Profities

Profiteies
Προφητείες
Profiteies; Προφητείες
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Studio album by Despina Vandi
Released	8 December 1999
Recorded	Phase One studio
Genre	Contemporary laika, Pop, Electronic
Length	1:09:49
Language	Greek
Label	Minos EMI
Producer	Achilleas Theofilou
Despina Vandi chronology
Singles from Profiteies
	"Spania"; Released: December 1998; "Oute Ena Efharisto"; Released: February 1999; "Profiteies"; Released: December 1999; "A Pa Pa"; Released: February 2000; "Giatriko"; Released: April 2000; "To Koritsaki Sou"; Released: June 2000; "Sta 'Dosa Ola"; Released: August 2000;

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Profiteies (trans. Προφητείες; Prophecies) is the fourth studio album by Greek singer Despina Vandi.

It was released in Greece οn 8 December 1999 by Minos EMI and in Arabian countries by EMI Arabia in 2000. It was certified gold the day of its release and platinum in two days, selling 70,000 copies and become the best selling album by a female artist for 1999. In 2000, it sold 80,000 copies plus and managed to become triple-platinum, selling 150,000 copies overall. Also, it stayed at number 1 of the IFPI charts for five weeks. It also became triple-platinum in Cyprus, selling 20,000 copies.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The song "Sta 'Dosa Ola" from the album was ranked by Alpha TV show Chart Show as the 24 most successful Greek love song in Greece during 1980-2009, as well as the 6th most successful break-up song from 1980-2010.^[5]^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Akros Tolmiro" (Άκρως Τολμηρό; Extremely Bold)	Phoebus	Phoebus	3:36
2.	"Profiteies" (Προφητείες; Prophecies)	Phoebus	Phoebus	4:26
3.	"To Koritsaki Sou" (Το Κοριτσάκι Σου; Your Little Girl)	Phoebus	Phoebus	4:10
4.	"Kleinomai" (Κλείνομαι; I'm Closing Into Myself)	Phoebus	Phoebus	4:55
5.	"Fisa Ageri" (Φύσα Αγέρι; Breeze Blow)	Phoebus	Phoebus	4:40
6.	"Giatriko" (Γιατρικό; Medicine)	Phoebus	Phoebus	4:15
7.	"Parata Me" (Παράτα Με; Leave Me Alone)	Phoebus	Phoebus	4:08
8.	"A Pa Pa" (Α Πα Πα; A Pa Pa)	Phoebus	Phoebus	3:12
9.	"Sta 'Dosa Ola" (Στα 'Δωσα Όλα; I've Given Everything To You)	Phoebus	Phoebus	5:26
10.	"Rotao Poia" (Ρωτάω Ποια; I'm Asking Who)	Phoebus	Phoebus	4:19
11.	"Eteronima" (Ετερώνυμα; Opposites)	Phoebus	Phoebus	4:05
12.	"Horis Esena" (Χωρίς Εσένα; Without You)	Giannis Parios	Phoebus	4:42
13.	"Xenodoheio" (Ξενοδοχείο; Hotel)	Phoebus	Phoebus	4:03
14.	"Diakoptaki" (Διακοπτάκι; Little Switch)	Phoebus	Phoebus	4:07
15.	"Spania" (Σπάνια; Rarely)	Phoebus	Phoebus	4:39
16.	"Oute Ena Efharisto" (Ούτε Ένα Ευχαριστώ; Not Even One "Thank You")	Phoebus	Phoebus	5:06
Total length:				1:09:49

Singles and Music videos

"Spania" (Rarely)
"Oute Ena Efharisto" (Not Even One "Thank You")
"Profiteies" (Prophecies)
"A Pa Pa"
"Giatriko" (Medicine)
"To Koritsaki Sou" (Your Little Girl)
"Sta 'Dosa Ola" (I've Given Everything To You)

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Version
Greece	8 December 1999	CD, Digital download^[7]	Minos EMI	Original
Greece	8 December 1999	CD		Collector's edition
Cyprus	8 December 1999	CD, Digital download		Original
Turkey	2000	CD, MC		Turkish edition

Charts

Chart	Providers	Peak position	Certification
Greek Albums Chart	IFPI^[8]	1	3×Platinum
Cypriot Album Chart	Musical Paradise Top 10	1	3×Platinum

Credits and Personnel

Personnel

Christina Argiri: backing vocals (tracks: 15)

Hakan Bingolou: säz (tracks: 2, 4, 8, 14, 15)

Giannis Bithikotsis: baglama, bouzouki (tracks: 3, 5, 9, 16) || mandolin (tracks: 7, 16) || tzoura (tracks: 3, 4, 5, 14)

