She studied music at conservatories and performed locally before moving to the professional scene in Athens , in , where she signed with Minos and simultaneously collaborated with other musical artists and released promotional singles of her own while studying at the University of Athens. Vissi established herself in the recording industry by winning the Thessaloniki Song Festival in with the song "As Kanoume Apopse Mian Arhi" and releasing the eponymous debut album.
Since the s, Vissi began a nearly exclusive collaboration with songwriter Nikos Karvelas , to whom she was married from to and had one child with, resulting in one of the most successful music partnerships in the nation's history. Over the course of her career she has released over two dozen albums, most of which have been certified at least gold in the two countries and has also starred in three theatrical productions and briefly ventured into television and radio.
She landed her biggest commercial success with Fotia , followed by the double Kravgi , which became the eighth best-selling album of all time in terms of units, [ 2 ] while five others — Kitrino Galazio , I Epomeni Kinisi , Klima Tropiko , Travma , and Antidoto — have also achieved six figure sales.
Through the years she kept a strong fan base, sold-out tours [ 3 ] and shows as was her latest shows in Rex in winter —12 and Hotel Ermou — which was the most successful of the year.
Since the late s, Vissi has also made attempts at establishing a career abroad, most of which fell through and have had some negative repercussions on her domestic career. Vissi has received 37 Platinum and 16 Gold certifications from IFPI Greece and has become one of the country's best-selling artists of all time, having sold over 9 million records worldwide and is one of the country's top earning artists. Anna Vissi was born on 20 December in Larnaca.
