Antique   (Sweden)

EuroTrance group
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Latest Antique news

24/03/2022 : Helena Paparizou teased a reunion with her former project Antique as well as a snippet from the forthcoming single, a cover of Khaled's hit Didi

22/05/2005 : Elena, former vocalist of the project Antique, won the Eurovision contest for Greece.

20/08/2001 : Antique's new single is called Ligo Ligo.

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Antique albums

	Opa Opa	13th Oct 1999	BUY X
	Mera Meti Mera	May 2001	BUY X
	Die For You	19th Jun 2001	BUY X
	Me Logia Ellinika	Nov 2001	BUY X
	Alli Mia Fora	Dec 2002	BUY X
	Blue Love	Jun 2003	BUY X
	Collector's Edition (Alli mia fora) 3 CDs	Dec 2003	BUY X
	The Very Best Of 2 CDs	2004	BUY X

Antique singles

	Opa-Opa	5th Jul 1999	BUY X
	Dinata Dinata	11th Nov 1999	BUY X
	Mera Meti Mera	25th Feb 2000	BUY X
	Antique Ep	18th Oct 2000	BUY X
	Why Video only	2001	BUY X
	(I Would) Die For You	14th May 2001	BUY X
	Ligo Ligo	27th Aug 2001	BUY X
	Follow Me	2002	BUY X
	Kainourgia Agapi Video only	2002	BUY X
	Antique Dance	Jul 2002	BUY X
	Moro Mou	2003	BUY X
	Time To Say Goodbye	2003	BUY X
	Alla Mia Fora	2003	BUY X
	Matia Mou Promo only	2004	BUY X
	Ti Ti	1st Apr 2022	BUY X

Antique remixes

Ligo Ligo

2001

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Antique biography

This pop-dance oriented project was produced in Sweden. The group included Elena (or Helena) Paparizou, who was 19 years old at that time, and Nikos Panagiotidis (23 years old). Both were born in Sweden after their parents immigrated to this nordic country, and were childhood friends. So, when some DJs asked Elena to record a a demo of the Notis Sfakianakis hit Opa Opa, she introduced Nikos to them. Meanwhile, some producer had the idea of forming a duo (male + female singer) that would sing covers of traditional Greek hits to target the Greek diaspora of Sweden.

Antique's music was very dancable, combining Scandinavian beat with Greek touch. The producer team and the dancemusic creators, C&N Project, were earlier season working DJ's in the Greek Islands. Wild disco nights at Rhodes and Kos had created curiosity about the Greek culture and an interest of creating the unique Greek sound.

Elena grew up in Sweden. Her artistic talents and eagerness to excel became apparent from an early age, and she began her training in singing, dancing and acting while she was still at school.

And this is how Antique managed to reach top 5 on the Swedish Sales Chart with a Greek song. They were also nominated in the category "Modern Dance" for a Swedish Grammy Award. Their first single Opa-Opa was top 10 in the whole of Scandinavia this summer and one could hear the song everywhere. All of a sudden everybody knew about Antique ! Second single Dinata Dinata was top 10 for 5 weeks on the Swedish Sales Chart. Both singles had reached Gold status and Opa-Opa had also reached Platinum.

With their song I Would Die For You they entered 2001 Eurovision Song Contest on March 6th representing... Greece and reached the 3rd place. The song was written by two well-known greek song writers, Antonios Tapas and Nikos Terzis. This led to a successful career which included several platinum albums, a European tour, and collaborations with many highly successful artists from Greece (Katy Garbi) and abroad (Slavi Trifonov).

They released their second album Die For You which contained light, easy to listen and want-to-dance music. The title song used such an instrument named bouzouki. This song was presented in 2 versions : English and Swedish. Simlar pop tune but with much more pronounced euro backbone is Follow Me. Ligo Ligo sang in Greek will give you a clear example of the sound of Greece. Tell Me, Lonely Nights or Something About You were more faithful to eurodance sound. The album also contained some slower tunes.

In 2002, they recorded V-Power in both English and Greek versions. The songs were included on the 14-track promotional album released for Royal Dutch Shell by V2 Records to promote the premium unleaded gasoline product.

Despite Antique's great success, the group's journey came to an end in 2003. Making one of her most difficult decisions ever, Helena decided to pursue a solo musical career. This brought her into contact with Sony Music with whom she signed her first contract as a solo artist.

In December 2003, Helena Paparizou released her first solo single, Anapandeetes Klisis ('Missed Calls'), a song that was written especially for her by famous singer-songwriter, Christos Dantis. It became a major hit and remained at the top of the airplay charts as well as the sales charts for a very long time, reaching gold status.

During the winter of 2003-2004, Helena appeared alongside one of Greece's biggest male singing stars, Antonis Remos, at Studio Pireos night club. In spring 2004, Helena released her first solo album Protereotita ('Priorities') from which Antithesis, Anamnisis, Katse Kala, Stin Kardia Mou Mono Thlipsi became major hits. Her success brought her to Fever Music night club where she performed the winter season 2004-2005 alongside Sakis Rouvas and Giorgos Mazonakis.

2005 : Elena competed for Greece at the Eurovision contest with her song My Number One and won.

Antique reunited for a special anniversary concert on July 13, 2019, in Sweden, performing live their greatest hits

2022 : after 18 years, Elena and Nikos joined again in studio to record a cover of Khaled's hit Didi under title Ti Ti

Antique official website
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Antique biography was last updated Tue, March 29th 2022

Charts (singles)

Opa-Opa		#9	#5	#51
Dinata Dinata		#19	#8
Mera Meti Mera			#45
(I Would) Die For You	#15	#9	#3	#75
Ligo Ligo			#48
Follow Me			#15
Time To Say Goodbye			#13

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