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Figge Boström
Fredrik "Figge" Boström (born 11 November 1969, in Stockholm) is a Swedish musician, songwriter and music producer. Eurovision Song Contest (national entries) Discography * 1998 Meja - Seven Sisters - All´bout The Money, Too Many Nigh's Late, Caught Up In The Middle - ''bass'' * 1998 Meja - Radio Radio - Japan single - ''producer'' * 1999 Eiko Masumoto (Jpn) - From The First Touch - ''bass'' * 1999 Eva Dahlgren - La La Live - ''bass'' * 1999 Orup - Elva Hjärtan - ''producer'' * 2000 André De Lang - Educate Your Soul - Sunshine, Educate Your Soul, Could You Be (My Favourite Girl), Finally, For Your Love - ''co-writer'' * 2000 Emilia Rydberg - Girlfriend, If It's Gonna Be U - ''producer'' * 2000 Real Group - Commonly Unique - ''groove consultant'' * 2001 Eva Dahlgren - Too Many Beliefs - single - ''producer'' * 2001 Bosson - One In A Million - ''bass'' * 2002 No Angels (Ger)- Still in Love with You - ''co-writer'' * 2002 Afro-Dite - Celebration, MamaLou, Since Your Love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country by both area and population, and is the List of European countries by area, fifth-largest country in Europe. Its capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a population of 10.6 million, and a low population density of ; 88% of Swedes reside in urban areas. They are mostly in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden's urban areas together cover 1.5% of its land area. Sweden has a diverse Climate of Sweden, climate owing to the length of the country, which ranges from 55th parallel north, 55°N to 69th parallel north, 69°N. Sweden has been inhabited since Prehistoric Sweden, prehistoric times around 12,000 BC. The inhabitants emerged as the Geats () and Swedes (tribe), Swedes (), who formed part of the sea-faring peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodifestivalen 2011
Melodifestivalen 2011 was a Sweden, Swedish song contest held in February and March 2011. It selected Sweden's 51st song to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, and was the 50th edition of Melodifestivalen. Eric Saade, with the song "Popular (Eric Saade song), Popular", won the contest and thus was selected to represent Sweden in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. Format The 2011 edition of Melodifestivalen was similar to the previous year's arrangement, with four heats, a second-chance round and a grand final. The four heats were held in Luleå (5 February), Gothenburg (12 February), Linköping (19 February) and Malmö (26 February). The second chance round was held in Sundsvall on 5 March and the final in Stockholm was held on 12 March. SVT presented the competing songs during autumn 2010. As in 2010 and 2009, a maximum of eight people were allowed on stage, while only persons of 16 years or over would be eligible. (However, in accordance with Eurovision rules, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orup
Hans Thomas Eriksson (born 29 November 1958), known by his stage name Orup, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician who enjoyed major success in his native country and Scandinavia in the late 1980s and early 1990s with songs like " Jag blir hellre jagad av vargar", " Regn hos mej", "M.B.", "Då står pojkarna på rad", "Magaluf", and "Stockholm". Orup has also written several songs for other performers. He wrote the winning song of ''Melodifestivalen 2004'', " Det gör ont" performed by Lena Philipsson. He was one of the judges on X Factor in 2012. Orup also took part in season 5 of the Swedish TV-show ''Så mycket bättre'', broadcast on TV4. Early life Orup was born Hans Thomas Eriksson in Huddinge, Sweden, on 29 November 1958, as the second child of Ann-Marie and Hasse Eriksson; Orup's sister is six years his senior. Eriksson's household was a lower middle class one. Orup's parents divorced when he was seven. Orup's father died on 24 July 1978. Eriksson received his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Dahlgren
Eva Charlotte Dahlgren (born 9 June 1960) is a Swedish pop musician and singer-songwriter. Career Dahlgren was discovered by musician/producer Bruno Glenmark in 1978 after appearing on the TV show ''Sveriges magasin,'' and her debut album ''Finns det nån som bryr sej om'' was released the same year. In 1979, she placed third in Melodifestivalen (the tryout competition for the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden). She toured Sweden in 1987 with Swedish pop duo Roxette, a tour that more than 100,000 people attended. Dahlgren's career grew steadily with several album releases during the 1980s, but her definite breakthrough in Sweden came in 1991 with '' En blekt blondins hjärta'', her most successful album, which sold over half a million copies and won her five Grammis awards. Dahlgren composed the score for the film ''Ingrid Bergman: In My Own Words'' (2015). Personal life In 1996, Dahlgren made headlines in the Swedish press when she came out as a lesbian through her civil un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meja
Meja Anna Pernilla Kullersten (formerly Beckman; born Anna Pernilla Torndahl, 12 February 1969) is a Swedish composer, artist and singer. Among her best known songs are "Happy" (with Legacy of Sound), " Private Emotion", a duet with Ricky Martin from his multi-Platinum album ''Ricky Martin'' (1999), and " All 'Bout the Money", which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1998. Biography Meja was born Anna Pernilla Torndahl in Nynäshamn, Stockholm County. She had her stage debut at "Ystads City theatre" at the age of 7. She was brought up in a musical family, her grandfather, Per Lundkvist, was a composer of both classical and contemporary music and her mother, a recording artist as a child before choosing a path as a painter. In 1986, at the age of 16, she moved to Mallorca, Spain, to study. She was introduced to American jazz trumpet player/singer Stephen Frankevich and started to take vocal lessons with singer Deborah Carter. Meja went to Stockholm in 1990. She sang in diff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Serneholt
Marie Eleonor Serneholt (; born 11 July 1983) is a Swedes, Swedish singer and model. She is a member of the Swedish pop band A-Teens, A*Teens which reunited in 2024, and briefly pursued a solo recording career after the band disbanded in 2004. Career A*Teens (1998–2006) In 1998, Serneholt signed a Recording contract, recording deal with Stockholm Records (part of Universal Music Group) along with her bandmates Sara Lumholdt, Dhani Lennevald, and Amit Sebastian Paul. Together they performed as the A*Teens. In 1999, they released their first single, a cover of Swedish pop group ABBA's ''Mamma Mia (ABBA song)#A-Teens version, Mamma Mia''. The single topped the charts in Sweden for eight consecutive weeks, and achieved international success. By 2000, the A*Teens' first album, ''The ABBA Generation'', had sold two million copies, and they became one of the most internationally successful Swedish pop bands. By 2001, the group had sold more than six million albums. In 2004, it rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afro-Dite
