|
Anders Wollbeck
Anders Wilhelm Axel Wollbeck (born 10 February 1958 in Stockholm) is a Swedish songwriter and producer. He plays the guitar and Keyboard instrument, keyboard. He is part of the songwriting and production duo Vacuum (band), Vacuum together with Mattias Lindblom. Career Wollbeck has worked with a number of artists in his career including Army of Lovers, Alcazar (band), Alcazar, Midi Maxi & Efti, Midi, Maxi & Efti, Vacuum (band), Vacuum, Rachel Stevens, Monrose, Tarja Turunen, Cinema Bizarre, Vengaboys and Tata Young. A number of songs co-written by Wollbeck have become international hits. He has also written and produced soundtrack music for the Tatort episode Kalter Engel. Personal life Wollbeck is married to Marie Sundström-Wollbeck, who designed most of Army of Lovers sleeves. The couple has two children and resides in Stockholm. Selected discography *"Crucified (Army of Lovers song), Crucified", "Obsession" and Ride The Bullet by Army of Lovers. Crucified was recently featured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vacuum 2002 (Lindblom, Wollbeck)
A vacuum is a space devoid of matter. The word is derived from the Latin adjective ''vacuus'' for "vacant" or "Void (astronomy), void". An approximation to such vacuum is a region with a gaseous pressure much less than atmospheric pressure. Physicists often discuss ideal test results that would occur in a ''perfect'' vacuum, which they sometimes simply call "vacuum" or free space, and use the term partial vacuum to refer to an actual imperfect vacuum as one might have in a laboratory or in outer space, space. In engineering and applied physics on the other hand, vacuum refers to any space in which the pressure is considerably lower than atmospheric pressure. The Latin term ''in vacuo'' is used to describe an object that is surrounded by a vacuum. The ''quality'' of a partial vacuum refers to how closely it approaches a perfect vacuum. Other things equal, lower gas pressure means higher-quality vacuum. For example, a typical vacuum cleaner produces enough suction to reduce air p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crucified (Army Of Lovers Song)
"Crucified" is a song by Swedish band Army of Lovers, released as the first single from their second album, ''Massive Luxury Overdose'' (1991), and the seventh single to be released by the band. It was released in May 1991 (in Sweden), February–April 1992 (in the UK and US), and July 2013 ("Crucified 2013"). The song was written by bandmembers Alexander Bard and Jean-Pierre Barda with Anders Wollbeck, and features Barda (vocals, drums), Bard (vocals, computer) and La Camilla (vocals, bass). It was successful in several European countries, including Belgium, where it reached the number-one, and Germany, Sweden, Austria and Switzerland, where it reached the top 10. In the United States, "Crucified" became a huge club hit and radio favorite, debuting at number six on the ''Billboard'' Dance singles chart and spending a total of 14 weeks in the top 20. The initial remixes available on the CD maxi and vinyl 12" maxi are by Nuzak. The track samples the drum break from James Brown's Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IFPI
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a non-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland and founded in Italy in 1933 by Francesco Braga. It operates a secretariat based in London, with regional offices in Brussels, Hong Kong, Miami, Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Nairobi. Function IFPI's mission is to promote the value of recorded music, campaign for record producer rights, and expand the commercial uses of recorded music. Its services to members include a legal policy programme, litigation, content protection, sales reporting for the recorded music market, insight and analysis and work in the areas of performance rights, technology and trade. Structure IFPI is governed by its Main Board, a group including representatives from across the organisation's members (including major and independent record labels), representatives from certain IFPI National Grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hitlisten
Hitlisten, also known as Tracklisten, is a Danish top 40 record chart that is updated every Thursday midnight on the website hitlisten.nu. The weekly Danish singles chart Track Top-40 combines the 40 best-selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl. The data are collected by Nielsen Music Control, who also compile the chart on behalf of IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry). 1965–1993: early IFPI charts This chart began in April 1965 as a monthly top 20 chart compiled by the Danish branch of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). It was published in several major Danish newspapers. Prior to that several Danish charts were compiled by competing newspapers. From April 1969 it went weekly after Denmark's Radio stopped publishing their weekly top 20 chart. From May 1973 to December 1978 singles and albums were presented on the same chart due to a request from Denmark's Radio fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Berthelsen
Julie Ivalo Broberg Berthelsen also known by her mononym Julie (born 7 June 1979) is a Danish-born Greenlandic pop singer and songwriter. She is known largely for her success on the TV series ''Popstars''. Although she finished in second place, she has become more popular and successful than the first-place winner. She grew up in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. Julie has given a variety of performances, the most noteworthy of which was at Christiansborg Palace, in front of the Danish Royal family for the wedding of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary in May 2004. Another performance worthy of note was her rendition of the Beatles song "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" on 22 November 2008 at The White Concert, held in Horsens, Denmark on the 40th anniversary of the release of "The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influenti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innocence (Tarja Song)
