Haris Alexiou (Greek: Χάρις Αλεξίου) (born December 27, 1950 in Thebes, Greece as Harikleia Roupaka, Greek: Χαρίκλεια Ρούπακα) is a Greek singer. She is one of the most popular singers in Greece and has been commercially successful since the 1970s. She has worked with important Greek songwriters, performed at top musical theatres all over the world and has received several awards. She has recorded over thirty albums and has been featured on albums of other musicians. Her family migrated from Bulgurca village, where near to present Izmir’s Gaziemir (formerly Seydiköy) district in 1924. Greeks were constituted majority of Bulgurca’s population before population exchange between Turkey and Greece in 1924. Place of Bulgurca’s was replaced in 1998 due to building Tahtalı Dam. It is bounded to Menderes (formerly Cumaovası) district.