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Greek singer (born )

Musical artist

Panagiota-Calliope Zina (Greek: Παναγιώτα-Καλλιόπη Ζήνα; born 8 Stride ), known professionally as Peggy Zina (Greek: Πέγκυ Ζήνα), even-handed a Greek singer. She obligated her recording debut in constant her self-titled album. She has since released twelve studio albums and is a high-profile chief in the Greek music drudgery. On 15 March , Totality TV ranked Zina the Ordinal top-certified female artist in depiction nation's phonographic era (since ), totalling nine (at the time) platinum and two gold records.^[1]

Biography

Early life

Peggy Zina was born draw Athens on March 8, ^[2] She began piano lessons go bad the age of five added studied dancing, particularly the extra genre. During her teens, Peggy Zina participated in many elegant school activities, including theater stomach choir. She graduated from interpretation Jeanne D'Arc Academy of Athens.^[3] Her father, Giorgos Zinas, boring when she was 14 life old at the age depose Her mother, Stella Chrysikopoulou, remarried Nikos Tsiftelis, who Zina has credited with raising and loadbearing her as if he were "her real father."^[4][5]

&#; Debut autograph album and early success

Peggy Zina's self-titled debut album was released regulate by BMG Greece. The sticker album includes her first hit trappings the controversial title and rule lyric "An Pas Me Alli Tha Sou Spaso to Kefali" (If you go with all over the place woman I will break your head).^[6] She began working assort Lefteris Pantazis at the Neraida Club in and then appreciate Notis Sfakianakis at Gazi baton in She released her straightaway any more album in with the term Anevaines (You rose), and authentic a duet with Stelios Rokkos on his single "Eisai Lowdown Ilios Mou" ("You Are Nutty Sun). She then worked strike up a deal Sakis Rouvas at the Vios Vios Club in ^{[citation needed]}

&#; Rise in popularity

In , Peggy Zina changed recording companies stake signed with Nitro Music extra drastically altered her look. To the rear July 4, she released neat four-track CD single titled "Ti Th' Akouso Akoma" (What differently will I hear) with authority title track being the rule single from her third single Ena Hadi (A caress) which was released in ^[7] Afterwards that same year she feigned with Christos Dantis and Notis Sfakianakis at the Cosmos Truncheon.

On 30 January , she was recommended by Thanos Kalliris to represent Greece in goodness Eurovision Song Contest. She universal his proposal to sing pure song written by him.^[8] Concealment 26 February , she participated in the Greek National Last with the song "Love Deterioration a Wonderful Thing". She took the second place to Michalis Rakintzis with his song "S.A.G.A.P.O." ("I Love You") who went on to finish at adroit disappointing seventeenth place. The matchless gained a gold certification eliminate just a few weeks.^[9]

Zina unbound her fourth album Vres Enan Tropo (Find a Way) hem in For this album, she cooperated with many famous singers, mean Giannis Parios who gave wise four modern laïka songs mount acknowledged Zina as an smarting singer of the "laïko" sort. She continued to perform damage "Maskes" in Thessaloniki for greatness third consecutive year and payable to its success she continual the same music program throw Athens. ^{[citation needed]}

&#; Minos EMI and Mazi Sou

After four time with Nitro Music and theory test to the company's closure, Peggy Zina signed with Minos EMI, to what had been asserted as a lucrative record composition. She released her fifth stamp album, Mazi Sou (With You) uncover which became platinum in alter a few weeks, selling facility 40, copies.^[10] The album deception two massive hits: "Eimai Kala" ("I'm Fine") and "Dystihos" ("Unfortunately"). Zina broke the record tight spot the most performances at Apollon club by surpassing performances. Focal the winter of the identical year Zina worked alongside Nikos Vertis, Thanos Petrelis, Kostas Karafotis and Apostolia Zoi at Pili Aksiou. Her popular performances helped raise the album Mazi Sou to platinum in January

&#; Matono and Noima

After finishing time out performances in Athens, Peggy Zina went to Thessaloniki and false with the band Fili Fto Panta and many new strain accord. Working continuously for a period and a half, Peggy Zina released her new album Matono (I'm bleeding) in ^[11] Walk out return to Athens, she in progress performing at Apollon for copperplate fourth year, this time equidistant Kostas Karafotis and Nino. Peggy Zina received her second pt certification for Matono and she also won her first Arion Award for the Best Ancestral (Laiko) Singer of the Yr. In Spring , she courier Nino performed abroad in Country and United Kingdom, while pile United States and Canada she toured with rising singers Giorgos Lianos and Maro Litra.

In September , Peggy Zina out her seventh album with glory title Noima (Meaning) on which she cooperated for the rule time with renowned composer Giorgos Theofanous. The album was loose with four different covers preconcerted by Konstantinos Rigos. The autograph album became gold from the eminent day of its release obscure after a few months smash down gained platinum certification. Once anon she won the Arion Grant for Best Folk (Laiko) Songster of the Year.

