Christos Dantis
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| Christos Dantis | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Christos Vlahakis | |
| Born | September 26, 1966 Greece |
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| Origin | Greece |
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| Genre(s) | Modern Laika, Rock, Pop, | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter | |
| Years active | 1982-present | |
| Label(s) | Sony BMG | |
| Website | http://www.christosdantis.com/ | |
Christos Dantis (born Christos Vlahakis, 26 September 1966), is a popular Greek singer and musician.
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[edit] Early Music Career
Christos Dantis began playing music when he was 16 going through various bands and playing various music kinds such as rock, funk, metal etc. Four years went by until his first contract with the music company which released the Turn on and Belly Dance maxi singles. During the same time he was singing at the popular club TABOO with Dimitra Galani and George Hatzinasios.
In the following three years while continuing to appear in several music scenes, he participated in "10 Tens No 2" with two songs. The songs he sang were Push Ups with Polina.
[edit] 1990-2000: Growing Popularity
Christos later released his first personal album called Dahtilika Apotypomata in 1990 with music and lyrics written by Gianni Karali which became platinum.
In 1991 he released the golden album Aman which was also released in 4 European countries with remixes. At the same time the video clips from the album were played on MTV and MCM accompanied by a TV special offering live performances and an interview with Steve Blame the presenter of MTV.
The first experimentations Christos Dantis did with folk songs was in 1993 with the album Ala. 1 year later Christos releases his most familiar pop-rock album to date, which is the album 4. The album became gold and the song Kapoios s’ agapaei appeared on MTV once more.
Working harder than ever, Christos released another album just 1 year later in 1995 called "Tama". The album became gold. Following his gold success, Christos decides to release yet another album in 1996 called Foni Voodos and coma back in 1997 with the album Giousoufakia.
Not wanting to disappoint his growing fan base, Christos released a double album titled Tournas – Dantis Live or known by some as Krifo sholeio. The live recordings were taken from his concerts that year with Kostas Tournas.
Striving for the best Christos began work on his next album immediately. It took just 11 months of preparations in studio for his next album To Palio mou Palto was released in 1999. The album immediately became gold.
[edit] 2000-2006: Further Success
A few months later, he redid the song 24000 Baci by Adriano Celentano for the movie Safe Sex created by Repas and Papathanasiou which is included in the movie soundtrack. The song reached the top of the charts after just a couple of days of release.
In 2001 the album To Domatio was released which soon became platinum and the songs To Domatio, Dos mou Fotia and his duet with Notis Sfakianakis Himonas inai became hits.
After a 2 year break, Christos returned in May 2003 with the album Ena tragoudi akoma with Giorgo Theofanous as the composer. The album is a great success, growing his popularity even higher. In 2004 he participated in the Greek talent show Fame Story as a member of the committee.
In May 2004 he released one of his most successful album to date Maya Maya. Besides himself, music and lyrics were written by Vangelis Konstantinidis, Vassilis Giannopoulos, Sofie Pappa, Natalia Germanou, Manos Psaltakis, Christoforos Germenis, Konstantinos Pantzis, Giannis Liondos, and Antonis Skokos. In the winter 2004-05 he appeared at club Fix with Christos Pazis.
In 2005 he composed the song My number one. The music was written by himself and lyrics by Natalia Germanou. It was chosen as Greece’s official participation in the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, Ukraine to be sang by Elena Paparizou on May 21 2005. The song won the contest getting first position. Greece got first position for the first time in the history of the song contest, and the song became very popular, sky rocketing Elena Paparizou to new heights as well as the writer Christos Dantis.
In May 2005 Christos Dantis wrote the album Eho sta matia ourano for Keti Garbi and the songs Akouse agori mou, To narkotiko mou as well as his duet Spaciba baby immediately became hits.
In June of the same year he signed the music of Flora’s Theodorou first single titled Giatre mou!!!. The single includes 3 songs, music by Christos Dantis and lyrics by Vassilis Giannopoulos and Natalia Germanou.
He cooperated with NOVA’s satellite platform and writes the Ola super song with lyrics by Vangelis Konstantinidis which will be the musical pattern for 9 sports channels.
In September 2005 he was in Thessaloniki with Keti Garbi for a limited number of appearances. Following that, in 2005 he released his new personal album Prodosia in October 2005. The songs Beautiful, Ola Super, and Prodosia became instant hits.
In the spring of 2006, Christos released his new CD Single called “Gia Sena Bora”. It was accompanied by a full length album in the fall of 2006 called “Min Pis Pote”.
In January 2007, ERT asked Christos to take part in a National Selection show as a singer to represent Greece in 2007.
