Pantelis Pantelidis

Pantelis Pantelidis (23 November 1983 – 18 February 2016) was a Greek singer, songwriter and lyricist. He died on 18 February 2016 in a car accident.

Biography

Born on November 23, 1983, Pantelis Pantelidis grew up in Nea Ionia, a small suburb outside Athens.

Pantelidis worked in the Hellenic Navy as a non-commissioned officer, but abandoned the career to pursue his music. [1] Pantelidis was a self-taught musician and became well known through his music videos. After his fame hit, Pantelidis continued his career in discography. He released four albums with great commercial success. Pantelidis collaborated with numerous Greek artists such as Vasilis Karras, Despina Vandi and others. He won three awards at the MAD Video Music Awards, an annual award show in Greece. He won his first award in 2013 as "best new artist," 2015 as "best Greek male singer,"[2] and "best Greek Male Singer" again in 2016, after his death. His close family and friends accepted the award on his behalf.

Pantelidis died on 18 February 2016 in a car accident on Vouliagmenis Avenue, Athens.[3][4]

After his death, two of his songs reached the #1 spot on the Billboard chart "Greece Digital Songs". The two songs being "Ta Shinia Sou" and "Pino Apo 'Ki Psila Gia Sena". On June 25th, a CD single was released with 1 unpublished song and 1 song that was only available on video clip (which was planned to be in the new CD). The song Thimamai in YouTube has nearly 30.000.000+ views. On 14 December 2016, his pre-recorded song "Alli Mia Efkeria" was released via artist's official YouTube channel and gained over 1.1 million views in 2 days after the release and 20.000.000+ views after few months.

On February 18th 2017, one year after his death, another unpublished demo song was released Karavia Sto Vitho. On October 27th 2017, Tha Zo, another unpublished song of the artist was released. It was written and composed by Pantelis Pantelidis and sung by Amaryllis. Within a month, it received 3,000,000 views.

On December 1st 2017, his final unpublished song was released ("Na Se Kala"). Within one month, it had been viewed 6.000.000+ times.
YouTube Success

From a young age, Pantelis Pantelidis began writing his own songs. When filming them, he began sending the videos to close friends and family, who then posted them on YouTube. In 2012, Pantelis released a video singing his original song, Den Tairiazete Sou Lew, accompanied by his self-taught acoustic guitar playing. The video received instant hype and reached over 1 million views in a short period of time. The video led to a contract with a popular Greek Record company. In 2012, his debut album went double-platinum. In the Autumn of 2013, he won the MAD Video Music Award for Best New Artist.

Death

The 32 year old musician passed away due to a fatal car accident on the 18th of February, 2016. There here is much speculation however as to who was actually driving the vehicle. The car accident occurred on Vouliagmenis Avenue, Athens in a Mercedes SUV, just one day before he was set to perform at a well-known night club in Athens, along with Despoina Vandi and Kostas Martakis.[5]

In the car with him were two women, one of them being Mina Arnaouti. Arnaouti had posted photos of the crash afterwards indicating the dead body in the driver's seat. The second woman was named Froso Kyriakou, both of whom had survived the accident with major injuries. [6]

In later a genetic evaluation, Giorgos Fitsialos, doctor of Molecular Genetics and one of the many experts investigating the case, had found in two of the samples taken from the vehicle's steering wheel. The genetic analysis led to mixed genetic profiles of at least two persons, one of whom was Pantelis Pantelidis.[6] The case is still being investigated.

After his death, two of his songs reached the #1 spot on the Billboard chart "Greece Digital Songs". The two songs being "Ta Shinia Sou" and "Pino Apo 'Ki Psila Gia Sena". On June 25th, Pantelidis' single was released. The single consisted of one unpublished song and one song available on videoclip, though it was planned to be on the CD. The song Thimamai in YouTube reached 30.000.000+ views. On December 14th, 2016, Pantelidis' pre-recorded song "Alli Mia Efkeria" was released via artist's official YouTube channel. The video gained over 1.1 million views within the two days after the release. After four weeks, the video reached 20,000,000+ views.

