Panagiota-Calliope Zina, known professionally as Peggy Zina, is a Greek singer.
33 Facts About Peggy Zina
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Peggy Zina made her recording debut in 1995 with her self-titled album.
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Peggy Zina has since released twelve studio albums and is a high-profile artist in the Greek music industry.
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Peggy Zina began piano lessons at the age of five and studied dancing, particularly the jazz genre.
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Peggy Zina graduated from the Jeanne D'Arc Academy of Athens.
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Peggy Zina's self-titled debut album was released in 1995 by BMG Greece.
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Peggy Zina began working with Lefteris Pantazis at the Neraida Club in 1995 and then with Notis Sfakianakis at Gazi club in 1996.
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Peggy Zina released her second album in 1998 with the title Anevaines, and recorded a duet with Stelios Rokkos on his single "Eisai O Ilios Mou".
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Peggy Zina then worked with Sakis Rouvas at the Vios Vios Club in 1999.
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In 2000, Peggy Zina changed recording companies and signed with Nitro Music and drastically altered her look.
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Peggy Zina accepted his proposal to sing a song written by him.
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Peggy Zina released her fourth album Vres Enan Tropo in 2002.
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Peggy Zina continued to perform at "Maskes" in Thessaloniki for the third consecutive year and due to its success she repeated the same music program in Athens.
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Peggy Zina released her fifth album, Mazi Sou in 2003 which became platinum in just a few weeks, selling over 40,000 copies.
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Peggy Zina broke the record for the most performances at Apollon club by surpassing 100 performances.
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Peggy Zina received her second platinum certification for Matono and she won her first Arion Award for the Best Folk Singer of the Year.
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In September 2005, Peggy Zina released her seventh album with the title Noima on which she cooperated for the first time with renowned composer Giorgos Theofanous.
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On 8 December 2006, Peggy Zina released Ena which was recorded at Diogenis Studio and gained a platinum certification.
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Peggy Zina was selected by Christos Dantis to perform a duet with him of the song rebetiko "To Teleftaio Potiraki" at his MAD Secret Concert.
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Peggy Zina married her longtime music manager Giorgos Liras in June 2007 after a ten-year relationship.
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The album certified platinum in its sixth week on the chart and Peggy Zina received the certification on 22 January 2008.
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On 24 June 2008, Peggy Zina released a two-disc greatest hits compilation titled Best of +.
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The singles Paradosou and To Kalokairi were made into music videos directed by Konstantinos Rigos, and the album was certified gold, with Peggy Zina receiving the award on December 3,2008, during a certification party at Vox nightclub.
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Peggy Zina appeared at VOX music hall for the winter season alongside Kostas Korafotis and Nino, the three reuniting as they appeared together in 2004.
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Peggy Zina recorded her tenth studio album in September 2008.
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That same year, Peggy Zina performed at Iera Odos for the winter season alongside Dimitris Mitropanos.
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In May 2010, Peggy Zina recorded her eleventh studio album titled Evaisthiti.
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Peggy Zina announced that she was three months pregnant with her first child during her April 2011 performance on the premiere of the second season of Greek Idol and announced that she would be giving birth a month later.
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Peggy Zina had undergone a coronary balloon angioplasty ten years prior and although he had begun living a healthier lifestyle since, he continued to smoke cigarettes.
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Peggy Zina gave birth on 8 October 2011 via cesarean section.
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Peggy Zina was visited by celebrities such as Psinakis, Dimitris Mitropanos, Amaryllis, Loukas Giorkas, Makis Pounentis, and Eleonora Meleti.
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Peggy Zina had no prior significant health issues and had been present at the hospital with the singer earlier that day.
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Peggy Zina did not actually learn of his death until a day later, as her mother and husband did not want to upset her.