1. Elli Kokkinou is among the most popular singers in Greece today and has performed together with many notable Greek names of the music industry such as Anna Vissi, Glykeria, Paschalis Terzis, Sakis Rouvas, Tolis Voskopoulos, Thanos Petrelis, Natassa Theodoridou, Despina Vandi, Giorgos Tsalikis and Kalomoira.
Elli Kokkinou grew up in a family with a love of music.
From a young age, Elli Kokkinou showed interest in music and was part of the dance group at her school.
Elli Kokkinou's father encouraged her to listen to music, mostly jazz, while her mother encouraged her to listen to more mainstream music, such as disco.
Elli Kokkinou soon began classic guitar courses at the Attiko Conservatory, and after that, acoustic and electric guitar lessons for another three years.
Elli Kokkinou was very interested in sports and for six years before she finished school, she was on a water ski team.
In 1992, Elli Kokkinou moved to Los Angeles, CA where she studied for two years voice and piano at the Musicians Institute of Technology.
In 1996, Elli Kokkinou signed a contract with Sony Music Greece and in 1998 she released her first CD single titled Kapia Mera.
In 1999, Elli Kokkinou released her debut album titled Epikindyna Paihnidia.
Elli Kokkinou performed with Giorgos Mazonakis in the song "To Gucci Ton Masai" which made it into the Greek top ten.
Elli Kokkinou stated that Heaven Music had offered her to resign, which she decided not to do.
In November 2008, Elli Kokkinou released a song titled "Mi Ta Paratas" with music by Dimitris Kontopoulos, which was the title track to the Greek film "O Ilias Tou 16ou".
Elli Kokkinou recorded a track titled "Demenes" for the Barbie movie "I Barbie Kai To Diamantenio Kastro", releasing the video through her official Myspace page.
In June 2009 Elli Kokkinou started performing at club Romeo, marking the first time in a year that she was back on a stage.
In October 2009 Elli Kokkinou embarked on a North American tour, appearing in cities in the United States and Canada.
On 11 December 2009, Elli Kokkinou officially signed a five-year contract with Phoebus's new record label, The Spicy Effect, the very same day that Nino signed his.
On January 22,2010, Elli Kokkinou released a digital single titled "Ontos", which featured rapper Ypochthonios.
On 23 July 2010, Elli Kokkinou kicked off a summer tour across Greece and Cyprus with Despina Vandi.
On 26 October 2010, Alpha TV announced that Elli Kokkinou will be a judge for season 2 of reality singing competition Greek Idol, which started in February 2011.
In September 2012, after over 160,000 votes from around the world, Elli Kokkinou was awarded "Best Song in the Balkans from Republic of Greece for 2011" at the Balkan Music Awards for her song "Eroteftika".
On October 15,2012, Elli Kokkinou released a new single entitled "Kardia Apo Giali".
Elli Kokkinou became a stepmother to his three children from a previous marriage.