Haris Alexiou appeared in the Greek musical scene in the early '70s. Her charismatic voice, combined with a unique way of performing and a strong scenic presence, very soon led her to the top. Today she is still at the top, always working hard, always seeking new ways of expression and always giving prestige and value to the contemporary light and popular Greek music. She has worked with the most important Greek songwriters, has performed at the greatest musical theatres in all five continents and has received several important awards.
She has had over thirty her own albums recorded, has participated in albums of other artits, either renowned or young and promising, being always open to new ways in music.
From Greece to Australia, from Russia to Africa, from America to Japan, Haris Alexiou travels around and shows the world the feeling of the Greek song. She firmly believes that the Greek song, through its poets and composers, made her to love and better understand the history and the culture of her country.

During the April and March of 2015, Haris Alexiou concluded a big european tour with performances in Stuttgart, Rotterdam, Brussels, Uppsala, Cologne, Zurich, Nuremberg, Munich, Berlin and Frankfurt.
In October 2014, her album "Dreams Become Again" was released by Heaven, with lyrics by N. Moraitis and music by Rous, Stathis Drogossis, Vassilis Gabriilides and Andriana BaBali, as well as a song of her own titled "Who loves me still".
In July, Haris Alexiou performed at the concert organized by the radio station "Sto Kokkino" and the organization "Solidarity for all", in solidarity with the struggle of the cleaners of Ministry of Finance, in Syntagma square.
During the summer of 2014, Haris Alexiou along with Tania Tsanaklidou and the band Nouveau Sextet toured in many cities of Greece.
In February 2014, Haris Alexiou meets with Tania Tsanaklidou at “Anodos Live Stage” in Athens for a show called “Sing to me, I want to hear you". Nouveau Sextet and friends” appear along them.

In July, she presents, along with the “Nouveau Sextet”, the show “Two Worlds in my soul” at Herodes Atticus Odeon and embarks on a big summer tour throughout Greece and Cyprus.

In June 2013, she collaborates with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Israel on two concerts at the revamped Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv; the great success of these concerts led to another appearance the same year in November.

In April 2013, Haris Alexiou, along with a new musical band, the «Nouveau Sextet» (consisting of top Greek soloists), gives a series of performances at «Gazarte» in Athens and at «LOVE Casual Living» in Thessaloniki; a show with a fascinating ethnic-jazz sound, adored by the audience and highly appraised by the press.

In December 2012, the album “I Tripla (The Driple)” is released containing 14 unpublished songs of Manolis Rasoulis and music written by, Vasso Alagianni, Petros Vagiopoulos, Christos Nikolopoulos, Orpheas Peridis, Leon Y. Poliker and Haris Alexiou.

In January 2012,  Haris Alexiou and Dimitra Galani give a series of concerts attended by more than 140,000 people, first in Athens (“Pallace” theatre) and Thessaloniki (Thessaloniki Concert Hall) and then during a summer tour throughout Greece and Cyprus.

The live recording of those concerts was released on a double CD by EMI in June 2012. The final concert of this tour was held at the historic “Olympia” theatre in Paris in October 2012.

In July 2012, Haris Alexiou gives a special unplugged performance at the Festival of Sète (“Voix Vives, de méditerranée en méditerranée”) in France.

In May 2011. Haris Alexiou receives the European award “Una Vita per la Musica-Giglio d’Oro” in Florence ,Italy by “Fondazione Premillion Galileo 2000” for her contribution to music. In May-June, she gives performances in ten European cities and in the most important theatres in Helsinki (Finlandia Hall), Vienna (Konzerthaus), Munich, Stuttgart, Zurich, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Brussels, Paris (Olympia), and The Hague.  At the same time her last album “Love Will Find You Wherever You May Be” is released in Germany, France, and Turkey.

In October 2011, a unique 100th birth anniversary tribute to Nino Rota, under the title "Haris Alexiou in Nino Rota's Cinema" is presented at the “Hellenic Cosmos” Cultural Centre for limited performances. Haris Alexiou sings Nino Rota, accompanied by the 60-member Contemporary Music Orchestra of ERT. In November, she revisits Australia after 17 years. The 3 concerts she gives in Adelaide, in Melbourne and in Sydney are a huge success.

