Alexander "Alex P" Papaconstantinou (

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: Αλέξανδρος "Άλεξ" Παπακωνσταντίνου; born 29 December 1979 in Brännkyrka, Sweden) is a Greek-Swedish songwriter and music producer. He has worked with a number of artists including Jennifer López, Paulina Rubio, Enrique Iglesias, Antique, Helena Paparizou, Arash,

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, Eleni Foureira, Sarbel and Tamta. In 2011, Papaconstantinou adopted the production

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Alex P and started collaborating with record producer

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, joined RedOne's production and 2101 songs writing team. His collaboration continued until 2014. Along with Adam Baptiste, Papaconstantinou has also been credited as a featured artist under the name "The WAV.s". Since 2017, he has been a member of the pop band VAX. Papaconstantinou has also written and co-written a number of notable songs for Eurovision Song Contest for Sarbel (Greece),

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and Arash (Azerbaijan), Ivi Adamou, Eleni Foureira, Tamta and Andromache (Cyprus).

Eurovision

Papaconstantinou has written and co-written a number of songs in various Eurovision Song Contests:

Collaboration with RedOne

In 2011, Papaconstantinou adopted the production

Alex P and started collaborating with record producer

, joined RedOne's production and 2101 songs writing team. This collaboration lasted three years until 2014, during which time he co-wrote and co-produced the Enrique Iglesias hit song " I Like How It Feels" and co-wrote and co-produced the Khaled album '' C'est la vie''. In 2013, singer Marc Anthony covered the Khaled song " C'est la vie" as a salsa tune titled "Vivir Mi Vida" ("Live My Life") for his studio album '' 3.0''. This version won a Latin Grammy Award in 2013 for Record of the Year and holds the record for the second-longest run inside the top-five in the ''Billboard'' Latin Songs, with 51 weeks. During his collaboration with RedOne, Alex P co-wrote or produced multiple

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s leading to 3 BMI Awards and a Latin Grammy Award.

VAX

In 2017, Papaconstantinou co-founded and became a member of the music trio VAX, along with singer Teddy Sky and guitarist Viktor Svensson. VAX released the song "6 in the Morning" featuring the Polish singer-songwriter Margaret followed by "Fireproof" featuring band lead singer Teddy Sky.

Discography

Singles

Personal life

Alexander Papaconstantinou is of Greek descent. His sister is SVT presenter

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Selected production discography

References

External links

Alex Papaconstantinou charting songs on Swedish Singles Charts
{{Authority control 1979 births Living people Musicians from Stockholm People from Södermanland Swedish people of Greek descent Swedish record producers Swedish songwriters