Sakis Rouvas Information

In 1991, Sakis makes his first professional appearance at the Show Centre in Athens where he is discovered by Polygram and offered his first record contract. Just a few months later, he makes his unbelievable debut through a performance at the Thessaloniki Song Festival. The song "Parta" ("Take Them"), with music by Nikos Terzis and lyrics by Georgos Pavrianos, wins first place and Sakis gets his first taste of enthusiastic fans who immediately feel that a new star is being born! Since then, things have been progressing quickly for the young performer. His first solo album titled "Sakis Rouvas" is released the day after the festival and young people from across Greece show him their love by making his album an incredible success and sending it to No. 1! Stands and posters of Sakis Rouvas fill girls' bedrooms and the Greek mass media buzzes about a new star! Quickly, sighs turn to screams and his live performances receive central or at least huge coverage in the press. The release of Sakis' second album in September 1992 entitled "Min Antistekesai" ("Don't Resist"), which is also composed by Nikos Terzis, establishes Sakis as a top performer on the music scene. In October 1993, his third album is released, featuring music by Alexis Papadimitriou and lyrics by Eleni Giannatsoulia. The love of his fans turns to obsession and the press is now featuring Sakis on a daily basis as he has become a must for all publications. The winter of 1994 finds Sakis collaborating with Nikos Karvelas and Natalia Germanou. The result of this collaboration is the smash hit "Aima, Dakria, ki Idrotas" ("Blood, Sweat, and Tears"). Songs like "Ela Mou" ("Come To Me") and "Ksana" ("Again") become unbelievably successful. Sakis is called to do his military service, which is given unbelievable dimensions by the media. A few months later, Sakis releases his new album. Given the huge success of his previous album, he collaborates with Nikos Karvelas and Natalia Germanou again in order to create his next hit album "Tora Arhizoun ta Diskola" ("Now the Difficult Times Begin"). That is when he begins his live appearances with Anna Vissi at Chaos, which were unforgettable shows! For four consecutive years, he monopolises the Greek Music Awards "Pop Corn", winning the award for Best New Artist, Best Song, Best Stage Presence and many more. The artist with the best stage presence collaborates with some of the biggest names in the business, like Tolis Voskopoulos, Anna Vissi, and Katie Garmpi. On 19 May 1997, Sakis takes a step toward peace and reconciliation by appearing with the Turkish pop star, Burat Kud, in a "binational" concert on the Green Line in Cyprus. The concert, for which Sakis won the Ipeksi Award for understanding and cooperation, becomes the leading global news story, triggering political repercussions. Georgos Papandreou and Konstantinos Mitsotakis won the same award that year. Sakis and Burak also record the duet together for the Walt Disney movie "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". Since 1996, Sakis has had the largest fan club in Greece, "SRFC", which has thousands of members from countries in all parts of the world. Following on the heels of two gold and one platinum album, Sakis transfers to Minos-EMI. In December 1998, his last album "Kati Apo Mena" ("Something From Me") becomes a huge hit and goes gold two months later. The release is followed by a live performance at one of the biggest record stores, Virgin Megastores, where thousands of fans create a traffic problem on the busiest street in Athens. His last album only adds to his success! He wins - yet again - the award for stage presence at the "Pop Corn" Music Awards. Always striving to give impressive live performances, Sakis - dressed in a skirt made especially for him by the internationally renowned designer Valentino - uses all of his vocal and dance abilities to give a first-of-its-kind appearance in October 1998. Sakis not only gives an amazing performance of his new album, but the fact that Valentino himself designed all of the costumes especially for Sakis becomes the focus of all magazines and front covers. The new millennium finds Sakis in the studio recording his new album "21st Akatallilos" ("21st X-Rated"), which was released in March 2000. Once again, it reaches the top of the chart on its first day of release. Sakis continues with live performances in Athens following an amazing show with Katie Garmpi in Thessaloniki. He performs all of his hits (new and old!) at Bio Bio in Athens. While performing in Athens, Sakis is asked by Pepsi to star in their new summer advertising campaign. This received huge media attention as no other Greek artist had ever been made such an offer. The spot was produced by a British team that travelled to Greece specifically for this reason. The result was excellent as the script had been written specifically for Sakis in order to match his image. On 25 October, Sakis, Antonis Remos, and Peggy Zina begin their extremely successful collaboration at the Apollonas, which wraps up at Easter 2001. Sakis closes out 2000 on the 10th of December with the "I Nihta ton Aggelon" ("The Night of the Angels") concert in Thessaloniki. He gives an impressive performance in front of thousands of Thessalonikians in celebration of the lighting of the Christmas tree. The collaboration with Pepsi continues with a second television spot airing in May and a Sold Out tour of seven large Greek cities called the "Pepsi Tour 2001". In autumn of the same year, the Athens nightlife scene welcomes the "act" of the winter, "Despina Vandi - Sakis Rouvas", at Rex. Sakis closes out the year with the release of the gold album "Disco Girl". At the first Arion Awards in March 2002, Sakis wins the award for Pop Singer of the Year for the CD "Disco Girl" and performs his as yet unreleased "Ola Kala" ("Everything is Fine") for the first time. During the same period, he is working feverishly toward the release of the album "Ola Kala" in Greece and France. The French welcome the Greek phenomenon and Sakis gives interviews to all of the country's large radio stations and magazines. The release of the album is supported by a summer tour.