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Yanni

1954 - Today

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Yiannis Chryssomallis (Greek: Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης; born November 14, 1954), known professionally as Yanni ( YAH-nee), is a Greek composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer. Yanni continues to use the musical shorthand that he developed as a child, blending jazz, classical, soft rock, and world music to create predominantly instrumental works. Although this genre of music was not well suited for commercial pop radio and music television, Yanni received international recognition by producing concerts at historic monuments and by producing videos that were broadcast on public television. His breakthrough concert, Live at the Acropolis, yielded the second best-selling music concert video of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yanni is the 324th most popular musician (down from 289th in 2019), the 317th most popular biography from Greece (down from 308th in 2019) and the most popular Greek Musician.

Yanni is most famous for his New Age piano music.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Yanni ranks 324 out of 3,175. Before him are Ike Turner, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Jan Garbarek, Billy Idol, Agathe Backer Grøndahl, and Ian Curtis. After him are XXXTentacion, Beck, Don Airey, Cozy Powell, Narciso Yepes, and Sean Lennon.

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Among people born in 1954, Yanni ranks 69. Before him are Bernard Hinault, Phil Taylor, Tony Todd, Sezen Aksu, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, and Michael Dudikoff. After him are Michael Moore, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Uli Stielike, Ilan Ramon, David Keith, and Jane Campion.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Yanni ranks 317 out of 1,024. Before him are Euphronios (-520), Joseph II of Constantinople (1360), Ageladas (-600), Cleisthenes of Sicyon (-701), Aristyllus (-400), and Cylon of Athens (-700). After him are Semonides of Amorgos (-650), Anaxarchus (-380), Lais of Corinth (-400), Polemon (-400), Gregory V of Constantinople (1745), and Agnes Baltsa (1944).

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Among MUSICIANS In Greece

Among musicians born in Greece, Yanni ranks 1. After him are Terpander (-712), Tommy Lee (1962), Gina Bachauer (1913), Markos Vamvakaris (1905), Nikos Xilouris (1936), Leonidas Kavakos (1967), Savina Yannatou (1959), Steve Angello (1982), Creed Taylor (1929), Gus G (1980), and Pavlos Fyssas (1979).

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