Profities


Profiteies is the fourth studio album by Greek singer Despina Vandi.
It was released in Greece οn 8 December 1999 by Minos EMI and in Arabian countries by EMI Arabia in 2000. It was certified gold the day of its release and platinum in two days, selling 70,000 copies and become the best selling album by a female artist for 1999. In 2000, it sold 80,000 copies plus and managed to become triple-platinum, selling 150,000 copies overall. Also, it stayed at number 1 of the IFPI charts for five weeks. It also became triple-platinum in Cyprus, selling 20,000 copies.
The song "Sta 'dosa ola" from the album was ranked by Alpha TV show Chart Show as the 24th most successful Greek love song in Greece during 1980–2009, as well as the sixth most successful break-up song from 1980 to 2010.

Singles and music videos

  • "Spania"
  • "Oute ena efharisto"
  • "Profities"
  • "A pa pa"
  • "Giatriko"
  • "Diakoptaki"
  • "To koritsaki sou"
  • "Sta 'dosa ola"

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
;Personnel
  • Christina Argiri: backing vocals
  • Hakan Bingolou: säz
  • Giannis Bithikotsis: baglama, bouzouki || mandolin || tzoura
  • Giorgos Chatzopoulos: guitars
  • Achilleas Dantilis: strings
  • Pavlos Diamantopoulos: backing vocals
  • Akis Diximos: backing vocals || second vocal
  • Kostas Doxas: backing vocals
  • Panagiotis Drakopoulos: saxophone
  • Katerina Kiriakou: backing vocals || second vocal
  • Fedon Lionoudakis: accordion
  • Andreas Mouzakis: backing vocals
  • Alex Panagis: backing vocals
  • Phoebus: keyboards, programming || orchestration || strings
  • Giorgos Roilos: percussion
  • Thanasis Vasilopoulos: clarinet || ney
  • Alexandros Vourazelis: keyboards, programming
  • Nikos Zervas: keyboards
  • Martha Zioga: backing vocals
;Production
  • Thodoris Chrisanthopoulos : mastering
  • Vaggelis Siapatis: sound engineer
  • Giorgos Stampolis: editing, sound engineer
  • Achilleas Theofilou: executive producer
  • Manolis Vlachos: mix engineer, sound engineer
  • Alexandros Vourazelis: sound engineer
;Artwork