Elena Paparizou

Elena Paparizou

Helena Paparizou (Swedish: [hɛˈlêːna papaˈrɪ̌tːsʊ, -ˈrǐːsʊ]; Greek: Έλενα Παπαρίζου, romanized: Élena Paparízou, pronounced [ˈelena papaˈrizu]; born 31 January 1982) is a Greek singer, songwriter and television personality. Born and raised in Sweden to Greek parents, she enrolled in various arts schools before launching a career in Sweden in 1999 as a member of the laïko (Greek folk music) and Eurodance duo Antique, who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 and afterwards became popular. Antique disbanded in 2003, and Paparizou signed a solo recording contract with Sony Music, releasing the chart-topping debut single "Anapandites Kliseis" and album Protereotita (2004), with emphasis on laïko, pop, and dance sounds, but at first had modest sales. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elena Paparizou has received more than 422,153 page views. Her biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Elena Paparizou is the 1,281st most popular singer (down from 1,103rd in 2019), the 716th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 615th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Swedish Singer.