| She is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 for Greece with the song My Number One.Yparhi Logos and The Game of Love
3.She has a sister Rita and brother Dinos.The duo quickly signed their first record deal, with Swedish record label Bonnier.Their debut single, Opa Opa, became a huge hit, reaching number one on the single charts and achieving gold status following its release in August 1999.The band reached third place with the song, (I Would) Die for You.Although equalled by Sakis Rouvas' entry Shake It in 2004, it was Greece's highest place in the contest until Elena won the contest as a solo artist in 2005.Elena Paparizou on the cover of her first album Protereotita.Despite the group's success, Antique broke up in 2003 on good terms, as the band had 'run its natural course', and Paparizou set about going solo.The single sales were strong, and it received gold certification in Greece.Paparizou appeared alongside one of Greece's biggest male singers, Antonis Remos, at the Studio Pireos nightclub.In spring 2004, she released her first solo record, Protereotita from which Antithesis, Anamnisis, Katse Kala, and Stin Kardia Mou Mono Thlipsi became hit singles.Because of her popularity in Greece, where she ended up spending more and more time, Paparizou was approached to represent the country for a second time in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005.Alex Panayi), and brought the contest to Greece for 2006 for the first time in the contest's history.The 10 track CD was also available separately for those who already owned her debut album.She was also named the official ambassador of the Greek Ministry of Tourism, and My Number One was used as backing music to their international television advert.The CD single stayed on the Greek charts at number 1 for 10 weeks, including Christmas week, and reached platinum status.The album has been released in Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Japan, Taiwan and Turkey.The album consists of two discs, the first featuring 12 brand new tracks, including Mambo!The video for that single, Yparhi Logos, aired on the day the album was released.Gigolo was later released as the third single from the album, and faired well on Greek radios.On May 20, 2006, Elena graced the stage of Eurovision once more, to open the contest with My Number One as the opening act.Gigolo in English over the summer, as she tries to pursue her international career.Paparizou has already released Mambo!Sweden is the first of many countries in which Paparizou will be releasing Mambo!.The other countries in which Elena Paparizou plans to release Mambo!Other records companies in France, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, China, United States, Canada, South Africa, and Australia will also promote the song.The Scandinavian promotion of the song will be from Bonnier Music.To gear up for the worldwide release of Mambo!The single is due to be released in more countries in Europe shortly but no official release date for the single has been confirmed.European airplay charts as the song is played in more countries.However, the single failed to make any impact on the UK Charts, entering for one week at number 185.There are a further 6 new songs, and the song Heroes.There will album be a bonus song in Greek on the CD called O, Ti Axizi Ine i Stigmes (Le Bonheur).The song The Game of Love has gained critical success, striking great interest from Greek pop music critic, Benita Ong.The song Teardrops was released to Greek radio stations reached number one in Greek Airplay Chart.Greek album
Starting in early 2007, Elena singed a contract to be the new face of Nokia Greece for 2007.In spring 2007, Elena recorded three tracks for the soundtrack CD to the Greek television series Mazi sou, including the theme tune to the series.Mazi Sou which became a hit in Greece, with the track has spent several weeks atop the Greek radio airplay chart.It contained the CD Single Fos as a bonus with six new songs and the hit "Mazi Sou".Single "Fos", went straight to number one in Greece following its release, making it Elena's fourth number one hit there.Elena was nominated for 5 awards for the 2007 Mad Video Music Awards.They include "Best Pop Video" (Gigolo), "Best Female Video" (Gigolo), "Video of the Year" (Gigolo), "Artist of the Year", and "Best outfit in a Video" (An Eixes Erthi Pio Noris).Elena started the show with the song "Let the Sunshine In" and later sung her song Min Fevgeis.She is also nominated for 4 awards for "Cyprus Music Awards".The song was originally a hit from Blind Melon back in 1996.In Fall 2007, Elena released a new song called "To fili Tis Zois" in Greece as the soundtrack to the movie of the same name.It also reached number 1 on the official Nielsen Greece Top 20 Chart" for Radio Airplay.Elena has also recorded a duet with popular TV presenter Nikos Aliagas for his album released in Greece which was certified gold.For the promotion for Nokia Greece, Elena has released a new song called "Ola Ine Mousiki" part of their new advertising campaign for 2008.The MP4 player comes with a special "Best of" complication with 12 songs and 5 video clips only available with the purchase of the MP4 player.Elena has started work on her new Greek album to be released sometime in Spring 2008.There are also plans to release it in Belgium and Canada.Current projects
