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2004
29/8/2004 Anna, as one of the country's biggest, most successful and influential stars, performs at the Closing Ceremony party of the Olympic games in Athens, along with other important artists of Greek music (Savopoulos, Protopsalti, Arvanitaki, Rouvas, Remos, Hatzigiannis). She sings Missirlou (Pulp fiction version), Ise, Mantouvala, An thimithis to oniro mou and many other important songs with the other artists.
Olympic Games Closing Ceremony Athens 2004 and Cyprus Entry in the EU
11/8/2004 In between of a crowd of spectators, which included many celebrities, Anna carries the Olympic flame.
6/2004 George Aksas samples her huge hit ‘Apolyto Keno’ in his own cover of the song.
30/4/2004 Concert celebrating the entry of Cyprus in the European Union at Eleftheria Square in Nicosia. Anna sings songs from her personal discography and of course the traditional Cypriot songs along with other traditional singers in front of thousands of Cypriots.
English-North American tour (May-June):
London (Αlexandra’s Palace, 05/04),
New York (Beacon Theatre, 26/05),
Atlantic City (Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort, 29/05),
Connecticut (Foxwoods Resort, 30/05),
Toronto (Roy Thompson Hall, 04/06),
Las Vegas (Treasure Island, 05/06)
London (Αlexandra’s Palace, 05/04),
New York (Beacon Theatre, 26/05),
Atlantic City (Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort, 29/05),
Connecticut (Foxwoods Resort, 30/05),
Toronto (Roy Thompson Hall, 04/06),
Las Vegas (Treasure Island, 05/06)
4/7/2004 Anna Vissi @ Crobar NYC (Independence Day celebrations)
10/7/2004 Giants Stadium, New Jersey
20/9/2004 Billboard Dance music Summit 2004
27/11/2004 The 20th Annual White Party @ Vizcaya (Miami)
10/7/2004 Giants Stadium, New Jersey
20/9/2004 Billboard Dance music Summit 2004
27/11/2004 The 20th Annual White Party @ Vizcaya (Miami)
3/9/2004 GSP of Nicosia with Dimitris Korgialas, George Papadopoulos and Kyriakou Pelagia. Anna presents, for the first time live, "Call me", her new international hit!
19/3/2004 The music video for ‘Echo Pethani Gia Sena’ is shot at club Raj. The concept is simple but super: Anna (with a short blonde wig), her dancers, friends and a crowd of fans dance wildly in the rhythm of the song. Anna enters the club on a big motorcycle, talks to the fans, takes photographs with them and sings live!
29/4/2004 The music video for 'Psychedelia' is shot in Anna’s homeland. In the video, Anna walks through her favorite places in her home-town, Larnaka, with her parents and fans, while we get to see her on the set of a photoshoot for a Greek magazine. Shots from the huge concert for the entry of Cyprus in the European Union are also included in the final version of the music video!
29/4/2004 The music video for 'Psychedelia' is shot in Anna’s homeland. In the video, Anna walks through her favorite places in her home-town, Larnaka, with her parents and fans, while we get to see her on the set of a photoshoot for a Greek magazine. Shots from the huge concert for the entry of Cyprus in the European Union are also included in the final version of the music video!
3/9/2004 Concert at GSP in Nicosia. The fans go crazy once again and follow her everywhere she goes, starting from the airport, when she arrives, to radio stations where she gives interviews and to the press conference were she's also awarded for the double platinum album "Paraksenes Ikones".
27/7/2004 The music video for "Min psachnis tin agapi", a tasteful and elegant music video in which Anna appears naked, is included in the CD single 'Remixes 2004'.
4/2/2004 Anna is awarded as the leader in the Show Business & Entertainment sector for 2003.
6/3/2004 The nominations for Arion Awards are announced. Anna Vissi is nominated in 10 different categories with her album ‘Paraksenes Ikones’ and wins 4 awards:
Best Modern Singer
Best Song (Treno) - Vagelis Vasiliou / Sophie Pappa
Best Song/Laiko (Treno) - Vagelis Vasiliou / Sophie Pappa
Best Music Video (Treno) - George Gavalos
Best Modern Singer
Best Song (Treno) - Vagelis Vasiliou / Sophie Pappa
Best Song/Laiko (Treno) - Vagelis Vasiliou / Sophie Pappa
Best Music Video (Treno) - George Gavalos
26/6/2004 4 Video music Awards at the awards organized by MAD TV:
Best Modern music Video (Treno)
Best music Video by a Female Artist (Treno)
Artist of the Year with the Most Airplay
Best-Dressed Artist in a Music Video (Treno)
Best Modern music Video (Treno)
Best music Video by a Female Artist (Treno)
Artist of the Year with the Most Airplay
Best-Dressed Artist in a Music Video (Treno)
11/4/2004 Anna makes a guest appearance at the Cypriot series 'Vourate Gitoni'. The series is one of the most successful in the Cypriot Television and airs on Sigma Channel. The actors visit Diogenis Studio and Anna sings and welcomes them backstage.
20/11/2004 Anna is awarded at the United States by the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation for her long contribution in fighting Mediterranean Anemia. She sings the song 'Eleni' in a special event. She states that she doesn't deserve the award because we all have to help in every way we can for fighting such illnesses.
"I've been singing for so long and I've never been as hoarse as I was while screaming gooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!" for the triumph at the UEFA Euro Cup final in Portugal
"When you suffer from a disease, commiting suicide is not the way to cure yourself. Cure comes slowly and in other ways."
'Goddess Aphrodite of my musical Dodekatheon', Giannis Ploutarchos, singer