Giorgos Chatzopoulos: guitars (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)

Achilleas Dantilis: strings (tracks: 8)

Pavlos Diamantopoulos: backing vocals (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)

Akis Diximos: backing vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 13) || second vocal (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 9, 14)

Kostas Doxas: backing vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 13)

Panagiotis Drakopoulos: saxophone (tracks: 11, 13)

Katerina Kiriakou: backing vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15) || second vocal (tracks: 5)

Fedon Lionoudakis: accordion (tracks: 3, 5, 9, 14)

Andreas Mouzakis: backing vocals (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)

Alex Panagis: backing vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15)

Phoebus: keyboards, programming (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15) || orchestration (all tracks) || strings (tracks: 8)

Giorgos Roilos: percussion (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15)

Thanasis Vasilopoulos: clarinet (tracks: 2, 8, 15) || ney (tracks: 15)

Alexandros Vourazelis: keyboards, programming (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 16)

Nikos Zervas: keyboards (tracks: 15)

Martha Zioga: backing vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13)

Production

Thodoris Chrisanthopoulos (Fabelsound): mastering

Vaggelis Siapatis: sound engineer

Giorgos Stampolis: editing, sound engineer

Achilleas Theofilou: executive producer

Manolis Vlachos: mix engineer, sound engineer

Alexandros Vourazelis: sound engineer

Cover

Katia Dimopoulou: art direction

Panos Kallitsis: hair styling, make up

Manolis Kalogeropoulos: photographer

Maria Pitsokou: photo processing

Tasos Vrettos: photographer

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[9]

References

^ Allmusic review
^ Mad Tv S.A. "The Despina Vandi Trivia By Conn-x". Mad.tv. Archived from the original on 2004-06-13. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
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^ "CHART SHOW: Το Στα 'δωσα όλα στα πιο ερωτικά τραγούδια 1980-2009". YouTube. 2009-06-28. Retrieved 2010-06-02.^{[dead YouTube link]}
^ "CHART SHOW: Το Στα 'δωσα όλα στα τραγούδια χωρισμού 1980-2010". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-06-02.^{[dead YouTube link]}
^ "iTunes - Music - Profities by Despina Vandi". Itunes.apple.com. 2000-11-14. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
^ Greek Albums Chart Retrieved on September 22, 2008.
^ Profities (CD). Despina Vandi. Minos EMI. 1999. 7243 5 24626 2 9.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[1] Allmusic review

[2] Mad Tv S.A. "The Despina Vandi Trivia By Conn-x". Mad.tv. Archived from the original on 2004-06-13. Retrieved 2010-06-02.

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[5] "CHART SHOW: Το Στα 'δωσα όλα στα πιο ερωτικά τραγούδια 1980-2009". YouTube. 2009-06-28. Retrieved 2010-06-02.^{[dead YouTube link]}

[6] "CHART SHOW: Το Στα 'δωσα όλα στα τραγούδια χωρισμού 1980-2010". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-06-02.^{[dead YouTube link]}

[7] "iTunes - Music - Profities by Despina Vandi". Itunes.apple.com. 2000-11-14. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2012-03-06.

[8] Greek Albums Chart Retrieved on September 22, 2008.

[liner-9] Profities (CD). Despina Vandi. Minos EMI. 1999. 7243 5 24626 2 9.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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Discography Awards
Studio albums	Gela Mou (1994) Esena Perimeno (1996) Deka Endoles (1997) Profities (1999) Gia (2001) Stin Avli Tou Paradeisou (2004) 10 Hronia Mazi (2007) C'est la Vie (2010) Allaxa (2012) De Me Stamatises (2014) Afti Einai I Diafora Mas (2016)
Live albums	Despina Vandi Live (2003)
Compilations	The Best (2001) Come Along Now (2004) Ballads (2004) Dance (2004) The Very Best of Despina Vandi (2005) Ta Laïka Tis Despinas (2005) Despina Vandi (2005) 14 Megala Tragoudia (2006) Singles (2006) The EMI Years: The Complete Collection (2007) Greatest Hits: 2001–2009 (2009)
CD singles	"Spania" (1998) "Ipofero" (2001) "Ante Gia" (2002) "Gia" (2003) "Come Along Now" (2004) "Opa Opa" (2004) "Jambi" (2005) "Kalanta" (2006)
Promotional singles	"Giati Fovase" (2004)
Video albums	The Video Collection: '97–'03 (2003) Hits on DVD: Despina Vandi (1994–2000) (2004) Despina Vandi Karaoke Vol.1 (2004) MAD Secret Concerts: Despina Vandi Live (2006) Greek Hits: Giorgos Mazonakis vs. Despina Vandi (2008)
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