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Linnea Henriksson
Ellen 'Linnea' Petrea Henriksson (born 9 November 1986) is a Swedish singer and songwriter who participated in '' Idol 2010'' in which she placed fourth. , she is also the lead singer of the jazz band Prylf. In 2012 Henriksson released her first music album, which she co-wrote and co-produced with singer Orup. During mid-2013 Henriksson toured Sweden with the band Gyllene Tider. Early life Henriksson was born in Halmstad, Sweden. Her public debut occurred in 1995 when she participated in the TV4 televised singing show ''Småstjärnorna''. She studied music at Skurups folkhögskola, and in 2007 she met other singers and musicians, started the jazz band Prylf and became the band's lead singer. In 2010 Prylf released their only, music album, which is called ''Kind of Green''. 2010–present: ''Idol 2010'' and Gyllene Tider From August to December 2010, Henriksson participated in the singing competition '' Idol 2010'', which was broadcast on TV4. She finished in fourth place and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyllene Tider
Gyllene Tider (; "Golden Times") was a Swedish pop group fronted by Roxette singer, guitarist and songwriter Per Gessle. They were one of the best-selling Swedish bands ever and have had numerous hits in Scandinavia, starting with the break-through song "Flickorna på TV2" in 1980. The band earned legendary status in Sweden based on their power pop, catchy choruses and lyrics about life in a small town. History In 1977, Per Gessle met Mats Persson, a member of the band Audiovisuellt Angrepp, forming the duo "Grape Rock". Later Micke Syd Andersson, Anders Herrlin and Göran Fritzon joined and the quintet was born. The group's name was changed to "Gyllene Tider", alluding to Mott the Hoople's song " The Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll". In 1980, the LP ''Gyllene Tider'' was released, becoming a huge success in Sweden. "Flickorna på TV2" ("The girls on TV2") was the album's biggest hit. The second album, released in 1981 under the name '' Moderna Tider'' (''Modern Times''), also e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
True (Avicii Album)
''True'' is the debut studio album by Swedish electronic music producer Avicii, released on 13 September 2013 by PRMD Music and Island Records. Avicii said that sonically, the album would move away from his earlier house music sound on previous records by incorporating elements of other genres such as country music. ''True'' was preceded by the release of the Aloe Blacc-assisted " Wake Me Up" that featured a rare Marantz Enhanced Digital Stereo audio track and topped several charts around the world, and "You Make Me", which features vocals from Swedish artist Salem Al Fakir. ''True'' debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart and peaked within the top-ten of at least ten countries; it subsequently re-peaked at number two on the chart in February 2014. On 24 March 2014, Avicii released a remixed version of the album titled ''True (Avicii by Avicii)''. A two-disc edition, comprising the standard 10-track edition alongside the remix album featuring a new album cover, was released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Den Stora Dagen
"Den stora dagen" is a song written by Benny Borg and originally recorded by Swedish dansband Jigs on the 1978 album '' Goa bitar 7''. In 1982 Vikingarna recorded the song on the album " Kramgoa låtar 10", sometimes also called "Den stora dagen". Their recording became a Svensktoppen hit, staying at the chart for 10 weeks between 14 March-16 May 1982, peaking at second place. Vikingarna also re-recorded the song in 1996. In 2006, Mats Bergmans recorded the song for the album '' Den stora dagen''. At Dansbandskampen 2008, Face-84 performed the song. However, not live over Sveriges Television because the band was knocked out in the previous moment momentet "Dansbandsklassikern". However, their recording is at Aftonbladet's official compilation album '' Dansafton'' in February 2009, with music from Dansbandskampen. The song lyrics are story-telling, with a society-related theme about how older people are often forgotten. The song was performed by Robert Gustafsson and à ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hero (Charlotte Perrelli Song)
"Hero" is a 2008 pop song performed by the Swedish singer Charlotte Perrelli, written by Fredrik Kempe and Bobby Ljunggren. It was entered into the Melodifestivalen 2008, winning at the Globen arena on 15 March 2008. Due to this, it represented at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade, Serbia. The single "Hero" was released on 12 March 2008. It topped the Swedish Singles chart, and was certified Gold, in recognition of 10,000 copies sold. After the contest, it was certified Platinum, as 40,000 copies sold. The song entered the 3rd place at Svensktoppen on 13 April 2008, and it stayed on the chart for eight weeks until 1 June 2008 peaking at #3. The Swedish single top 100, she peaked at #1 for 5 weeks, and left the charts after 19 weeks. Her position in the 'best of all time' is #503 with 769 points. Melodifestivalen and Eurovision "Hero" participated in the fourth heat of the 2008 Melodifestivalen which was held on 1 March 2008 at the Telenor Arena in Karlskrona. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norlie & KKV
Norlie & KKV is a Swedish hip hop rapping and singing duo made up of Sonny Fahlberg (known as Norlie) and Kim Vadenhag (known as KKV). They are signed to Universal Music Sweden. Career The duo met in Stockholm suburb of Huddinge in 2008 and formed a duo to release modern rap materials, influenced by pop, rock, house, electro music and techno. They were helped by David Günther, a well-known Stockholm DJ. They released "Can I Be the One", produced by Daniel Gidlund and featuring vocals from Lazee, with the music video filmed in Los Angeles. They also performed at ''NRJ Summer Club'' in 2010, in Helsinki's ''Nickelodeon Dagen 2011'' (with Lazee) and in ''Ungdomens hus i Upplands-Bro'' (again with Lazee).Fantabolous.com: Norlie & KKV In Spring 2011, they were picked as "Artist of the Month" by [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petter (rapper)
