Antique (duo)

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Antique
Elena Paparizou with Nikos Panagiotidis as Antique.
Elena Paparizou with Nikos Panagiotidis as Antique.
Background information
Origin Sweden, Greece
Genre(s) Modern Laika, Pop, dance
Members
Elena Paparizou
Nikos Panagiotidis

Antique is a Swedish-Greek duo which combines Greek popular music and lyrics with a Nordic dance/pop beat. Antique's duo is Elena Paparizou and Nikos Panagiotidis. Both were born and raised in Sweden by Greek parents. They were the first group ever to be nominated for a Swedish Grammy in the category Modern Dance (with a Greek song). Elena and Nikos are not related, nor are they romantically involved. They have called their relationship one "as very good friends." Both grew up in Gothenburg.

Antique's first single, Opa-Opa, a cover of Notis Sfakianakis, made it to the Top 5 of the Swedish Sales list and the Top 10 of all of Scandinavia and it sold over 60,000 copies which gave them gold and platinum certification. An article in Stylus Magazine by Stephen Thanabalan also marked out the Swedish duo as undoubtedly the first group to hit No.5 in the sales charts in their native Sweden with a song sung in Greek. That song, the hit single "Opa Opa" from the album of the same name, was a bouncy dance number that flooded the Swedish summer. The follow-up "Dinata Dinata" was also a smash.

This young duo take the Greek traditional music of their roots and inject it into the 21st century with a dose of high-tempo Nordic disco.

Elena has called herself fluent in Swedish, Greek and English, and she has studied French and Spanish.

Nikos' relatives are from northern Greece while Elena's are from central Greece.

In 2001 Antique were selected to represent Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen with the song "Die For You", sung in a blend of English and Greek, ending with a third place – behind only Estonia and hosts Denmark.

Having moved on from Antique, Elena Paparizou was again selected to represent Greece, this time as a solo artist, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, and won the competition.

In July 2006 a new song leaked out on to the internet called V-Power. The song is recorded in an English and Greek version by the members of Antique. The song is about a premium unleaded gasoline product by Royal Dutch Shell, known as V-Power. V-Power suggests that Royal Dutch Shell had intentions of using the band to promote the gasoline. However, it is unclear when the songs were recorded, and why they were never released. Many fans of the group believe that it was most likely recorded when the group was still together in 2003. There are currently no intentions of re-uniting the group, although they have both expressed to want to re-unite in the future.

Antique have been released 2 albums in Bulgaria by KA Music with success.


Contents

[edit] Charts

OPA OPA

Swedish Singles Charts
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Chart position 12 5 8 6 6 5 6 7 9 14 16 20 27 32 45 53
Norwegian Singles Charts
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
Chart position 10 12 10 9 10 14 13 18
Swiss Singles Charts
Week 01 02 03 04 05
Chart position 51 81 68 64 92

(I WOULD) DIE FOR YOU

Danish Singles Charts
Week 01
Chart position 15
Swedish Singles Charts
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Chart position 3 3 3 3 4 3 5 5 6 7 9 9 14 16 24 32 39 45
Norwegian Singles Charts
Week 01 02 03 04
Chart position 9 15 14 18
Swiss Singles Charts
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06
Chart position 75 86 100 100 out 97

FOLLOW ME

Swedish Singles Charts
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
Chart position 49 47 30 38 15 17 22 25 27 31 42 44 55 53

MORO MOU

Swedish Singles Charts
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Chart position 14 28 20 29 24 27 8 8 3 13 19 22 21 22 32 29 51 46 58* 52*
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BLUE LOVE (Album)

Finnish Albums Charts
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11
Chart position 36 out out out out out out 32 36 31 37
Swedish Albums Charts
Week 01 02 03 04 05
Chart position 27 17 13 25 39

DIE FOR YOU (Album)

Swedish Albums Charts
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
Chart position 20 16 16 29 38 47 48 42 55

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] EP

[edit] Singles

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