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Claydee Lupa | |
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 Claydee Lupa | |
| Born | Klejdi Lupa (1985-06-07)7 June 1985 (age 39) |
| Other names | Claydee |
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| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2008–present |
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| Website | claydee |
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Klejdi Lupa (Greek: Κλέιντι Λούπα; born 7 June 1985), known professionally asClaydee, is a Greek-Albanian singer, songwriter and producer.[1][2] He has produced works that fall into thedance-pop,RnB andhouse music categories. His songs have charted as Top 10 hits in countries such as Greece, Spain, Serbia, Russia, Poland, Cyprus and Albania.[3] His songs have also surpassed 582 million streams and YouTube views combined.[3]
Lupa was born inTirana,People's Socialist Republic of Albania (present-dayAlbania) and moved toAthens, Greece, with his family at the age of four.[4] Graduating from high school, he pursued a degree inAudio Engineering at SAE (International Technology College) that he completed in 2006. A year later, he obtained a BA in Recording Arts fromMiddlesex University. After concluding his degrees, in 2008, he went on to work atMTV Greece.
Lupa released his first personal track "Call Me" which was awarded the Best Dance Video Clip at theMADTv Awards in 2011.[5] His second track, "Deep Inside", was apop-dance track.[6] In the summer of 2012 he released the international hit "Mamacita Buena" which became the first song produced in Greece to have the most views on YouTube[7] and reached No.1 at the airplay chart in Greece while simultaneously being released internationally byUltra Music.[8] The song was also featured in the NBC TV series Telenovela, which stars Eva Longoria.[9] He was nominated for Best Greek Act Award at theMTV Europe Music Awards.[10]
His single "Sexy Papi" reached the No.1 in the airplay charts in countries such as Greece, Poland and Serbia[11] whileCoca-Cola in Greece chose him to go on tour with the brand for the summer of 2013. He performed in a number of countries, including Cyprus, Albania, Serbia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Canada, United States, Sweden and Italy and atAthens Arena.
In 2010, Claydee co-created "Down2Earth Music", a music industry consulting and artist development company, with his friend Evan Klimakis. It launched Down2Earth Records, a mainstream dance label. Since then, the label has amassed on the YouTube channel over 1 billion views and 1 million subscribers.
In 2015, Lupa released the song "Utopia" with his side project Bang La Decks.[12] The song was featured in the video game FIFA 15 and the TV series Power and Teen Wolf. An adaptation of the song titled "How Bad Do You Want It" with vocals bySevyn Streeter was also included in the soundtrack for the film Furious 7.[13]
In 2018, Lupa released the song "Later Bitches" with his musical side project The Prince Karma. It reached #12 on the Worldwide Shazam Chart and amassed more than 150 million Spotify streams.[14] The song was later used for the beer companyDesperados' "We Are the Party" advertising campaign in 2020.[15] It was eventually certified Platinum in France and Gold in Germany.
Claydee collaborated with Greek singer Eleni Foureira on the song "Loquita" in 2019.[16] The song won the "Best Duet" award at the MAD Video Music Awards in 2020.[17]
Claydee released the single "Detente" in 2021. The song became viral onTikTok, amassing more than 9 million views.[3]
Claydee collaborated with Greek pop sensation Josephine on the song "Babe ti Exeis?"
Experience he gained while working for MTV Greece led to work as a producer and a songwriter, under his alias Beetkraft, beginning with the song"The End" by Reckless,[18] which was released bySony Music Greece and reached a top-rank position in the UK Club Charts. He went on to write and produce, under his real name,"Last Summer" sung byNikos Ganos, the Track of the Year at the 2011MAD TV Awards.[5] The track was released byHeaven Music in Greece and in 35 countries internationally.
In 2011, he co-wrote"Tonight" with Playmen, sung byTamta, which reached No.1 in the airplay charts inGreece. Songs under his alias Beetkraft include"Agries diatheseis" byKostas Martakis,"Niose tin Kardia" byTamta (in which he raps as well) and"To allo sou miso" forSakis Rouvas, featured in his double platinum albumParafora.
