Eleftheria Arvanitaki (

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: Ελευθερία Αρβανιτάκη) (born 17 October 1957 in

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) is a

folk singer. She originates from the island of

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. Arvanitaki has worked with important musicians, such as

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. On 14 March 2010

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ranked her the sixth top-certified female artist in the nation's phonographic era (since 1960).''Chart Show: Your Countdown''.

. Airdate: March 14, 2010

Career

Arvanitaki started her singing career in 1980, by joining the group Opisthodromiki Kompania (''Οπισθοδρομική Κομπανία'', "Retrograde Company") and in 1981 she had her first guest appearance on a CD, by being featured in the album of Vangelis Germanos titled "Ta Barakia". She broke away from the group and started a solo career in 1984 with her album ''

Eleftheria Arvanitaki Eleftheria Arvanitaki (Greek: Ελευθερία Αρβανιτάκη) (born 17 October 1957 in Piraeus) is a Greek folk singer. She originates from the island of Icaria. Arvanitaki has worked with important musicians, such as Cesária Évora, A ...

''. In August 2004, she participated in the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics. She has performed in several

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and other festivals. In 2006 she took part in the Christmas concert "Frostroses" in Reykjavik, Iceland as a part of a group of singers named "European Divas". The other "divas" were

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(Norway),

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(Faroe Islands),

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(UK), Ragga Gisla (Iceland) and Patricia Bardon (Ireland). Thanks to her contract with

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label

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, her music has enjoyed international release and exposure to some extent. Verve has subsequently assigned her to the

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label,

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's European

arm, whose focus includes developing local European talent to an international calibre. Her recordings are all generally produced under her native signing with Universal Music Greece. She is a cousin of award-winning Greek Australian filmmaker

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