Haris Alexiou (born 27 December 1950 in Thebes, Greece

Thebes, Greece

Thebes is a city in Greece, situated to the north of the Cithaeron range, which divides Boeotia from Attica, and on the southern edge of the Boeotian plain. It played an important role in Greek myth, as the site of the stories of Cadmus, Oedipus, Dionysus and others...

 as Hariklia Roupaka) is a Greek

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 singer. She is considered one of the most popular singers in Greece and has been commercially successful since the 1970s. She has worked with important Greek songwriters and composers, has performed at top musical theatres all over the world and has received several awards. She has recorded over thirty albums and has been featured on albums of other musicians. On March 14, 2010 Alpha TV

Alpha TV

Alpha TV is a Greek terrestrial channel . The station features a mix of Greek and foreign shows with an emphasis on entertainment programs. The studios are located near Athens...

 ranked Alexiou as the first top-certified female artist in Greece in the phonographic era (since 1960), Chart Show: Your Countdown and the Number 3 overall ranking with regards to the sale of the personal albums certified Gold or Platinum in Greek discography since 1970, behind the male singers George Dalaras

George Dalaras

George Dalaras , also possibly spelled as Yorgos or Giorgos Dalaras, is a Greek singer. He is of international fame and has recently been selected as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. He was born in Nea Kokinia, Piraeus. His father was Loukas Daralas, a singer of rebetiko.-Early...

 and Yiannis Parios. Eight of her personal albums released between 1977 and 2003 have surpassed 1,5 millions sales, the only Greek female singer to do so. The fact that most of the above mentioned albums have been of a different music style, produced with different composers and released between constant time periods demonstrates her unique and indisputable figure in contemporary Greek music.

She has lived in Athens

Athens

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 since 1958, when she and her family moved there from Thebes

Thebes, Greece

Thebes is a city in Greece, situated to the north of the Cithaeron range, which divides Boeotia from Attica, and on the southern edge of the Boeotian plain. It played an important role in Greek myth, as the site of the stories of Cadmus, Oedipus, Dionysus and others...

. Her grandmother's family migrated to Thebes in 1924 from Seydiköy

Gaziemir

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, İzmir

Izmir

Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...

.

Biography

Haris Alexiou appeared in the Greek musical scene in the early 1970s. Her charismatic voice, combined with a unique way of performing and a strong scenic presence, very soon led her to the top. Today she is still at the top, always working hard, always seeking new ways of expression and always giving prestige and value to the contemporary light and popular Greek music. She has worked with the most important Greek songwriters, has performed at the greatest musical theatres in all five continents and has received several important awards.

She has had over thirty of her own albums recorded, has participated in albums of other artists, either renowned or young and promising, being always open to new ways in music.

1970s

The first important step in her career was her participation with George Dalaras

George Dalaras

George Dalaras , also possibly spelled as Yorgos or Giorgos Dalaras, is a Greek singer. He is of international fame and has recently been selected as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. He was born in Nea Kokinia, Piraeus. His father was Loukas Daralas, a singer of rebetiko.-Early...

 in the album "Mikra Asia" ("Asia Minor") written by Apostolos Kaldaras and Pythagoras (Pythagoras Papastamatiou

Pythagoras Papastamatiou

Pythagoras Papastamatiou , mainly known by the mononym Pythagoras, was a Greek lyricist and playwright.- Biography :He was born in 1930 in Agrinio where he lived until he became 18 years old. His family was descended from Samos. His parents met each other in Smyrna , shortly before the Asia Minor...

) in 1972. A historic album, the biggest hit of the '70s and rightfully included in "Minos-EMI's 100 Greatest Hits of the Century."

In 1973, Alexiou participates in the albums Kalimera ilie (Good Morning, Sun) by Manos Loizos

Manos Loïzos

Manos Loïzos was considered to be one of the most important Greek music composers of the 20th century.-Biography:...

 and Lefteris Papadopoulos

Lefteris Papadopoulos

Lefteris Papadopoulos is a Greek lyricist, writer and journalist.Lefteris Papadopoulos was born in Athens, Greece on 14 November 1935. He is the son of Greek refugees from the Asia Minor and Russia. He enrolled at the Law School of the University of Athens but he stopped during the third year in...

, Byzantinos Esperinos (Byzantine Vesper) by Apostolos Kaldaras and Lefteris Papadopoulos and Odos Aristotelous (Aristotelous Street) by Yannis Spanos and Lefteris Papadopoulos

Lefteris Papadopoulos

Lefteris Papadopoulos is a Greek lyricist, writer and journalist.Lefteris Papadopoulos was born in Athens, Greece on 14 November 1935. He is the son of Greek refugees from the Asia Minor and Russia. He enrolled at the Law School of the University of Athens but he stopped during the third year in...

