{{short description|none}} {{Infobox artist discography | Artist = Yanni | Image = 20140815BenediktBrydernYanni.jpg | Caption = Yanni with Benedikt Brydern in 2014 | Studio = 19 | Live = 7 | Compilation = 25 | Video = | Video link = | Soundtrack = 8 | Singles = 7 }}
The discography of the Greek contemporary instrumental musician Yanni includes 19 studio albums and eight live albums. In 1987 he put together a small band which included John Tesh and Charlie Adams, and began touring to promote his earliest instrumental albums, ''Keys to Imagination'', ''Out of Silence'', and ''Chameleon Days''.
''Dare to Dream'' was released in 1992. It was Yanni's first Grammy-nominated album and featured "Aria", a song based on The Flower Duet and popularized by an award-winning British Airways commercial. A second Grammy-nominated album, ''In My Time'', was released in 1993. His music has been used extensively in television and televised sporting events, including the starting grids for the 1989, 1992, and 1994 Daytona 500s on CBS, Super Bowl, Wide World of Sports, U.S. Open, Tour de France, World Figure Skating Championships, The Olympics, and ABC News.<ref name="Charlie Adams Official bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.charlieadams.org/about.html|title=Charlie Adams Official bio|publisher=charlieadams.org|access-date=August 17, 2007|archive-date=October 8, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008181954/http://www.charlieadams.org/about.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Yanni's breakthrough commercial success came with the release of his album and video, ''Live at the Acropolis'', filmed on September 25, 1993 at the 2,000-year-old Herod Atticus Theater in Athens, Greece,<ref name="AlbumNotesLATA">{{cite AV media notes |title= Live at the Acropolis|others=Yanni |year=1994|type= CD liner|publisher=Private Music}}</ref> and released in 1994. This was Yanni's first live album and utilized a full orchestra under the supervision of the Iranian conductor, Shahrdad Rohani, in addition to his core band. Subsequently, the concert was broadcast in the US on PBS and quickly became one of their most popular programs ever, having been seen in 65 countries by half a billion people.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.windham.com/artists/artist.jsp?id=111433#bio |title= Windham Hill |access-date=January 1, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061109082713/http://www.windham.com/artists/artist.jsp?id=111433#bio <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = November 9, 2006}}</ref> A composition from this album, "Acroyali/Standing in Motion", was determined to have the "Mozart Effect," by the ''Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine'' because it is similar to Mozart's K 448 in tempo, structure, melodic and harmonic consonance and predictability.<ref name="Mozarteffect">{{cite web |url= http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/info/mozart.html |title= The Mozart Effect|publisher=epilepsy.org|access-date=August 7, 2007 }}</ref><ref name="Yanni in Words67">{{cite book|last = Yanni|author2 = Rensin, David|title = Yanni in Words|publisher = Miramax Books|year = 2002|page = [https://archive.org/details/yanniinwords00yann/page/67 67]|isbn = 1-4013-5194-8|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/yanniinwords00yann/page/67}}</ref> He has appeared on several major PBS Pledge TV Specials such as ''A Decade of Excellence'', including segments from ''Live at the Acropolis'', ''Tribute'', and ''Live at Royal Albert Hall'', London.
