Biography
Eleni Foureira, a Greek pop singer and dancer celebrated for her soaring, passionate vocals and thunderous electropop songs, entered the world in the Albanian city of Fier in 1987. Civil conflict in her homeland prompted her family to relocate to Greece during her early childhood. She grew up in Athens, where an early fascination with music and the arts took hold. While still in school she picked up the guitar, and in her teenage years she took a job at a local theater.
At age 20 she launched her recording career by joining the Greek pop/dance trio Mystique alongside Alkmini Chatzigianni and Maria Makri. Their first release, the 2007 single “Se Alli Selida,” appeared on the group’s sole album, Μazi, which Universal issued in 2008. That project also contained the follow-up “Min Kaneis Pos de Thymasai,” featuring Greek hip-hop outfit NEVMA. Mystique dissolved the next year, after which Foureira embarked on a solo path with Universal and delivered her self-titled debut LP in 2010.
She subsequently moved to the Athens-based Minos EMI, under whose banner she released her second album, Ti Poniro Mou Zitas, in 2012, and her third, Anemos Agapis, in 2014. After stepping away from music for a brief period, she remained active onstage, appearing in the Athens production of Barbarella: The 80s Musical between 2015 and 2016. Upon returning to recording she left Minos EMI and joined Panik Entertainment Group, which put out her fourth album, Vassilissa, in 2017.
Having previously sought several times to represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest, Foureira was ultimately chosen to compete for Cyprus in 2018. Her entry, the single “Fuego,” advanced from the semifinal to the grand final, where she placed second among the twenty-six entrants.
At age 20 she launched her recording career by joining the Greek pop/dance trio Mystique alongside Alkmini Chatzigianni and Maria Makri. Their first release, the 2007 single “Se Alli Selida,” appeared on the group’s sole album, Μazi, which Universal issued in 2008. That project also contained the follow-up “Min Kaneis Pos de Thymasai,” featuring Greek hip-hop outfit NEVMA. Mystique dissolved the next year, after which Foureira embarked on a solo path with Universal and delivered her self-titled debut LP in 2010.
She subsequently moved to the Athens-based Minos EMI, under whose banner she released her second album, Ti Poniro Mou Zitas, in 2012, and her third, Anemos Agapis, in 2014. After stepping away from music for a brief period, she remained active onstage, appearing in the Athens production of Barbarella: The 80s Musical between 2015 and 2016. Upon returning to recording she left Minos EMI and joined Panik Entertainment Group, which put out her fourth album, Vassilissa, in 2017.
Having previously sought several times to represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest, Foureira was ultimately chosen to compete for Cyprus in 2018. Her entry, the single “Fuego,” advanced from the semifinal to the grand final, where she placed second among the twenty-six entrants.
Albums
Singles
