Facts: - years active: 1993 -- present - birth name: evangelos-phoebus tassopoulos - origin: greece - genre: modern laika , pop , dance , rock - birth date: 1 january 1971 - name: phoebus el - background: non_performing_personnel - label: sony emi -lrb- 1997 -- 2000 -rrb- heaven music -lrb- 2001 music -- 2009 -rrb- the spicy effect -lrb- 2010 -- present greece -rrb- -lrb- 1993 -- 1997 -rrb- minos Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of phoebus -lrb- songwriter -rrb- .
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phoebus -lrb- , , born january 1 , 1971 -rrb- , sometimes spelled phivos or fivos -lrb- pronounced '' fee-vos '' -rrb- , is a well-known songwriter in both greece and cyprus .phoebus is mostly known for his music through despina vandi and katy garbi , although he has composed albums for many other artists in greece and cyprus .a high percentage of the albums he composes receive certification making him one of the most successful greek songwriters of the 1990s and 2000s , selling 3,500,000 records .in 2009 he founded his own record label , the spicy effect , to which he has signed various artists , many of whom he has collaborated with in the past .he has an estimated net worth at 75 million euros .