Petter Alexis Askergren, (born 25 May 1974), who simply uses his given name Petter as a stage name, is a rap artist from Stockholm, Sweden, rapping in Swedish. He debuted in 1998 with the album ''Mitt sjätte sinne'' (My Sixth Sense), which became a success and started the Swedish hip hop boom in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He owns a record company called Bananrepubliken ( en, The Banana Republic). He also studied art history at Uppsala University for some time. He has also worked with the famous Norwegian rap producer Tommy Tee several times in his career. Petter also frequently works with Swedish disk jockey Patrik Elofsson who goes by the stage name DJ Sleepy. In 2014 he hosted Musikhjälpen in Uppsala. Personal life Petter was diagnosed with ADHD in 2011. Discography Studio albums Compilation albums Remix albums * 2007: ''Skruvat och choppat av Afasi'' EPs * 2019: ''Så mycket bättre – Tolkningarna'' Singles Featured singles Other charted song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish Recording Industry Association (in Swedish Grammofonleverantörernas förening). Before Topplistan, music sales in Sweden were recorded by Kvällstoppen, whose weekly chart was a combined albums and singles list. History For the period of 1976 to 2006, the official Swedish music charts were published by Sveriges Radio P3, a station owned by Sveriges Radio. At the end of 2006, it stopped publishing the general charts, which were entrusted to Swedish Recording Industry Association in the beginning of 2007. However, Sveriges Radio P3 continued to publish the most downloaded music charts, according to the statistics compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The new strictly-download chart was called DigiListan. Since late 2006, the chart has included ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Af Sillén
Edward af Sillén (born 1982 in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil) is a Swedish screenwriter and director for stage, film and TV. He has translated and directed many highly successful theatre shows including ''Twelfth Night'' by William Shakespeare, ''The Drowsy Chaperone'', ''Bull'' and ''Cock'' by Mike Bartlett, ''Torch Song Trilogy'' by Harvey Fierstein, ''Shirley Valentine'' by Willy Russell and ''Art'' by Yasmina Reza. Af Sillén has worked on the ''Eurovision Song Contest'' as a director, commentator and screenwriter, including 2016 where he co-wrote and directed the globally acclaimed interval act ''"Love, Love, Peace, Peace"'' with Fredrik Kempe, while also directing and writing for Sweden’s most popular television show ''Melodifestivalen''. Following on from writing his first film ''Medicinen'', his second writing '' En underbar jävla jul'' became the biggest Swedish film of 2015. In 2019 he directed '' En del av mitt hjärta (A Piece of My Heart)'', a major jukebox mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 are variable but often include fever, cough, headache, fatigue, breathing difficulties, Anosmia, loss of smell, and Ageusia, loss of taste. Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days incubation period, after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected Asymptomatic, do not develop noticeable symptoms. Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, Hypoxia (medical), hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms (respiratory failure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2022
The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Turin, Italy, following the country's victory at the with the song "" by MÃ¥neskin. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (RAI), the contest was held at the , and consisted of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May, and a final on 14 May 2022. The three live shows were presented by Italian television presenter Alessandro Cattelan, Italian singer Laura Pausini and Lebanese-born British singer Mika. Forty countries participated in the contest, with and returning after their absence from the previous edition. had originally planned to participate, but was excluded due to its invasion of Ukraine. The winner was with the song " Stefania", performed by Kalush Orchestra and written by the group's members Ihor Didenchuk, Oleh Psiuk, Tymofii Muzychuk and Vitalii Duzhyk, along with Ivan Klymenko. Ukraine's 439 points received from the televote in the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Sundin
David Kai Lennart Sundin, (born 23 May, 1976) is a Swedish author, television presenter and comedian. Biography Sundin grew up in Gimo in Uppland. He started working within comedy as part of the Killinggängets site ''Spermaharen''. He also worked along with Alex Schulman and his website "1000 Apor". In 2012, he published the book ''Fantasinyheter 2001–2012'', Henrik Schyffert also wrote a few sections of the book. He has also done some work as a producer for segments for the television shows ''Sen kväll med Luuk'' on TV4 and '' Roast på Berns'' on Kanal5, he wrote some of the manuscript for Melodifestivalen and '' Welcome to Sweden''. He has presented the athletics gala Idrottsgalan and the SVT show ''Bäst i test''. In 2013, he started doing standup and has performed at the clubs RAW, Norra Brunn and Stockholm Comedy Club. In 2015, Sundin was nominated for an Kristallen award for his work in the comedy series ''Inte OK'' on TV3. Sundin plays "Dynamit-Harry" in Tomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lina Hedlund
Lina Maria Hedlund (born 28 March 1978) is a Swedish singer and member of the pop group Alcazar (band), Alcazar. She also has a solo career. Career Hedlund was born in Bollnäs. She has participated in Melodifestivalen a number of times, in Melodifestivalen 2002 along with her sister, singer Hanna Hedlund with the song "Big Time Party", in Melodifestivalen 2003 as a solo singer, and in Melodifestivalen 2009, Melodifestivalen 2010, 2010 and Melodifestivalen 2014, 2014 as a member of the pop trio Alcazar. In late 2003 Lina released the single "Lady Bump". In 2007, Hedlund joined the pop group Alcazar after the departure of Magnus Carlsson and Annika Kjærgaard; her first gig with the group was at the G-A-Y nightclub in London, UK. Her first music single with the group was "We Keep On Rockin". In 2011 Hedlund made her first appearance as a TV presenter in the musical gameshow ''Copycat Singers'' broadcast on TV3 (Sweden), TV3. She has also been the host of the web series ''Sweden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