Elena will release a repackaged version of her English CD The Game of Love in France with 3 French songs on it, included a cover of Dalida's Le Temps Des Fleurs and the french version of The game of love and Teardrops.This article needs additional citations for verification.Please help improve this article by adding reliable references.Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.They met at a Greek restaurant in Sweden when she was 19.Elena and Toni recently bought a house together in the Athens suburb of Glyfada.Greek media has suggested that Elena is pregnant and that the two are ready to get married many times, but it has all turned out false.Greek Media has recently suggested that Elena will take a break from her career to get married and start a family.This was further sparked by an interview in a recent issue of the Greek magazine Celebrity.And what is my preference?She has mentioned that her dream would be to make a song with lyrics comprised of words in every language in the world.In Greek, there used to be an accent called a spiritus asper accent to indicate the 'h' sound (just as the 'h' in 'Helena').Elena' at the time of Elena Paparizou's birth.The spelling with the spiritus asper however was maintained in a system known as polytonic orthography which, having no vocal significance, finally ceased to be used 30 years ago.Elena Paparizou on the other hand, was born in Sweden where the name's version 'Helena' exists, and one could presume with little uncertainty that many Swedes transliterated her name as 'Helena'.Even though many Swedes misspell it, her official name has been registered by Swedish authorities as 'Elena', which has also been used by her and previously by media in Sweden.Her name has always been spelt 'Elena' during her career in Greece, but in Sweden, and in all countries except Greece as her second appearance in Eurovision (in 2005) approached, the spelling 'Helena' grew more common, and the songstress herself admitted in a Swedish interview that she chose to spell her name with an 'H' for Eurovision and on her 2005 album for people in other countries not to confuse her name with other common names such as 'Jelena' or 'Chelena'.Her official website is helenapaparizou.The 'H' is only used on international releases.Information on the new album "The Game of Love" by MadTV.Information on what awards Elena is nominated for at the 2007 Cyprus Music Awards."Magazine: Celebrity", Celebrity Magazine, May 2007, p.See Copyrights for details.January 31, 1982) is a Greek singer, born and raised in Sweden.She is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 for Greece with the song My Number One.Yparhi Logos and The Game of Love
3.Her father is from Volos and mother is from Karditsa.She has a sister Rita and brother Dinos.Swede Nikos Panagiotidis, at the age of seventeen, to form Antique.The duo quickly signed their first record deal, with Swedish record label Bonnier.Their debut single, Opa Opa, became a huge hit, reaching number one on the single charts and achieving gold status following its release in August 1999.European tour, and collaborating with many other Greek artists.Elena Paparizou on the cover of her first album Protereotita.Because of her popularity in Greece, where she ended up spending more and more time, Paparizou was approached to represent the country for a second time in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005.She performed My Number One, Let's Get Wild, and OK on the Greek national final, with My Number One winning the televote.Alex Panayi), and brought the contest to Greece for 2006 for the first time in the contest's history.Protereotita in Greece, with a second CD containing her Eurovision entrants, and English versions to previous songs, such as I Don't Want You Here Anymore, Antithesis, OK, and If You Believe Me as well as a ballad version of (Ehis Kero na Mou Feris) Louloudia.Eurovision entrants and songs from her debut album was released in many parts of Europe such as Scandinavia, Switzerland, Poland, Russia, Hungary, Slovenia, the Netherlands and Turkey under the title, My Number One.In the summer and fall of 2005, Paparizou toured in Australia and North America with Greek artist Nikos Kourkoulis, selling out many venues.In the fall of 2005, Elena went to studios and recorded a new CD single called Mambo!.The track was also released in Sweden in April 2006 and became gold selling more than 25,000 copies, following a succession of hit singles there taken from the album, My Number One.Greece to contain a third CD (in addition to the actual album and the Eurovision disc), containing both English and Greek versions of "Mambo!"Paparizou's second album in Greek, Yparhi Logos, was released in Greece on April 12, 2006.The album consists of two discs, the first featuring 12 brand new tracks, including Mambo!Panta Se Perimena and the second featuring four new tracks, nine live tracks from her Mad Secret Concert, and a remix of the title track.The video for that single, Yparhi Logos, aired on the day the album was released.Gigolo was later released as the third single from the album, and faired well on Greek radios.On May 20, 2006, Elena graced the stage of Eurovision once more, to open the contest with My Number One as the opening act.During a press interview there, she said that people should expect to hear a lot of Mambo!Paparizou has already released Mambo!Sweden is the first of many countries in which Paparizou will be releasing Mambo!.The other countries in which Elena Paparizou plans to release Mambo!Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Turkey, and Spain.The Scandinavian promotion of the song will be from Bonnier Music.To gear up for the worldwide release of Mambo!The single is due to be released in more countries in Europe shortly but no official release date for the single has been confirmed.European airplay charts as the song is played in more countries.UK and was released on 13th November by UK record company AATW (All Around The World).CD which was released in the United Kingdom on 4th September.The CD single contains 10 mixes and the radio edit.The album contains six songs from her Greek album Iparhi Logos translated into English.The song The Game of Love has gained critical success, striking great interest from Greek pop music critic, Benita Ong.The video for the song premiered in Greece in mixed Greek and English, and there may be a fully English version of the video followed for other markets.It was also recently revealed that Paparizou has recorded a song called Fos for the soundtrack of the Greek Barbie movie.There is now a video for this song.Greek album
