Sakis Rouvas

Anastasios Sakis Rouvas Greek ?????????? ????? ?????? pronounced ?sacis ru?vas born 5 January 1972 also known mononymously as Sakis is a Greek singer actor businessman and former pole vaulter He is noted for avoiding domestic music attaining success for a nonlaïko or éntekhno artist and for breaking cultural social artistic and generational barriers in Greece and Cyprus Born in Corfu he won medals on the national athletics team during the 1980s Rouvas began a musical career in 1991 During the early 1990s Rouvas signed with PolyGram Records and won the Thessaloniki Song Festival Despite five commercially successful albums his personal life including his military service and 1997 GreekTurkish peace concert which damaged his public image has been publicized Rouvas signed with Minos EMI in 1997 returning to the charts with Kati Apo Mena 1998 and 21os Akatallilos 2000 In 2010s Rouvas expanded his career to film television theatre and fashion His single Shake It is one of the bestselling CD singles of all time in Greece his songs and videos such as 1992 Aima Dakrya Idrotas Ela Mou Min Antistekesai Xana Tora Arhizoun Ta Dyskola Den Ehei Sidera I Kardia Sou Ypirhes Panta Antexa Se Thelo San Trelos Se Thelo and Sta Kalytera Mou have topped the popular Greek charts Since 2003 Rouvas has been in a relationship with model Katia Zygouli with whom he has four children He has been involved in several charitable activities throughout his career using his fame and resources to support various causes Rouvas has won six Arion Music Awards 15 Pop Corn Music Awards 26 MAD Video Music Awards including an honorary award in 2023 four Status Man of the Year Awards an MTV Europe Music Award and a World Music Award Several numberone albums and singles which have been certified gold or higher have made him one of Greeces most popular musical artists Known for his independence Rouvas musical fashion and performance styles have influenced other artists for over two decades In 2009 Down Town named him its Entertainer of the Decade in 2010 Forbes listed him as the thirdmostinfluential celebrity in Greece and the countrys topranked singer