HOME
*





Barbados (band)
Barbados is a Swedish dansband, formed in 1992, who have had several Swedish chart successes. The band, with lead singer Magnus Carlsson, became widely known after their second place in Melodifestivalen 2000. The band has replaced lead singer three times. First Magnus Carlsson left the group in 2002 and later became a member of the group Alcazar. Mathias Holmgren, a former Fame Factory student was the new lead singer, but was forced to leave the band in 2004. Chris Lindh replaced him, before leaving the band in 2007. The current lead singer is Björn Lagerström. The band won its first Grammis Award in February of the year 2000. Melodifestivalen The band has participated in the Melodifestivalen music contest four times: *2000: '' Se mig'', placed second *2001: '' Allt som jag ser'', placed second *2002: ''Världen utanför'', placed fourth *2003: '' Bye, Bye'', placed tenth and last Both lead singer Mathias Holmgren and Magnus Carlsson have participated in Melodifestivalen as ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

Gothenburg
Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 590,000 in the city proper and about 1.1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area. Gothenburg was founded as a heavily fortified, primarily Dutch, trading colony, by royal charter in 1621 by King Gustavus Adolphus. In addition to the generous privileges (e.g. tax relaxation) given to his Dutch allies from the ongoing Thirty Years' War, the king also attracted significant numbers of his German and Scottish allies to populate his only town on the western coast. At a key strategic location at the mouth of the Göta älv, where Scandinavia's largest drainage basin enters the sea, the Port of Gothenburg is now the largest port in the Nordic countries. Gothenburg is home to many students, as the city includes ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

Melodifestivalen 2002
Melodifestivalen 2002 was the selection for the 42nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 41st time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five heats had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Växjö, Norrköping, Sundsvall, Falun and a Second Chance round in Stockholm. The final was broadcast on SVT1 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The introduction of the heats and the allowance of songs in English resulted in a marked increase in voters. The final was watched by 3,720,000 people, with 926,318 votes cast in the final. Schedule Heats The heats for Melodifestivalen 2002 began on 19 January 2002. Ten songs from these heats qualified for the final on 1 March 2002. This was the first year that a heat format had been used for the competition. This was the first year that songs were permitted in languages other than Swedish, resulting in a significant number of English language songs, and two songs with lyrics in Spanish. ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


Musical Groups Established In 1992
Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narrative songs sung by the characters * MusicAL, an Albanian television channel * Musical isomorphism, the canonical isomorphism between the tangent and cotangent bundles See also * Lists of musicals * Music (other) * Musica (other) * Musicality Musicality (''music-al -ity'') is "sensitivity to, knowledge of, or talent for music" or "the quality or state of being musical", and is used to refer to specific if vaguely defined qualities in pieces and/or genres of music, such as melodiousness ...
, the ability to perceive music or to create music * {{Music disambiguation ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


Melodifestivalen Contestants
Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959. In the early 2000s, the competition was the most popular television program in Sweden;Television in Sweden
Sweden.se (30 September 2005). Retrieved on 20 October 2006.
it is also broadcast on radio and the Internet. In 2012, the heats averaged 3.3 million viewers, and over an estimated four million people in Sweden watched the final, almost half of the Swedish population. The festival has produced six
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


David Bisbal
David Bisbal Ferre (born 5 June 1979) is a Spanish singer, songwriter, and actor. He gained his initial fame as a runner-up on the interactive reality television show ''Operación Triunfo''. He has since released five studio albums, all of which topped the Spanish Albums Chart, in addition to recording a number of live albums. He has toured throughout Europe and Latin America and is now considered to be a crossover international artist. As of 2019, David Bisbal has sold more than six million records in Spain and America, getting 69 platinum albums, 20 gold and two diamond. ''Corazón Latino'' and '' Bulería'' have each received an IFPI Platinum Award, the official certification of having sold over one million copies across Europe. Early life David Bisbal was born on 7 June 1979 in Almería, Spain. His parents are José Bisbal, a professional boxer who was Spanish national Bantamweight and Featherweight champion and part of a trio of flamenco musicians, and Maria Ferre Montoya ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

OGAE Second Chance Contest 2001
The OGAE Second Chance Contest is a visual event which was founded in 1987 and is organised by branches of OGAE, the international fan club of the Eurovision Song Contest. Four nations competed in the first contest which took place in 1987. The competition was previously a non-televised event, but evolved over the years by the usage of video tape and later DVD, YouTube and streaming services. Each summer following the Eurovision Song Contest, each branch can enter one song that failed to win the country's national selection process for the contest. The members of each club choose amongst the songs that did not win and select one to represent the club in the event. Votes are cast by members of the OGAE clubs and are returned to the OGAE branch organising the particular year's event. Guest juries have been used to cast votes since 1993. Background The contest began in 1987, when it was then known as "Europe's Favourite". Four OGAE branches competed in the first contest, coming f ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

