Dimitris Kontopoulos

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dimitris Kontopoulos
Occupation	Musical Composer
Date Of Birth	Nov 9, 1971(1971-11-09)
Age	53
Birthplace	Athens
Country	Greece
Birth City	Attica
Horoscope	Scorpio

Dimitris Kontopoulos Biography

Dimitris Kontopoulos is one of the most popular and richest Musical Composer who was born on November 9, 1971 in Athens, Attica, Greece.

Dimitris Kontopoulos (Greek: Δημήτρης Κοντόπουλος born November 9, 1971 in Athens, Greece) is one of the most famous Greek music composers known for his dance-pop music.

Kontopoulos became active in the music industry in 1999–2000. In 1999 he released as a producer the album ‘Etsi ime ego’ by Iro. The singles of the album ‘Etsi eime ego’ and ‘Tipota’ topped the Greek charts making the producer famous nationally. In 2001 he released the second album of Iro as a producer and composer. The singles ‘Apogeiosi’, ‘Etsi eine oi sxeseis’ and ‘Moni mou’ also topped the charts. In 2002, he produced and composed the album of Giannis Vardis. The first single of the album ‘Gia ena lepto’ topped all charts and remained at the first spot of the National Airplay Chart for over 12 weeks. In 2003 he became involved with the Eurovision Song Contest when he wrote the song “Mia Stigmi” sung by Giannis Vardis. The song competed in the national final to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, but came in second place to Mando and ‘Never Let You Go’ which went to Eurovision. Though the entry did not win the national final, it topped the charts in Greece for 11 weeks. Also in 2003 he started to compose the music for a movie of the famous Greek director Nikos Perakis. The song of the movie ‘Meine mazi mou apopse’ became a massive hit in Greece and reached the number one position in the charts. In 2004 he composes the song ‘Esena mono’ for famous Greek singer Katy Garbi. The song became a massive hit not only in Greece but also in Turkey. A year after famous Turkish singer/presenter Seray Sever made a cover- version of the song with Turkish lyrics.

Dimitris Kontopoulos Net Worth

Dimitris Kontopoulos is one of the richest Musical Composer from Greece. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dimitris Kontopoulos 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Dimitris Kontopoulos was born in Athens, Greece on November 9, 1971. After graduating from the Ziridis school, he continued his studies in film scoring at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California.

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In 2009 Kontopoulos composed the song ‘ Kai se thelo’ for Sakis Rouvas. The song, for one more time, becomes a massive hit topping all charts in Greece for more than 3 months. It remained at the first spot of the National Airplay chart for 8 weeks and the song became a cover in Bulgaria and Estonia. In 2009 Kontopoulos also produced and composed the album ‘Solnce’ of Ani Lorak. For the song ‘Solnce’ of the album he won a Russian Grammy award in the Golden Grammofon awards at the Kremlin. On July 19, 2008, it was announced that Dimitris Kontopoulos would be the composer for Sakis Rouvas and Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. He composed three songs: ‘Out of control’, ‘Right on Time’, and ‘This is our night’ which were voted on at the national final in February 2009. The song titled ‘This is our night’ got the most votes and thus represented Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, which took place in Moscow. After the results of the jury and the tele-voting were announced, the song was placed seventh on the final scoreboard but if the results were based only on televoting (like in previous years) it would have ranked 5th. In 2010 he released a new song for Sakis Rouvas titled ‘Spase ton hrono’. The song topped the Greek charts for months. In March 2010 Kontopoulos became a member of the jury of the Greek Idol show. In September 2010 Kontopoulos released the new song of Sakis Rouvas called ‘Parafora’. The song became a massive club hit and it was in the number one spot of the National Airplay Chart for weeks. In December of the same year Kontopoulos released the ballad ‘Einai stigmes’, performed by Antonis Remos. Two days after its release the song topped the download chart and immediately became a hit. In February 2011 Sakis Rouvas released his new song ‘Oi dyo mas’ by Kontopoulos. In March the song topped the National Airplay chart becoming the 6th song of the duo Kontopoulos/Rouvas that topped the charts. In September 2011, the three top Greek male artists released songs of Dimitris Kontopoulos: Antonis Remos released as a single the song “Tora Epizo”, Sakis Rouvas the song “Kane na mi sagapiso” and Michalis Hatzigiannis performed the song “Axizo” of the movie “Loufa kai parallagi: Seirines stun Steria”.

Facts & Trivia

Don Ranked on the list of most popular Musical Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Greece. Dimitris Kontopoulos celebrates birthday on November 9 of every year.

On May 2013 Dimitris Kontopoulos participated at the Eurovision Song Contest with Azerbaijan. His song “Hold me” performed by Farid Mammadov came second with 234 points, the most points that Azerbaijan has ever received at the Eurovision Song Contest.While it received the maximum 12 points from 10 countries. Kontopoulos is one of the two composers of the song “Shine” of The Tolmachevy Sisters which it will take a part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 for Russia.