Angeliki "Antzy" Samiou (; born March 7, 1960) is a Greek modern laïka singer and also a radio producer.
Biography Antzy Samiou () wanted to be a singer from a very young age and by the late '80s she started to work professionally singing in show centers and clubs. In 1990, she penned lyrics for Dimitris Mitropanos's () song "Esi Lege Me Erota" (, You May Call Me Love), which came out as a single from the album of the same name. On her birthday in March 1993, her debut album To Adynato Simeio Mou (, My Weak Spot) was released. The title track became a radio hit and she began to achieve recognition in the music industry.
In May 1995, her second studio album I Pio Glikia mou Amartia (, My Sweetest Sin) was released and she began nightly appearances at an Athens club to promote it. Her third studio album Tou Erota I Mihani (, The Love Machine) was released in October 1996, and the single "Mi Fevgeis Apopse" (, Don't Leave Tonight) was voted the best ballad of year at the Pop Corn Music Awards.
By 1997, Samiou had released her fourth studio album Chaos (), which coincided with a Gothic stylistic redirection. She wrote many of the songs herself. In 1998, Thierry Mugler named Samiou his muse. He invited her to his atelier in Paris where he made several costumes for her and she did an editorial for a Greek fashion magazine wearing Mugler's outfits. Later that year, a fire at the club where Samiou was supposed to begin singing a few days later destroyed all of her costumes and her show was postponed. At that time she stated in an interview that Hellenic Radio and Television had contacted her in order to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, but she ended up not going. In November 1998 she delivered her album Apousies (, Absences).
In 1999, she decided to leave BMG Greece and signed a contract with Alpha Records which produced her sixth album Didimi Psihi (, Twin Soul), becoming her first gold-certified album by February 2000. It featured eleven tracks with music by Kostas Miliotakis and lyrics by Smaroula Maragoudaki. By late 2000, Samiou entered the studio to record her seventh album Axizo (, I'm Worhy), which unlike her last album that was composed by Kostas Miliotakis with lyrics by Smaroula Maragoudaki, Axizo was composed by Samiou herself. It was released in January 2001 and soon became gold. Later on that year, she released her eighth album, the self-titled Antzy. In December 2004 she released her ninth album Aisthiseis ().
After a four-year break in recording, Samiou released in 2008 the five-track EP Aspirini (, Aspirin) under the Heaven Music record label. The title track is a cover of Seka Aleksić's 2007 song "Aspirin".
Discography Year Title Certification Label 1993 To Adynato Simeio Mou - 15.000 EMI 1995 I Pio Glikia Mou Amartia 17.000 RCA 1996 Tou Erota I Mihani 15.000 Sony BMG 1997 Chaos 20.000 RCA 1998 Apousies 22.000 RCA 1999 Didimi Psihi Gold 25.000 Alpha Records 2000 Axizo Gold 35.000 Alpha Records 2001 Antzy Gold 30.000 Alpha Records 2002 100 Fores - 10.000 Alpha Records 2003 Pata Gkazi - 6.000 Alpha Records2004Aisthiseis - 8.000 Alpha Records2008Aspirini 6.000 Gold Heaven Music
Compilations YearVariousLabel2000Ki Ego Edo - Megalyteres Epitihies RCA2002Soma Kai Psyhi - Oles Oi Epitihies Capitol Records2002Hryses Epitihies Alpha Records2006Megales Epitihies Alpha Records2008Antzy Samiou: The Digital Collection Columbia 2023 Best of Antzy Samiou Alpha Records
Singles and EPs Year Title Label 2020Odos Tou Aurio B-Otherside
Music videos Year Title Album1993"To Adynato Simeio Mou"(My weak spot)To Adynato Simeio Mou 1993"Thelo Na Diloso Erotevmeni"(I want to declare I'm in love)To Adynato Simeio Mou1993"Se Thelo Na Parakalas"(I want you to beg me)To Adynato Simeio Mou1995"Ponos Eisai Kai Klamata"(You 're pain and tears)I Pio Glikia Mou Amartia1995"I Pio Glikia Mou Amartia"(My sweetest sin)I Pio Glikia Mou Amartia1995"Angelos Ksanthos"(Blonde angel)I Pio Glikia Mou Amartia1996"Oute Kapnizo Oute Pino"(Neither I drink, nor I smoke)Tou Erota I Mihani1996"Mi Fevgeis Apopse"(Don't leave tonight)Tou Erota I Mihani1996"Gi' Afta Ta Matia"(For these eyes)Tou Erota I Mihani1996"Fantaraki"(Little soldier)Tou Erota I Mihani1997"Soma ke Psychi"(Body and soul)Chaos1997"Chaos"Chaos1998"Mia Sou Ke Mia Mou"(One for you, one for me)Apousies1998"Ki Ego Edo"(And I'm here)Apousies1998"Pes Mou Giati"(Tell me why)Apousies1998"Imisferia"(Hemispheres)Apousies1999"Kleftes ki astynomoi"(Robbers and cops)Didimi Psihi1999"Parallili Agapi"(Parallel Love)Didimi Psihi1999"Kaftra"(Wick)Didimi Psihi2000"Agoraki"(Little boy)Axizo2000"Pikri Ousia"(Bitter essence)Axizo2000"Pou Mirazoun Dinami"(Where they share power)Axizo
References
External links MAD TV Biography