Protereotita Προτεραιότητα |
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Studio album by Elena Paparizou | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Released | 27 June 2004 (see release history) |
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Recorded | 2003-2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | Pop folk, laïko, dance-pop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Length | 67:21 (Original) 35:46/103:07 (Euro Edition, single/both discs) 45:23 (My Number One) 120:51 (Euro Edition + Mambo!, three discs) |
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Greek (Original) English (Euro Edition, My Number One, Euro Edition + Mambo!) |
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Label | Sony Music Greece/Columbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Producer | Christos Dantis, Toni Mavridis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elena Paparizou chronology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Music Corner | (2004) |
Music Corner | (2005) |
Protereotita (Greek: Προτεραιότητα; English: Priority), is the debut solo album by Greek singer Elena Paparizou, released on 27 June 2004 by Sony Music Greece. The album's first single, Anapandites Kliseis, was released as a CD-single prior to the album's release and reached number 1 on the Greek IFPI singles chart. The album was also re-released twice in Greece, and once internationally as My Number One. Overall, there are five different editions available of the album. The original album was only a mild success, however, following Paparizou's victory in the Eurovision Song Contest the Euro Edition peaked at number one on the charts and was certified platinum by the IFPI. The album was later certified double platinum in early 2006; as IFPI was making a transition in lowering their sales thresholds at that time, this would imply sales of at least 60,000 copies, although sales of up to 87,000 have been claimed.
Protereotita marked Paparizou's first solo-album after her break-up with Antique. Released in June 2004, the album included five singles: "Anapantites Kliseis", "Treli Kardia", "Katse Kala", "Anditheseis" and "Stin Kardia Mou Mono Thlipsi", which were released as either CD singles or radio single.
Before her participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, Paparizou re-released the album with the title "Protereotita: Euro-Edition" on 31 March 2005. The album included a bonus CD which contained 11 new tracks that included her Greek national final songs, including "My Number One". "My Number One" was Paparizou's second CD single to go to number 1 on the Greek charts.
At the end of 2005 Paparizou re-released the album for the third and final time in Greece and Cyprus as Protereotita: Euro-Edition + Mambo!. This edition included all of the songs from Protereotita: Euro Edition and the songs from the "Mambo!" CD single. Protereotita -including both re-releases- become a huge commercial success for Paparizou, considering that the album was released only in Greece and Cyprus.