==Albums== === Studio albums === ==== 1980s–1990s ==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:10em;" | Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:14em;" | Album details ! colspan="2" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Certifications |- ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | US<br /><ref name="Billboard 200">{{cite magazine |title=Yanni Chart History: Billboard 200|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/yanni/chart-history/tlp/ |magazine=Billboard |language=en |access-date=September 9, 2022 }}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | US<br>New Age<br /><ref name="Billboard New Age">{{cite magazine |title=Yanni Chart History: New Age Albums|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/yanni/chart-history/nlp/ |magazine=Billboard |language=en |access-date=September 9, 2022 }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Optimystique'' | *Released: 1984 *Label: Varèse Sarabande |— |17 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Keys to Imagination'' | *Released: 1986 *Label: Private Music |— |— | |- ! scope="row" | ''Out of Silence'' | *Released: 1987 *Label: Private Music |— |— | |- ! scope="row" | ''Chameleon Days'' | *Released: 1988 *Label: Private Music |— |2 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Niki Nana'' | *Released: 1989 *Label: Private Music |— |2 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Dare to Dream'' | *Released: 1992 *Label: Private Music |32 |2 | * MC: Platinum<ref name="MC">{{cite web |title=Gold/Platinum (Yanni search)|url=https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?_gp_search=Yanni |publisher=Music Canada |language=en |access-date=September 10, 2022 }}</ref> * RIAA: Platinum<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web |title=Gold & Platinum (Yanni search)|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Yanni |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |language=en |access-date=September 10, 2022 }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''In My Time'' | *Released: 1993 *Label: Private Music |24 |1 | * MC: Gold<ref name="MC" /> * RIAA: Platinum<ref name="RIAA" /> |- | colspan="5" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |}
==== 2000s–2020s ==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:10em;" | Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:14em;" | Album details ! colspan="3" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Certifications |- ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | FRA<br /><ref name="Les Charts">{{cite web |title=Discographie Yanni |url=https://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Yanni |website=Les Charts |publisher=Hung Medien |language=fr |access-date=September 9, 2022 }}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | US<br /><ref name="Billboard 200" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | US<br>New Age<br /><ref name="Billboard New Age" /> |- ! scope="row" | ''If I Could Tell You'' | *Released: 2000 *Label: Virgin |53 |20 |1 | * RIAA: Gold<ref name="RIAA" /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Ethnicity'' | *Released: 2003 *Label: Virgin |— |27 |1 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Yanni Voices'' | *Released: 2009 *Label: Yanni/Wake |— |20 |1 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Yanni Voces'' | *Released: 2009 *Label: Yanni/Wake |— |—{{efn|''Yanni Voces'' did not enter the Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.<ref name="Billboard Chart History">{{cite magazine |title=Yanni Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/yanni/chart-history/ |magazine=Billboard |language=en |access-date=September 9, 2022 }}</ref>}} |2 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Mexicanisimo'' | *Released: 2010 *Label: Venemusic |— |—{{efn|''Mexicanisimo'' did not enter the Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.<ref name="Billboard Chart History"/>}} |2 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Truth of Touch'' | *Released: 2011 *Label: Yanni/Wake |— |91 |1 | |- ! scope="row" | ''My Passion for Mexico'' | *Released: 2012 *Label: Yanni/Wake |— |—{{efn|''My Passion for Mexico'' did not enter the Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 68 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.<ref name="Billboard Chart History"/>}} |5 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Inspirato'' | *Released: 2014 *Label: Sony Classical |— |—{{efn|''Inspirato'' did not enter the Billboard 200, but it peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Classical Albums chart.<ref name="Billboard Chart History"/>}} |1 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Sensuous Chill'' | *Released: 2016 *Label: Portrait |— |173 |1 | |- ! scope="row" | ''In His Purest Form'' | *Released: 2020 *Label: Yanniworks |— |— |— | |- | colspan="6" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |}
