Andriana Babali is a renowned Greek singer and songwriter. She has released 5 albums and has hit the Greek charts repeatedly with songs like Den ein' arga, Moira mou egines, Des Kathara, Mazi Theos and Ise Esi O Anthropos Mou (the theme song for the very successful TV series "The Island" which ranked #1 in iTunes (Gr) sales). She has collaborated in live performances as well as in the studio with some of the most important artists of the Greek scene, such as George Dalaras, Haris Alexiou, Nik...
Andriana Babali is a renowned Greek singer and songwriter.
She has released 5 albums and has hit the Greek charts repeatedly with songs like Den ein' arga, Moira mou egines, Des Kathara, Mazi Theos and Ise Esi O Anthropos Mou (the theme song for the very successful TV series "The Island" which ranked #1 in iTunes (Gr) sales).
She has collaborated in live performances as well as in the studio with some of the most important artists of the Greek scene, such as George Dalaras, Haris Alexiou, Nikos Portokaloglou, Eleni Tsaligopoulou, Michalis Hatzigiannis and many more.
Born and raised in Athens Greece, Andriana studied Economics and Music. She began singing as a vocalist (+Percussionist) with rock singer-songwriter Nikos Portokaloglou in 1998. This lead to her first studio recording "Den Ein' Arga" which became a major radio hit, and also her first solo album Kai I Gi Gyrizei, following a contract with Universal Music. In 2004, Andriana was nominated in the “Arion” Awards” (Greece’s most popular Music Awards) in the category for “Best New Artist” and “Best Female Pop Singer”. During the Winter of 2004-2005 Andriana appeared in George Dalaras ‘s live performances. In May 2005 she released her second studio album Min pis pote, following a new contract with EMI and in June 2007 she released her third album Des Kathara. The title song, an adaptation of Calogero’s “Face à la mer” with Greek lyrics by Nikos Moraitis, wins “Best Music Video” Award in “Greek Video Music Awards 2008” and both albums are received with great reviews by the fans and critics. In May 2009 she released her fourth album The Rose Tattoo, a selection of ‘50s and ‘60s Greek and International hits, arranged by renowned composer Minos Matsas. In late 2010 Babali released her fifth studio album titled O Tzon Tzon zi, which is entirely written and composed by lyricist Nikos Moraitis and virtuoso violist and composer Stamos Semsis. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