. Meeting Manos Loizos

Manos Loïzos

Manos Loïzos was considered to be one of the most important Greek music composers of the 20th century.-Biography:...

 was the beginning of a lifelong friendship and a prolific cooperation.

In 1975, her first personal album 12 'Laika' Songs was released. One of the songs, "Dimitroula", originally sung in the 1930s' by Roza Eskenazi

Roza Eskenazi

Roza Eskenazi was a famous Jewish-Greek singer of rebetiko and Greek folk music born in Constantinople , whose recording and stage career extended from the late 1920s into the 1970s....

, has become an all-time standard. In the same year, she appears in "boites" in Plaka

Plaka

Pláka is the old historical neighborhood of Athens, clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the Acropolis, and incorporating labyrinthine streets and neoclassical architecture. Plaka is built on top of the residential areas of the ancient town of Athens...

, imposing a new way of presenting songs, completely different from the conventional big nightclubs. It is the first year after the fall of the military junta, a time for the political songs and the revival of "rebetika" songs, and Alexiou sings traditional songs, ballads, modern songs, folk songs and rebetika.

For many years she collaborated with George Dalaras

George Dalaras

George Dalaras , also possibly spelled as Yorgos or Giorgos Dalaras, is a Greek singer. He is of international fame and has recently been selected as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. He was born in Nea Kokinia, Piraeus. His father was Loukas Daralas, a singer of rebetiko.-Early...

, Dimitra Galani, Vasilis Papakonstantinou

Vasilis Papakonstantinou

Vasilis Papakonstantinou is a Greek singer known mostly for his work in Greek rock. Most of his songs have gained considerable popularity, mainly in Greece and Cyprus.- Early life :...

 and Yiannis Parios. Her concerts in stadiums and theatres, with songs written by Manos Loizos

Manos Loïzos

Manos Loïzos was considered to be one of the most important Greek music composers of the 20th century.-Biography:...

, Lefteris Papadopoulos

Lefteris Papadopoulos

Lefteris Papadopoulos is a Greek lyricist, writer and journalist.Lefteris Papadopoulos was born in Athens, Greece on 14 November 1935. He is the son of Greek refugees from the Asia Minor and Russia. He enrolled at the Law School of the University of Athens but he stopped during the third year in...

, Nikolopoulos

Nikolopoulos

Nikolopoulos is a Greek surname. The female version of the name is Nikolopoulou. Notable examples include:*Alexandros Nikolopoulos, Greek weightlifter*Christos Nikolopoulos, Greek songwriter...

, Spanos, Theodorakis, Stavros Kouyioumtzis and others, were extremely successful. Her popularity reached its peak and since then, she is "Haroula of Greece".

In 1979, the album Ta tragoudia tis Haroulas (Haroula's Songs) was released. Manos Loizos

Manos Loïzos

Manos Loïzos was considered to be one of the most important Greek music composers of the 20th century.-Biography:...

 had written the music and the lyrics were written by Manolis Rassoulis and Pythagoras (Pythagoras Papastamatiou

Pythagoras Papastamatiou

Pythagoras Papastamatiou , mainly known by the mononym Pythagoras, was a Greek lyricist and playwright.- Biography :He was born in 1930 in Agrinio where he lived until he became 18 years old. His family was descended from Samos. His parents met each other in Smyrna , shortly before the Asia Minor...

). From this album, "o Fantaros" ("The Soldier") immediately becomes a big hit, while "Ola se thymizoun" ("All Things Remind Me of You") is considered one the most beautiful Greek ballads of all time.

1980s

The 1980s start with two enormous hits: "Fevgo" ("I'm Leaving") and "Ximeroni" ("The Day Breaks").
Songs of Yesterday, her album with Dimitra Galani includes ballads which fascinate the public. At the same time she records traditional and folk songs, rebetika and laika, and gives concerts both in Greece and abroad.

In 1983 she records is the album Tsilika, a collector's item, with old rebetika songs written between 1900 and 1935.

1986 is the year of her first collaboration with composer Thanos Mikroutsikos

Thanos Mikroutsikos

Athanasios Mikroutsikos was born in Patras, Greece and is one of the leading composers of popular and classical music in his home country. He studied music theory and piano at the Patras Philharmonic Society and at the Greek Conservatory and continued under Yiannis A. Papaioannou...

. The album is I Agapi ine zali (Dizzy with Love) with lyrics by Alkis Alkeos, Nikos Kavadias, Andreas Mikroutsikos

Andreas Mikroutsikos

Andreas Mikroutsikos is a composer, lyricist, singer and TV presenter. He is the brother of Thanos Mikroutsikos and is considered to be Greece's "reality king". His top hits were "the kiklopaki " or "oso girizei i gi "...

 and Babis Tsikliropoulos The title song becomes an enormous hit. "Eleni" and "Erotikon" from the same album, are also extremely successful. The same year Haroula conquers the French public appearing in "Théâtre de la Ville", getting dithyrambic reviews from the French press. After that, she gives concerts in Cyprus

Cyprus

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, Tunisia, Germany and many towns all over Greece.