Discography
Studio albums

Alkoolikes oi Nyxtes (2012)
Ouranio toxo pou tou Lypane dyo Xromata (2013)
Panselinos kai kati A' Meros Eis-Pnoi (2014)
Panselinos kai kati B' Meros Ek-Pnoi (2015)

CD singles

I agapi einai thyella -with Vasilis Karras Paola_Foka-(2012)
Gia Ton Idio Anthropo Milame -with Vasilis Karras-(2012)
Tis Kardias mou to grammeno (2015)
Thimamai (2016)
Alli Mia Efkeria (2016)
Karavia Ston Vytho + Alli mia efkeria (2017)
Kako skyli (Valentino Remix) (2017)
Na 'sai kala (2017)

Compilations

2 Nea Tragoudia Ginetai+Alkoolikes oi nyxtes (2013)
Panselinos kai kati Eis-pnoi + Ek-pnoi (2015)
Gia panta (Best of) (2016)

Releases after Death

On June 26th 2016, the first song after his death was released. It's called Thimamai (Θυμάμαι, I remember) and on YouTube it reached 30,000,000+ views.

On December 14th 2016, Alli mia eykeria (Άλλη μια Ευκαιρία, One more chance) was released. A video clip was also created for this song including unpublished footage of Pantelis Pantelidis. The song on YouTube reached 23,000,000+ views.

On February 18th 2017, exactly a year after his death, Karavia Sto Vitho was released and reached 15.000.000+ views within one month.

On October 27th 2017, Tha zo (Θα ζω, I'll live) was released, written by Pandelis Pandelidis and sung by Amarrilis. Within one month, the video received 3,000,000+ views.

On December 1st 2017, Na se kala (Να 'σαι καλά, Be well) was release. Within 1 month, the video received 7.000.000+ views.

On May 25th 2018 , the song Pali Pali (Πάλι Πάλι, Again again) was released. 10 days after release the video received 2.000.000+ views. 1 Month after its release it had 6.000.000+ views.
Awards
Year Prizes
2013 MAD Awards:Best New Artist (Winner)
2013 MAD Awards:Best Song Of The Year (Nominated)
2014 Best Video MAD Greekz (Winner)
2014 MAD Awards:Best Male Artist (Nominated)
2015 MAD Awards:Best Male Artist (Winner)
2015 Best Video MAD Greekz (Winner)
2015 Special Mad Greekz for the song Ginetai (Winner)
2015 MAD Awards:Video Of The Year (Nominated)
2016 Best Male Adult (Winner - Posthumously)
2017 Song of the Year "Thimamai" (Winner - Posthumously)
2018 Song of the year "Karavia ston vitho" ( Nominated- Posthumously)
Songs given to other artists

Eventhough Pantelis Pantelidis was a talent in song-writing he didn't gave away songs to just anybody. He had in plan to share some of his songs but unfurtunately due to his tragic end he only was able to share with the world via other artists the following songs:

Xeirotera by Eleni Xatzidou

Tora sernese by Paola

Diatages by Amarillis

O kainourios erotas sou by Eirini Papadopoulou

Narkopedio I zoi moy by Giannis ploutarxos

Songs to be released

Pantelis Pantelidis wrote 100s of songs. Unfortunately most of them are just found on YouTube in live versions or a Guitar version, alike the "Den teriazetai sou leo" who made him popular in the first place. Eventhough nothing has been announced yet about the following songs, those are the top that are found in more than 1 version on the internet and people many times asked to be found and song either by other singers or remake the original videos if found and cover with music to be released.

Ase me na nioso tin anapnoi sou

Athina

Egina Skia

Ego eimai edo

Irtha ego na ta gamiso ola

Kane ta panta apopse

Katexomena

Kai egw sta matia sou miden

Ligo xrono zitises

Me eixes mprosta sou

Mixani tou xronou

Monos moy

O alitis sou

O trelos

Prokalese me

Sagineytiki agapi

Simadia sto laimo sou

Sou egine to s'agapo

and more...
References

Newsroom. "Greeks shocked by the tragic death of Pantelis Pantelidis (pics+vid)".
"Singer Pantelis Pantelidis, 32, dies in car crash - Kathimerini".
"Popular singer Pantelis Pantelidis killed in traffic collision". tovima.gr. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
"Greek singer Pantelis Pantelidis dies in car accident". protothema.gr. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
"Report: Speed a factor in Pantelidis crash".

Skordas, Aggelos (24 January 2017). "New DNA Report indicates Pantelidis was not driving during Fatal Wreck". Greek City Times. Greek City Times. Retrieved March 30, 2018.

External links

Biography portal flagGreece portal Music portal

Pantelis Pantelidis discography at Discogs

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License