Remix), Despina Vandi feat. Ypohthonios	Best Song in the Balkans from Republic of Greece for 2011	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated

Hit FM Russia Awards

Despina Vandi has won one award from one nomination.

Year	Recipient	Award	Result
2004	Come Along Now	Honorary Award	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won

House Music Awards

Vandi herself has been nominated once, while her work has been nominated three times, having one once.^[8]^[9]

Year	Recipient	Award	Result
2004	Gia, Ultra Records	Best Vocal	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
2004

International Dance Music Awards

The Winter Music Conference was established in 1985. It is a part of the Winter Music Conference, a weeklong electronic music event held annually. Despina Vandi has been nominated as Best New Dance Artist Solo for the 20th Annual IDMA.^[10]

Year	Recipient	Award	Result
2005	Despina Vandi	Best New Dance Artist Solo	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won

MAD Video Music Awards

The MAD Video Music Awards are held annually in June by MAD TV since 2004. In its first two years, the awards were televised on ANT1 for non-satellite viewers, but have since moved to Alpha TV. Despina Vandi has received eleven awards from twenty five nominations.^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]

Year	Recipient	Award	Result
2004	Despina Vandi	Artist of the Year with the Most Played Video Clip	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
2005	Happy End	Best Contemporary Laiko Video Clip	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
	Come Along Now, Phoebus feat. Despina Vandi	Best Dance Video Clip	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
		Best Video Clip of a Woman Artist	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
		Best Video Clip of the Year	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
		Best-Dressed Artist in a Video Clip	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
	Despina Vandi	Artist of the Year with the Most Played Video Clip	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
2006	Stin Avli Tou Paradisou	Best Contemporary Laiko Video Clip	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
		Best Female Artist Video Clip	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
		Best Direction in a Video Clip (Kostas Kapetanidis)	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
	Jambi, Despina Vandi - Phoebus	Best Dance Video Clip	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
	Despina Vandi	Artist of the Year with the Most Played Video Clip	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
2007	Kalanta	Best Dance Video Clip	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
	Kalanta	Best Direction in a Video Clip (Kostas Kapetanidis)	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
	Amane, Despina Vandi - Giorgos Mazonakis	Best Duet Video Clip	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
2008	Thelo	Best Pop Video Clip	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
2008	Despina Vandi	Best Female Artist	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
2009	Despina Vandi	Best Female Artist	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
2010	Despina Vandi	Best Female Artist	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
2011	Koritsi Prama	Video Clip Pop	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
	Erota Theli I Zoi Ke Ohi Polemo (Erota Theli I Zoi)	Lyric - Cue	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
	Despina Vandi	Female Artist	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
2012	Girismata	Video Clip MAD Greekz	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
	Ehi O Keros Girismata (Girismata)	Lyric - Cue	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
	Despina Vandi	Female Artist	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
2013	Katalaveno	Fashion Icon in a Video Clip	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
	Despina Vandi	Female Artist	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
	To Asteri Mou	Top 50	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
	To Nisi	Top 50	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
2014	Hano Esena	Video Clip Pop	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
	Despina Vandi	Female Artist	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
	Despina Vandi	Artist of the Year	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
	Hano Esena	Video Clip of the Year	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated

MTV Europe Music Awards

The MTV Europe Music Awards ("EMAs" or "EMA") are an event presented by MTV Networks Europe which awards prizes to musicians and performers. The first EMAs ceremony was held in 1994.[1] Originally conceived as an alternative to the MTV Video Music Awards and since 2011 other worldwide, regional nominations have been added. Despina Vandi has one nomination for the MTV Europe Music Awards 2014.^[21]

Year	Recipient	Award	Result
2014	Despina Vandi	Best Greek Act	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated

Must Magazine Style Awards

Despina Vandi was nominated in the first "Must Magazine Style Awards", organized by the Cypriot "Must Magazine".^[22]

Year	Recipient	Award	Result
2011	Despina Vandi	Best Greek style icon	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won

Pop Corn Music Awards

The Greek Pop Corn Music Awards are a defunct awards ceremony that were the first official Greek music awards show from 1991-2001 and were organized by the Greek magazine Pop Corn. The Arion Music Awards became the new national music awards ceremony in 2001 after the Pop Corns were discontinued. Despina Vandi has received seven awards from fourteen nominations.^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]