In 1987, world-famous Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis

Manos Hadjidakis

Manos Hatzidakis was a Greek composer and theorist of the Greek music. He was also one of the main prime movers of the "Éntekhno" song ....

 invites her to appear in his club "Sirius" with the "Unpredictable Songs". He directs her and later he goes to the recording studio with her. In the summer of this year, she sings in Hadjidakis's concerts in many Greek towns.

In 1988 she works with "Fatme" a group of young and talented artists. She also works with Paolo Conte

Paolo Conte

Paolo Conte is an Italian singer, pianist, composer, and lawyer notable for his grainy, resonant voice, his colourful and dreamy compositions and his wistful, sometimes melancholic...

, a well-known Italian singer ang songwriter. They appear together at the Palace Theatre of Athens. She has two of his songs recorded with Greek lyrics by Lina Nikolakopoulou

Lina Nikolakopoulou

Evangelia Nikolakopoulou is widely recognised as one of the foremost lyricists in Greece. She was born in Methana at June 30, 1958 and she studied social and political sciences at the Panteion University in Athens. This is where she met the composer Stamatis Kraounakis, who is the man that she...

.

In 1989, "The Show in on". It is the musical show which she presents for two years, together with Dimitra Galani and Yiannis Parios, in Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

 and Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...

. An album with the same title resulted from this work.

1990s

1990 begins with her second collaboration with Thanos Mikroutsikos. The album is entitled This Cologne Lingers on for Years with lyrics by Lina Nikolakopoulou

Lina Nikolakopoulou

Evangelia Nikolakopoulou is widely recognised as one of the foremost lyricists in Greece. She was born in Methana at June 30, 1958 and she studied social and political sciences at the Panteion University in Athens. This is where she met the composer Stamatis Kraounakis, who is the man that she...

. In October of the same year, she participates in the most important concert of the decade in Peace and Friendship Stadium of Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

. In this festive concert, called "Our Own Night", all the big names of the Greek show business are present. Yiannis Parios, Thanos Mikroutsikos

Thanos Mikroutsikos

Athanasios Mikroutsikos was born in Patras, Greece and is one of the leading composers of popular and classical music in his home country. He studied music theory and piano at the Patras Philharmonic Society and at the Greek Conservatory and continued under Yiannis A. Papaioannou...

, Dimitra Galani, Chris Nikolopoulos, Alkistis Protopsalti

Alkistis Protopsalti

Alkistis Protopsalti , born as Alkistis Sevasti Attikuzel ) is a Greek singer.- Early life :Alkistis Protopsalti was born in 18 October 1954 in Alexandria, Egypt by Egyptiot parents....

, George Sarris, George Zambetas, Lakis Lazopoulos

Lakis Lazopoulos

Lakis Lazopoulos is a Greek playwright, actor and songwriter. His birth name is Apostolos Lazopoulos , Lakis being a diminutive. Lazopoulos was ranked 83rd by the public in Skai TV's Great Greeks in 2009...

 and the legendary Melina Merkouri.

In 1991 she appears in Attikon Theatre of Athens with a special show called In Three Acts. In the first act she sings songs by Hadjidakis, Loizos, Mikroutsikos and Brecht-Weill. In the second act she hosts certain groups of modern Greek music and presents songs written by herself. The third act is a medley with her hits, old and new. She then presents this show in the State Theatre of Northern Greece, which for the first time accepted a Greek singer in its stage.
With her concerts, sets new standards for musical shows, using state-of-the-art sound and light equipment and impressive decors.
In autumn 1991, together with Costas Hadjis, presents a show directed by Mauro Bolognini

Mauro Bolognini

Mauro Bolognini was an Italian film director of literate sensibility, known for masterful handling of period subject matter.-Biography:Mauro Bolognini was born in Pistoia, Tuscany....

 at Rex Theatre in Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

 and Radio City in Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...

. Alexiou Sings Hadjis is the album that follows.

In 1992 she starts her cooperation with Polygram

PolyGram

PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:...

, successfully presenting a new style in her songs. The album Di' efchon (L'orale)with music by Nikos Antypas and lyrics by Lina Nikolakopoulou

Lina Nikolakopoulou

Evangelia Nikolakopoulou is widely recognised as one of the foremost lyricists in Greece. She was born in Methana at June 30, 1958 and she studied social and political sciences at the Panteion University in Athens. This is where she met the composer Stamatis Kraounakis, who is the man that she...

 comes as something quite fresh in the Greek discography, giving a new thrust to Haroula's already long career.

In 1993 the above album is released in Japan, Belgium, France and Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

 by Polygram International. The French TV channel "MCM International" films and shows her concert at Lycabetus Theatre. The same year she travels around the world with concerts in Cyprus

Cyprus

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, the U.S.A., Canada, Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, several European countries, finishing in Paris at the Mogador Theatre.

