Skip to content
SingerBio

Artists from Greece

37 published artists from Greece, led by Vangelis, Nana Mouskouri and Demis Roussos.

At a glance

37 published artists from Greece; 508 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists0 tier 1 · 7 tier 2 · 30 tier 3
37
Release groups
1,519
Studio albums
634
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive
508
Timeline events
729
Average career spanfirst to last dated release
42.4 years
Full biographies
27
Biography words
77,152

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 1960s (8 artists).

Artists by debut decade
DecadeArtists
1930s1
1950s1
1960s8
1970s5
1980s2
1990s3
2000s4
2010s2
2020s1
10 artists have no dated release or formation year and are not plotted.

Genres in Greece

Top 8 genres by artist count. éntekhno is the most common, with 7 artists.

Covers from Greece

508 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

Leaders

Nana Mouskouri has the most release groups (297); Dimitri Mitropoulos the longest career (68 years); Mikis Theodorakis the most awards (16).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artistrelease groups
Nana Mouskouri297
Mikis Theodorakis223
Demis Roussos183
Vangelis160
Giorgos Dalaras107

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artistyears
Dimitri Mitropoulos68
Mikis Theodorakis65
Nana Mouskouri64
Georges Moustaki63
Roza Eskenazi63

Most decorated

Most decorated, by number of awards
Artistawards
Mikis Theodorakis16
Vangelis10
Nana Mouskouri9
Iannis Xenakis4
Georges Aperghis3

Other countries with éntekhno artists, and the browse view for Greece.

éntekhno in other countries

No other countries share this genre.

Browse

Most famous artists from Greece

More from Greece

Showing 1–25 of 25 artists

Spiro Samara

Spiro Samara

Greece · Person · born 1861

opera

25 wikis · Tier 3

Pavlos Fyssas

Pavlos Fyssas

Greece · Person · born 1979

hip-hop

21 wikis · Tier 3

Manolis Kalomiris

Greece · Person · born 1883

classical music

21 wikis · Tier 3

Glykeria

Glykeria

Greece · Person · born 1953

laïko, Rebetiko, Greek folk music

20 wikis · Tier 3

Roza Eskenazi

Roza Eskenazi

Greece · Person · born 1895

laïko, Rebetiko

19 wikis · Tier 3

Mariza Koch

Mariza Koch

Greece · Person · born 1944

traditional folk music

15 wikis · Tier 3

Georges Aperghis

Georges Aperghis

Greece · Person · born 1945

opera

14 wikis · Tier 3

Jani Christou

Jani Christou

Greece · Person · born 1926

13 wikis · Tier 3

Emilios Riadis

Emilios Riadis

Greece · Person · born 1880

12 wikis · Tier 3

Suicidal Angels

Suicidal Angels

Greece · Group · 2001–present

thrash metal

11 wikis · Tier 3

Theodoros Antoniou

Greece · Person · born 1935

classical music

10 wikis · Tier 3

Spiridon Xyndas

Spiridon Xyndas

Greece · Person · born 1812

opera

10 wikis · Tier 3

Lavrentis Machairitsas

Lavrentis Machairitsas

Greece · Person · born 1956

rock music, éntekhno

8 wikis · Tier 3

Vasilis Papakonstantinou

Vasilis Papakonstantinou

Greece · Person · born 1950

éntekhno, Greek rock

8 wikis · Tier 3

Angélique Ionatos

Angélique Ionatos

Greece · Person · born 1954

8 wikis · Tier 3

Locomondo

Locomondo

Greece · Group · 2004–present

ska

7 wikis · Tier 3

Jean Tatlian

Jean Tatlian

Greece · Person · born 1943

chanson, estrada

7 wikis · Tier 3

Chronis Aidonidis

Chronis Aidonidis

Greece · Person · born 1928

folk music, éntekhno, Byzantine music

5 wikis · Tier 3

Domna Samiou

Domna Samiou

Greece · Person · born 1928

Greek folk music

5 wikis · Tier 3

Nikolaos Lavdas

Greece · Person · born 1879

4 wikis · Tier 3

Yeorjia Spiropoulos

Yeorjia Spiropoulos

Greece · Person · born 1965

4 wikis · Tier 3

Bio-Cancer

Greece · Group · 2010–present

thrash metal

4 wikis · Tier 3

Andriana Babali

Andriana Babali

Greece · Person · born 1976

indie pop

4 wikis · Tier 3

George Perris

George Perris

Greece · Person · born 1983

jazz pop, éntekhno

4 wikis · Tier 3

Marika Papagika

Greece · Person · born 1890

3 wikis · Tier 3

See Greece sorted by monthly listeners →