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Date of Birth
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27-December-1950
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Place of Birth
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Thebes
(Greece, Boeotia)
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Nationality
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Greece
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Also know as
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Kharis Alexiou, ×Üñéò Ãëåîßïõ, Xaris Alexiou, ΧΑΡΙΣ ΑΛΕΞΙΟΥ, Több elõadó, Charis Alexiou, ΧαÏοÏλα Αλεξίου, Charoula Alexiou, Xaroula Aleksiou, Harikleia Roupaka, ΧαÏίκλεια Ρουπάκα, ΧαÏοÏλα Αλεξίου
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Profession
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Singer, Songwriter, Composer
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Haris Alexiou is a Greek 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 ranked Alexiou as the first top-certified female artist in Greece in the phonographic era, 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 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 also has respectable audience from Turkey and various her songs were sung in Turkish especially Ola Se Thimizoun as "Olmasa Mektubun" by Yeni Türkü, Erol Evgin, Müslüm Gürses, Sevda Karababa and Pilli Bebek; Teli Teli Teli as "Telli Telli", Pes Mou Pos Ginetai as "Maskeli Balo" by Yeni Türkü, Athena, Sagopa Kajmer and Ata Demirer; Mia Pista Apo Fosforo as "Her şeyi yak" by Sezen Aksu and as "Nefes Almak İstiyorum" by Yonca Evcimik; Krata Gia To Telos as "Sebahat Abla" by Müslüm Gürses; Dinata dinata as "Sarışınım" by Sezen Aksu and Gülşen.
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