In 1994 her album Hey! is released with music by Nikos Antypas and lyrics by Lefteris Papadopoulos and Aris Davarakis.
The summer of the same year, she appears in Odeon of Herodes Atticus

Odeon of Herodes Atticus

The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a stone theatre structure located on the south slope of the Acropolis of Athens. It was built in 161 AD by Herodes Atticus in memory of his wife, Aspasia Annia Regilla...

 with a show directed by Mauro Bolognini

Mauro Bolognini

Mauro Bolognini was an Italian film director of literate sensibility, known for masterful handling of period subject matter.-Biography:Mauro Bolognini was born in Pistoia, Tuscany....

. In October, it's her first and extremely successful appearance in Japan.

In 1995, the album 88 Nefelis Street is released. The songs of this album are all written by herself. For this album, in April 1995, at the Palais de Congress in Paris, she receives the "Prix Adami", an award given every year by Académie Charles Cros to distinguished artists.
The same year, she opens Studio Nefeli where she presents her new songs, creating a new "Cafe Theatre" atmosphere. Dimitri Papajoannou is the director of the show.

In 1996, she writes then lyric for "Nefeli's Tango" on Loreena McKennit's music. This song along with other live recordings from her concerts around the world, is included in the album Around the World '92-'96. "Nefeli's Tango", for several months is one of the ten top songs of World Music in Europe.

In summer 1997, responding to the invitation of Olympic Games

Olympic Games

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 Committee "Athens 2004", she gives a concert at Pnyka Hill very close to Acropolis

Acropolis

Acropolis means "high city" in Greek, literally city on the extremity and is usually translated into English as Citadel . For purposes of defense, early people naturally chose elevated ground to build a new settlement, frequently a hill with precipitous sides...

. Such is the success of this concert, so she has to repeat it twice at the same location.

1998 is the year of The Game of Love, her second album with songs written only by herself. The recording took place at the Studio Guillaume Tell in Paris with Greek and foreign musicians.
The same year, she tours North and South America with Nikos Papazoglou

Nikos Papazoglou

Nikolaos Papazoglou was a Thessaloniki-born Greek singer-songwriter, musician and producer....

. In December she appears in Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

 at Diogenis Studio which is reconstructed in order to meet the demands of the show she presented with Chris Nikolopoulos. The show is directed by Dimitri Papajoannoy again.

In October 1999, she sings along with Turkish famous lady singer Sezen Aksu

Sezen Aksu

Sezen Aksu is a Turkish pop music singer, song-writer and producer who sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her nicknames include the "Queen of Turkish Pop" and Minik Serçe ....

, both in Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

 and Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

, for the victims of the earthquakes which afflicted the two countries that year, under the auspice of the Ministry of Culture. This cooperation is repeated in summer 2000 in Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

 and İzmir

Izmir

Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...

.

2000 -

In September 2000, the album Whispers is released. It includes her favourite songs performed by her and a piano only. In October, she presents these songs in Music Palace of Athens and in the ancient Epidaurus

Epidaurus

Epidaurus was a small city in ancient Greece, at the Saronic Gulf. Two modern towns bear the name Epidavros : Palaia Epidavros and Nea Epidavros. Since 2010 they belong to the new municipality of Epidavros, part of the peripheral unit of Argolis...

 Odeon accompanied by a small musical ensemble.
The same year, she founds her own record company, "Estia", in order to produce all her future ventures in discography. In December, the first album is released entitled Strange Light. In this album she meets again songwriters with whom she has successfully worked in the past. Strange Light becomes Lumiere Etrange and is released all over Europe by Universal-France. At the same time, Haroula tours Europe giving concerts at the most prestigious theatres, conquering both audiences and critics. Her tour ends with a triumphal appearance at Theatre Olympia in Paris.

2002 is another creative year for Haroula. She appears on the Keramikos Music Hall, this time singing more "laika" songs. In this show, Lavrentis Macheritsas and other younger artists participate. The result is the album "Keramikos Live".

In 2003 the album To the end of your heaven went four times platinum and WORLD MUSIC AWARDS, one of the most significant institutions of the international music industry, presented Haris Alexiou with the award for The Best-Selling Greek Artist for the season 2003-2004 (2004 World Music Awards

2004 World Music Awards

The 16th Annual World Music Awards was held on September 15, 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, outside of Monaco for the first time. Awards are given based on worldwide sales figures for that year.-2004 Act:*World's Best Male Artist: Usher...

).

2004, the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

 are held in Athens.
Haris Alexiou, sings at the closing ceremony, along with D. Galani, Marinella, Y. Parios, G. Dalaras.
In October 2004, the retrospective compilation album titled Anthology was released. This double CD is composed of 38 songs from her previous albums and of two new ones. Alexiou herself selected the included songs, not only choosing the most popular ones, but also bearing in mind the significance of each song for herself.

