Perierges Meres


Perierges meres is the 19th studio album by Greek singer Katy Garbi.
It was released on December 10, 2013, by Minos EMI and Front Seat Records. The album marked the singer's comeback in the night life of Athens and her return to laiko music style. On January 26, the album was released as a covermount along with the newspaper "Proto Thema". On March 18, 2014 it was announced that the album has reached gold status. In November 2014, the album was re-released as a covermount and it was announced that has reached platinum status.

Track listing

Singles and music videos

Perierges meres produced three singles prior its release and contain two more from Garbi's two latest albums.
"Pio Pano Apo Sena"
"Pio Pano Apo Esena" is the first single which marks a return for Garbi to the laïko style of Greek commercial music, in a collaboration with Giannis Doxas, all notable for commercial Greek music. The song is written by Vasilis Gabrilidis and Thanos Papanikolaou. Garbi has previously worked with Giannos Doxas on albums such as Os Ton Paradeiso, Arhizo Polemo and most recently Emmones Idees in 2003. It was officially released through Sony Music Greece's imprint Front Seat via the label's YouTube channel on December 14, 2012. The song premiered on December 10 on Sfera Radio, during an interview with Garbi held for the station's 4th year celebration of "Greek Music Week". The single debuted at 72 on the Airplay Top 100 powered by Media Inspector, and has since peaked at 14.
"Stin Adeia Sou Karekla"
In July 2013, Garbi announced a new collaboration with Vasilis Gavriilidis and Thanos Papanikolaou on a new single. On September 23, 2013 Garbi released the second single titled "Stin Adeia Sou Karekla" for an upcoming album. This song marked a return to her the laika style after two albums that were more concentrated on the alternative Greek genre. The track premiered exclusively via Lampsi FM 92.3 and it gained a lot of airplay.
"Anemodarmena Ypsi"
The third single of the album is the song "Anemodarmena Ypsi" which was chosen as album's lead single. The creators of the song are Giorgos Sabanis in music and Eleni Giannatsoulia in lyrics The single was released on November 20, 2013 via Katy's official account on YouTube and two days later, on November 22, 2013 was released its official videoclip on Katy's official YouTube account too. Only on the first day of its release, "Anemodarmena Ypsi" achieved more than 24.000 views on YouTube and peaked at number one on Greek i-tunes. The video clip was directed by Viki Vellopoulou.
The airplay success of the single placed it at number 20 on the MediaInspector Top 200 Airplay tracks of 2015 and number 125 the following year, making it one of Garbi's most successful tracks of the decade.
"Ena Gelio Tha Foreso"
This is the fourth single of the album that was released on December 4 via Front Seat YouTube account only as a promotional single in contrast to the other singles. The song is written by Tasos Panagis and Nikos Gritsis, both old collaborators of Katy's.
"Psefti"
Katy's fifth single was produced via voting on Katy's official page by fans. The song is written by Giorgos Sampanis and Nikos Gritsis. The results of the voting were announced on December 23, 2013 with a video where Katy is singing live the song. The single was released on January 23, 2014 and the same day was announced that a video clip is preparing. On March 20, 2014 the video clip was released via Katy's official YouTube channel. The video is the first act of a sequel with another videoclip which is to be released for the song "Pame Finale".
"Pame Finale"
Katy's sixth single is the song "Pame Finale". The song is written by Giorgos Papadopoulos and Vicky Gerothodorou with Giannis Doxas. On January 23, 2014 it was announced that the song will be the next single of the album. On February 3, it was announced that a mash-up video clip is preparing too. Finally, the song was released as a radio single on May 7, 2014 and the video clip was released on June 2, 2014 via Katy's Vevo Channel on YouTube.
"Logia Meli"
The seventh single of the album is the song "Logia Meli", a cover of "Betigy Osadi". The music is written by Ayman Bahgat Amr and Greek lyrics are written by Katy's producer and lyricist Giannis Doxas. The single was released as a remix version by Spiros Metaxas named Aegean Blue remix via both Katy's and her label's YouTube account on August 6, 2014.

Credits and personnel

Personnel
Production
Perierges Meres debuted on the IFPI Top 75 Album Charts at number seven. It retained the same position the following week. On its sixth week the album rose to a new peak position at number five. On the iTunes Greek chart, the album peaked at number 1, on its very first day of release.
ChartProviderPeak
position		Certification
Greece Top-75 Album Sales ChartIFPI5Platinum

Awards and nominations

Perierges Meres earned Garbi an award nomination at the 2015 MAD Video Music Awards. Garbi performed a duet of 'Anemodarmena Ypsi' alongside Stan at the awards ceremony in June 2015.
YearEventNominee/WorkAwardResult
2015MAD Video Music AwardsKaty GarbiBest Female Adult