Demy (singer)

Demy
Demy in 2017
Background information
Birth name	Dimitra Papadea
Born	(1991-08-21) 21 August 1991 Athens, Greece
Genres	Pop R&B dance
Years active	2011–present
Labels	Panik Records

Dimitra Papadea (Greek: Δήμητρα Παπαδέα, Greek pronunciation: [ˈðimitra papaˈðea], born 21 August 1991), known professionally as Demy, is a Greek singer who is signed with the Greek independent label Panik Records. Until today Demy has released 2 Studio albums. "#1" in 2012, which became Platinum album and "Rodino Oniro" in 2014, which became Gold album. In 2017 she released "Demy", a collection of all of her english songs. Demy has achieved 8 No.1 songs and 2 No.1 EPs (Extended Plays) at the Greek charts so far. She also combined music and acting by having taken part in 5 Musicals from 2012 to 2017. Since the beginning of her career, Demy has been nominated 30 times for a MAD Video Music Awards (Annual Greek Awards). Up to now, she has won 11 VMAs, including "Best New Artist" and "Best Female Artist" and she holds the record of the 4th most awarded artist in the history of the Greek VMAs. She has been awarded by the "MAD VMA Cyprus" (Annual Cyprus Awards), by the "SuperFM Radio Cyprus" and also been nominated and won at the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA) for the category "Best Greek Act", among other greek artists. In 2017, she represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, and finished at the 19th place at the Final.

Biography

At the age of five, she started taking piano lessons, something she continues to do to this day. Also, she currently takes vocal lessons as well. Jazz, Soul, Rock and Roll, and RandB are cited as musical influences. Her first favorite song growing up was "I'm Like a Bird" by Nelly Furtado.^[1] Apart from singing professionally, she is also a law school student in Athens. She has stated that she still aspires to finish law school, and not devote herself to music exclusively, even though her popularity as a musician is increasing.^[2] Her father (Epaminondas Papadeas) and sister (Romy Papadea) are also attorneys in Papadeas Law firm.^[3] Her mother Elena Boubouli is a Greek-American School owner of Masterlingua and Director of Studies for Epimorphosi Higher Education and Europe - Studies (medical studies abroad).

Career

2011–2012: Professional debut

Demy first appeared in Midenistis' song, Mia Zografia which became a big hit in Greece and Cyprus. It received two awards from the MAD Video Music Awards 2012, the one for the best video clip Hip Hop/Urban and the other for the duet of the year.^[4][5] A new single, "Poses Hiliades Kalokeria" (How Many Thousand Summers) was released in June 2012 ^[6] and quickly reached No.1 on the iTunes Greece song chart. The song also reached No.1 on the 7 July 2012 Billboard Greece Digital Songs chart, and remained in the top spot for 9 consecutive weeks, and 10 weeks in total.^[7] It also became a success on Greek radio, reaching #1 on the official Greek airplay chart.^{[8] [9]} She also sings the lead vocals on Playmens' "Fallin".^[10] Some of her others songs are: "Pes Pos Me Thes," "Mia Zografia," "Mono Mprosta," and "Kratise Me." On 25 June 2012 she performed on the Greece, You Have Talent finale, singing a medley of her recent releases (Mia Zografia, Mono Mbrosta, and Poses Xiliades Kalokairia). On 6 July 2012, two new songs were released on YouTube: A "Poses Hiliades Kalokairia" dance remix,^[11] and "Love Light," an English language version of the "Poses Hiliades Kalokairia" dance remix.^[12] Both songs have also been released as digital singles. On 30 July 2012, the video for "Love Light" was released by Panik^[13] In the summer of 2012 she embarked on a tour that included performances in Greece, Cyprus and Russia. On 28 July 2012, Demy, along with Playmen, performed "Fallin" at the Europa Plus Live music festival in Moscow, Russia. The song has become popular in Russia, and has reached #1 on the Europa Plus Chart, the radio station of the organizers of the festival.^[14][15] On 21 September 2012, she made an appearance at the Amita Motion "Day of Positive Energy" music festival. She performed with other members of her record label. On 22 October 2012, her new single, "I Zoi" (The Life), was released. A 24-second teaser was released on YouTube on 17 October 2012^[16] In December 2012, it has been announced that she will be starring in the musical "Fame" at the "Ellinikou Kosmou" theater in Piraeus.^[17] It is also her desire to one day record songs that she herself has written.^[18] In winter 2012-2013 Demy appeared along Cypriot superstar Anna Vissi in Vissi's show LAV at Kentro Athinon, which was one of the most successful shows of the year.^[19][20]

Demy's first full-length studio album, No.1 was released in late 2012 according to her record label. She had confirmed via Twitter in September 2012 that she was in the studio working on the new album. The album included ten tracks including two songs in English. The album also included her big hit in Greece with the Greek rap singer Midenistis "Mia Zografia".^[21]

2013–2014

Demy performed "Believe" with Dima Bilan in the Greek final for Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Greece.^[22] In May 2013 Demy released a summer song in English called "The Sun", along with producer Alex Leon and Greek rapper Epsilon, and became a big hit in Greece^[23]

