Alex P

Alexander "Alex P" Papaconstantinou (Greek: Αλέξανδρος "Άλεξ" Παπακωνσταντίνου; born 29 December 1979 in Brännkyrka, Sweden) is a Greek-Swedish songwriter and record producer. He has worked with a number of artists including Jennifer López, Paulina Rubio, Enrique Iglesias, Antique, Helena Paparizou, Arash, Anna Vissi, Cameron Cartio, Eleni Foureira, Sarbel and Tamta. In 2011, Papaconstantinou adopted the production pseudonym Alex P and started collaborating with record producer RedOne, 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".^[1] 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), Aysel and Arash (Azerbaijan), Ivi Adamou, Eleni Foureira, Tamta and Andromache (Cyprus).

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

Year	Country	Song	Artist	Final	Points	Semi	Points
2007	Greece	"Yassou Maria"	Sarbel	7	120	Top 10 Previous Year
2009	Azerbaijan	"Always"	Aysel and Arash	3	207	2	180
2012	Cyprus	"La La Love"	Ivi Adamou	16	65	7	91
2018	Cyprus	"Fuego"	Eleni Foureira	2	436	2	262
2019	Cyprus	"Replay"	Tamta	13	109	9	149
2022	Cyprus	"Ela"	Andromache	Failed to qualify		12	63

In 2011, Papaconstantinou adopted the production pseudonym Alex P and started collaborating with record producer RedOne, 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.^[2][3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5][6] During his collaboration with RedOne, Alex P co-wrote or produced multiple hit singles leading to 3 BMI Awards and a Latin Grammy Award.^[7][8]

In 2017, Papaconstantinou co-founded and became a member of the music trio VAX, along with singer Teddy Sky and guitarist Viktor Svensson.^[5] VAX released the song "6 in the Morning" featuring the Polish singer-songwriter Margaret followed by "Fireproof" featuring band lead singer Teddy Sky.

Alexander Papaconstantinou is of Greek descent. His sister is SVT presenter Ritza Papaconstantinou.^[11]

This section needs expansion with: hits particularly 2013 onwards. You can help by adding to it. (January 2018)

