1. Haris Alexiou is one of the most popular singers in Greece.
24 Facts About Haris Alexiou
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Haris Alexiou has worked with important Greek songwriters and composers, has performed at top musical theatres all over the world, and has received several awards.
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Haris Alexiou has recorded over thirty albums and has been featured on albums of other musicians.
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Haris Alexiou is the highest selling Greek female artist and third overall, behind George Dalaras and Yiannis Parios.
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Haris Alexiou has lived in Athens since 1958, when she and her family moved there from Thebes.
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Haris Alexiou's name was given to a street in Gaziemir, in Izmir province, Turkey.
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Haris Alexiou has stated that she is of Arvanite origin on her father's side and of Anatolian Greek origin on her mother's side.
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Haris Alexiou appeared in the Greek music scene in the early 1970s.
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Haris Alexiou has worked with the most important Greek songwriters, has performed at the greatest musical theatres on all five continents and has received several important awards.
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Haris Alexiou has recorded over thirty albums, has participated in albums of other artists, either renowned or young and promising, being always open to new ways in music.
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In 1973, Haris Alexiou participated in the albums Kalimera ilie by Manos Loizos and Lefteris Papadopoulos, Byzantinos Esperinos by Apostolos Kaldaras and Lefteris Papadopoulos and Odos Aristotelous by Yannis Spanos and Lefteris Papadopoulos.
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Haris Alexiou's popularity reached its peak and since then, she has been "Haroula of Greece".
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Haris Alexiou directed her and later he went to the recording studio with her.
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Haris Alexiou worked with Paolo Conte, a well-known Italian singer and songwriter.
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Haris Alexiou recorded two of his songs with Greek lyrics by Lina Nikolakopoulou.
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Haris Alexiou then presented this show in the State Theatre of Northern Greece, which for the first time accepted a Greek singer on its stage.
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Haris Alexiou's tour ended with a triumphal appearance at the Theatre Olympia in Paris.
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Haris Alexiou appeared at the Keramikos Music Hall, this time singing more "laika" songs.
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Haris Alexiou, sang at the closing ceremony, along with D Galani, Marinella, Y Parios, G Dalaras.
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Haris Alexiou herself selected the included songs, not only choosing the most popular ones, but bearing in mind the significance of each song to her.
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In 2006, Haris Alexiou was back with Sour cherry and bitter orange, an album depicting the traditional aspects of contemporary music.
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Haris Alexiou gave four sold-out concerts along with Sokratis Malamas and Alkinoos Ioannidis, celebrating "Melodia" radio station's 25 years of broadcasting, at Lycabettus theatre in Athens and at the "Palais des sports" in Thessaloniki.
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Haris Alexiou gave three concerts under the title "Everything reminds me of you", dedicated to Manos Loizos, at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in June 2007, participating in the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of his birth.
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Haris Alexiou firmly believes that Greek songs, through their poets and composers, made her love and better understand the history and the culture of her country.