In April 2005, remastered and repackaged editions of her 16 albums under the banner of Minos EMI

Minos EMI

Minos EMI is the domestic trade name of EMI Music Greece, a record company in Greece. It is the Greek record label division of the British-based, multinational EMI Group....

 were released. The albums were reprinted, digitally remastered, and the new editions were meticulously designed (including the lyrics, many informative texts and original photos from the time of the first release).

In 2006, Haris Alexiou is back with Sour cherry and bitter orange, an album depicting the traditional aspects of contemporary music. Thodoris Papadopoulos, Smaro Papadopoulou and Makis Seviloglou wrote the music and the lyrics, suggesting a return to our roots. An album that, despite its unusual content, managed to go platinum, just a few months after it was released, receiving people's recognition and love.
During the summer she made a series of special appearances.
Along with Dimitra Galani, she gave two concerts dedicated to Sofia Vembo

Sofia Vembo

Sofia Vembo was a leading Greek singer and actress active from the interwar period to the early postwar years and the 50s. She became best known for her performance of patriotic songs during the Greco-Italian War, when she was dubbed the "Songstress of Victory".Her real name was Efi Bebo...

 at Odeon of Herodes Atticus

Odeon of Herodes Atticus

The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a stone theatre structure located on the south slope of the Acropolis of Athens. It was built in 161 AD by Herodes Atticus in memory of his wife, Aspasia Annia Regilla...

, an event organized by Athens Festival.
She gave four sold-out concerts along with Sokratis Malamas

Sokratis Malamas

Sokratis Malamas is a Greek singer and songwriter.One of the great songwriters of his generation with a very personal and identifiable musical style in his narrative songs....

 and Alkinoos Ioannidis

Alkinoos Ioannidis

Alkinoos Ioannidis is a Greek-Cypriot composer, lyricist, singer and orchestrator.He was born in Nicosia on 19 September 1969. His artistic family, with a painter father and poet brother was a source of inspiration for him. He first wanted to study drums, but couldn't due to the lack of a drum...

, celebrating "Melodia" radio station's 25 years of broadcasting, at Lycabettus theatre in Athens

Athens

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 and at "Palais des sports" in Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...

. These concerts were recorded and a double CD and DVD edition will be released in March 2007.
At the end of 2006 Haris Alexiou undertook a major tour around Europe, giving a series of concerts and promoting the international release of her album, "Anthology".

In early 2007, she appeared at the Athens Concert Hallfor in five concerts directed by Panos Papadopoulos. The songs were orchestrated by Kostas Papadoukas and the orchestra conducted by Alexandros Myrat.
Alexiou gave three concerts under the title "Everything reminds me of you", dedicated to Manos Loizos, at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus

Odeon of Herodes Atticus

The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a stone theatre structure located on the south slope of the Acropolis of Athens. It was built in 161 AD by Herodes Atticus in memory of his wife, Aspasia Annia Regilla...

 in June 2007, participating in the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of his birth. The concerts were directed by Panos Papadopoulos Nikos Portokaloglou, the songs were arranged by Kostas Papadoukas, and the lighting was designed by Andreas Sinanos. The group "Triphonon" appeared along with her on stage. Two more concerts were given at Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...

, followed by a summer tour around Greece and Cyprus

Cyprus

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 along with the "Triphonon", dedicated to the great composer. On October 22, the album Haris Alexiou - A tribute to Manos Loizos was released, containing the live recording and video-taping of the concerts given at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus the previous June during the Athens Festival. Nikos Portokaloglou and the group "Triphonon" also appear on the album. The album was released in both a double CD and a double CD-DVD packaging by Estia recordings.

From Greece to Australia, from Russia to Africa, from America to Japan, Haris Alexiou travels around and shows the world the feeling of the Greek song. She firmly believes that the Greek song, through its poets and composers, made her love and better understand the history and the culture of her country.

Collaborations

• 1972: Mikra Asia (by Apostolos Kaldaras, with George Dalaras
  George Dalaras
  George Dalaras , also possibly spelled as Yorgos or Giorgos Dalaras, is a Greek singer. He is of international fame and has recently been selected as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. He was born in Nea Kokinia, Piraeus. His father was Loukas Daralas, a singer of rebetiko.-Early...
  
  )
• 1973: Byzantinos Esperinos (by Apostolos Kaldaras, with George Dalaras)
• 1974: Prodomenos Laos (by Mikis Theodorakis
  Mikis Theodorakis
  Mikis Theodorakis is one of the most renowned Greek songwriters and composers. Internationally, he is probably best known for his songs and for his scores for the films Zorba the Greek , Z , and Serpico .Politically, he identified with the left until the late 1980s; in 1989, he ran as an...
  
