Eleni Foureira at MAD VMA - "I want to dedicate my award to all women"

The MAD VMAs have started and are celebrating 20 years since the music institution started.

Favourite artists arrived at the Tae Kwon Do Indoor Stadium in Faliro to receive their awards and present their successes to the public.

Among them was Eleni Foureira, who was awarded the "Best Pop Singer" for 2023.

Taking to the stage to receive her award, the singer welcomed her first child into the world not long ago and said: "I'm more excited since I became a mother. I dedicate it to all women."

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Eleni Foureira began her music career in 2007 as a member of the Greek girl group Mystique, pursuing a solo career after the group disbanded in 2009. She released five studio albums since.

She signed a solo contract with Universal Music Greece and released her self-titled debut album in 2010. She later signed with Minos EMI, and went on to release her second and third studio albums Ti Poniro Mou Zitas and Anemos Agapis in 2012 and 2014, respectively. Both albums were well-received in Greece and Cyprus.

Foureira left Minos EMI in 2015, and signed with Panik Records. Her fourth studio album Vasilissa was released in December 2017.

After being rejected several times in her efforts to represent Greece, Foureira represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Fuego". She was one of three ethnically Albanian competitors. On 8 May 2018, she qualified from the first semi-final to the grand final, where she finished second with 436 points, thereby achieving Cyprus' best Eurovision result to date.

In 2019, Foureira released the EP Gypsy Woman, followed in 2020 by the release of singles "Yayo", "Temperatura" and "Light It Up". In 2021, she hosted the Greek talent show House of Fame - La Academia at Skai TV.

Afterwards, she collaborated with Greek rapper MadClip on the song "Mporei", which became one of the biggest hits of the year in Greece. The song "Aeraki (To Thiliko)" followed with similar success. On June 3, 2022, Eleni released her fifth studio album called “Poli_Ploki”.

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