Jump to content

Yanni discography

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by TheQuaker (talk | contribs) at 21:48, 13 May 2012 (→Studio albums). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Yanni discography
File:Yanni 01.jpg
Yanni
Studio albums14
Live albums7
Soundtracks7

The discography of the Greek rock 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, Yanni Live at the Acropolis, filmed on September 23, 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] It has almost continuously remained on the charts since its release and is the second best-selling music video of all time, selling more than 7 million copies worldwide,[4] 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.[5][6] 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

Year Album details Certifications
1984 Optimystique
1986 Keys to Imagination
1987 Out of Silence
1988 Chameleon Days
1989 Niki Nana
1990 Reflections of Passion
  • US: 2x Platinum[7]
1991 In Celebration of Life
1992 Dare to Dream
  • US: Platinum[7]
1993 In My Time
  • US: Platinum[7]
1997 In The Mirror
2000 If I Could Tell You
2006 Ethnicity
2009 Yanni Voices
2010 Yanni Mexicanisimo
2011 Truth of Touch

Live albums/videography

Soundtracks

Compilations

References

  1. ^ "Charlie Adams Official bio". charlieadams.org. Retrieved August 17, 2007.
  2. ^ Yanni Live at the Acropolis (Media notes). Private Music. 1994. {{cite AV media notes}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |publisherid= (help); Unknown parameter |bandname= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "Windham Hill". Archived from the original on November 9, 2006. Retrieved January 1, 2007.
  4. ^ "Yanni Career Highlights" (PDF). yanni.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2008. Retrieved December 21, 2006.[better source needed]
  5. ^ "The Mozart Effect". epilepsy.org. Retrieved August 7, 2007.
  6. ^ Yanni (2002). Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. p. 67. ISBN 1-4013-5194-8. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ a b c d e "RIAA Certifications". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yanni_discography&oldid=492424904"