Greece
Helena Paparizou
Misi Kardia (Half a Heart)
Eleni "Elena" Paparizou who was born January 31st, 1982 and she is usually referred to abroad as Helena Paparizou, is a Greek-Swedish singer, songwriter and television personality. Born and raised in Sweden to Greek parents, she enrolled in various arts schools before launching a career in Sweden in 1999 as a member of the laïko (Greek folk music) and Eurodance duo Antique, who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 and afterwards became popular in Greece.
Antique disbanded in 2003 and Paparizou signed a solo recording contract with Sony Music Greece, releasing the chart-topping debut single "Anapandites Kliseis" and album Protereotita (2004), with emphasis on laïko, pop, and dance sounds, but at first had modest sales. In 2005, she represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "My Number One", which she won. It was the first Greek win in the contest's history and significantly transformed her career. Her album was subsequently certified double platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry of Greece. Paparizou briefly attempted a career beyond Greece with English-language material, charting in a few countries abroad. Her three subsequent albums Iparhi Logos (2006), The Game of Love (2006) and Vrisko To Logo Na Zo (2008) all peaked at number one in Greece and reached platinum sales. Her fifth studio album Giro Apo T' Oneiro (2010) was also certified platinum. Paparizou's final release before she left Sony Music, Greatest Hits & More, was released in 2011 and included "Baby It's Over", her biggest airplay hit to date.
Paparizou established herself as a teen idol, particularly among young girls. She has endorsed the brands Nokia and Ivi. For the period 2013-2015 Helena advertised hair colour products for Koleston company in Greece. In the 2010s she tried to move into television as a judge on Dancing on Ice (2011) and as a contestant on Let's Dance (2012) but saw little success. Paparizou lived with her fiancé and manager Toni Mavridis from 1999 until their separation in 2011.
Paparizou has been awarded three Arion Music Awards, a European Border Breakers Award, 23 MAD Video Music Awards—more than any other artist—and an MTV Europe Music Award. On 14 March 2010, Alpha TV ranked her as the 14th top-certified domestic female artist since 1960, having won seven platinum and four gold records. Paparizou was the most successful debuting female artist of the 2000s and established herself as one of the top acts of the latter half of the decade. As of 2010, she has been certified for the sales of 300,000 albums, 47,500 singles, and 30,000 digital downloads by IFPI Greece, in addition to 100,000 total record sales in Greece as part of Antique, 24,000 certified albums in Cyprus, and 80,000 singles in Sweden during her solo career. In 2010, Forbes listed Paparizou as the 21st most powerful and influential celebrity in Greece. She has more than 144 million views on YouTube—more than any other artist in the Greek music industry. She is the first female artist to reach 600.000 likes at Facebook in Greece.
Tha me misiso an ego
Ime t’agathia sto stavro
Pou se kani na ipoferis
Mi rotas an s’agapo
Pali psemata tha po
Den sou aksizi ke to kseris

Ma kardia mou, ola
Kanoun ton kiklo tous
Ke tora klini o dikos mas
Ne psihi mou, ola
Ftanoun sto telos tous
Kapia stigmi

Se afino na petaksis
Fige makria
De mporo pia na se vlepo
Mes sta dakria

M’ena fili sto stoma
To antio leme akoma
Me allon tropo
Tora tha s’agapo

Pefti vrohi sto homa
Ki ime i zoi sou akoma
Ma den anteho s’ena psema na zo
De mporo na s’agapao
Me misi kardia

Ine kalitera gia mas
Giati ta vradia pou ponas
I enohi mou me petheni
Mi skeftis oute stigmi
Oti eftekses esi
Gi’afto pou mas simveni

Giati kardia mou, ola
Kanoun ton kiklo tous
Ke tora klini o dikos mas
Ne psihi mou, ola
Ftanoun sto telos tous
Kapia stigmi

M’ena fili sto stoma
To antio leme akoma
Me allon tropo
Tora tha s’agapo

Pefti vrohi sto homa
Ki ime i zoi sou akoma
Ma den anteho s’ena psema na zo
De mporo na s’agapao
Me misi kardia
(english translation)

I will hate myself
If I’m the thorns in the cross
That makes you suffer
Don’t ask me if I love you
Because I will lie to you once again
You don’t worth it and you know it.

But my love
Everything runs in circles
And now our circle is closed
Yes, my soul
All things come to an end
Eventually.

I let you fly away
I can’t stand to see you crying

We’re still kissing goodbye
From now on I will love you
In a different way
The rain falls on the ground
And I still feel I’m yours
But I can’t stand to live in a lie

I can’t love you
With half a heart

This is the best thing we can do
Because when you hurt through the night
My guilt is killing me

Don’t ever think
This is your fault
For what we are going through

Because my love
Everything runs in circles
And now our circle is closed
Yes, my soul
All things come to an end
Eventually.

I let you fly away
I can’t stand to see you crying

We’re still kissing goodbye
From now on I will love you
In a different way
The rain falls on the ground
And I still feel I’m yours
But I can’t stand to live in a lie

I can’t love you
With half a heart