Title	Year	Artist / Band	Album	Songwriter	Producer
"Filla Me"[12]	2001	Antique	Die for You	Y
"Follow Me"[12]				Y
"Kalimera"[12]				Y
"Ligo Ligo"[12]				Y
"Tabla Dreams"[12]				Y
"Ela 'Do (Come 2 Me)"[13]	2002		Alli Mia Fora	Y	Y
"Girna Ksana"[13]					Y
"Moro Mou"[13]					Y
"Tora Tora"[13]					Y
"Crying On The Dancefloor"[12]		Peter Jöback	I Feel Good and I'm Worth It		Y
"Freeway"[12]					Y
"Heal"[12]					Y
"Help Somebody"[12]					Y
"I'm Gonna Do It"[12]					Y
"My Fatal Love"[12]					Y
"Northern Guy"[12]					Y
"She's Like a Butterfly"[12]					Y
"Sinner"[12]					Y
"This is the Year"[12]					Y
"Time to get Tacky"[12]				Y
"Undress Me"[12]					Y
"Ego Moro Mou"[14]	2003	Anna Vissi	Paraksenes Eikones	Y	Y
"Anamniseis"[12]	2004	Elena Paparizou	Protereotita	Y	Y
"Antitheseis"[15]					Y
"Katse Kala"[12]				Y	Y
"Matia Kai Hili"[12]				Y	Y
"Taxidi Gia Ton Agnosto"[12]				Y	Y
"Lie (Alex Papaconstantinou Club Edit"[16]	2005	Anna Vissi	Nylon		Y
"Barone"[17]		Cameron Cartio	Borderless	Y	Y
"Henna"[17]				Y	Y
"Ironiam"[17]				Y	Y
"Leyli"[17]				Y	Y
"Madaram"[17]				Y	Y
"Ni Na Nay"[17]				Y	Y
"Roma"[17]					Y
"Sandy"[17]				Y	Y
"Panta Se Perimena"[18]	2006	Elena Paparizou	Iparhi Logos		Y
"Paradigmatos Hari"[18]					Y
"Se Pion Na Miliso"[18]					Y
"Gigolo"[18]			Iparhi Logos/The Game of Love	Y	Y
"Iparhi Logos"/"It's Gone Tomorrow"[18]					Y
"Mambo!"[18]				Y	Y
"The Game of Love"[18]				Y	Y
"Tipsis"/"You Set My Hear on Fire""[18]					Y
"Pote Xana"/"Let Me Let Go"[18]				Y	Y
"Voulez Vous?"[19]			The Game of Love	Y	Y
"Mi Chica"[20]	2007	Sarbel	Sahara: Euro Edition	Y	Y
"Yassou Maria"[12]				Y	Y
"Stin Pira"[21]	2008	Anna Vissi	Apagorevmeno	Y	Y
"Desperado"[22]		Sarbel	Kati san esena	Y	Y
"Apo Makria Kai Agapimeni" (Remix by Alex Papaconstantinou)[21]	2009	Anna Vissi	Apagorevmeno+		Y
"Fabulous"[21]				Y	Y
"Always"[12]		Aysel & Arash	Always	Y	Y
"San Ton Klefti"		Giorgos Sabanis	N/A	Y	Y
"Agapi Einai Esi"[23]	2010	Anna Vissi	Agapi Einai Esi		Y
"Den Tha Iparksei Allo"[23]					Y
"Gia Ola Ftei O Theos"[23]					Y
"Omprella"[23]					Y
"San To Do Kai To Si"[23]					Y
"Sta Krifa"[23]					Y
"Vampir"[23]					Y
"Famous"[12]		Big Time Rush	BTR (International version)		Y
"To Mistiko Mou Na Vreis"[24]		Ivi Adamou	Kalokairi Stin Kardia	Y	Y
"Kita Ti Ekanes"[25]		Nikos Ganos	Brosta	Y	Y
"Poso Akoma"[25]				Y
"I Like How It Feels"[12]	2011	Enrique Iglesias	Sex and Love	Y	Y
"Down for Whatever"		Kelly Rowland	Here I Am		Y
"Se Thelo Apopse"		Kokkina Halia	Emeis	Y	Y
"Break Me"		Nikos Ganos	TBD	Y	Y
"This Love is Killing Me"				Y	Y
"Spread a Little Love"[12]	2012	Havana Brown	When the Lights Go Out	Y	Y
"La La Love"[12]		Ivi Adamou	San Ena Oneiro (Euro Edition)	Y	Y
"C'est la vie"[26]		Khaled	C'est la vie	Y	Y
"Hiya Hiya" (feat. Pitbull)[26]				Y	Y
"Encore une fois"[26]				Y	Y
"Ana Âacheck"[26]				Y	Y
"Dima Labess (feat. Mazagan)"[26]				Y
"Laila (feat. Marwan)"[26]				Y	Y
"Bab Jenna"[26]				Y	Y
"Samira"[26]				Y	Y
"My Heart Is Refusing Me" (Alex P & Victory Version)[12]		Loreen	Heal	Y
"Hell Yeah"		Midnight Red	TBD	Y	Y
"Whip It"[12]		Nicki Minaj	Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded	Y	Y
"Boys Will Be Boys"[12]		Paulina Rubio	Brava! Reload	Y	Y
"Fist Pump Jump Jump"[12]		Ying Yang Twins	TBD	Y	Y
"I Don't Wanna Go"	2013	Colette Carr	Skitszo	Y	Y
"Live it Up" (feat. Pitbull)[12]		Jennifer Lopez	TBD	Y	Y
"Can't Feel Love Tonight (feat. Andreas Wijk)"[12]		Kika	Alive	Y
"Love \ Life" (feat. Kika)		John Mamann	Love Life[12]	Y	Y
"Vivir Mi Vida"[12]		Marc Anthony	3.0	Y
"Red Cup"		Katy Tiz	Far Away	Y
"Take Me Home"[12]		Midnight Red	Midnight Red	Y
"Unloved"	2015	Tamta	TBD	Y	Y
"Cool Me Down"[12]	2016	Margaret		Y	Y
"Infinity"[27][12]		Mohombi			Y
"OMG"[28][12]		Arash feat. Snoop Dogg		Y	Y
"What You Do"	2017	Margaret	Monkey Business		Y
"6 in the Morning" (feat. Margaret)		VAX	TBD	Y	Y
"Fireproof" (feat. Teddy Sky)				Y	Y
"Call Me" (feat. MIMI)		Neiked		Y	Y
"Fuego"	2018	Eleni Foureira		Y	Y
"Tómame"				Y	Y
"Replay"	2019	Tamta		Y	Y

• Alex Papaconstantinou charting songs on Swedish Singles Charts