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• 1974: Kalimera Ilie (by Manos Loizos
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• 1974: Gia Rembetes Kai Gia Filous (by Apostolos Kaldaras)
• 1974: Odos Aristotelous (by Giannis Spanos)

Personal

• 1975: 12 Laika Tragoudia
• 1976: Haris Alexiou 2
• 1976: Laikes Kyriakes
• 1977: 24 Tragoudia
• 1979: Ta Tragoudia Tis Haroulas
• 1980: Ksimeronei
• 1981: Ta Tragoudia Tis Htesinis Meras
• 1981: Ta Tragoudia Tis Yis Mou
• 1982: I Zoi Mou Kyklous Kanei
• 1983: Ta Tsilika
• 1984: Emfilios Erotas
• 1986: I Agapi Einai Zali
• 1986: A Paris
• 1987: I Haris Alexiou Se Aprovlepta Tragoudia
• 1988: I Nihta Thelei Erota
• 1990: Krataei Hronia Afti I Kolonia
• 1990: I Diki Mas Nihta
• 1991: I Alexiou Tragoudaei Hatzi
• 1992: Di'Efhon
• 1994: Ei
• 1995: Odos Nefelis '88
• 1996: Gyrizontas Ton Kosmo
• 1997: Ena Fili Tou Kosmou
• 1997: Gyrizontas Ton Kosmo Kai Ena Fili Tou Kosmou
• 1998: To Paihnidi Tis Agapis
• 2000: Parakseno Fos
• 2000: Psythyri
• 2002: Cine Kerameikos
• 2003: Os Tin Akri Tou Ouranou Sou
• 2004: Anthologio
• 2006: Vissino Kai Nerantzi
• 2006: Gyrizontas Ton Kosmo Kai Ena Fili Tou Kosmou (Special Edition)
• 2007: Alexiou - Malamas - Ioannidis
• 2007: Afieroma Sto Mano Loizo
• 2009: I Agapi Tha Se Vri Opou Kai Na'sai

In the below table, the personal albums certified gold or platinum, in descending order by sales. The reeditions' sales are not included.

Album Title	Y/Μ	Label			Gold/Plat	Sales
Gyrizontas Ton Kosmo, Live '92-'96
Os Tin Akri Tou Ouranou Sou
Gyrizontas Ton Kosmo Kai Ena Fili Tou Kosmou, Live '92-'97
Di'Efhon
I Agapi Einai Zali
Ta Tragoudia Tis Htesinis Meras
Ta Tragoudia Tis Haroulas
24 Tragoudia
Odos Nefelis '88
Anthologio
Ena Fili Tou Kosmou
I Haris Alexiou Se Aprovlepta Tragoudia
I Nihta Thelei Erota
To Paihnidi Tis Agapis
Vissino Kai Nerantzi
Krataei Hronia Afti I Kolonia
Emfilios Erotas
I Zoi Mou Kyklous Kanei
Ksimeronei
Laikes Kyriakes
Haris Alexiou 2
12 Laika Tragoudia
Afieroma Sto Mano Loizo
Alexiou-Malamas-Ioannidis Lykabettus Live
Psythyri
Ei
Cine Kerameikos
Parakseno Fos
Dos mou mia mera/I diki mou kseni

Vinyl 45's

• 1970: Otan pini mia gineka

A-side: "Otan pini mia gineka", H. Alexiou (H. Vasiliades, Pythagoras)

B-side: "Periexomeno den exeis", Mpampis Tsetinis-Pitsa Papadopoulou (H. Vasiliades, Pythagoras)

• 1971: To parasinthima (Apostolos Kaldaras)

A-side: "To parasinthima", Haris Alexiou (Apostolos Kaldaras)

B-side: "Oi dyo zitianoi", Yannis Parios (Ap. Kaldaras, G. Samoladas)

• 1971: Tous antres tha katarasto

A-side: "Tous antres tha katarasto", Haris Alexiou (G. Hadjinasios, N. Gabriilides)

B-side: "Thaho tis grillies anoiktes", Haris Alexiou (G. Hadjinasios, N. Gabriilides)

• 1971: Irthe i agapi

A-side: "Irthe i agapi (Efige i agapi)", Haris Alexiou-Tolis Voskopoulos (T. Voskopoulos, E. Lymperopoulos)

B-side: "Pali monaxo to paidi", Haris Alexiou (T. Voskopoulos, E. Lymperopoulos)

• 1972: Hasapiko 40

A-side: "Hasapiko 40", Haris Alexiou (M.Hadjidakis, N. Gatsos)

B-side: "Agapi mesa stin kardia", Haris Alexiou (M.Hadjidakis, N. Gatsos)

• 1972: Den yparxei eftyxia

A-side: "Hasapiko 40", Haris Alexiou (M.Hadjidakis, N. Gatsos) [same as above]

B-side: "Den yparxei eftyxia" Litsa Diamanti (G. Katsaros, Pythagoras)

• 1972: Mais

A-side: "Mais", Haris Alexiou (G. Metsikas, M. Fakinos)

B-side: "Tosa kai tosa ximeromata" Haris Alexiou (G. Metsikas, M. Fakinos)

• 1972: O marmaromenos vasilias, from the LP Mikra Asia

A-side: "O marmaromenos vasilias", Haris Alexiou (Ap. Kaldaras, Pythagoras)

B-side: "Mes stou Vosporou ta stena", [George Dalaras] (Ap. Kaldaras, Pythagoras)

• 1973: Maria me ta kitrina from the LP O, ti kosmos mpampa!

