Peggy Zina

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Peggy Zina
Background information
Birth name	Peggy Zina Kalliopi
Born	1975-03-08 Athens, Greece
Genre(s)	Modern laika, pop, dance
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, actress
Years active	2000-present
Label(s)	MINOS-EMI
Website	www.peggyzina.com

Peggy Zina Kalliopi (Πέγκυ Ζήνα Καλλιόπη, more commonly known as simply Peggy Zina) born in Athens, Greece on 1975-03-08. She began singing at the age of 5 and began performing publicly while still in school. It was then that she consequently spent the majority of her free time singing before various crowds in the Athens area.

At the same time, Peggy enrolled in dance and performance classes and appeared in a series of plays at her school. Though she was experiencing a certain amount of fame in Athens, Peggy eventually decided to take her to go on the road. She quickly found herself in the Greek city of Thessaloniki, well known for its busy music scene.

It was there that Peggy began to take the first steps toward cementing her status as a performer. Though her first album in April 2000 was appreciated by her fans, it didn’t make much of a dent on the charts. But in 2002, she finally made a big impact on the European community with her hit song "Love Is a Wonderful Thing."

This hit led to a lucrative contract with MINOS-EMI, and it wasn’t long before Peggy's fame began to rise. Although she has literally toured all over the world -- including Canada, the United States, Australia, and London -- she is most well-known in her home country of Greece. In 2005, Peggy won Greece’s ARION Award for Female Singer of the Year. Her newest CD, "Ena", is currently a hit.