She is one of the best singers of this century, without any explanation. Nana Mouskouri was born on October 13, 1934, as the daughter of a projectionist working at a small movie theater in Athens, Greece. Although her family was not well off, they lived a simple and peaceful life and were a close-knit family. Since I was young, I loved listening to music the most. At the time, my father was a projectionist, so we lived in a small apartment behind the movie theater. That’s why I was able to watch many movies. The images on the screen in that movie theater must have taken her to a world of fantasy. She especially liked the songs from musical movies, and she would come home and sing along to the main characters of the movies she had seen, singing them out loud and memorizing the lyrics. Even as a child, she must have had the determination to succeed in singing. As a student, she had the ambition to become a popular singer, and the fact that she sang a popular song accompanied by a small band on the Athens Radio Station caused a stir, and the strict music academy disqualified her from taking the graduation exam. Maria Callas, commonly called the 'Goddess of Opera', also studied under the famous Spanish singer Hidalgo, who was widely known for Rossini's operas, at the Athens Conservatory. In a sense, Nana Mouskouri's expulsion was a blessing in disguise, as it resulted in the loss of a talent who would succeed Maria Callas, but also in the creation of a great star who would be immortal in the history of Europop. From then on, Nana Mouskouri continued to be an unknown nightclub singer for several years. The person who saved her from this difficult and long slump was the great composer Manos Hadjidakis, who became her lifelong benefactor and friend. Manos Hadjidakis, along with Mikis Theodorakis, the composer of the films Phaedra and Zorba the Greek, is considered one of the greatest composers of modern Greek music. He was the first foreigner to win an Academy Award for Best Original Score for his music for the film Never on Sunday in 1960. In 1959, Manos Hadjidakis discovered the slender, unknown singer Nana Mouskouri singing in a small nightclub in Athens and recognized her potential for great success. Nana Mouskouri could not have been happier to have been able to build her career with the works of a great composer like Manos Hadjidakis. In September 1960, she represented Greece at the Mediterranean Festival of Songs held in Barcelona, ​​Spain, and won the Grand Prix, emerging as a new star and beginning to receive great attention. The song she sang at that time was 'White Rose of Athens' composed by Manos Hadjidakis, and it played a decisive role in her popularity. Another person who cannot be left out when talking about Nana Mouskouri is Louis Azan, the director of 'Philips Records' in France. He is evaluated as the person who discovered Nana Mouskouri's charm and contributed to making her a big star. Louis Azan says this about that time. After the release of the movie 'Sunday', the theme song hummed by Melina Mercouri, who played the role of a dockside prostitute in the movie, was so popular that it shook Paris. Everyone sang along to this song, and people became very interested in the bouzouki, a Greek folk instrument that conveys a unique sound. Unlike other stars in the entertainment world, she is a virtuous wife and mother who has no scandals or divorces. As a woman and a singer, she has three daughters with her husband Jorge Pesillas, the lead vocalist and guitarist of 'Athenians'. Nana Mouskouri has released over 450 albums, 350 of which have been certified gold or platinum, and is recorded as the female singer who has sold the most albums in the history of pop music (over 300 million albums, an incredible record). In particular, her music has been used as love theme songs in movies and dramas, securing numerous fans in Korea.