A-side: "Maria me ta kitrina", Haris Alexiou (V. Dimitriou)

B-side: "Aspra, kokkina, kitrina, mple", Haris Alexiou (D. Moutsis, G. Logothetis)

• 1973: San louloudi tsakismeno

A-side: "San louloudi tsakismeno", Haris Alexiou (S. Kougioumtzis, K. Athanasiou)

B-side: "Efyge to treno gia tin dysi", Haris Alexiou (S. Kougioumtzis, K. Athanasiou)

• 1973: Paei paei manoula mou

A-side: "Paei paei manoula mou", Haris Alexiou (T. Soukas, Pythagoras)

B-side: "To prosklitirio", Haris Alexiou (T. Soukas, Pythagoras)

• 1973: Kampana tou esperinou, from the LP Vyzantinos Esperinos

A-side: "Kampana tou esperinou", Haris Alexiou (A. Kaldaras, L. Papadopoulos)

B-side: "Kai na ‘mouna to palikari", George Dalaras (T. Soukas, Pythagoras)

• 1974: Ti talaiporia, from the LP Aspro Mavro

A-side: "Ti talaiporia", Haris Alexiou (G. Hadjinasios, S. Tsotou)

B-side: "Kai na ‘mouna to palikari", Yannis Parios (G. Hadjinasios, S. Tsotou)

• 1974: Poios to kserei, from the LP Kalimera ilie

A-side: "Poios to kserei", Haris Alexiou (Manos Loizos)

B-side: "Kalimera ilie", Kostas Smokovitis and Aleka Aliberti (Manos Loizos)

• 1975: Na kseres file…

A-side: "Na kseres file", Haris Alexiou (Nasos Nakas)

B-side: "Stis rizes t’ ouranou", Yannis Parios (Nasos Nakas)

• 1975: Dimitroula mou, from the LP 12 Laika tragoudia

A-side: "Dimitroula mou", Haris Alexiou (old folk song)

B-side: "Pos to lene", Haris Alexiou (H. Vasiliades, Pythagoras)

• 1976: Elenitsa, from the LP Haris Alexiou 2

A-side: "Elenitsa", Haris Alexiou (old folk song)

B-side: "Tsachpin", Haris Alexiou (old folk song)

• 1976: Erinaki, from the LP Haris Alexiou 2

A-side: "Erinaki", Haris Alexiou (old folk song)

B-side: "O doctor", Haris Alexiou (old folk song)

• 1976: I garsona, from the LP Haris Alexiou 2

A-side: "I garsona", Haris Alexiou (old folk song)

B-side: "Ela pare me", Haris Alexiou (G. Sarris, L. Papadopoulos)

• 1977: Esenane tha dialega, from the LP Laikes Kyriakes

A-side: "Esenane tha dialega", Haris Alexiou (S. Kougioumtzis, L. Papadopoulos)

B-side: "Treis i ora nychta", Haris Alexiou (S. Kougioumtzis, M. Eleftheriou)

• 1977: Matia mou matia mou, from the LP Laikes Kyriakes

A-side: "Matia mou matia mou", Haris Alexiou (S. Kougioumtzis, L. Papadopoulos)

B-side: "Ta mavra koroideveis", Haris Alexiou (S. Kougioumtzis, M. Eleftheriou)

• 1981: O fantaros (juke box 45" inch single)

A-side: "O fantaros", Haris Alexiou (M. Loizos, M. Rasoulis), from the LP Ta tragoudia tis Haroulas

B-side: "Ksimeronei", Haris Alexiou (A. Vardis, H. Alexiou), from the LP Ksimeronei

• 1982: Omorfe mou kosme

A-side: "Omorfe mou kosme", Haris Alexiou (Nasos Nakas-Nanopoulos)

B-side: "Parapono", Haris Alexiou (Nasos Nakas-Nanopoulos)

• 1985: Kokkino Garifallo, from the Yannis Parios’ LP Ego ki esy

A-side: "Kokkino garyfallo", Yannis Parios and Haris Alexiou (Nikos Ignatiadis)

B-side: "Lovely mandolin [Kokkino garifallo]", Yannis Parios and Haris Alexiou (Nikos Ignatiadis, S. Fassois)

