Yiannis Ploutarxos

Yiannis Ploutarhos is a Greek singer. He was born in December 18th, 1970, in a small village outside Orxomenos called Mavrogia. He lived there until the age of sixteen, he then decided to go to Athens to make his dream come true: that is to become a singer. He sang professionally for the first time in a small music hall in Koridalos area. Disappointed by the conditions prevailing in the music business, he abandoned it twice and occupied himself with other professions and in particular hairdressing so as to make a living. But something urged him to come back to singing. Two years after his first appearance, he sang in "Rodolfo". After that he performed in big music halls such as "Neraida", "Fantasia", and "Tunnel" where he co-operated with well-known artists,such as Giannis Poulopoulos, Rita Sakelariou, Themis Adamantidis and contemporary singers such as Stelios Rokos and Giorgos Mazonakis. Wherever he worked, he made fans but most of all friends. Later he met Dimitris Kardagis and Ilias Filipou who had both faith in him and his talent and brought him into contact with his first producer Giorgos Makrakis. He was the one who gave him his pseudonym "Ploutarhos". His real last name is Kakoseos. This is how Yiannis Ploutarhos got into discography and released his first CD single in 1998, including 3 songs from his forthcoming album. His first album under the title Mono Esi, and 15 tracks, was released a month and a half later. The songs Mipos Ertheis and Enas Theos are the most popular ones out of the fifteen songs included in this album. After his first album, he made a duet with Kostantina for the song I kardia mou einai zalismeni and one with Stelios Dionisiou for the song Orestiada. Both songs are featured in the albums of the above artists. His next album under the title Ipirxan Orkoi and also fifteen songs came out in 2000. It was the one, which helped him stand out and launched his career. Aggelos Sfakianakis was the producer in this album, since Giorgos Makrakis had left from MINOS - EMI. The album Mikres Fotografies came out in 2001 with sixteen songs, and sold over 150.000 copies, and in 2002 Den Einai O Erotas. Paidi Tis Logikis including seventeen songs. With these two albums he proved, even to the most suspicious, that he is not another shooting star and he won the acceptance of both the audience and the critics. Moreover, at the "Arion" Music Awards, in 2002, he won important distinctions for the album Mikres Fotografies in the following categories: Best Popular album, Best album of the Year, Best Video Clip, Best Popular Singer and Singer of the Year. The success of the album Den Einai O Erotas.Paidi Tis Logikis was so big that in 2003 it was re-released with a bonus track titled Poio Monopati and a bonus DVD with 9 video clips. In 2003 another album with the title "Paei Ligos Kairos" was released this time with 19 songs. Both these albums became triple platinum. Following its success, Paei Ligos Kairos, was re-released in 2004, with a bonus track and an amazing performance in the classic An Thimitheis t Oneiro mou of Mikis Theodorakis. At the same time he achieved a new goal. That is to be the first artist, in the Athenian nightlife, performing live for a whole year at "POSIDONIO", with no interruption. Every night his fans were just expressing their love to him. In 2005 Yiannis Ploutarhos "stepped out" for a while. He accomplished his first tour abroad in the following order: Toronto, New Jersey, Boston, New York, Chicago, Melbourne, Sydney, Johannesburg and Nicosia. Wherever he went, Greek emigrants welcomed him with great enthusiasm, nearly reaching the limits of hysteria. At the same time he released his sixth record under the title Ola se sena ta vrika, which 14 songs, which record became double platinum. After all that success he returned to the night shows, where he was initially loved for so much. In 2006, Yiannis Ploutarhos made a duet with Kostantina in the song Ti Mpike Anamesa mas that is featured in her album, and at the same time he released his seventh album under the title Krimena mistika, with 16 songs, which became double platinum as well. In 2007 he released a double Best Of album under the title Stigmes, which includes all his hits, 6 new songs and a bonus DVD with 19 video clips and became double platinum. In his personal life, he is married to Maria and they have 4 children, (one more is to be born soon!) Katerina, Giorgis, Eleonora a baby girl. He is fond of painting, and white clothes is his fetish. He considers his biggest mistake to be, that he did not learn properly enough Greek language. Whatever the case, Greek people in Greece and abroad just adore and most of all respect him.