Vassy (singer)
Musical artist
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Vasiliki Karagiorgos[2] (Greek: Βασιλική Καραγιώργος, Vasilikí Karagiórgos; born 18 February 1983), known as Vassy, is an Australian singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. She is the first woman to win an Icon Award at the 2023 Electronic Dance Music Awards. She was supposed to represent the United States in Intervision 2025, but withdrew before the competition began.[3][4][5][6]
18 February 1983
- Singer
- songwriter
- record producer
- actress
Vassy | |
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Vassy at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles in 2014. | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Vasiliki Karagiorgos 18 February 1983 |
| Origin | Australia |
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| Occupations |
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| Years active | 2003–present |
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| Website | vassymusic |
Biography
Vassy was born in Darwin, Northern Territory to Greek immigrant parents.[7] Her parents hail from Kozani and Grevena.[8] In the early 2010s she moved to Los Angeles, United States to pursue an international career.[9] In 2022, she moved back to Australia.[10]
In popular culture
Her song was featured in the Tina Fey film Admission, The trailer for the Disney's Oscar-winning film Frozen,[citation needed] and in the campaign Gok Loves for Target Australia.[11] Vassy's songs have also been featured in EA Games, Nickelodeon, Skechers, Victoria's Secret, Pepsi commercials, and the trailer for the Oscar-winning film Disney's Frozen[citation needed] and hit TV shows such as ABC's Grey's Anatomy.[12][13]
Withdrawal from Intervision 2025
On September 20, 2025, she was supposed to represent the United States in the international song contest Intervision 2025 in Moscow.[14] However shortly before her performance, it was announced that she wouldn't be participating in the contest because of "unprecented political pressure from the Australian government".[15][16] The hosts of the contest expressed regret over her dismissal; however, the voting juror representing the US, Joe Lynn Turner, stayed until the end of the musical contest.
Philanthropy
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Vassy is an LGBT advocate, being an ambassador for the NOH8 Campaign, an organization that promotes LGBT rights.[17] She mentioned that she is LGBT ally because her close friends and family are part of that community. She performed at the Capital Pride Festival.[18] She is also a spokesperson for Green IT.[19] She also volunteers and teaches music workshops at AVIVA in Los Angeles.[20]
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details |
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| My Affection |
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| Beautiful Day |
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| We Are Young |
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Extended plays
| Title | EP details |
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| The Acoustics |
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| Christmas EP |
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Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance [23] |
US Elec. [24] |
LTU Air. [25] | |||
| "I Can See Clearly Now" (with Jazibel) |
2003 | — | — | * | Non-album single |
| "Cover You in Kisses" | — | — | My Affection | ||
| "Get Busy" (with Katalyst) |
2005 | — | — | ||
| "Wanna Fly" (featuring Mozim) |
— | — | |||
| "Loverman" | — | — | |||
| "Kick My Ass" | — | — | |||
| "History" | 2010 | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Desire" | 2011 | — | — | Beautiful Day | |
| "Could This Be Love" | 2012 | — | — | ||
| "We Are Young" | 1 | — | |||
| "Mad" | 2014 | 4 | 27 | Non-album singles | |
| "Hustlin'" (featuring Crazibiza and Dave Audé) |
1 | 23 | |||
| "T.U.T.P. (Turn Up the Party)" (with DirtyFreqs) |
2016 | 6 | 27 | — | |
| "Nothing to Lose" | 2017 | 1 | 29 | — | |
| "Lost" (with Afrojack featuring Oliver Rosa) |
1 | 24 | — | ||
| "Somebody New" (with Sultan & Shepard) |
2018 | — | — | — | |
| "Doomsday" (with Lodato) |
1 | 29 | — | ||
| "Concrete Heart" (with Disco Fries) |
2019 | 1 | 23 | — | |
| "Stand Out"[26] | — | — | — | ||
| "Trouble" | 2 | 19 | — | ||
| "Fly"[27] | — | — | — | ||
| "Blink"[28] | 2020 | — | — | — | |
| "What's Going On"[29] | — | — | — | ||
| "Oxygen" (with Outgang & Two Worlds Apart)[30] |
— | — | — | ||
| "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"[31] | — | — | — | ||
| "Blinding Lights"[32] | 2021 | — | — | — | |
| "Chase" (with Bonka)[33] |
— | — | — | ||
| "Pieces" (with Bingo Players & Disco Fries)[34] |
2022 | — | — | — | |
| "Our Moment" | 2023 | — | — | — | |
| "Supreme" | — | — | — | ||
| "Krazy"[35] | — | — | — | ||
| "Off Switch"[35] | 2024 | — | — | — | |
| "Midnight"[36] | — | — | — | ||
| "Beg" | 2025 | — | — | — | |
| "Hazy"[37] | — | — | — | ||
| "Secrets" | — | — | — | ||
| "Needed You" | — | — | — | ||
| "Star" | 2026 | — | — | — | |
| "On Me"[38] (with Mind Electric) |
— | — | 66 | ||
| "Day N Night" (with Bust-R) |
— | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | |||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [39] |
BEL (WA) [40] |
FRA [41] |
GER [42] |
NLD [43] |
RUS Air. [44] |
SWE [45] |
SWI [46] |
UK [47] |
US [48] | ||||
| "Bad" (David Guetta & Showtek featuring Vassy) |
2014 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 111 | 2 | 28 | 22 | 113 | Listen | |
| "Today" (Scooter and Vassy) |
— | — | — | 75 | — | 150 | — | — | — | — | The Fifth Chapter | ||
| "Secrets" (Tiësto & KSHMR featuring Vassy) |
2015 | — | 31 | 27 | — | 21 | 39 | 24 | 31 | — | — | Club Life: Volume Four New York City | |
| "Satisfied" (Showtek featuring Vassy) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Radiate" (Scooter and Vassy) |
— | 58 | — | — | — | 77 | — | — | — | — | The Fifth Chapter | ||
| "I Should Have Said" (Playmen featuring Vassy) |
2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Cracked Wall" (with Florian Picasso) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Faster Than a Bullet" (with Tiësto) |
2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Sexy Ballad" (Ruthie Duress featuring Vassy) |
2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Other appearances
- "Spotlight" (Victor Magan featuring Vassy and Juan Magan)
- "Miss Automatic" (Mark Angelo and Vassy featuring Epsilon) (No. 84 Greek Digital Songs)
- "Tokyo Style" (Future Boyz featuring Dave Audé and Vassy)
- "Burn" (Scooter and Vassy, 2016, on Ace)
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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| 2017 | WDM Radio Awards[54] | Best Electronic Vocalist | Herself | Won |