Kalanta () is an
EP by popular Greek artist
Despina Vandi
Despina Malea (; born 22 July 1969), known as Despina Vandi (), is a Greek singer. Born in Tübingen near Stuttgart, Germany, Vandi's family returned to Kavala, Greece when she was six years old.
After moving to Athens in the early 1990s, Vandi ...
. It was released on 22 November 2006 by
Heaven Music
Heaven Music is an independent record label in Athens, Greece, founded in 2001 by ANT1 Group. It is known for signing new and young artists.
Overview
During its first five years of operation under the control of George Levendis, Heaven Music was ...
. The album went double platinum. ''Kalanta'' was the best selling CD single for 2006 by a female artist.
Track listing
Singles
"Kalanta"
:"Kalanta" was the first single released from the EP and a music video was made.
"Mehri Mai Mina"
:"Mehri Mai Mina" was the second single release from the EP and a music video was made.
Charts
''Kalanta'' peaked at number one on the Greek Singles Chart (where EPs chart in Greece) and stay there for 5 weeks.
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/ref> The EP was certified double platinum, selling 31,000 units.
Credits and personnel
;Personnel
* Hakan Binkolou - cubus, sazi
* Akis Diximos - background vocals
* Pantelis Gkertsos - solo guitar
* Giorgos Hatzopoulos - guitars (acoustic, twelve-string, electric)
* Trifon Koutsourelis - orchestration, programming, keyboards
* Giannis Mpithikotsis - bouzouki, baglama, tzoura, lute
* Phoebus
Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in ancient Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and light, poetry, ...
- music, lyrics, orchestration, programming, keyboards
* Giorgos Roilos - percussion
* Penelope Skalkotou from Spiros Lambrou's Children's Choir - vocals
* Despina Vandi
Despina Malea (; born 22 July 1969), known as Despina Vandi (), is a Greek singer. Born in Tübingen near Stuttgart, Germany, Vandi's family returned to Kavala, Greece when she was six years old.
After moving to Athens in the early 1990s, Vandi ...
- vocals
* Thanasis Vasilopoulos - ney, clarinet, mismas
;Production
* Thodoris Hrisanthopoulos - mastering
* Vasilis Nikolopoulos - sound, mixing
* Phoebus
Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in ancient Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and light, poetry, ...
- production manager
* Vaggelis Siapatis - sound, computer editing
* Giorgos Stampolis - production
* Leon Zervos
Leon Zervos is a mastering engineer who has worked with artists including Pink, Rihanna, Maroon 5, Beastie Boys, and Willie Nelson.
Life and career
Leon Zervos began his mastering career in 1982 at the then EMI Studios 301 in Sydney, where ...
- mastering
;Design
* Alexandra Katsaiti - styling
* Stefanos Vasilakis - hair
* Manos Vinihakis - make up
* Tasos Vrettos - cover photo
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
Official remixes
* 2006: Jingle bells (Kalanta English Version)
* 2007: Ta Lefta (Remix)
* 2007: An De M' Agapas (DJ NV NRG Mix)
Cover versions
*2007: Anelia
Aneliya Georgieva Atanasova (, born 1 July 1982), better known mononym, mononymously as Anelia (), is a Bulgarian chalga, pop-folk singer. She gained popularity in Bulgaria with her second single "Погледни ме в очите" (''Look ...
- Dyh (Κάλαντα; Анелия - Дъх) (Bulgaria)
*2007: Teodora - Smeshna cena (Τα λεφτά; Теодора - Смешна Цена) (Bulgaria)YouTube - Teodora - smeshna cena
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References
{{Despina Vandi
Despina Vandi EPs
2006 EPs
Music videos directed by Kostas Kapetanidis
Number-one singles in Greece