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Yanni discography
Yanni in 2007
Studio albums18
Live albums7

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 compilation + 3 new tracks
1991 In Celebration of Life 3 60 compilation + 1 new track
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/tours/videography

Clicking on some tour names links to album that preceded that tour.
Year Tour / Live Album / Video Billboard
New Age
(peak)[6][7] 		Billboard
200
(peak)[6][7] 		Notes[13]
1990 Reflections of Passion
1991 Revolution in Sound
1992 Dare to Dream
1993 Yanni Live,
The Symphony Concerts 1993
1994 Live at the Acropolis 1 5 Released following the Sept. 1993 Acropolis concerts
Yanni Live,
The Symphony Concerts 1994
1995 Yanni Live,
The Symphony Concerts 1995		 Royal Albert Hall
1996 One on One — — Non-musical video of Interlochen interview (ASIN B0002LGU74)
1997 Tribute 1 21 Taj Mahal and Forbidden City
2003–4 Ethnicity 1 27 Billboard rankings are for studio album
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]
2008–9 Yanni Voices 1 20 Billboard rankings are for studio album
2010 Yanni in Concert — — South America (September) and Puerto Rico (November)
2011 Mexico (January), Panama (February),
and U.S. (March–May)
Eastern Europe and Asia (October–November)
Live at El Morro,
Puerto Rico		 1 109 December 2011; subject of 2012 CD and DVD;
No. 5 selling New Age album of 2012[11]
2012 An Evening with Yanni — — Mexico, U.S., Canada (March–August), and
Chile, Argentina, Brazil (September–October)
2013 World Without Borders — — Middle East, China, Eastern Europe (March–July)
World Tour — — Mexico, Puerto Rico, Eastern U.S.
2014 S. & N. America, Europe, Middle East, South Asia, N. Africa
Yanni: World Without Borders — — Video composite from "World Without Borders" tour[14]
2015 One Man's Dream — — India,[15] China, Egypt,[16] United Arab Emirates
2016 North American Tour — — North America, Central America, Jordan,[17] United Arab Emirates[18]
The Dream Concert: Live from the Great Pyramids of Egypt 1 — Two concerts, on October 30 and 31, 2015[19]
2017 An Evening In Conversation With Yanni — — U.S.,[20] Canada, Kuwait,[21] Saudi Arabia[22]
2018 25th Anniversary Live At The Acropolis Tour — — U.S. and Canada[23][24]
2019 Saudi Arabia,[25] United Arab Emirates,[26] Uzbekistan,[27] Indonesia,[28] Lebanon,[29] Egypt[30]
Pure Yanni in Residence on Broadway — — New York[31]
Pure Yanni: Piano and Intimate Conversation — — United States[32]
Yanni: Live in China — — China[33]
2020 Yanni Live — — Saudi Arabia,[34] Mexico[35]

Singles

  • 2015 Seven Billion Dreams[36]
  • 2018 When Dreams Come True[37][38]
  • 2019 Ladyhawk[39]
  • 2019 Blue
  • 2019 Into The Deep Blue[40]

Soundtracks

Compilations

Yanni has released the following compilations and retrospectives:[41]