Year	Recipient	Award	Result
1997	Despina Vandi	Best Female Artist	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
1998	Despina Vandi	Best Female Stage Presence	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
	Despina Vandi	Best Female Artist	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
	Thelo Na Se Ksehaso	Best Female Interpretation	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
1999	Despina Vandi	Best Female Artist	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
	Despina Vandi	Best Female Stage Presence	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
	Katalliles Proipothesis feat. Giorgos Lempesis	Best Duet	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
	Oute Ena Efharisto	Best Female Interpretation	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
	Oute Ena Efharisto	Best Video Clip (Dimitris Sotas)	style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"\|Nominated
2000	Profities	Best Album	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
2000	Apapa	Best Laiko Song	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
2001	Despina Vandi	Best Female Singer	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
	Despina Vandi	Best Female Stage Presence	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won
	Gia	Best Song	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won

Rádio Nova Era Awards

Despina Vandi has won one award from one nomination.^[27]

Year	Recipient	Award	Result
2004	Despina Vandi	Best international dance artist for the year 2004	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won

Star Radio Awards

Despina Vandi has won one award from one nomination.

Year	Recipient	Award	Result
2003	Despina Vandi, Gia	Best International Artist	style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"\|Won

World Music Awards

The World Music Award is an international awards show founded in 1989 that annually honors recording artists based on worldwide sales figures provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). The awards show is conducted under the patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco, Monte-Carlo.

The show is broadcast to North and South America, all of Europe, the Middle East, Japan and South East Asia, all of China, some other parts of Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and all of Africa, reaching an estimated worldwide audience of around one billion viewers, in over 160 countries.

The regional awards, as many of the other awards, are not awarded standard annually, but when it is believed that the artist has sold a notable amount of records in his or her respective category or genre. Despina Vandi has won one award from one nomination.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2002	Despina Vandi	World's Best-Selling Greek Artist	Won
2004	Despina Vandi	Best European Woman Artist	Won
2004	Despina Vandi	Best Greek Woman Artist Of All Times	Won
2013	Despina Vandi	Artist With The Best Character In Greece	Won
2013	Despina Vandi	Greek Woman Legend(Honorary Award)	Won

Other honours

In 2001, Vandi received an honorary award from Richard Branson of Virgin for the sales of her single "Ipofero", which was recognized as the best-selling single in history at the Greek Virgin Megastores after surpassing sales of 100 thousand copies and being certified five times platinum by IFPI Greece.
In 2003, Vandi was voted as the Best-Dressed Woman in Showbiz in a competition held by MAD TV. She was one of only two musicians honoured, the other being Sakis Rouvas.
In December 2009, Down Town featured Vandi in its "Best of the Decade" issue.
On 14 March 2010, Alpha TV ranked her the fourth top-certified Greek female artist by IFPI Greece during the phonographic era (since 1960).^[28]

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Despina Vandi

Discography Awards

Studio albums	Gela Mou (1994) Esena Perimeno (1996) Deka Endoles (1997) Profities (1999) Gia (2001) Stin Avli Tou Paradeisou (2004) 10 Hronia Mazi (2007) C'est La Vie (2010) Allaxa (2012) De Me Stamatises (2014)

Live albums	Despina Vandi Live (2003)

CD singles	Spania (1998) Ipofero (2001) Ante Gia (2002) Gia (2003) Come Along Now (2004) Opa Opa (2004) Jambi (2005) Kalanta (2006)

Compilations	The Best (2001) Come Along Now (2004) Ballads (2004) Dance (2004) The Very Best of Despina Vandi (2005) Ta Laïka Tis Despinas (2005) Despina Vandi (2005) 14 Megala Tragoudia (2006) Singles (2006) The EMI Years: The Complete Collection (2007) Greatest Hits: 2001–2009 (2009)

Promotional singles	Gia (2003) Giati Fovase (2004) Opa Opa (2004) Come Along Now (2004)

Extended plays	Xmas Made in Heaven (2012)

Video albums	The Video Collection: '97-'03 (2003) Hits on DVD: Despina Vandi (1994-2000) (2004) Despina Vandi Karaoke Vol.1 (2004) MAD Secret Concerts: Despina Vandi Live (2006) Greek Hits: Giorgos Mazonakis vs. Despina Vandi (2008)

Fashion brands	Despina Vandi for Chip & Chip (2012)

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