OGAE Second Chance Contest
The OGAE Second Chance Contest is a visual event which was founded in 1987 and is organised by branches of OGAE, the international fan club of the Eurovision Song Contest. Four nations competed in the first contest which took place in 1987. The competition was previously a non-televised event, but evolved over the years by the usage of video tape and later DVD, YouTube and streaming services. Each summer following the Eurovision Song Contest, each branch can enter one song that failed to win the country's national selection process for the contest. The members of each club choose amongst the songs that did not win and select one to represent the club in the event. Votes are cast by members of the OGAE clubs and are returned to the OGAE branch organising the particular year's event. Guest juries have been used to cast votes since 1993. Background The contest began in 1987, when it was then known as "Europe's Favourite". Four OGAE branches competed in the first contest, coming f ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

Anna Eriksson
Anna Sofia Eriksson (born 22 April 1977) is a Finnish artist, filmmaker, composer, and singer. In September 2018, avantgarde film '' M'' directed and produced by Eriksson was having the world premiere at the Venice International Film Critics Week, 75th Venice International Film Festival. Eriksson is one of the most successful singers in Finnish chart history. Career ''Kiitorata'' and three albums (1995–1999) Anna Eriksson came to public attention after participating in the ''Kiitorata'' song competition on MTV3 in 1995. Her debut album ''Anna Eriksson'' was released in 1997. More than 81,000 copies have been sold, or double platinum. The album produced successful singles ''Juliet ja Joonatan'' and ''Kesä yhdessä''. With her debut album, Eriksson was awarded with the Emma award as the Newcomer of the Year. In 1998 for Christmas Eriksson released the Christmas album ''Anna Joulu'', which did not place on album charts but gradually ended up selling gold. The following year, t ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  




Världen Utanför
Världen utanför is a studio album by Barbados, released on 8 March 2002. For the album, the band was given a Grammis The Grammis are music awards presented annually to musicians and songwriters in Sweden. The oldest Swedish music awards, they were instituted as a local equivalent of the Grammy Awards given in the United States. The awards ceremony is generall ... Award in the "Dansband of the year" category. Track listing # Saturday Night at the Movies #Aldrig i livet #Sweet Little Angel (Fri) # Världen utanför #Om du vill #Keep On #Burning Love #Himlen var blå #Ung och vild #Den som jag vill ha #Stanna hos mig #Come Stay the Night (carnival version) #Har aldrig sett så mycket tårar #Natten kommer #Superstars # Världen utanför (J Pipe last minute disco remix) Chart positions References {{DEFAULTSORT:Varlden utanfor 2002 albums Barbados (band) albums ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959. In the early 2000s, the competition was the most popular television program in Sweden;Television in Sweden
Sweden.se (30 September 2005). Retrieved on 20 October 2006.
it is also broadcast on radio and the Internet. In 2012, the heats averaged 3.3 million viewers, and over an estimated four million people in Sweden watched the final, almost half of the Swedish population. The festival has produced six
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


Bye, Bye (Barbados Song)
Bye Bye may refer to: Music Albums * ''Bye Bye'' (album), by Annalisa, 2018 * ''Bye Bye'', by Trio, 1983 Songs * "Bye Bye" (Ai Otsuka song), 2009 * "Bye Bye" (Beni song), 2010 * "Bye, Bye" (Elena Risteska song), 2008 * "Bye, Bye" (Jo Dee Messina song), 1998 * "Bye Bye" (Mariah Carey song), 2008 * "Bye Bye" (Marshmello and Juice Wrld song), 2022 * "Bye Bye" (Miliyah Kato song), 2010 * "Bye Bye." (Nanase Aikawa song), 1996 * "Bye Bye", by Alejandra Guzmán from ''Indeleble'', 2006 * "Bye Bye", by Belanova from '' Fantasía Pop'', 2007 * "Bye Bye", by Capital Bra from '' CB6'', 2019 * "Bye Bye", by David Civera, 2002 * "Bye Bye", by Future from ''Purple Reign'', 2016 * "Bye Bye", by Gryffin from ''Gravity'', 2019 * "Bye Bye", by Marcy Playground, 1999 * "Bye Bye", by Mozart La Para, 2017 * "Bye Bye", by Safia from ''Internal'', 2016 Other media * ''Bye-Bye'' (film), a 1995 French drama * ''Bye Bye'' (TV series), a Québécois New Year's Eve sketch-comedy special * ''Bye- ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  


picture info

Melodifestivalen 2003
Melodifestivalen 2003 was the selection for the 43rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five heats had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Jönköping, Gothenburg, Luleå, Sundsvall and a Second Chance round in Stockholm. The final was broadcast on SVT1 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The show was watched by 1,230,751 people. Schedule Heats The heats for Melodifestivalen 2003 began on 15 February 2003. Ten songs from these heats qualified for the final on March 15, 2003. This was the second year that a heat format had been used for the competition. "När löven faller" composed by Carola Häggkvist and Ingemar Åberg was disqualified prior to the competition. Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Second Chance Final Voting Juries Televotes Returning artists See also *Eurovision Song Contest 2003 * Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest *Sweden i ...
[...More Info...]      
[...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]