In 2010, she gives performances at one of the most famous and important theatres of Athens. Haris Alexiou performed at the "Palace" theatre and more than 40.000 spectators attended her 26 concerts. A month later she gives 8 performances at Thessaloniki Concert Hall for more than 15.000 spectators.In May 2010, one of the main streets of Gaziemir, a district of Izmir/Turkey, was named after Haris Alexiou, whose ancestors came from the city. The street naming ceremony, hosted by the mayor of Gaziemir himself, was a real honour for a greek artist in Turkey.

In 2009, a special concert was organized at Herodes Atticus Odeon on September, to support the purposes of the organization "Together for children".Haris Alexiou begins her big summer tour under the title "To the beats of the heart" in 2009. This is the first time in years for Haris Alexiou to appear alone on stage, with her musicians, in a series of concerts based on her whole repertoire. Among the numerous concerts, a special one was organised at Herodes Atticus' Odeon on September 3, to support the purposes of the organisation "Together for Children".

In November 2009, after many months of studio work, Haris Alexiou presents her new album "Love will find you wherever you may be". She has included both songs composed by herself as well as collaborations with significant greek and foreign composers, such as the acclaimed Academy Award winner argentinian composer Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla, known for his score for the film "Motorcycle Diaries", Bruno Coulais and Fragione Philippe from France, Dirk Michaelis from Germany, Manolis Famellos, Panagiotis Tsevas and Mihalis Toubouros.

Haris Alexiou gives the biggest concert of her recent career at Kallimarmaron Stadium on June 28, 2008; the conert was attended by over 20,000 spectators. This retrospective concert opened her summer tour around Greece and abroad. Babis Stokas and Andrianna Babali performed along with her on stage.
From the 26th of February till the 3rd of March 2007, she will be appearing at "the Athens Concert Hall" for five unique concerts, directed by Panos Papadopoulos. The songs will be orchestrated by Kostas Papadoukas and the big orchestra conducted by Alexandros Myrat.
Haris Alexiou gave three concerts under the title "Everything reminds me of you", dedicated to Manos Loizos, at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus on the 13th, 14th and 15th of June 2007, participating in the celebrations for the 70th anniversary from his birth. Nikos Portokaloglou and the group "Triphonon" appeared along with her on stage, in those unique concerts directed by Panos Papadopoulos. The songs were arranged by Kostas Papadoukas and the lighting was designed by Andreas Sinanos. Two more concerts were given at Thessaloniki, followed by a summer tour around Greece and Cyprus along with the "Triphonon", dedicated to the great composer.
On October 22, the album "Haris Alexiou - A tribute to Manos Loizos" was released, containing the live recording and video-taping of the concerts given at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus the previous June during the Athens Festival. Nikos Portokaloglou and the group "Triphonon" also appear on the album. The album was released in both a double cd and a double cd   dvd packaging by Estia recordings.

In 2006 Haris Alexiou is back with "Sour cherry and bitter orange", an album depicting the traditional aspects of contemporary music. Thodoris Papadopoulos, Smaro Papadopoulou and Makis Seviloglou wrote the music and the lyrics, suggesting a return to our roots. An album that, despite its unusual content, managed to go platinum, just a few months after it was released, receiving people's recognition and love.

During the summer she made a series of special appearances.

Along with Dimitra Galani, she gave two concerts dedicated to Sofia Vembo at Herodion, an event organized by Athens Festival.

She gave four sold-out concerts along with Sokratis Malamas and Alkinoos Ioannidis, celebrating "Melodia" radio station's 25 years of broadcasting, at Lycabettus theatre in Athens and at "Palais des sports" in Thessaloniki. These concerts were recorded and a double CD and DVD edition will be released in March 2007.

At the end of 2006 Haris Alexiou undertook a major tour around Europe, giving a series of concerts and promoting the international release of her album, "Anthology".

In April 2005 remastered and repackaged editions of her 16 albums under the banner of MINOS EMI were released.  The albums were reprinted, digitally remastered, and the new editions were meticulously designed (including the lyrics, many informative texts and original photos from the time of the first release).
2004, the Olympic Games are held in Athens.

Haris Alexiou, sings at the closing ceremony, along with D. Galani, Marinella, Y. Parios, G. Dalaras.

In October 2004, the retrospective compilation album titled "Anthology" was released.  This double CD is comprised of 38 songs from her previous albums and of two new ones. Alexiou herself selected the included songs, not only choosing the most popular ones, but also bearing in mind the significance of each song for herself.