Afro-dite is a Swedish pop group made up of three pop singers. The group consists of Blossom Tainton-Lindquist, Gladys del Pilar, and Kayo Shekoni. The name is a play on words implying they are beautiful as Greek goddess Aphrodite and black. *Blossom has already been in showbusiness for a long time. She sings and dances, played in several musicals and even hosted TV-shows on Swedish television. *Gladys, born in Ecuador, came to Sweden when she was only 7 years old. She worked with Dr. Alban and Denniz Pop but her final breakthrough was when she appeared in ''ABBA – the true story''. *Kayo is another multitalented woman. She is not only a singer, but also an actress, TV-show host and model. In the eighties she sang with the pop group Freestyle and in the nineties she fronted the Eurodance project Le Click. Afro-dite came together to sing the song " Never Let It Go" for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. The song was originally meant to be sung by Alcazar but they refused. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodi Grand Prix
Melodi Grand Prix (), commonly known as Grand Prix and MGP, sometimes as Norsk Melodi Grand Prix, is an annual music competition organised by Norwegian public broadcaster (NRK). It determines for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1960. The festival has produced three List of Eurovision Song Contest winners, Eurovision winners, Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, a non-winning televote winner and nine top-five placings for Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest, Norway at the contest. However, Norway holds the record for the number of entries who have come last since entering Eurovision; 12 in all. Despite this, the competition still makes considerable impact on music charts in Norway and other Nordic countries, with the 2008 winner topping the Norwegian charts. Origins The Eurovision Song Contest began on 24 May 1956 with its first edition in Lugano, Switzerland. Norway's first contest was the fifth, the . The first Melodi Gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tooji
Touraj Keshtkar (; born 26 May 1987), known professionally as Tooji, is an Iranian-born Norwegian singer, painter, model and television host. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan and finished 26th (last) in the final. Career Tooji Keshtkar was born in Shiraz, Iran, and moved to Norway when he was one year old. His mother is author and political commentator Lily Bandehy. At the age of 16, he started modelling. Afterwards, he started working on MTV Norway where he presented "Super Saturday" and "Tooji's Top 10". He was also educated as a social worker and has worked in asylum reception centres. He won Melodi Grand Prix 2012 and was given the opportunity to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan with his entry "Stay (Tooji song), Stay." Since 2012, Tooji presents, with Margrethe Røed, the Melodi Grand Prix Junior in Norway. In 2013, he released a single entitled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stay (Tooji Song)
Norway was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Stay" written by Tooji, Peter Boström and Figge Boström. The song was performed by Tooji. The NRK, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) organised the national final ''Melodi Grand Prix 2012'' in order to select the Norwegian entry for the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. 24 entries competed in the national final that consisted of three semi-finals and a final. Ten entries ultimately qualified to compete in the final on 11 February 2012 where the winner was determined over two rounds of voting. In the first round of voting, a public televote exclusively selected the top four entries to advance to the competition's second round—the Gold Final. In the second round of voting, "Stay" performed by Tooji was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from three regional jury groups and a public vote. Norway was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Boström
Peter Boström (born 19 May 1971) is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. He is also known as Bassflow. Boström wrote his first song at the age of seven. In 1992, at the age of 21, he started Bassflow Productions, a production company near Stockholm, Sweden. As a producer, he worked with a number of well-known Swedish artists including Bosson, Basic Element, Petrus, E-Type, Ola Svensson, Martin Stenmarck, Carola, and Charlotte Perrelli. He also wrote a number of songs for Melodifestivalen performers. In 2008, he signed for peermusic Sweden. Under the pseudonym Bassflow, Boström has made many radio-friendly productions and radio remixes for a number of songs amongst others: "Gloria" by Mando Diao, "What's the Point" by Johnossi and "Split My Personality" by Salem Al Fakir, in additions to songs by Pain, Martin Stenmarck, and the Norwegian group Donkeyboy (who got their breakthrough in Sweden with the Bassflow version of " Ambitions"). In 2012, he both won and los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodifestivalen 2012
Melodifestivalen 2012 is a Swedish song contest that was held between 4 February and 10 March 2012. It selected the fifty-second Swedish entry to be internationally represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 (ESC 2012). As in the editions between 2009–2011, a maximum of eight people were allowed on stage, while only persons of 16 years or over are eligible. However, in accordance with Eurovision rules, only six people were allowed on stage for the Swedish entry at Eurovision. The main singer(s) were required to perform vocals live on stage. However, other backing vocals could be prerecorded, along with the song's backing track. On 20 June 2011, (SVT) announced an open call for Melodifestivalen 2012, with some changes in the rules. The first change was that only one web wildcard would be chosen online to compete in Melodifestivalen 2012. The participants could upload audio files instead of video files online. The second change was that 16 songs were selected by the prel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