In March 2014 an official video was launched by Playmen which features Demy for the song 'Nothing Better'. The song was directed by Yiannis Papadakos and was published by Panik Records.^[24] After that in May 2014 she released one more summer hit called "Oso O Kosmos Tha Exei Esena", along with the Greek rap singer Mike, and reached No.1 in Greece and Cyprus.^[25] It received one award from the MAD Video Music Awards 2015, for the duet of the year. On 22 December she released her second album, "Rodino Oneiro", which included 15 songs.^[26]

2015–2016

During the period of December 2014 to February 2015 Demy was performing in a night club, called "Fever", along with Despina Vandi and Nikos Oikonomopoulos.^[27] Also,that year was part of the Jury in a Talent Show, called "The Music School", which was displayed in the Greek channel,"Mega".^[28] During the summer of 2015 she had a lead role in one more Musical, "The Sound Of Music", and the tickets during the tour were sold out!.^[29] In December 2015, it was announced that she will be performing in Casablanca Music Hall along with Nina Lotsari. Her performances there will be quite different from those she used to give since she will sing in fanky and jazz rhythm instead of pop.^[30]

On 27 January 2016, the musical Aadam's Family was premiered at the Vempo Theatre and Demy embodied the role of Wednesday Addams along with well known actors such as Antonis Kafentzopoulos and Maria Solomou.^[31] Demy also appeared in Madwalk 2016 where she sang her new single "Tha meineis feugontas" and she walked on the catwalk for Tsakiris Mallas along with Doretta Papadimitriou.^[32] On 10 May 2016, Demy along with DiGi and the rock band RadioAct released the soundtrack of the first Greek action film «Short Fuse» ^[33]

2017 (Eurovision Song Contest)

Demy with her 2 dancers, Iasonas Mandilas and Markos Yiakoumoglou

On the 13 January 2017, Demy was announced as the Greek representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 held in Kyiv, Ukraine.^[34] Demy is going to collaborate with the "Dream Team" Dimitris Kontopoulos and Fokas Evangelinos. On March 6, 2017, it was selected that "This Is Love" will be the Greek song at Kiev.In the Semi-Final 1 on May 9, 2017, Greece and Demy qualified for the final, to be held on 13th May 2017. She finished in 19th place with 77 points,48 from the juries and 29 from the televoting.

Discography

Studio Albums

Collections

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Promotional singles

List of awards and nominations received by Demy

MAD Video Music Awards Greece

The MAD Video Music Awards are presented annually by MAD TV (Greece), to recognize achievements in the Greek music industry, voted by the viewers of MAD TV. Demy has received 11 awards from 30 nominations.

Mad Video Music Awards Cyprus

Super Fm Radio Cyprus

MTV Europe Music Awards

The MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA) were established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe.

Lalore02 Awards

Musicals

Television

References

External links

• Demy Official Twitter Account
• Demy Official Fan Facebook Page

Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 to 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Artists 1970s Marinella 1975 Mariza Koch Paschalis, Marianna, Robert and Bessy Tania Tsanaklidou Elpida 1980s Anna Vissi Yiannis Dimitras Themis Adamantidis Kristi Stassinopoulou 1984 Takis Biniaris Polina Bang Afroditi Frida Mariana Efstratiou 1990s Christos Callow & Wave Sophia Vossou Kleopatra Katerina Garbi Kostas Bigalis Elina Konstantopoulou Mariana Efstratiou Marianna Zorba Thalassa 1999 2000s 2000 Antique Michalis Rakintzis Mando Sakis Rouvas Helena Paparizou Anna Vissi Sarbel Kalomira Sakis Rouvas 2010s Giorgos Alkaios & Friends Loukas Giorkas feat. Stereo Mike Eleftheria Eleftheriou Koza Mostra feat. Agathonas Iakovidis Freaky Fortune feat. Riskykidd Maria Elena Kyriakou Argo Demy
Songs 1970s "Krasi, Thalassa Kai T' Agori Mou" 1975 "Panayia Mou, Panayia Mou" "Mathima Solfege" "Charlie Chaplin" "Sokrati" 1980s "Autostop" "Feggari Kalokerino" "Sarantapente kopelies" "Mou Les" 1984 "Miazoume" "Wagon-lit" "Stop" "Clown" "To Diko Sou Asteri" 1990s "Horis Skopo" "I Anixi" "Olou Tou Kosmou I Elpida" "Ellada, Chora Tou Fotos" "To Trehandiri" "Pia Prosefhi" "Emeis Forame to Himona Anixiatika" "Horepse" "Mia Krifi Evesthisia" 1999 2000s 2000 "(I Would) Die for You" "S.A.G.A.P.O." "Never Let You Go" "Shake It" "My Number One" "Everything" "Yassou Maria" "Secret Combination" "This Is Our Night" 2010s "OPA" "Watch My Dance" "Aphrodisiac" "Alcohol Is Free" "Rise Up" "One Last Breath" "Utopian Land" "This Is Love"
Note: Entries scored out are when Greece did not compete