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Encyclopedia > Christos Dantis
Christos Dantis
Χρήστος Δάντης

Promotional picture from "Rock + Live"
Background information
Birth name Christos Vlahakis
Born September 26, 1966 (1966-09-26) (age 41)

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Origin Country flag Greece
Genre(s) Rock,Pop,Modern Laika
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter,Producer
Years active 1986-present
Label(s) BMG Greece
Nitro Music
Sony BMG Greece
Website http://www.christosdantis.com
http://www.christosdantis.gr

Christos Dantis (Greek: Χρήστος Δάντης; born Christos Vlahakis, 26 September 1966), is a popular Greek singer, songwriter, and musician. Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the genre. ... This article is about the genre of popular music. ... This article is about the Greek music-culture. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... BMG (Bertelsmann Music Group) is one of the six divisions of Bertelsmann. ... Bertelsmann is a transnational media corporation founded in 1835, based in G tersloh, Germany. ... is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... For the popular-music magazine, see Musician (magazine). ...

Contents

Career

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 a record label. He signed with a record label[vague] and released the maxi singles "Turn On" and "Belly Dance". At the same time he sang at the popular club TABOO with Dimitra Galani and George Hatzinasios. Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... For other uses, including related musical genres, see Funk (disambiguation). ... This article is about metallic materials. ...


During the following three years, he continued to appear in several music scenes, participating in "10 Tens No 2" with two songs: "Push Ups" and "Polina".


1990-2000: Growing Popularity

Dantis 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. This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... MCM can refer to: Mathematical Contest in Modeling, challenges teams of students to clarify, analyze, and propose solutions to open-ended problems. ...


The first experimentations Christos Dantis did with folk songs was in 1993 with the album Ala. One year later Dantis released his most familiar pop-rock album to date, titled 4. The album became gold and the song "Kapoios S’ Agapaei" appeared on MTV once more. Dantis released another album a year later in 1995 called Tama. The album became gold and following his gold success, Dantis decided to release another album in 1996 called Foni Voodos and another in 1997 titled Ta Giousoufakia. Folk can refer to a number of different things: It can be short for folk music, or, for folksong, or, for folklore; it may be a word for a specific people, tribe, or nation, especially one of the Germanic peoples; it might even be a calque on the related German... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ...


Not wanting to disappoint his growing fan base, Dantis 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, Dantis began work on his next album immediately. It took just 11 months of preparations in studio for his next album To Palio Mou Palto which was released in 1999. The album immediately became gold.


2000-2004: 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 Einai" became hits. Adriano Celentano (born January 6, 1938) is an Italian singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, and TV host. ...


After a 2 year break, Dantis returned in May 2003 with the album Ena Tragoudi Akoma with Giorgo Theofanous as the composer. In 2004 he participated in the Greek talent show Fame Story as a member of the committee and in May, he released one of his most successful albums 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 of 2004-05 he appeared at club Fix with Christos Pazis. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Cover of Min Peis Pote
Cover of Min Peis Pote

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 and sung by Elena Paparizou on May 21 2005. The song won the contest and Greece won the contest for the first time. The song became very popular with Elena Paparizou and Dantis reaching highs in their careers. Alternate cover Image:611249. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Eurovision redirects here. ... Map of Ukraine with Kiev highlighted Coordinates: , Country Ukraine Oblast Kiev City Municipality Raion Municipality Government  - Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi Elevation 179 m (587 ft) Population (2006)  - City 4,450,968  - Density 3,299/km² (8,544. ... Elena Paparizou (Greek: ; born January 31, 1982) is a Greek singer, born and raised in Sweden. ... Elena Paparizou (Greek: ; born January 31, 1982) is a Greek singer, born and raised in Sweden. ...


2005-Present

In May 2005 Christos Dantis wrote the album Eho Sta Matia Ourano for Katy Garbi along with the songs "Akouse Agori Mou", "To Narkotiko Mou", and his duet "Spaciba Baby". In June of the same year he signed the music of Flora Theodorou's first single titled "Giatre Mou!!!". The CD single includes 3 songs, music by Christos Dantis and lyrics by Vassilis Giannopoulos and Natalia Germanou. He cooperated with NOVA’s satellite platform and wrote the song "Ola Super" with lyrics by Vangelis Konstantinidis which will be the musical pattern for 9 sports channels. Eho Sta Matia Ourano is an album by popular Greek artist Keti Garbi. ... Keti Garbi aka Kaiti Garbi or Katy Garbi (Greek: ) (born June 8, 1963, in Egaleo, Athens) is a popular Greek singer in Greece, Cyprus and Turkey. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Artists conception of a white dwarf star accreting hydrogen from a larger companion A nova (pl. ...


In September 2005 he went to Thessaloniki with Katy Garbi for a number of appearances. Following that, he released a CD single titled "Prodosia" in October 2005. The songs "Beautiful", "Ola another CD Single titled "Gia Senane Bora". It was accompanied by a full length album in the fall of 2006 called "Min Peis Pote". In January 2007, ERT asked Dantis to take part in a National Selection as a singer to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. His song "No Madonna" hit the charts but didn't make it to the competition. Thessaloniki or Salonica (Greek: ) is Greeces second-largest city and the capital of Macedonia, the largest Region of Greece. ... Keti Garbi aka Kaiti Garbi or Katy Garbi (Greek: ) (born June 8, 1963, in Egaleo, Athens) is a popular Greek singer in Greece, Cyprus and Turkey. ... Greece and ERT chose to do a national selection this year after efforts to find a big name artist for an internal selection failed. ...


In September of 2007 after his collaboration with the Mad Music Channel under the "Mad Secret Concert" events, he released the album "DANTIS - ROCK AND LIVE" with many popular cover songs of artists such as The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Nek, and great other like James Brown and Stevie Wonder.


Discography

Albums

  • 1990: Dahtilika Apotipomata
  • 1992: Aman
  • 1993: Ala
  • 1994: 4
  • 1995: Tama
  • 1996: Foni Voontos
  • 1997: Ta Giousoufakia
  • 1998: Tournas – Dantis Live (Krifo Sholeio)
  • 1999: To Palio Mou Panto
  • 2001: To Domatio
  • 2003: Ena Tragoudi Akoma
  • 2004: Maya Maya
  • 2005: Kata Vathos
  • 2006: Min Peis Pote
  • 2007: Rock + Live

CD Singles

  • 1986: "Turn On"
  • 1988: "Belly Dance"
  • 2005: "Prodosia"
  • 2006: "Gia Senane Boro"
  • 2007: "No Madonna"

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