In 2003 the album "To the end of your heaven" went four times platinum and WORLD MUSIC AWARDS, one of the most significant institutions of the international music industry, presented Haris Alexiou with the award for The Best Selling Greek Artist for the season 2003-2004.

2002 is another creative year for Haroula. She appears on the Keramikos Music Hall, this time singing more "laika" songs. In this show, Lavrentis Macheritsas and other younger artists participate. The result is the album "Keramikos Live".

In September 2000, the album "Whispers is released. It includes her favourite songs performed by her and a piano only. In October, she presents these songs in Music Palace of Athens and in the ancient Epidaurus Odeon accompanied by a small musical ensemble.
The same year, she founds her own record company, "Estia", in order to produce all her future ventures in discography. In December, the first album is released entitled "Strange Light". In this album she meets again songwriters with whom she has successfully worked in the past. "Strange Light" becomes "Lumiere Etrange" and is released all over Europe by Universal-France. At the same time, Haroula tours Europe giving concerts at the most prestigious theatres, conquering both audiences and critics. Her tour ends with a triumphal appearance at Theatre Olympia in Paris.

In October 1999, she sings along with Turkish famous lady singer Sezen Aksu, both in Athens and Istanbul, for the victims of the earthquakes which afflicted the two countries that year, under the auspice of the Ministry of Culture. This cooperation is repeated in summer 2000 in Istanbul and Izmir.

1998 is the year of "The Game of Love", her second album with songs written only by herself. The recording took place at the Studio Guillaume Tell in Paris with Greek and foreign musicians.
The same year, she tours Northern and South America with Nikos Papazoglou. In December she appears in Athens at Diogenis Studio which is reconstructed in order to meet the demands of the show she presented with Chris Nikolopoulos. The show is is directed by Dimitri Papajoannou again.

In summer 1997, responding to the invitation of Olympic Games Committee "Athens 2004", she gives a concert at Pnyka Hill very close to Acropolis. Such is the success of this concert, so she has to repeat it twice at the same location.

In 1996, she writes then lyric for "Nefeli's Tango" on Loreena McKennit's music. This song along with other live recordings from her concerts around the world, is included in the album "Around the World '92-'96". "Nefeli's Tango", for several months is one of the ten top songs of World Music in Europe.

In 1995, the album "88 Nefelis Street" is released. The songs of this album are all written by herself. For this album, in April 1995, at the Palais de Congress in Paris, she receives the "Prix Adami", an award given every Year by Charles Cross Academy to distinguished artists.

The same year, she opens Studio Nefeli where she presents her new songs, creating a new "Cafe Theatre" atmosphere. Dimitri Papajoannou is the director of the show.

In 1994 her album "Hey!" is released with music by Nikos Antypas and lyrics by Lefteris Papadopoulos and Aris Davarakis.

The summer of the same year, she appears in Herod Atticus Odeon with a show directed by Mauro Bolognini. In October, it's her first and extremely successful appearance in Japan.

In 1993 the above album is released in Japan, Belgium, France and Israel by Polygram Intenational. The French TV channel "MCM International" films and shows her concert at Lycabetus Theatre. The same year she travels around the world with concerts in Cyprus, USA, Canada, Israel, several European countries, finishing in Paris at the Mogador Theatre.

In 1992 she starts her cooperation with Polygram, successfully presenting a new style in her songs. The album"Di' efchon"( "L'orale" )with music by Nikos Antypas and lyrics by Lina Nikolakopoulou comes as something quite fresh in the Greek discography, giving a new thrust to Haroula's already long career.

In 1991 she appears in Attikon Theatre of Athens with a special show Called "In Three Acts". In the first act she sings songs by Hadjidakis, Loizos, Mikroutsikos and Brecht-Weill. In the second act she hosts certain groups of modern Greek music and presents songs written by herself. The third act is a medley with her hits, old and new. She then presents this show in the State Theatre of Northern Greece, which for the first time accepted a Greek singer in its stage.

With her concerts, sets new standards for musical shows, using state of the art sound and light equipment and impressive decors.

In autumn 1991, together with Costas Hadjis, presents a show directed by Maouro Bolognini at Rex Theatre in Athens and Radio City in Thessaloniki. "Alexiou Sings Hadjis" is the album that follows.