Starting in early 2007, Elena singed a contract to be the new face of Nokia Greece for 2007.She was one of the ten new artists who received the Award which were created by the European Union four years ago and are given every year to ten artists who manage to have success with their first album abroad.The awards took place in Cannes on 21st January 2007 during the Midem Festival and were televised by MTV Europe.Yparhi Logos as Yparhi Logos: Platinum Edition.It contained the CD Single Fos as a bonus with six new songs and the hit "Mazi Sou".The second radio single from the album was called "Min Fevgeis" and was released to radios on April 23.Elena also released the "Fos" as a separate CD Single.Single "Fos", went straight to number one in Greece following its release, making it Elena's fourth number one hit there.Single was certified gold in its 12th week charting at number 2.She won two awards for the "Best Female Video" and for the "Best outfit in a Video".Sweden as part as a Swedish television advertisement for a mobile phone company.The song was originally a hit from Blind Melon back in 1996.The song immediately entered the charts in Sweden and stayed there for 5 weeks peaking at number 18.It also reached number 1 on the official Nielsen Greece Top 20 Chart" for Radio Airplay.Elena has also recorded a duet with popular TV presenter Nikos Aliagas for his album released in Greece which was certified gold.The song is called "I Zillia Monaksia" a cover of the Pascal Obispo's hit " L' envie D' Aimer".For the promotion for Nokia Greece, Elena has released a new song called "Ola Ine Mousiki" part of their new advertising campaign for 2008.Sony BMG has plans to release The Game of Love in a repackaged version for the French market in Spring 2008.The repackaged version will feature Le Temps Des Fleurs by Dalida as well as Teardrops and The Game of Love in French.There are also plans to release it in Belgium and Canada.Current projects
Elena will release a repackaged version of her English CD The Game of Love in France with 3 French songs on it, included a cover of Dalida's Le Temps Des Fleurs and the french version of The game of love and Teardrops.Elena will be releasing a new Greek album in Spring 2008.This article needs additional citations for verification.When asked about family, Elena was quoted as saying "I believe that family is the most natural thing, the thing I want in my life.To not have kids so I can continue my career?Languages
Elena speaks fluent Greek, Swedish, and English, and has also studied French and Spanish.Elena' versus 'Helena'
The correct spelling of her first name is a subject of confusion.In Greek, there used to be an accent called a spiritus asper accent to indicate the 'h' sound (just as the 'h' in 'Helena').Elena' at the time of Elena Paparizou's birth.The spelling with the spiritus asper however was maintained in a system known as polytonic orthography which, having no vocal significance, finally ceased to be used 30 years ago.Elena Paparizou on the other hand, was born in Sweden where the name's version 'Helena' exists, and one could presume with little uncertainty that many Swedes transliterated her name as 'Helena'.That is to say, Paparizou's name is Elena, but has been misspelled 'Helena'.Her official website is helenapaparizou.Details of the new album 'The Game of Love' from MadTV.Information on what awards Elena won at the 2007 Mad Video Music Awards.Information on what awards Elena is nominated for at the 2007 Cyprus Music Awards.Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.Get the latest Flash player.The video has been added to your playlist.This video will appear on your blog shortly.Thank you for sharing your concerns.Thank you for flagging this video.Per our Community Guidelines, hate speech is specifically defined in reference to "protected groups."Please refer to our Help Center for more information and the complete instructions.Thank you for sharing your concerns.In order to process a privacy complaint we need more information from you.Please refer to our Help Center for more information and the form to submit.Change this to see only comments above a certain value.She's real worldwide star and my favourite singer!Has hits and very cool songs6.After making your selection, copy and paste the embed code above.The code changes based on your selection.Get the latest Flash player.Thank you for flagging this video.Content of this nature is not necessarily prohibited on YouTube, however we will review this video and take action as appropriate.Thank you for sharing your concerns.We can only process copyright complaints submitted by authorized parties in accordance with processes defined in law.In order to process a privacy complaint we need more information from you.Please refer to our Help Center for more information and the form to submit.Thank you for sharing this video!Elena is my favourite greek singer.English: Elena Paparizou (born January 31, 1982) is a Greek singer, born and raised in Sweden.This page was last modified 14:42, 5 June 2007."Are you sure you want to block this user?"Are you sure you want to delete this comment?"You're such a great woman!!!Just stopping by to wish you all the best in the New Year 2008.Many thanks for adding me.To proto mas Live gia fetos...Hey Elena,Happy New Year!Xronia polla kai kali xronia!!!!!!!!Elena na eisai panta super kai panta stin korifi!!!!!Alitheia to neo sou Cd pote tha kukloforisei???XRONIA POLLA LENAKI ME POLLH AGAPI.Evtixizmenos o Kenourios Xronos, moro mou!!!!!!!"Urgent Security Alert","Warning: You are submitting information to an outside site.This is not a MySpace login page, please do not enter your MySpace login information (email address or password).HTML code for the link:
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