Some years after his establishment in Greece, Lupa legally took the name Nikodimos.[19] He is also a professional Latin dancer. He has a son, born in 2016.[20]
| Association | Nominee / Work | Year | Award | Result |
| Mad Video Music Awards | "Call Me" (with Dimension-X) | 2011 | Best Video Clip – Dance | Won[21][22] |
| Mad Video Music Awards | "Do It" | 2014 | Best Video Clip – Dance | Won[23][24][25] |
| Mad Video Music Awards | "Do It" | 2014 | Best Dance Act in Video Clip | Nominated[24] |
| Mad Video Music Awards | "Loquita" (with Eleni Foureira) | 2020 | Best Duet | Won[26] |
| Year | Work |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Christos Hatzinasios andNancy Alexiadi – "Kakomathimeno" |
| 2009 | Taki Tsan – "Akoma Zontanos" |
| 2010 | Nikos Ganos – "Last Summer" |
| 2010 | Reckless – "The End" |
| 2010 | Sakis Rouvas – "To allo sou miso" |
| 2011 | Beetkraft ft.Rukus – "Player" |
| 2011 | Kostas Martakis – "Agries diatheseis" |
| 2011 | Stratos STAN Antipariotis – "Taxidepse Me" |
| 2011 | Dimension X feat.Nikki Ponte – "Hey You" |
| 2011 | Dimension X – "Na m'agapas" |
| 2011 | Playmen & Claydee feat.Tamta – "Tonight" |
| 2012 | Tamta – "Niose tin kardia" |
| 2012 | Dimension X – "Thelo" |
| 2012 | Katerina Stikoudi – "Mi" |
| 2012 | Nikki Lee – "Chiki Chiki" |
| 2013 | Nikki Lee – "Heleya" |
| 2013 | Eleftheria Eleftheriou – "Teliosame" |
| 2014 | Eleftheria Eleftheriou – "Gia Sena" |
| 2019 | Eleni Foureira – "Barcelona" |
| 2019 | Era Istrefi feat. Nora Istrefi – "Nuk E Di" |
| 2020 | El Capon – "Shut Up Chicken" (co-written withBasshunter, Thomas Jules and Ilkay Sencan) |
| 2020 | Eleni Foureira – "Yayo"[27] |
| 2022 | Josephine - Kathrefti Kathreftaki Mou |
| Year | Song |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Call Me |
| 2011 | Deep Inside |
| 2012 | Mamacita Buena |
| 2013 | Sexy Papi |
| 2013 | Watching Over You – featuring Dimension X |
| 2013 | Do It – featuring Ruby[28][29] |
| 2014 | Hey Ma – featuring Alex Velea[30] |
| 2014 | Because Of You – featuring Katie Bell |
| 2015 | Who – featuringFaydee |
| 2015 | Te Quiero – featuring Dave Audé |
| 2016 | Alena |
| 2017 | Notayo featuring Kirsten Collins |
| 2017 | Dame Dame featuring Lexy Panterra |
| 2018 | Licky featuring Jenn Morel |
| 2019 | Gitana featuring Lil Eddie |
| 2019 | Loquita featuring Eleni Foureira |
| 2020 | Rikita featuring Mente Fuerte |
| 2021 | Como Te Llamas[31] |
| 2021 | Detente[32] |
| 2021 | La Luna y Tu featuring Smiley |
| 2021 | Culo |
| 2021 | Dirty (On The Phone) |
| 2021 | Tequila |
| 2021 | Awoof featuring Emy Perez[33] |
| 2022 | Mamma Mia featuring ALMA |
| 2023 | Babe ti Exeis with Josephine |
| 2023 | Toca Toca with Evangelia |
| 2023 | If You Never with Eneli and Kállay Saunders |
| Year | Song |
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| 2018 | Later Bitches[22] |
| 2019 | No More[citation needed] |
| 2020 | Superstar[34] |
| 2020 | Rick James[34] |
| 2020 | It's The DJ featuring Ron Carroll[34] |
| 2021 | I Wanna Know What Love Is[35] |
| 2021 | I'll Be There featuring Dawty Music[35] |
| Year | Song |
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| 2012 | Kuedon (Obsession)[36] |
| 2014 | Zouka[37] |
| 2015 | Utopia[38] |
| 2015 | Aide[39][40] |
| 2016 | Montego |
| 2016 | Okinawa[41] |
| 2016 | Baracoa |
| 2018 | Krepale[42] |
| 2020 | GQOM[43] |