"Innocence" is the lead single by Finnish singer Tarja, taken from her fourth studio album ''The Shadow Self ''The Shadow Self'' is the sixth studio album released by Finnish vocalist Tarja Turunen. The record was released on 5 August 2016. The record produced two singles. Background The songwriting started just after the release of '' Colours in th ...''. The single was released on August 5, 2016. Background "Innocence" was written and composed by Tarja, Anders Wollbeck, and Mattias Lindblom, and produced by Tarja. The singer describes "Innocence" as a return to the origins from the musical point of view. The song, especially the solo piano by Tarja, is inspired by classical music. Video The official video for the song was released on June 24, 2016. Tarja explained that "The theme of the video is about a very sensitive subject that hopefully helps people to think over it. I love the film approach to the video like a short movie". The video was shot in Buenos Aires by movi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victim Of Ritual (Tarja Song)
"Victim of Ritual'" is the first single from Tarja Turunen's fourth studio album ''Colours In The Dark''. The single was released on July 12, 2013 as a limited edition cd (3000 copies), vinyl (1500 copies) The song was inspired by the one-movement orchestral piece " Boléro", by Maurice Ravel. Music video The video was shot in Berlin, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... and was released on 10 July. A was released on 26 June. Synopsis The music video takes place in a huge factory in a bleak, dark world and focuses on three individuals working there. An oboist who is forced to play a single monotonous sequence, an artist who can only paint canvas completely black, and a young man who is an aspiring dancer, but is forced to stand still. As Tarja stalks the fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Into The Sun (Tarja Song)
"Into the Sun'" is the first and final single for Tarja Turunen Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Nightwish. She is a soprano with a three and a half o ...'s first-ever live album '' Act I''. It was released on July 13, 2012, only as a digital version. Later a studio version of the song was recorded and added to "Colours In The Dark" album as bonus track. Track listing # "Into the Sun" (Radio Edit) ive/small> – 4:32 Music video Aofficial music videowas released on July 27, 2012 The music video itself is a remixed live version from her live concert '' Act I: Live in Rosario''. References External links * {{authority control 2012 singles Tarja Turunen songs Songs written by Anders Wollbeck Songs written by Tarja Turunen Songs written by Mattias Lindblom 2012 songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Alive (song)
"Die Alive" is the second single by Tarja from the album ''My Winter Storm''. The single was released on March 7, 2008 via Universal Music label. The video for the song was recorded in December, and it premiered in January. Song This song, as well as the second single from Tarja's debut album, was written by Swedish songwriting duo Anders Wollbeck and Mattias Lindblom, and Tarja. On January 16, 2008, Tarja posted summaries on her blog for each song of ''My Winter Storm'', including "Die Alive": Video The video for "Die Alive" is considerably darker than her previous one for "I Walk Alone ''I Walk Alone'' is a 1947 film noir directed by Byron Haskin and starring Burt Lancaster and Lizabeth Scott, with a supporting cast featuring Wendell Corey and Kirk Douglas. This was the first of five films that Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas ...", and any videos she had shot with Nightwish in the past. Synopsis The video starts with shots of a mansion during a stormy night, where a dog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Walk Alone (Tarja Song)
"I Walk Alone" is the first single from the album ''My Winter Storm'' by Finnish vocalist Tarja. The single was released on October 26, 2007 through Universal Music label. Song This song was written by Harry Sommerdahl, Mattias Lindblom and Anders Wollbeck. It was inspired by a musical motif in ''Requiem'' by Mozart. It features a theater atmosphere accompanied by orchestra, guitars, and Turunen's powerful voice. According to Turunen the song "describes her personality perfectly well and identifies her as a singer". Some fans have considered this as her response to Nightwish's "Bye Bye Beautiful" from the album ''Dark Passion Play'' (2007), which was a song directed towards her. The song was a declaration of her independence and willingness to move on. In 2009, the song was covered by the Norwegian singer Jørn Lande on his album '' Spirit Black''. Video The video was shot at Teufelssee in Berlin, Germany. It was directed by Jörn Heitmann (who had already worked with Turune ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Breathe
I Breathe is a song written by Alexander Bard and Anders Wollbeck. It was recorded by Vacuum, who released it as a single scoring a late 1996-early 1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ... hit. Single peaked #4 in Italy singles chart Charts References {{authority control 1996 singles English-language Swedish songs 1997 songs Stockholm Records singles Songs written by Alexander Bard Songs written by Anders Wollbeck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs From The Kitchen Disco
''Songs from the Kitchen Disco'' is the first greatest hits album by English singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor, released on 13 November 2020 by EGBG's, although it was previously announced for 23 October. It features singles from all her studio albums: '' Read My Lips'' (2001), ''Shoot from the Hip'' (2003), ''Trip the Light Fantastic'' (2007), '' Make a Scene'' (2011), ''Wanderlust'' (2014) and '' Familia'' (2016), as well as a number of cover versions of songs by other artists. ''Songs from the Kitchen Disco'' serves as the follow up to her previous release, the 2019 orchestral compilation album ''The Song Diaries''. Background In 2019 Ellis-Bextor released ''The Song Diaries'', her first compilation album. It consists primarily of orchestral versions of 15 of her solo singles, and a new track, a cover of Carol Williams's "Love Is You". The album was produced by Ed Harcourt (who also produced her two last studio albums), with additional production by Richard "Biff" Stann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
