Foureira signed a solo contract with Universal Music Greece and released her self-titled debut album in 2010.

She later signed with Minos EMI, and went on to release her second and third studio albums Ti Poniro Mou Zitas and Anemos Agapis in 2012 and 2014, respectively.

[2] On 8 May 2018, she qualified from the first semi-final to the grand final, where she finished second with 436 points, thereby achieving Cyprus' best Eurovision result to date.

Eleni Foureira was born Entela Fureraj on 7 March 1987 in Fier, then part of the People's Socialist Republic, present Albania.

[5][6] While living in Albania, the family had electricity for only two hours a day, and left for Greece after their home was hit with bullets.

[5] Foureira began pursuing music at a young age, learning how to play the guitar and later working in a theatre for three years.

Foureira posed with Albanian contestant Eugent Bushpepa, making the crossed hands gesture denoting the double eagle of the Flag of Albania.

[31] By doing so, she became only the second Greek artist to sign an international deal with a major record label after Helena Paparizou (who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2005).

[34] Towards the end of the year, it was announced that "Fuego" has been certified platinum in Spain,[35] and gold in Norway and Sweden, becoming Eleni's first song to achieve this.

[36][37] On 17 May 2019, Eleni released her first international project, an extended play titled Gypsy Woman (EP), which includes the song "El Ritmo Psicodelico" as the lead single.

[38] To further promote her studio project, she embarked on a European tour in various cities in Greece, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

[39][40] Around the same time, during the Host Broadcaster press conference of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, Foureira was announced as one of the four artists from previous contests that will perform as an interval act in the final, where she performed the 2007 runner-up Verka Serduchka's song "Dancing Lasha Tumbai".

[49][50] In December 2019, she performed as a surprise guest at Festivali i Këngës 58, the Albanian national selection contest for Eurovision, held in Tirana, Albania.

[51] Towards the end of 2020, Eleni Foureira released two dance-pop, electropop, nu-disco, and synth-pop records "Light It Up" (in October)[52][53][54] and "Dokimase Me" (in December), both of which contain 1980s and retrofuturism tropes.

[55][56] Around the same time, during a live stream on her official Instagram account, the singer revealed that her forthcoming second extended play, entitled Light It Up, is set for release in early 2021.

On 3 June 2022, Foureira released her fifth studio album, Poli Ploki, preceded by the singles "Mporei" and "Aeraki (To Thiliko)".

[59] Starting on 27 May 2023, Foureira embarked on the "Reborn Tour", which took place in stadiums and major theaters in Greece, Cyprus and abroad.

[66] On 7 May 2024, she performed as one of the opening acts, alongside Chanel Terrero and Eric Saade, in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

[71] The MAD Video Music Awards were televised on 7 July, the same night "Aristourgima" written by Arcade and Foxy Lee, was released.