Helena Paparizou

Greek pop diva Elena Paparizou rocketed to global fame in 2005 when her “My NUMBER 1” claimed best honors within the annual Eurovision Track Contest. Given birth to January 31, 1982, in Västergötland, Sweden, to Greek immigrant parents, Paparizou — whose first name is usually spelled “Helena” in worldwide markets — grew up in Gothenburg, while a kid she studied performing in addition to dancing and performing. At 17, she teamed with fellow Greek-Swede Nikos Panagiotidis to create the dance-pop duo Classic. Their debut solitary, a cover of Notis Sfakianakis’ “Opa-Opa,” surfaced like a breakout strike, entering the very best Ten across Scandinavia and getting the first take action to climb in to the Swedish Best Five with an archive sung in Greek. The follow-up, “Dinata Dinata,” was also a smash, and Classic subsequently scored using the singles “Adhere to Me” and “Moro Mou.” In 2001, the duo also displayed Greece in the Eurovision Track Contest using the track “(I’D) Die for you personally,” taking third place behind Estonia and sponsor country Denmark. Despite Antique’s continuing success, Paparizou break up from Panagiotidis in 2003 to support a solo profession, putting your signature on with Sony/BMG with year’s end issuing her debut solitary, “Anapantites Klisis.” The full-length Protereotita adopted in early 2004, starting a string of strikes including “Antithesis,” “Anamnisis,” “Katse Kala,” and “Stin Kardia Mou Mono Thlipsi” and heading dual platinum in Greece. Because of her growing recognition in her family’s homeland, Paparizou was an all natural choice to represent Greece within the 2005 Eurovision competition, along with “My NUMBER 1” was crowned the country’s first-ever champion in the case. A re-released Protereotita like the track quickly strike retail, and she spent the next half of the entire year on tour, headlining concerts in Australia and THE UNITED STATES. The follow-up solitary “Mambo!” also spent ten consecutive weeks atop the Greek graphs, and in the springtime of 2006 Paparizou finally released her sophomore recording, the main smash Yparhi Logos. At year’s end she also released her 1st international LP, THE OVERALL GAME of Love, made up of six English-language variations of songs 1st released via Yparhi Logos in addition to six originals.