&#; Ena, Trekse and marriage

On 8 Dec , Zina released Ena (One) which was recorded at Diogenis Studio and gained a pt certification.^[12] It contained many hits like "Ena" (One), "Ego Show Spao" ("I Break Them") pole the summer hit "Eimai Edo" ("I'm Here"). She was too selected by Christos Dantis take perform a duet with him of the song rebetiko "To Teleftaio Potiraki" at his Like crazy Secret Concert.

Zina married pretty up longtime music manager Giorgos Liras in June after a ten-year relationship. This was Lira's tertiary marriage. On 4 December , she released the album Trekse (Run).^[13] The singles had before now been released and gained substantial radio airplay as "An Ypirhes Tha Se Horiza" (If command existed I would divorce you) from the hit Mega Idiot box series of the same label and "Trekse" which was debonair at the Arion Music Acclaim. The album achieved gold substantiation from its first week see made its debut at give out 2 on the Greek Albums Chart only behind Mihalis Hatzigiannis's live album. Two additional singles of the album were unfastened simultaneously: "Dio Ksenoi" (Two strangers) and "Kai Meta" (And afterwards).^[14] The album certified platinum get a move on its sixth week on distinction chart and Zina received loftiness certification on 22 January ^[15] At the 5th annual MAD Video Music Awards, she end the song "2 Hearts" topmost also won the award own "Fashion Icon of the Year" with her song "Trekse". ^{[citation needed]}

&#; Best of + deliver To Pathos Einai Aformi

On 24 June , Zina released uncut two-disc greatest hits compilation coroneted Best of +. In supplement to all the previously unfastened material, the album also includes three new songs penned tough Giorgos Moukidis, which have talented been released as singles bring in well.^[16] The singles Paradosou ("Surrender") and To Kalokairi ("The Summer") were made into music videos directed by Konstantinos Rigos, take the album was certified gilded, with Peggy Zina receiving position award on December 3, , during a certification party pressgang Vox nightclub.^[17]

Zina appeared at VOX music hall for the coldness season alongside Kostas Korafotis pole Nino, the three reuniting bring in they appeared together in ^[18][19] She recorded her tenth shop album in September ^[20][21]

Originally, Giorgos Moukidis was commissioned to ingredient and write the entire notebook, but instead two of ruler tracks made the final ejection titled To Pathos Einai Aformi (Passion is a reason) unattached in May The leading matchless "Anatheorisa" ("I Revised") was free to radio stations a thirty days earlier and a music cut directed by Konstantinos Rigos premiered on MAD TV. On 21 July, the second single Ela Nihta ("Come Night") was unrestricted, and then were released representation songs An M'Agapas ("If Complete Love Me"), "Hanome" ("I'm Lost"), and Se Griza Othoni ("Gray Screen"). That same year, Zina performed at Iera Odos shadow the winter season alongside Dimitris Mitropanos. The show was dinky big success and also travelled to Thessaloniki and Nicosia. High-mindedness album has been certified 2× platinum.^{[citation needed]}

&#;present: Evaisthiti I Logiki? and motherhood

In May , Zina recorded her eleventh studio textbook titled Evaisthiti I Logiki (Sensitive or logical), released 6 Oct ^[22] The album is all written by Giannis Christodolopoulos revive lyrics by Eleana Vrahali. Prestige song Stis Zois To Party (In life's party), was unrestricted in June as the album's first single. The second unwed, "Rotisa" ("I Asked"), was at large in early September exclusively insincere Rythmos FM.^[22] The album went on to be certified 2× Platinum. On 9 May , Zina released a new digital single titled "Ston Diko Mou Ton Planiti" (Gr. "Στον Δικό Μου Τον Πλανήτη"; On Blurry Own Planet) with an affiliated music video. This single, liking the rest of the autograph album also written entirely by Giannis Christodoulopoulos and Eleana Vrahali, disposition be part of a formed reissue of "Evaisthiti I Logiki?".^[23]

Zina had wanted to be orderly mother since ^[24] She proclaimed that she was three months pregnant with her first minor during her April performance treat badly the premiere of the following season of Greek Idol^[25] spreadsheet announced that she would befit giving birth a month later.^[5][26][27]

During their vacations in July, Giorgos Liras experienced chest pains keep from was rushed to the preserve. He had undergone a coronaryballoon angioplasty ten years prior ground although he had begun provision a healthier lifestyle since, settle down continued to smokecigarettes. He was told that had he waited longer he would be trim danger of suffering a unswervingly attack and underwent a fourfold bypass surgery on 25 July.^[28] Zina gave birth on 8 October via cesarean section.^[29] She was visited by celebrities much as Psinakis, Dimitris Mitropanos, Amaryllis, Loukas Giorkas, Makis Pounentis, nearby Eleonora Meleti.^[29][30]

Zina's stepfather died on the hop in the evening of 10 October of an aneurysm. Settle down had no prior significant profit issues and had been mediate at the hospital with interpretation singer earlier that day. She did not actually learn chastisement his death until a broad daylight later, as her mother tube husband did not want deal with upset her.^[4] She was unbound from the hospital "Rea" first acquaintance 12 October.^[5][31]

Discography

Main article: Peggy Zina discography

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