• 1985: Gia ta paidia

A-side: "Gia ta paidia", Haris Alexiou, Bessy Argiraki, Anna Vissi, Tolis Voskopoulos e.t.c. (A. Papadimitriou, Ph. Nikolaou)

B-side: " Gia ta paidia [Instrumental]", Haris Alexiou, Bessy Argiraki, Anna Vissi, Tolis Voskopoulos e.t.c. (A. Papadimitriou, Ph. Nikolaou)

• 1986: Mplexan oi grammes mas, from the Fatmé's LP Vgainoume ap’ to tunnel

A-side: "Mplexan oi grammes mas", Fatmé feat. Haris Alexiou (Nikos Portokaloglou)

B-side: "Pote tha se varetho", Fatmé (Nikos Portokaloglou)

• 1990: Mia pista apo fosforo

A-side: "Dimitroula mou [1990 cover]", Haris Alexiou (old folk song)

B-side: "Mia pista apo fosforo", Haris Alexiou (Th. Mikroutsikos, L. Nikolakopoulou), from the LP Krataei xronia afti i kolonia

• 1992: Magissa, from the LP Di’ Efhon (promo single)

A-side: "Magissa", Haris Alexiou (N. Antypas, L. Nikolakopoulou)

B-side: "Di’ Efhon", Haris Alexiou (N. Antypas, L. Nikolakopoulou)

• 1992: Na ziso i na pethano, from the LP Di’ Efhon (promo single)

A-side: "Na ziso i na pethano [Extended New Version]", Haris Alexiou (N. Antypas, L. Nikolakopoulou)

B-side: " I sinavlia", Haris Alexiou (N. Antypas, L. Nikolakopoulou)

• 1994: Ei, from the LP Ei! (promo single)

A-side: "Ei", Haris Alexiou (N. Antypas, L. Papadopoulos)

B-side: "S’ Ehasa", Haris Alexiou (N. Antypas, L. Papadopoulos)

• 1995: Oi filoi mou, from the LP Odos Nefelis ’88

A-side: "Oi filoi mou", Haris Alexiou (Haris Alexiou)

B-side: "Minoraki", Haris Alexiou (Haris Alexiou)

Concerts & TV Shows Videos

• 1975, TV show: Video of Haris Alexiou singing her song "Dimitroula mou" (Αlbum "12 laika tragoudia", 1975) at the TV show of G.Papastefanou on ERT TV in the middle 70s
• 1979, TV show: Video of Haris Alexiou singing her song "Hathika" (Αlbum "24 ke 1 tragoudia", 1977) on a ERT TV show, produced at the house of Mikis Theodorakis in 1979
• 1983, Athens: Video of Haris Alexiou singing 3 Kazantzidis' songs at her concert in 1983
• 1984, Athens: Video of Haris Alexiou singing the old song "Mia melahrini" at her live collaboration with Giorgos Dalaras in 1984
• 1987, TV show: Video of Haris Alexiou singing her song "Erotiko" (Αlbum "I agapi ine zali", 1986) on a ERT-TV show in 1987
• 1987, TV show: Video of Haris Alexiou singing her song "I agapi ine zali" (Αlbum "I agapi ine zali", 1986) with the album composer Thanos Mikroutsikos on a ERT-TV show in 1987
• 1987, Patras: Video of Haris Alexiou singing 4 songs of the composers Hadjidakis, Kaldaras, Loizos, Mikroutsikos at her concert in 1987
• 1990, Athens: Video of Haris Alexiou singing the song "O Fantaros" (Αlbum "Ta tragoudia tis Haroulas", 1979) at her concert in 1990
• 1991, Israel: Video of Haris Alexiou singing the song "Mia ine i ousia" (Αlbum "Emfilios erotas", 1984) at her concert in 1991
• 1992-96: Video of Haris Alexiou singing the french song "Ne me quitte pas" (Αlbum "Girizontas ton kosmo 92-96", 1996) at her live touring during 1992-96

Video clips

• Video clip-like of the song "Ola se thimizoun" (Αlbum "Ta tragoudia tis Haroulas", 1979) and a tribute to the album composer Manos Loizos
• Video clip of the song "Di'Efhon" (Αlbum "Di'Efhon", 1992)
• Video clip of the song "Na ziso i na pethano (Flamenco)" (Αlbum "Di'Efhon", 1992)
• Video clip of the song "Panselinos" (Αlbum "Odos Nefelis'88", 1995)
• Video clip of the song "To tango tis Nefelis (Tango to Evora)" (Αlbum "Girizontas ton kosmo 92-96", 1996)
• Video clip of the song "Theos an ine" (Αlbum "Girizontas ton kosmo 92-96", 1996)

Film Shows Videos

• 1972: Haris Alexiou singing the song "dio kaimi (itan t'oniro mikro)" (Film "O agnostos ekinis tis nihtas", 1972) in 1972

External links

• Official website www.alexiou.gr
• Haris Alexiou Community Forum www.alexiou-forum.gr