Yanni discography

Yanni discography

Yanni in 2007
Studio albums 14
Live albums 7
Soundtracks 7

The discography of the Greek contemporary instrumental musician Yanni consists of 14 studio albums and seven live albums. In 1987 he put together a small band which included John Tesh and Charlie Adams, and began touring to promote his earliest instrumental albums, Keys to Imagination, Out of Silence, and Chameleon Days.

Dare to Dream was released in 1992. It was Yanni’s first Grammy-nominated album and featured "Aria", a song based on The Flower Duet and popularized by an award-winning British Airways commercial. A second Grammy-nominated album, In My Time, was released in 1993. His music has been used extensively in television and televised sporting events, including the Super Bowl, Wide World of Sports, U.S. Open, Tour de France, World Figure Skating Championships, The Olympics, and ABC News.[1]

Yanni's breakthrough commercial success came with the release of his album and video, Live at the Acropolis, filmed on September 25, 1993 at the 2,000-year-old Herod Atticus Theater in Athens, Greece,[2] and released in 1994. This was Yanni’s first live album and utilized a full orchestra under the supervision of the Iranian conductor, Shahrdad Rohani, in addition to his core band. Subsequently, the concert was broadcast in the US on PBS and quickly became one of their most popular programs ever, having been seen in 65 countries by half a billion people.[3] A composition from this album, "Acroyali/Standing in Motion", was determined to have the "Mozart Effect," by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine because it is similar to Mozart's K 448 in tempo, structure, melodic and harmonic consonance and predictability.[4][5] He has appeared on several major PBS Pledge TV Specials such as A Decade of Excellence, including segments from Live at the Acropolis, Tribute, and Live at Royal Albert Hall, London.

Albums

Studio albums

This list excludes compilation and retrospective albums.
Year Album Title Billboard
New Age
(peak)[6][7][8]		 Billboard
200
(peak)[6][7][9]		 Further Notes
1984 Optimystique
1986 Keys to Imagination
1987 Out of Silence
1988 Chameleon Days 2
1989 Niki Nana 2
1990 Reflections of Passion 1 29
1991 In Celebration of Life 3 60
1992 Dare to Dream 2 32 Grammy-nominated (New Age)[10]
1993 In My Time 1 24 Grammy-nominated (New Age)[10]
2000 If I Could Tell You 1 20
2003 Ethnicity 1 27
2009 Yanni Voices (English language) 1 20 No. 2 selling New Age Album (2009), No. 5 (2010).[11]
Peaked as Billboard No. 20 Top Internet Album[6]
Yanni Voces (Spanish language) 2 Peaked as No. 5 Billboard Top Latin Pop Album and
No. 13 Billboard Top Latin Album.[6]
2010 Mexicanisimo 2 No. 7 selling New Age album of 2011[12]
My Passion for Mexico (2012) has same tracks
2011 Truth of Touch 1 No. 1 top-selling New Age album of 2011[10][12]
No. 10 selling New Age album of 2012[11]
2012 My Passion for Mexico (English title) 7 Mexicanisimo (2010) has same tracks
2014 Inspirato 1
2016 Sensuous Chill 1 173

Live albums/videography

Year Tour / Album Billboard
New Age
(peak)[6][7]		 Billboard
200
(peak)[6][7]		 Notes
1994 Live at the Acropolis 1 5 Released following the Sept. 1993 Acropolis concerts
1995 Live at Royal Albert Hall — — (video only; no album)
1996 One on One — — Non-musical video of Interlochen interview (ASIN B0002LGU74)
1997 Tribute 1 21 Taj Mahal (India) and Forbidden City (Beijing)
2006 Yanni Live! The Concert Event 1 84 2004 concert;
No. 4 selling New Age album of both 2006 and 2007[11]
Peaked at No. 6 Billboard Top Independent Album (2006)[6]
2009 Yanni Voices 1 20 Billboard rankings are for studio album
2012 Live at El Morro,
Puerto Rico 		1 109 December 2011 concerts; subject of 2012 CD and DVD;
No. 5 selling New Age album of 2012[11]
2014 Yanni: World Without Borders — — Video composite from "World Without Borders" tour[13]

Soundtracks

Compilations

Yanni has released the following compilations and retrospectives:[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Charlie Adams Official bio". charlieadams.org. Retrieved August 17, 2007.
  2. ↑ Live at the Acropolis (CD liner). Yanni. Private Music. 1994.
  3. ↑ "Windham Hill". Archived from the original on November 9, 2006. Retrieved January 1, 2007.
  4. ↑ "The Mozart Effect". epilepsy.org. Retrieved August 7, 2007.
  5. ↑ Yanni; Rensin, David (2002). Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. p. 67. ISBN 1-4013-5194-8.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Yanni / Billboard albums (WebCite archives of 2012-04-29 and 2012-06-20), Allmusic's listing of Billboard's album data, sorted by peak.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Billboard Legacy | Made the Billboard 200 Albums of the Year..." (original and follow-on WebCite archives), Billboard (magazine), viewed and archived 2012-12-16 and 2013-03-13, respectively.
  8. ↑ "Yanni / Chart History / New Age Albums". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Yanni / Chart History / Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2016.
  10. 1 2 3 Bekheet, Diaa, "Yanni’s North America Tour, Truth of Touch" (WebCite archive), Voice of America News, Jazz Beat, January 23, 2012.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Links to Billboard 's "Best of (year) / New Age Albums" for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.
  12. 1 2 "Best of 2011 / New Age Albums" (WebCite archive), Billboard (magazine). Truth of Touch listed at No. 1, Yanni Mexicanisimo at No. 7. Downloaded and archived 2011-12-30.
  13. ↑ "La crónica del "World Without Borders" de Yanni se lanzará en unos días". Reviews New Age. May 29, 2014. Archived from the original on May 30, 2014.
  14. ↑ Allmusic Compilations list for Yanni (WebCite archive of 2014-03-23).

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