===Live albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:10em;" | Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:14em;" | Album details ! colspan="10" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Certifications |- ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | AUS<br /><ref name="Australian Charts">{{cite web |title=Discography Yanni |url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Yanni |website=Australian Charts |language=en |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=September 9, 2022 }}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | FRA<br /><ref name="Les Charts" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | NLD<br /><ref name="Dutch Charts">{{cite web |title=Discografie Yanni |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Yanni |website=Dutch Charts |language=nl |access-date=September 9, 2022 }}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | NZ<br /><ref name="NZ Charts">{{cite web |title=Discography Yanni |url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Yanni |website=Charts.org.nz |language=en |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=September 9, 2022 }}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | NOR<br /><ref name="Norwegian Charts">{{cite web |title=Discography Yanni |url=https://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Yanni |website=Norwegian Charts |language=en |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=September 9, 2022 }}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | SWE<br /><ref name="Swedish Charts">{{cite web |title=Discography Yanni |url=https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Yanni |website=Swedish Charts |language=en |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=September 9, 2022 }}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | SWI<br /><ref name="Swiss Hitparade">{{cite web |title=Discographie Yanni |url=https://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Yanni#charts |website=Swiss Hitparade |language=de |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=September 9, 2022 }}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | UK<br /><ref name="UK Charts">{{cite web |title=Yanni full Official Chart History |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3539/yanni/ |website=Official Charts |language=en |access-date=September 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109181808/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3539/yanni/ |archive-date=November 9, 2021 }}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | US<br /><ref name="Billboard 200" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | US<br>New Age<br /><ref name="Billboard New Age" /> |- ! scope="row" |''Live at the Acropolis'' | *Released: 1994 *Label: Private Music |2 |— |80 |6 |— |46 |— |91 |5 |1 | * ARIA: Gold<ref name="ARIA">{{cite Ryan|page=306}}</ref> * MC: Platinum<ref name="MC" /> * RIAA: 4× Platinum<ref name="RIAA" /> |- ! scope="row" |''Live at Royal Albert Hall'' (video) | *Released: 1995 *Label: Private Music |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | |- ! scope="row" |''Tribute'' | *Released: 1997 *Label: Virgin |48 |21 |27 |40 |16 |35 |23 |40 |21 |1 | * MC: Gold<ref name="MC" /> * RIAA: Platinum<ref name="RIAA" /> |- ! scope="row" |''Yanni Live! The Concert Event'' | *Released: 2006 *Label: Image Entertainment |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |84 |1 | |- ! scope="row" |''Yanni Voices'' (video) | *Released: 2009 *Label: Yanni/Wake |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | |- ! scope="row" |''Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico'' | *Released: 2012 *Label: Yanni/Wake |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |109 |1 | |- ! scope="row" |''The Dream Concert: Live from the Great Pyramids of Egypt'' | *Released: 2016 *Label: Sony Masterworks |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |1 | |- | colspan="13" style="font-size:90%" |"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |}
=== Charted compilations === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:10em;" | Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:14em;" | Album details ! colspan="5" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Certifications |- ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | AUT<br /><ref name="Austrian Charts">{{cite web |title=Discographie Yanni |url=https://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Yanni |website=Austrian Charts |language=de |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=September 9, 2022 }}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | GER<br /><ref name="Deutsche Charts">{{cite web |title=Discographie von Yanni |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Yanni |website=Offizielle Deutsche Charts |language=de |publisher=GfK Entertainment |access-date=September 9, 2022 |archive-date=September 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911012404/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Yanni |url-status=dead }}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | NZ<br /><ref name="NZ Charts" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | US<br /><ref name="Billboard 200" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | US<br>New Age<br /><ref name="Billboard New Age" /> |- ! scope="row" |''Reflections of Passion'' | *Released: 1990 *Label: Private Music |— |— |— |29 |1 | * MC: Platinum<ref name="MC" /> * RIAA: 2× Platinum<ref name="RIAA" /> |- ! scope="row" |''In Celebration of Life'' | *Released: 1991 *Label: Private Music |— |— |— |— |3 | |- ! scope="row" |''Romantic Moments'' | *Released: 1992 *Label: BMG |32 |13 |— |— |— | |- ! scope="row" |''In the Mirror'' | *Released: 1997 *Label: Private Music |— |— |2 |17 |1 | * MC: Gold<ref name="MC" /> * RIAA: Gold<ref name="RIAA" /> |- ! scope="row" |''Port of Mystery'' | *Released: 1997 *Label: Windham Hill |— |— |— |142 |4 | |- ! scope="row" |''Nightbird'' | *Released: 1997 *Label: BMG |— |— |— |— |5 | |- ! scope="row" |''Devotion: The Best of Yanni'' | *Released: 1997 *Label: Private Music |— |— |— |42 |1 | |- ! scope="row" |''Forbidden Dreams: Encore Collection, Volume 2'' | *Released: 1998 *Label: BMG |— |— |— |— |7 | |- ! scope="row" |''Love Songs'' | *Released: 1999 *Label: Private Music |— |— |— |98 |1 | |- ! scope="row" |''Winter Light'' | *Released: 1999 *Label: Private Music |— |— |— |— |3 | |- ! scope="row" |''Snowfall'' | *Released: 2000 *Label: BMG |— |— |— |— |3 | |- ! scope="row" |''The Very Best of Yanni'' | *Released: 2000 *Label: Windham Hill |— |— |— |— |3 | |- ! scope="row" |''Ultimate Yanni'' | *Released: 2003 *Label: BMG |— |— |— |74 |1 | |- ! scope="row" |''Super Hits'' | *Released: 2007 *Label: Sony BMG |— |— |— |— |9 | |- ! scope="row" |''The Essential Yanni'' | *Released: 2010 *Label: Legacy |— |— |— |— |6 | |- | colspan="8" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |}
=== Other compilations === *1992 ''Yanni Gift Set (Reflections of Passion/In Celebration of Life)'', Private Music *1993 ''My World in Music - The Collection'', BMG *1994 ''A Collection of Romantic Themes'', Private Music *1997 ''Enraptured: A Collection of Yanni Favorites'', BMG *1997 ''Enchanted: Music from the Heart'', BMG *1997 ''Greatest Hits'', BMG *1998 ''A Peaceful Place'', BMG *1998 ''Sanctuary'', BMG *1999 ''The Endless Dream'', Unison *1999 ''Someday'', Unison *1999 ''Songs from the Heart'', BMG International *1999 ''The Private Years'', Private Music *2000 ''Soaring Free'' (Disk 1), Madacy Distribution *2000 ''Whispers in the Dark'', BMG *2002 ''Gold'', BMG *2006 ''The Collection'', Private Music *2008 ''Collections'', Sony BMG *2010 ''The Inspiring Journey'', Sony Music Distribution *2013 ''Playlist: The Very Best of Yanni'', Windham Hill Records
===Soundtracks=== *1988 ''Nitti: The Enforcer'' *1988 ''Steal the Sky'' *1988 ''Heart of Midnight'' *1989 ''I Love You Perfect'' *1990 ''Children of the Bride'' *1990 ''She'll Take Romance'' *1990 ''When You Remember Me'' *1994 ''Hua qi Shao Lin'' *2015 ''Hexi Corridor''
==Singles==
*2013 "East Meets West" *2015 "Seven Billion Dreams"<ref name=WSJ20151227>{{cite web |title=NASA Video Celebrates Space Station Anniversary |url=https://www.wsj.com/video/nasa-video-celebrates-space-station-anniversary/15FD3DC9-8CD7-4348-92C3-89646D213132.html |website=The Wall Street Journal |date=December 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227233852/http://www.wsj.com/video/nasa-video-celebrates-space-station-anniversary/15FD3DC9-8CD7-4348-92C3-89646D213132.html |archive-date=December 27, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> *2018 "When Dreams Come True"<ref name=ArabNews_20190209>{{cite news |last1=Tashkandi |first1=Hala |title=Yanni wows Al-Ula, 'the place where dreams begin' |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1449261/saudi-arabia |work=Arab News |date=February 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228181424/http://www.arabnews.com/node/1449261/saudi-arabia |archive-date=February 28, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> *2018 "Speed Demon" *2019 "Ladyhawk"<ref name=NeosKosmos_20190904>{{cite news |title=Legendary musician Yanni releases new song inspired by his daughter |url=https://neoskosmos.com/en/145306/legendary-musician-yanni-releases-new-song-ladyhawk/ |work=Neos Kosmos |date=September 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909005654/https://neoskosmos.com/en/145306/legendary-musician-yanni-releases-new-song-ladyhawk/ |archive-date=September 9, 2019 |location=Greece |url-status=live }}</ref> *2019 "Blue" *2019 "Into the Deep Blue"<ref name=Spokesman_20200106>{{cite news |last1=Podplesky |first1=Azaria |title=Yanni announces April 9 concert at Northern Quest |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/jan/06/composermusician-yanni-announces-april-9-concert-a/ |work=The Spokesman Review |date=January 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107013200/https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/jan/06/composermusician-yanni-announces-april-9-concert-a/ |archive-date=January 7, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.yanni.com/}} *{{YouTube|u=yannivideos|Yanni}} *{{IMDb name|id=0946183|name=Yanni}}
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