# Yanni discography

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.
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, 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. 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. 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

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | US New Age | Certifications |
| Optimystique | Released: 1984 Label: Varèse Sarabande | — | 17 | |
| Keys to Imagination | Released: 1986 Label: Private Music | — | — | |
| Out of Silence | Released: 1987 Label: Private Music | — | — | |
| Chameleon Days | Released: 1988 Label: Private Music | — | 2 | |
| Niki Nana | Released: 1989 Label: Private Music | — | 2 | |
| Dare to Dream | Released: 1992 Label: Private Music | 32 | 2 | MC: Platinum RIAA: Platinum |
| In My Time | Released: 1993 Label: Private Music | 24 | 1 | MC: Gold RIAA: Platinum |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||

#### 2000s–2020s

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | FRA | US | US New Age | Certifications |
| If I Could Tell You | Released: 2000 Label: Virgin | 53 | 20 | 1 | RIAA: Gold |
| Ethnicity | Released: 2003 Label: Virgin | — | 27 | 1 | |
| Yanni Voices | Released: 2009 Label: Yanni/Wake | — | 20 | 1 | |
| Yanni Voces | Released: 2009 Label: Yanni/Wake | — | — | 2 | |
| Mexicanisimo | Released: 2010 Label: Venemusic | — | — | 2 | |
| Truth of Touch | Released: 2011 Label: Yanni/Wake | — | 91 | 1 | |
| My Passion for Mexico | Released: 2012 Label: Yanni/Wake | — | — | 5 | |
| Inspirato | Released: 2014 Label: Sony Classical | — | — | 1 | |
| Sensuous Chill | Released: 2016 Label: Portrait | — | 173 | 1 | |
| In His Purest Form | Released: 2020 Label: Yanniworks | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||

### Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | AUS | FRA | NLD | NZ | NOR | SWE | SWI | UK | US | US New Age | Certifications |
| Live at the Acropolis | Released: 1994 Label: Private Music | 2 | — | 80 | 6 | — | 46 | — | 91 | 5 | 1 | ARIA: Gold MC: Platinum RIAA: Platinum |
| Live at Royal Albert Hall (video) | Released: 1995 Label: Private Music | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tribute | Released: 1997 Label: Virgin | 48 | 21 | 27 | 40 | 16 | 35 | 23 | 40 | 21 | 1 | MC: Gold RIAA: Platinum |
| Yanni Live! The Concert Event | Released: 2006 Label: Image Entertainment | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 84 | 1 | |
| Yanni Voices (video) | Released: 2009 Label: Yanni/Wake | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico | Released: 2012 Label: Yanni/Wake | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 109 | 1 | |
| The Dream Concert: Live from the Great Pyramids of Egypt | Released: 2016 Label: Sony Masterworks | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||||||||

### Charted compilations

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | AUT | GER | NZ | US | US New Age | Certifications |
| Reflections of Passion | Released: 1990 Label: Private Music | — | — | — | 29 | 1 | MC: Platinum RIAA: Platinum |
| In Celebration of Life | Released: 1991 Label: Private Music | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Romantic Moments | Released: 1992 Label: BMG | 32 | 13 | — | — | — | |
| In the Mirror | Released: 1997 Label: Private Music | — | — | 2 | 17 | 1 | MC: Gold RIAA: Gold |
| Port of Mystery | Released: 1997 Label: Windham Hill | — | — | — | 142 | 4 | |
| Nightbird | Released: 1997 Label: BMG | — | — | — | — | 5 | |
| Devotion: The Best of Yanni | Released: 1997 Label: Private Music | — | — | — | 42 | 1 | |
| Forbidden Dreams: Encore Collection, Volume 2 | Released: 1998 Label: BMG | — | — | — | — | 7 | |
| Love Songs | Released: 1999 Label: Private Music | — | — | — | 98 | 1 | |
| Winter Light | Released: 1999 Label: Private Music | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Snowfall | Released: 2000 Label: BMG | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| The Very Best of Yanni | Released: 2000 Label: Windham Hill | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Ultimate Yanni | Released: 2003 Label: BMG | — | — | — | 74 | 1 | |
| Super Hits | Released: 2007 Label: Sony BMG | — | — | — | — | 9 | |
| The Essential Yanni | Released: 2010 Label: Legacy | — | — | — | — | 6 | |
| "—" 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"
* 2018 "When Dreams Come True"
* 2018 "Speed Demon"
* 2019 "Ladyhawk"
* 2019 "Blue"
* 2019 "Into the Deep Blue"