References

  1. ^ "Charlie Adams Official bio". charlieadams.org. Retrieved August 17, 2007.
  2. ^ Live at the Acropolis (CD liner). Yanni. Private Music. 1994.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  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. ^ a b c d e f g 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. ^ a b c d "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 April 7, 2016.
  9. ^ "Yanni / Chart History / Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016.
  10. ^ a b c Bekheet, Diaa, "Yanni’s North America Tour, Truth of Touch" (WebCite archive), Voice of America News, Jazz Beat, January 23, 2012.
  11. ^ a b c d Links to Billboard 's "Best of (year) / New Age Albums" for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.
  12. ^ a b "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. ^ WebCite and Wayback Machine archives of concert tour schedules on MTV(1), MTV(2), concerttour.org, concerttour.net, pollstar(1) pollstar(2), concertful(1), concertful(2), and/or bandsintown(1), bandsintown(2). Find specific WebCite archive dates using drop-down list in upper right. ● Wayback Machine archives are at the Internet archive (archive.org).
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Musical genius Yanni enthralls audience at Vadodara Fest" (WebCite archive), Z News (India), January 24, 2015.
  16. ^ "In pictures: Yanni brings ancient Cairo to life with his magnificent music". Al Bawaba. November 1, 2015. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. (Video).
  17. ^ Freij, Muath (September 25, 2016). "Yanni hopes his music does Amman's historic Citadel justice at tonight's debut concert". Al Bawaba. Archived from the original on September 26, 2016.
  18. ^ Garratt, Rob (September 25, 2016). "Greek superstar Yanni: 'My music is not just for entertainment – it goes beyond that'". The National (United Arab Emirates). Archived from the original on September 26, 2016.
  19. ^ "El sueño de Yanni verá la luz el próximo 3 de junio (Yanni's dream will be released on June 3)". Reviews New Age. May 31, 2016. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016.
  20. ^ BWW News Desk (February 7, 2017). "State Theatre presents An Evening In Conversation With Yanni and his Piano". Broadway World. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017.
  21. ^ Houti, Nermin (April 26, 2017). "Yanni". Al Anba (Kuwait). Archived from the original on April 26, 2017.
  22. ^ "Yanni: 'Saudis will help country take its rightful place in the world'". Arab News. December 9, 2017. Archived from the original on December 9, 2017. ... concerts in Jeddah, Riyadh and Dhahran.
  23. ^ BWW News Desk (December 11, 2017). "Yanni to Bring 25th Anniversary 'Live At The Acropolis' Tour to Overture Center". Broadway World. Archived from the original on April 26, 2018.
  24. ^ Cridlin, Jay (April 25, 2018). "Review: Yanni returns to 'Acropolis' for a passionate night at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on April 25, 2018.
  25. ^ "Yanni dedicates 'One Man's Dream' to 'Saudi dreamers'". Saudi Gazette. February 10, 2019. Archived from the original on February 10, 2019.
  26. ^ Saeed, Saeed (February 15, 2019). "Review: Three reasons why Yanni is one of the world's most loved modern composers". The National. Archived from the original on February 15, 2019.
  27. ^ "Yanni / Past Events". bandsintown.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  28. ^ Aprilia, Kissy (July 7, 2019). "Momen Magis di Acara Musik Prambanan Jazz Festival 2019 (Magical Moments at the 2019 Prambanan Jazz Festival Music Show)". Cosmopolitan (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on July 10, 2019. Performance at Prambanan temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ● Sudiarno, Tarko (July 11, 2019). "2019 Prambanan Jazz Festival showcases entrancing combination of the modern and the traditional". The Jakarta Post. Archived from the original on July 12, 2019.
  29. ^ Ghali, Maghie (July 25, 2019). "Yanni: Beautiful music, chaotic setting". The Daily Star. Lebanon. Archived from the original on August 3, 2019.
  30. ^ Scoop Team (August 1, 2019). "In Case You Missed Mountain View's Yanni Concert, Here Is What Went Down". Scoop Empire. Egypt. Archived from the original on August 3, 2019.
  31. ^ Gans, Andrew (May 28, 2019). "Composer-Musician Yanni Plays Limited Run at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre Starting May 28". Playbill. Archived from the original on May 28, 2019.
  32. ^ BWW News Desk (September 13, 2019). "Get Up-Close And Personal With Yanni in Delray Beach This December". Broadway World. Archived from the original on October 12, 2019.
  33. ^ "Yanni to celebrate birthday in China". Global Times. China. October 28, 2019. Archived from the original on November 18, 2019.
  34. ^ Naar, Ismaeel (February 8, 2020). "Yanni performs again at Winter at Tantora festival in Saudi Arabia's al-Ula". Al Arabiya. Archived from the original on February 10, 2020.
  35. ^ Martinez, Angel (March 12, 2020). "Hace Yanni vibrar los sentidos (Yanni vibrates the senses)". TeleDiario (Multimedios Televisión) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 15, 2020.
  36. ^ "NASA Video Celebrates Space Station Anniversary". The Wall Street Journal. December 27, 2015. Archived from the original on December 27, 2015.
  37. ^ Tashkandi, Hala (February 9, 2019). "Yanni wows Al-Ula, 'the place where dreams begin'". Arab News. Archived from the original on February 28, 2019.
  38. ^ Saeed, Saeed (February 26, 2019). "Yanni: 'Tolerance is not a luxury, it is a necessity'". The National. United Arab Emirates. Archived from the original on February 27, 2019.
  39. ^ "Legendary musician Yanni releases new song inspired by his daughter". Neos Kosmos. Greece. September 4, 2019. Archived from the original on September 9, 2019.
  40. ^ Podplesky, Azaria (January 6, 2020). "Yanni announces April 9 concert at Northern Quest". The Spokesman Review. Archived from the original on January 9, 2020. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; January 7, 2020 suggested (help)
  41. ^ Allmusic Compilations list for Yanni (WebCite archive of 2014-03-23).
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