Antique is a Swedish-Greek duo which combines Greek popular music and lyrics with a Nordic dance/pop beat. Antique's duo is Elena Paparizou and Nikos Panagiotidis. Both were born and raised in Sweden by Greek parents. They were the first group ever to be nominated for a Swedish Grammy in the category Modern Dance (with a Greek song). Elena and Nikos are not related, nor are they romantically involved. They have called their relationship one "as very good friends." Both grew up in Gothenburg.Antique's first single, Opa-Opa, a cover of Notis Sfakianakis, made it to the Top 5 of the Swedish Sales list and the Top 10 of all of Scandinavia and it sold over 60,000 copies which gave them gold and platinum certification. They were the first group to hit No.5 in the sales charts in their native Sweden with a song sung in Greek. That song, the hit single "Opa Opa" from the album of the same name, was a bouncy dance number that flooded the Swedish summer. The follow-up "Dinata Dinata" was also a smash.This young duo take the Greek traditional music of their roots and inject it into the 21st century with a dose of high-tempo Nordic disco.Elena has called herself fluent in Swedish, Greek and English, and she has studied French and Spanish.Nikos' relatives are from northern Greece while Elena's are from central Greece.Myspace Graphics
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