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Dimitri Stassos (Greek: Δημήτρη Στασσος; born 1969 in Stockholm, Sweden), is a Greek-Swedish songwriter known for his entries in the Eurovision Song Contest [1] as well as writing hits for Ola Svensson and others.

Career

He has been working professionally as a songwriter, producer, and a musician for many years, signed to Warner Chappell Scandinavia.

He has gained success in the Swedish Eurovision Song Contest as a composer and producer four times, composed Spain's contribution " La noche es para mí", performed by Soraya, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, as well as co-writing the song " Aphrodisiac", performed by Eleftheria Eleftheriou, which represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku. [2] [3]

On the Swedish market Dimitri has worked with "Idol" star Ola Svensson, resulting in three number one singles, " Unstoppable (co-written), [4] " Overdrive" and "I´m In Love" (co-written by Shellback and Alexander Kronlund).[ citation needed] He composed two songs and produced six songs on Eric Saade's debut album " Masquerade", which made it to number one on the Swedish album chart. Dimitri has also worked with Sibel, Måns Zelmerlöw, Linda Sundblad, Danny Saucedo and many more.[ citation needed]

Outside the Swedish market Dimitri has gained success in various countries.[ citation needed] On the Spanish market he has written and produced for Soraya, [ citation needed] David Bustamante (Platinum album)[ citation needed] and David Bisbal (3× Platinum).[ citation needed] The David Bisbal song also featured British pop star Pixie Lott.

On the Greek market, Dimitri wrote and produced the songs " Sose Me (Lights On)" and "Gelaei" (Gold album " Kalokairi Stin Kardia") for artist Ivi Adamou, and the songs "Ase Me" and "Stavrolekso" for artist Eleni Foureira, (Platinum album).

Eurovision Entries

Entries in national Eurovision pre-selections

References

  1. ^ "Greece: Dimitri Stassos speaks to ESCDaily.com". ESC Daily. April 27, 2012. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012.
  2. ^ Sitepu, Lania (March 13, 2012). "Svenska låtskrivare bakom Greklands vinnarbidrag". SVT.
  3. ^ "Mycket svenskt vidare till final". Sydsvenskan. May 22, 2012. Archived from the original on April 18, 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  4. ^ Mattsson, Andreas (November 30, 2009). "Här är listan över alla klara bidrag". Sydsvenskan. Archived from the original on April 18, 2013.

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