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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 "

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", performed by

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, in the

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, as well as co-writing the song "

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", performed by Eleftheria Eleftheriou, which represented Greece in the

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in Baku. On the Swedish market Dimitri has worked with "Idol" star

, resulting in three number one singles, "

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(co-written), " Overdrive" and "I´m In Love" (co-written by Shellback and

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). He composed two songs and produced six songs on

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's debut album " Masquerade", which made it to number one on the Swedish album chart. Dimitri has also worked with

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and many more. Outside the Swedish market Dimitri has gained success in various countries. On the Spanish market he has written and produced for

, David Bustamante (Platinum album) and

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(3× Platinum). The David Bisbal song also featured British pop star

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. On the Greek market, Dimitri wrote and produced the songs "

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" and "Gelaei" (Gold album " Kalokairi Stin Kardia") for artist

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, and the songs "Ase Me" and "Stavrolekso" for artist

Eleni Foureira Eleni Foureira ( el, Ελένη Φουρέιρα; born Entela Fureraj; 7 March 1987) is a naturalised Greek, Albanian singer and dancer. She began her music career in 2007 as a member of the Greek girl group Mystique, pursuing a solo career after ...

, (Platinum album).

Eurovision Entries

* "

" by

Soraya Arnelas Soraya Arnelas Rubiales (; born 13 September 1982), better known by her stage name Soraya, is a Spanish singer. Soraya represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia with the song "La noche es para mí" finishing 23rd wi ...

( Spain 2009), 24th place (final) * "

" by Eleftheria Eleftheriou ( Greece 2012), 17th place (final)

Entries in national Eurovision pre-selections

* "Hypnotized" by

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( Sweden 2007), 7th place (semi-final) * " Alla" by

( Sweden 2009), 10th place * "

" by

( Spain 2009), 1st place * "

" by

( Sweden 2010), 7th place * "Stop" by

Sibel Redžep Sibel Redžep ( tr, Sibel Recep, mk, Сибел Реџеп; born 12 December 1987) is a Macedonian-born Swedish pop singer. She is known from the Swedish television show '' Idol 2005'', where she was the second runner up. She was also a semi-f ...

( Sweden 2010), 7th place (semi-final) * "

" by Eleftheria Eleftheriou ( Greece 2012), 1st place * "Waterfall" by Joni ( Hungary 2014), 9th place (semi-final) * "Memories (In Melody)" by Nikki Kavanagh ( Ireland 2015), 4th place * "Empty Hearted" by Domenique ( Malta 2016), eliminated (semi-final) * "The Wrong Kind" by Veronicas Illusion ( Denmark 2016), Finalist * "Don't Wake Me Up" by Tuuli Okkonen ( Finland 2016), 9th place * "A.S.A.P." by Johanna Beijbom ( Denmark 2017), 3rd place * "Čudo" by Goga Stanić ( Serbia 2019), 8th place (semi-final) * "Die for You" by Catarina Sandu ( Moldova 2020), 4th place * "Into the Fire" by Nicole Azzopardi ( Malta 2022), 3rd place

References

External links

AllMusic
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stassos, Dimitri Swedish songwriters Musicians from Stockholm Swedish people of Greek descent 1969 births Living people