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Stronger (Agnes Album)
''Stronger'' is the second studio album by Swedish singer Agnes Carlsson, released on 11 October 2006 by Ariola Records. Two songs from the album, "I Believe in You" and "I Had a Feelin'", were covered by German girl group No Angels on their 2007 album ''Destiny''. The song "Love Is All Around" has been covered by artists from at least three other continents. Reception Markus Larsson of '' Aftonbladet'' stated, "Agnes is an obvious talent with a strong voice, but no one seems to know what to make out of it, not the record company, not the songwriters, not the producers, not even Agnes herself." Nina Sköldqvist of ''Helsingborgs Dagblad ''Helsingborgs Dagblad'' (''HD'', lit. "Helsingborg's Daily Paper"), published in Helsingborg in Skåne is the largest (circ. 84.000) newspaper in Swedish outside the metropolitan districts of Malmö, Göteborg and Stockholm. History and pro ...'' wrote that ''Stronger'' contains a variety of genres, including "a heavy ballad" like "(What D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes Carlsson
Agnes Emilia Carlsson (born 6 March 1988), known mononymously as Agnes, is a Swedish recording artist. She rose to fame as the winner of Idol 2005, the second season of the Swedish Idol series. She was then signed to Sony Music, through which she released her self-titled debut album, '' Agnes'', and follow-up, '' Stronger'', both of which topped the Swedish Top 60 Albums Chart. In early 2008, it was announced that Agnes had parted ways with her record label, and was now signed to small independent label Roxy Recordings. Released on 28 October 2008, her third album, '' Dance Love Pop'', reached number five in Sweden, 70 in Austria, 38 in France, 45 in Switzerland and 13 in the United Kingdom. With 200,000 albums sold worldwide this is her most successful album, 50,000 albums were sold in France, 40,000 in Sweden. Its first two singles, " On and On" and " Release Me" became international hits, reaching the top-ten in charts worldwide. "Release Me" topped the ''Billboard'' Hot Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svenska Dagbladet
''Svenska Dagbladet'' (, "The Swedish Daily News"), abbreviated SvD, is a daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. History and profile The first issue of ''Svenska Dagbladet'' appeared on 18 December 1884. During the beginning of the 1900s the paper was one of the right-wing publications in Stockholm. Ivar Anderson is among its former editors-in-chief who assumed the post in 1940. The same year ''Svenska Dagbladet'' was sold by Trygger family to the Enterprise Fund which had been established by fourteen Swedish businessmen to secure the ownership of the paper. The paper is published in Stockholm and provides coverage of national and international news as well as local coverage of the Greater Stockholm region. Its subscribers are concentrated in the capital, but it is distributed in most of Sweden. The paper was one of the critics of the Prime Minister Olof Palme, and in December 1984 it asked him to resign from the office following his interview published in ''Hufvud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Top 100 Albums
The European Top 100 Albums chart was the European adaptation of the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart. It ran from March 1984 until December 2010. Also commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums, the chart showcased the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data. The European Top 100 combined album sales (both retail and digital) of new and older albums. The methodology was different from the US ''Billboard'' 200, where albums would only be allowed to chart if they weren't 18 months old. If an album older than 18 months had enough sales to enter the 200 chart after having already dropped out of the 100th position, it would chart on The ''U.S. Billboard'' Catalog Albums. Later ''Billboard'' reviewed the criteria and decided the older albums would also be allowed to chart in the 200, as it should show what's being sold. The chart update and issue dating followed the rules of the ''Billboard'' 200: sales tracking week began on Monday and ended on Sunday. A new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record Producer
A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as Composer: Shaping the Sounds of Popular Music'' (Cambridge, MA & London, UK: MIT Press, 2005).Richard James Burgess, ''The History of Music Production'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014)pp 12–13Allan Watson, ''Cultural Production in and Beyond the Recording Studio'' (New York: Routledge, 2015)pp 25–27 The record producer, or simply the producer, is likened to film director and art director. The executive producer, on the other hand, enables the recording project through entrepreneurship, and an audio engineer operates the technology. Varying by project, the producer may or may not choose all of the artists. If employing only synthesized or sampled instrumentation, the producer may be the sole artist. Conversely, some artists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Ramström
Johan Ramström (born 17 December 1975), is a Swedish songwriter and composer. Johan Ramström was born in Kalmar. He was a member of Popshop, a Swedish pop band founded in Kalmar in 1998 with members Cornelia Cassidy as lead singer, Patrik Magnusson (guitar), Micael Olofsson (drums), Jonas Hermansson (bass) and Johan Ramstrom (guitar). The band released ''How to Tango,'' collaborating with Swedish producers and songwriters Andreas Carlsson, Kent (Gillström) Isaacs, Dan Sundquist, Leif Larsson, Peter Boström and Joakim Udd. The band broke up in 2002. After the break-up of the band, Ramström continued collaborating for many years with songwriter and bandmate Patrik Magnusson and the duo came together to be known as RamPac, co-written many songs for a number of artists including RBD, Swingfly, Teron Beal, Agnes Carlsson, Mick Mars, Crashdïet. Most notably, he has written a number of songs that competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen competition, which is the selection pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrik Magnusson
