The song won first prize. Her wins attracted interest from several international record companies. Mouskouri wound up signed a recording contract with the Paris-based Philips-Fontana axis. In , Mouskouri performed the soundtrack of a German documentary about Greece.
The song was originally adapted from a folk melody by Hadjidakis. It became an enormous hit, selling over a million copies in Germany. The song was later translated into several different languages and it went on to become one of Mouskouri's signature tunes. Mouskouri married Yorgos Petsilas in In , Mouskouri and Petsilas separated and she moved to Geneva, Switzerland. In , Mouskouri and Petsilas were officially divorced.
In , she met renowned American song producer Quincy Jones. In , she left Greece to live permanently in Paris, France. The song became an international hit, and helped win her the prestigious Grand Prix du Disque in France.
In , she recorded her second English-language album that was released in the United States entitled, Nana Sings. Jamaican-American Calypso musician Harry Belafonte heard and liked the album.
Belafonte brought Mouskouri on tour with him through During this tour, Belafonte told Mouskouri to remove her signature black-rimmed glasses when on stage. She was so unhappy with the request that she wanted to quit the show after only two days. Finally, Belafonte relented and respected her wishes to perform with her glasses. Her rendition of Guantanamera was very well received. Mouskouri made her first appearance at Paris' legendary Olympia concert theater in , with a repertoire blending French pop, Greek folk, and Hadjidakis numbers.
In , Mouskouri turned her attention to the British market and hosted a variety show called Nana and Guests. It became a smash hit that spent almost two years on the U. Mouskouri spent much of the s on the road which helped to broaden her worldwide popularity to levels. She also recorded a successful version of Habanera, from Bizet's opera Carmen. It became a success, selling over a million copies in Germany. Her popularity as a multilingual television personality and distinctive image, turned Mouskouri into an international star.
In , Mouskouri returned to Greece and performed to a large audience at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, her first performance in her homeland since Her first U. She went on to give a series of fund-raising concerts in Sweden and Belgium.
The couple divorced in Nana Mouskouri. Introduction and Early Life: The best-selling Greek vocal artist of all time, Nana Mouskouri has sold more than million records worldwide.
Personal Life: Nana Mouskouri has been married twice. The following year she performed his "Kapou Iparchi Agapi Mou" co-written with poet Nikos Gatsos at the inaugural Greek Song Festival; it won first prize, and Mouskouri 's high-profile performance began to make a name for her.
At the festival, she performed two more Hadjidakis compositions, "Timoria" and "Kiparissaki," which tied for first prize; not long after, she made her first appearance outside of Greece at the Mediterranean Song Festival, held in Barcelona.
She performed the Costa Yannidis composition "Xypna Agapi Mou," which again won first prize, and attracted interest from several international record companies. She wound up signing with the Paris-based Philips-Fontana axis. Adapted from a folk melody by Hadjidakis , it was an enormous hit, selling over a million copies in Germany; later translated into several different languages, it went on to become one of her signature tunes.
Also scoring with a version of "Guantanamera," she made her first headlining appearance at Paris' legendary Olympia concert theater that year, with a repertoire blending French pop, Greek folk, and Manos Hadjidakis numbers. Already maintaining a heavy international touring schedule in the late '60s, Mouskouri spent much of the '70s on the road, broadening her worldwide popularity to levels rarely equaled. Elsewhere, her album Sieben Schwarze Rosen was a significant success in Germany, and her English-language album Book of Songs sold millions of copies worldwide.
In , Mouskouri returned to Greece for her first live performance in her homeland since ; from then on, she would record Greek-language albums for her home market.
She released five albums in different languages in , and the following year returned to her classical conservatory roots with the double-LP The Classical Nana aka Nana Classique , which featured some of her favorite opera excerpts. Mouskouri 's English-language compilation Only Love: The Best of Nana Mouskouri became her best-selling release in the United States, which had long been the toughest market for her to crack.
She spent much of the '90s continuing her rigorous global touring schedule, while recording regularly in French, German, Spanish, English, and Greek.
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