Glykeria Kotsoula, known professionally as Glykeria, was born in 1953 in Agio Pnevma, Serres, Greece. She began her career in 1974 performing in Athens' Plaka music boites and released her debut album Îην ÎÎ¬Î½ÎµÎ¹Ï ÎνειÏα (1978) under Lyra Music. In the early 1980s, Glykeria gained momentum with her solo album Τα ΣμÏ
Ïναίικα, featuring traditional songs from Smyrna. Her breakthrough came in 1982 when she represented Greece at the Europalia '82 festival in Brussels. The following year, her live album Îε Τη ÎλÏ
κεÏία ΣÏην ÎμοÏÏη ÎÏÏÏα broke musical sales records in Greece. In 1985, she released the double-disk album ΤÏαγοÏδι ÎιÏθημαÏικÏ, which included hits like "Magisses" and "Pentohiliara". Her international career took off with successful concerts in Israel, where she was proclaimed the most popular foreign singer and awarded the golden key of Jerusalem in 1994.
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