Patrik Magnusson, born Öland, Sweden on 17 March 1970) is a Sweden, Swedish songwriting, songwriter. Patrik Magnusson was a member of Popshop, a Swedish pop band founded in Kalmar in 1998 with members Cornelia Cassidy as lead singer, Johan Ramström (guitar), Micael Olofsson (drums), Jonas Hermansson (bass) and Johan Ramstrom (guitar). The band released ''How to Tango'' collaborating with Swedish producers and songwriters Andreas Carlsson, Kent (Gillström) Isaacs, Dan Sundquist, Leif Larsson, Peter Boström and Joakim Udd. The band broke up in 2002. After the break-up of the band, Ramström continued collaborating for many years with songwriter and bandmate Patrik Magnusson and the duo came together to be known as RamPac, co-written many songs for a number of artists including RBD, Swingfly, Teron Beal, Agnes Carlsson, Mick Mars, Crashdïet. Most notably, he has written a number of songs that competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen competition, which is the selection process fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynthia Weil
Cynthia Weil (born October 18, 1940) is an American songwriter who wrote many songs together with her husband Barry Mann. Life and career Weil was born in New York City, and was raised in a Conservative Jewish family. Her father was Morris Weil, a furniture store owner and the son of Lithuanian-Jewish immigrants, and her mother was Dorothy Mendez, who grew up in a Sephardic Jewish family in Brooklyn. Weil trained as an actress and dancer, but soon demonstrated a songwriting ability that led to her collaboration with Barry Mann, whom she married in August 1961. The couple has one daughter, Jenn Mann. Weil became one of the Brill Building songwriters of the 1960s, and one of the most important writers during the emergence of rock and roll. She and her husband went on to create songs for many contemporary artists, winning several Grammy Awards as well as Academy Award nominations for their compositions for film. As their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame biography put it, in part: "Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Snow
Thomas Righter Snow (born 1947 in Princeton, New Jersey) is an American songwriter. Biography Snow has written songs for Gayle McCormick "( Even a Fool Would Let Go" with Kerry Chater – a song covered by a number of artists including Kenny Rogers and Joe Cocker). "Love Not War" (with Barbara Griffin), Olivia Newton-John ("Deeper Than the Night", "Make a Move on Me"), and Melissa Manchester ("You Should Hear How She Talks About You"), Cher, The Pointer Sisters' million-selling 1980 hit "He's So Shy" (with lyrics by Cynthia Weil), Barbra Streisand, Rita Coolidge ("You", which was also an Australian top 10 hit for Marcia Hines in 1977 and in 2005), Barry Manilow ("Somewhere Down the Road", a song which was performed on '' Ally McBeal''), Randy Crawford, Diana Ross (" Gettin' Ready for Love"), Bonnie Raitt ("Love Sneakin' Up On You"), Leo Sayer, Bette Midler, Michael Johnson ("I'll Always Love You"), Dolly Parton, Captain and Tennille, Kim Carnes ("Don't Call It Love"), Dionne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somewhere Down The Road (Barry Manilow Song)
"Somewhere Down the Road" is a popular song written by Cynthia Weil and Tom Snow and most famously recorded in 1981 by Barry Manilow. Weil wrote the song's lyrics and Snow wrote the melody. Release The song was chosen for Barry Manilow by Arista Records' then-president, Clive Davis, and recorded by Manilow on his album '' If I Should Love Again''. Released as the follow-up to the top 20 hit "The Old Songs", "Somewhere Down the Road" did moderately well as a single in early 1982, reaching #21 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. On February 20, 1982, the record reached #1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart and stayed there for two weeks. In Canada, the song reached number seven on the Adult Contemporary chart. Popularity The song was introduced to new audiences when it was prominently featured in an episode of the popular TV show '' Ally McBeal'' in 2001. In the episode "Reach Out and Touch" (which guest-starred Manilow as the subject of the title character's hallucinations), the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savan Kotecha
Savan Harish Kotecha is an American songwriter and record producer from Austin, Texas. Kotecha is of Indian (Gujarati) descent. He was also the executive music producer of the 2020 film '' Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga'', for which he wrote and produced several songs and performed one song. Notable songs Some of the artists for whom Kotecha has co-written notable songs include: *Lizzo (" 2 Be Loved") *Ariana Grande (" Problem", " Break Free", "Love Me Harder", " One Last Time", "Focus", " Into You", "Side to Side", "Bang Bang", " No Tears Left to Cry", " God Is a Woman", " Breathin", "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored") *Katy Perry ("Rise") *Westlife (" Obvious", " Amazing", " Us Against the World", " Beautiful in White") *The Weeknd ("Can't Feel My Face", " In The Night") *Ellie Goulding (" Love Me like You Do", " On My Mind", " Close to Me") * Usher ("DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love") *Maroon 5 (" One More Night") *Britney Spears ("I Wanna Go", " If You See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aftonbladet
''Aftonbladet'' (, lit. "The evening paper") is a Swedish daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the largest daily newspapers in the Nordic countries. History and profile The newspaper was founded by Lars Johan Hierta in December 1830 under the name of ''Aftonbladet i Stockholm'' during the modernization of Sweden. Often critical and oppositional, the paper was repeatedly banned from publishing. However, Hierta circumvented the bans by constantly reviving the paper under slightly modified names, as, legally speaking, a new publication. Thus, on 16 February 1835, he issued the first edition of New Aftonbladet, which would – after yet another ban – be followed by Newer Aftonbladet, in turn followed by Fourth Aftonbladet, Fifth Aftonbladet, and so on. In 1852 the paper began to use its current name, ''Aftonbladet'', after a total of 25 name changes. It currently describes itself as an "independent social-democratic newspaper." The owners of ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Is All Around (Agnes Carlsson Song)
"Love Is All Around" is a song by Agnes, who was the winner of Swedish Idol 2005. The song was composed by Fredrik Thomander and Anders Wikström. It has been covered in at least 3 other continents. Ricki-Lee Coulter version "Love Is All Around" was covered by Australian singer-songwriter, Ricki-Lee Coulter. It served as the second single released from her second album '' Brand New Day'' on November 10, 2007.Love Is All Around EP - Ricki-Lee . (Apple Inc). Retrieved 2010-12-04. It debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number five. The |
