Arion Music Awards

The Arion Music Awards (Greek : Μουσικά Βραβεία Αρίων) were the Greek music industry's awards program from 2002 to 2007. The organizer was IFPI along with Mega Channel (2002–06) and ANT1 (2007).^[1] The awards were named after ancient Greek poet Arion.^[2] Other older Greek music awards were the Pop Corn Music Awards and the Thessaloniki Music Festival and newer awards are the MAD Video Music Awards. The awards were general awards and special awards concerned with the various Greek music genres (Éntekhno, Laiko, Modern Laiko and Pop music. The winners were determined by voting of music producers and music reporters.^[2]

Arion Music Awards
Sponsored by	IFPI
Date	2002–2007
Country	Greece
Television/radio coverage
Networks
Mega Channel (2002–06) ANT1 (2007)

General

Best Album

Edition	Best Album	Artist	Ref.
2002	Mikres Fotografies	Giannis Ploutarchos	[3]
2003	Kardia Mou Min Anisiheis	Antonis Remos
2004	Os tin Akri tou Ouranou sou	Haris Alexiou	[4]
2005	Epikindina Agapas	Giannis Vardis	[5]
2006	Ola Se Sena Ta Vrika	Giannis Ploutarchos	[6]
2007	Filoi ki Ehthroi	Michalis Hatzigiannis	[7]

Best Song

Edition	Best Song	Composer	Lyricist	Ref.
2002	"Thalassa mou Skoteini"	Nikos Portokaloglou	Nikos Portokaloglou	[3]
2003	"Trava Skandali"	Dimitra Galani	Myrto Kontova
2004	"Treno"	Vangelis Vasileiou	Sophie Pappa	[4]
2005	"O Angelos mou"	Stefanos Korkolis	Nikos Moraitis	[5]
2006	"Kernao"	Phoebus	Phoebus	[6]
2007	"Ola i Tipota"	Michalis Hatzigiannis	Nikos Moraitis	[7]

Best Male Artist

Edition	Best Artist	Ref.
2002	Giannis Ploutarchos	[3]
2003	Antonis Remos
2004	Thodoris Ferris	[4]
2005	Paschalis Terzis	[5]
2006	Antonis Remos	[6]
2007	Stelios Maximos	[7]

Best Female Artist

Edition	Best Artist	Ref.
2002	Anna Vissi	[3][2]
2003	Despina Vandi
2004	Haris Alexiou	[4]
2005	Alkistis Protopsalti	[5]
2006	Peggy Zina	[6]
2007	Helena Paparizou	[7]

Entechno

Edition	Best Album	Best Band	Best Male Artist	Best Female Artist	Ref.
2002	Brazilero - Nikos Portokaloglou	Pyx Lax	Giannis Kotsiras	Eleftheria Arvanitaki	[3]
2003	Giannis Kotsiras (live) - Giannis Kotsiras	Domenica	Giannis Vardis	Eleftheria Arvanitaki
2004	Os tin Akri tou Ouranou sou - Haris Alexiou	Pyx Lax	Alkinoos Ioannidis	Haris Alexiou	[4]
2005	Na se Vlepo na Gelas - Alkistis Protopsalti	Kitrina Podilata	Giannis Vardis	Alkistis Protopsalti	[5]
2006	Kathe Telos ki Arhi - Eleni Tsaligopoulou	Heimerinoi Kolymvites	Pantelis Thalassinos	Eleni Tsaligopoulou	[6]
2007	Vissino kai Neratzi - Haris Alexiou				[7]

Laiko

Edition	Best Album	Best Male Artist	Best Female Artist	Ref.
2002	Mikres Fotografies - Giannis Ploutarchos	Giannis Ploutarchos	Glykeria	[3]
2003	Kardia Mou Min Anisiheis - Antonis Remos	Antonis Remos	Natassa Theodoridou
2004	Mia Anapnoi - Antonis Remos	Thodoris Ferris	Haris Alexiou	[4]
2005	Sta Ypogeia Einai i Thea - Paschalis Terzis	Paschalis Terzis	Peggy Zina	[5]
2006	Ola Se Sena Ta Vrika - Giannis Ploutarchos	Giannis Ploutarchos	Peggy Zina	[6]
2007	Einai Kapoies Agapes - Paschalis Terzis			[7]

Modern Laiko

Edition	Best Album	Best Male Artist	Best Female Artist	Ref.
2002	Mia Nihta Mono - Antonis Remos	Notis Sfakianakis	Katy Garbi Natassa Theodoridou	[3][2]
2003	Kardia Mou Min Anisiheis - Antonis Remos	Antonis Remos	Natassa Theodoridou
2004	Ta Amartola Sou Matia - Thodoris Ferris	Thodoris Ferris	Maria Iakovou	[4]

Pop music

Edition	Best Album	Best Band	Best Male Artist	Best Female Artist	Ref.
2002	Apogeiosi - Iro	Nama	Sakis Rouvas	Iro	[3][2]
2003	Adinamia Mou - Harry Varthakouris	Ble	Harry Varthakouris	Anna Vissi
2004	Ta Pio Megala S'agapo - C:Real	Dytikes Synoikies	Sakis Rouvas	Eirini Merkouri	[4]
2005	Epikindina Agapas - Giannis Vardis	C:Real	Giannis Vardis	Helena Paparizou	[5]
2006	S'eho Erotefthi - Sakis Rouvas	Nama	Sakis Rouvas	Helena Paparizou	[6]
2007	Filoi Kai Ehthroi - Michalis Hatzigiannis				[7]

Soundtracks

Edition	Best Soundtrack (Film/TV series/Play)	Artists	Ref.
2002	Brazilero	Nikos Portokaloglou	[3]
2003	Kourastika na Skotono tous Agapitikous sou
2004	Leni	Dimitris Papadimitriou, Foteini Darra	[4]
2005	Mi mou Les Antio Brides	Christos Nikolopoulos Stamatis Spanoudakis	[5]
2006	Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens in the Aegean	Vanessa Adamapoulou, Dimitris Kontopoulos	[6]
2007	2	K.Bhta	[7]