1990 begins with her second cooperation with Thanos Mikroutsikos. The album is entitled "This Cologne Lingers on for Years" with lyrics by Lina Nikolakopoulou. In October of the same year, she participates in the most Important concert of the decade in Peace and Friendship Stadium of Athens. In this festive concert, called "Our Own Night", all the big names of the Greek show business are present. Yannis Parios, Thanos Mikroutsikos, Dimitra Galani, Chris Nikolopoulos. Alkistis Protopsalti, George Sarris, George Zambetas, Lakis Lazopoulos and the legendary Melina Merkouri.

In 1989, "The Show in on". It is the musical show which she presents for two years, together with Dimitra Galani and Yannis Parios, in Athens and Thessaloniki. An album with the same title resulted from this work.

In 1989, "The Show in on". It is the musical show which she presents for two years, together with Dimitra Galani and Yannis Parios, in Athens and Thessaloniki. An album with the same title resulted from this work.

In 1988 she works with "Fatme" a group of young and talented artists. She also works with Paolo Conte, well known Italian singer ang songwriter. They appear together at the Palace Theatre of Athens. She has two of his songs recorded with Greek lyrics by Lina Nikolakopoulou.

In 1987, world famous Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis invites her to appear in his club "Sirius" with the "Unpredictable Songs". He directs her and later he goes to the recording studio with her. The summer of this year, she sings in Hadjidakis' concerts in many Greek towns.

1986 is the year of her first cooperation with composer Thanos Mikroutsikos. The album is entitled "I Agapi ine zali" ("Dizzy with Love") with lyrics by Alkis Alkeos, Nikos Kavadias, Andreas Mikroutsikos and Babis Tsikliropoulos The title song becomes an enormous hit. "Eleni" and "Erotikon" from the same album, are also extremely successful. The same year Haroula conquers the French public appearing in "Theatre de la Ville", getting dithyrambic reviews from the French press. After that she gives concerts in Cyprus, Tunisia, Germany and many towns all over Greece.

1983 is the year of the album "Tsilika", a collector's item, with old rebetika songs written between 1900 and 1935.
The '80s start with two enormous hits: "Fevgo" ( "I'm Leaving") and "Ximeroni" ( "The Day Breaks").
"Songs of Yesterday", her album together with Dimitra Galani includes ballads which fascinate the public. At the same time she records traditional and folk songs, rebetika and laika, and gives concerts both in Greece and abroad.

In 1979, the album,"Ta tragoudia tis Haroulas"( "Haroula's Songs") is released. Manos Loizos had written the music and the lyrics were written by Manolis Rassoulis and Pythagoras. From this album,"o Fantaros" ( "The Soldier") immediately becomes a big hit, while " Ola se thymizoun"("All Things Remind Me of You") is considered one the most beautiful Greek ballads of all time.

In 1975, her first personal album "12 'Laika' Songs" is released. One of them, "Dimitroula" becomes an all time standard.
The same year, she appears in "boites" in Plaka, imposing a new way of presenting songs, completely different from the conventional big night clubs. It is the first year after the fall of the military junta, a time for the political songs and the revival of "rebetika" songs, and Haris Alexiou sings traditional songs, ballads, modern songs, folk songs and rebetika.
For long periods of time, she appears with George Dalaras, Dimitra Galani, Basilis Papakonstantinou and Yannis Parios. Her concerts in stadiums and theatres, with songs written by Loizos, Papadopoulos, Nikolopoulos, Spanos, Theodorakis, Kuyumdjis and others, are extremely successful. Her popularity reaches its peak. Since then, she is "Haroula of Greece".

In 1973 Haris participates in the albums "Kalimera ilie" ("Good Morning, Sun") by Manos Loizos and Lefteris Papadopoulos,"Byzantinos Esperinos" ( "Byzantine Vesper") by Apostolos Kaldaras and Lefteris Papadopoulos and Odos Aristotelous"("Aristotelous Street") by Yannis Spanos and Lefteris Papadopoulos. Meeting Manos Loizos was the beginning of a lifelong friendship and a prolific cooperation.
The first important step in her career was her participation with George Dalaras in the album "Mikra Asia" (Asia Minor") written by Apostolos Caldaras and Pythagoras in 1972. A historic album, the biggest hit of the '70s and rightfully included in "MINOS-EMI's 100 Greatest Hit of the Century".