Despina Vandi is the best greek pop singer.Some of her albums like Profities,Gia,and Stin Avli Tou Paradeisou gained multi-platinum statuses,becoming amongst the most successful albums of their respective decades.The success of “Gia” helped Vandi to break into neighboring.With “Gia” having gone multi platinum in the Greek market, some of the songs broke out into the international market in neighboring countries.Her first three international singles,"Gia",Opa Opa" and "Come Along Now" entered the charts around the world.Her first internationally-distributed albums are named after the songs "Gia" and "Come Along Now"."Gia" and "Opa Opa" have both charted on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Airplay charts, with Gia reaching #1 on the latter. All three singles reached #1 on the Australian charts.She made an appearance on the hit international show Top of the Pops where she performed her song "Gia" as she was included in some of that week's best-selling popular music artists.Her work has been remixed by celebrated global DJs and producers,such as Armand Van Helden,Milk & Sugar,Nick Skitz, Roger Sanchez,Junior Vasquez,Pete Tong,Bass Bumpers,DJ Gregory,Level K,XTM,Minimal Chic and Highpass amongst others.Her albums Gia and Opa Opa have been Records of The Week on BBC Radio 1's dance shows.Despina Vandi has also won many international awards.At the end of August(2004)Despina performed live at the Beatstock Festival in New York.
by emmanoueladv October 20, 2009