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Sven Garas
Sven Garås (born 1978, Kongsberg, Norway) is a pop artist, songwriter and producer working out of Oslo, Norway. He has been running DJD Lydstudio since 2006 and works in several different genres using various pseudonyms. He has written songs with Norwegian songwriters such as Hanne Sørvaag, Christian Ingebrigtsen, Arne Moslåtten, Simen Fjeld and Tommy Berre. He has specialized in pop and electronic music, and has also written and produced music for commercials for clients such as Nike, '' VG'' and Dagbladet. In 2010 he was one of the jury members in the “ Electronic Music” category at the Norwegian Grammys ( Spellemannsprisen). In 2006 he released his first single as an artist, "One of Those Days". The song was A-listed for fourteen consecutive weeks on the biggest local radio station group in Norway (Jærradiogruppen), with nationwide coverage. Following the success, a music video was directed by Howie Arnstad. The story played out on YouTube, and was shot in New Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kongsberg
Kongsberg () is a historical mining town and municipality in Buskerud, Viken county, Norway. The city is located on the river Numedalslågen at the entrance to the valley of Numedal. Kongsberg has been a centre of silver mining, arms production and forestry for centuries, and is the site of high technology industry including the headquarters of Norway's largest defence contractor Kongsberg Gruppen. Kongsberg, formerly spelled Konningsberg ( "King's Mountain"), was developed as a mining city on the basis of the Kongsberg Silver Mines, founded by and named after King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway in 1624. The king invited German engineers and other specialists from Saxony and the Harz region to help build the mining company. As a mining city, Kongsberg had a distinct urban culture that contrasted with its surroundings, strongly influenced by the traditions of mining communities in Germany and where the German language was extensively used in mining business and for religious s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ZTV Norway
ZTV Norway was a Norwegian entertainment television channel. Its programming consisted of music videos, movies and sitcoms. The channel was launched in Norway for the first time in 1995. It was unsuccessful, however, and it closed down in 1996. In 2002, ZTV returned to Norway, replacing the Viasat Plus channel. The second time around it quickly established itself as popular with younger viewers, this time with a greater emphasis on music and especially Norwegian artists. On September 8, 2007 the channel had its last broadcast, and was replaced by Viasat 4 TV3+ (formerly V4 and Viasat 4) is a television channel broadcasting to Norway owned by the Viaplay Group. The channel was launched test on 28 September 2007, a week 14 June 2014 after the launch of the digital terrestrial television network in N .... References External linksOfficial website Modern Times Group Defunct television channels in Norway Television channels and stations established in 1995 Television chann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Music
Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainment and managed by the American umbrella division of Sony. It was originally founded in 1929 as American Record Corporation and renamed as Columbia Recording Corporation in 1938, following its acquisition by the Columbia Broadcasting System. In 1966, the company was reorganized to become CBS Records, and Sony Corporation bought the company in 1988, renaming it under its current name in 1991. In 2004, Sony and Bertelsmann established a 50-50 joint venture known as Sony BMG, which transferred the businesses of Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group into one entity. However, in 2008, Sony acquired Bertelsmann's stake, and the company reverted to the Sony Music name shortly after; the buyout allowed Sony to acquire all of BMG's labels, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Berger
Margaret Berger (born 11 October 1985) is a Norway, Norwegian singer, songwriter, music director, and DJ. She made her debut on Sony BMG after she placed second on the Idol (Norway)#Season 2, second season of ''Idol (Norway), Norwegian Idol'' in 2004.Hoffman, K. Ross. [ "Chameleon > Review"]. AllMusic. Retrieved 16 December 2008. She released the studio albums ''Chameleon (Margaret Berger album), Chameleon'' (2004) and ''Pretty Scary Silver Fairy'' (2006). Berger Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden, finishing in fourth place with the song "I Feed You My Love". Biography Early years Margaret Berger was born on 11 October 1985 in Trondheim, Norway and grew up in Hitra, where she lived for twelve years. She sang in a gospel choir and began writing her own songs at the age of twelve. Berger studied music at Heimdal videregående skole. She made her debut as a lyricist with the local band Slim Void with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Sneddon
David Sneddon (born 15 September 1978) is a Scottish singer, songwriter, musician and music producer of contemporary pop music. He began his career performing on stage and television, singing lead roles in stage musicals in Glasgow. In 2002, he won the first series of BBC One music competition ''Fame Academy.'' He released his first single "Stop Living the Lie" in 2003 which was a UK number one hit single selling over 250,000 copies, making it Britain's twelfth-highest selling single of 2003. Sneddon's debut album '' Seven Years – Ten Weeks'' was released in April 2003 and reached number 5 in the UK Albums Chart. He achieved three more UK Singles Chart singles – " Don't Let Go", " Best of Order", and " Baby Get Higher". His song "Baby Get Higher" was a hit on the dance floor for Almighty Records and a chart hit for VanVelzen in 2006, and also for Emin Agalarov. In October 2003, he moved to working primarily as a songwriter. In 2009 Sneddon signed to Sony/ATV Music Publishin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Read (singer)
Mark Daniel Read (born in Worcester Park, London on 7 November 1978) is an English singer/songwriter, best known as member of the boy band A1 from 1998 to 2002, and 2009 to the present. Background Read grew up in a very musical family; his father Keith was in The Wild Angels, a rock 'n' roll band. His mother, Pam, played piano and drums as well as being a singer/songwriter. Read began playing piano at the age of two and eventually joined the family band on keyboards at the age of 11, where he would regularly perform in pubs, clubs and hotels across the country. He attended Auriol Junior School and then went on to Epsom and Ewell High School. At the age of 15, Read joined the Songtime Theatre Arts group, where he received training and gained experience in acting. He subsequently took lead roles in several of their productions, including ''Guys and Dolls'' and ''Aladdin''. Between the ages of 15 and 18, Read – along with his parents' band – performed onboard sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Stack (record Producer)
Graham Stack is an English born record producer and songwriter who has written and produced hit records for many artists including James Arthur,James Arthur "Impossible" (UK number 1, fastest selling X Factor single) JLS, Kylie Minogue,Kylie Minogue "On a Night Like This" (UK number 2, Australian number 1) Take That,Take That " Promises" (UK top 40) LeAnn Rimes,LeAnn Rimes "Can't Fight the Moonlight" (Radio remix and single version. Over 1 million sales) Tina Turner,Tina Turner "When The Heartache Is Over" (UK and European top 10) Girls Aloud, Atomic Kitten, Steps, Westlife, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, Il Divo and Natalie Cole."Livin' for Love" (Billboard Dance chart number 1) Stack has worked as a music producer and music director on The X Factor UK and The X Factor USA as well as on Britain's Got Talent and America's Got Talent. Stack has also remixed a number of singles including the Latino version of "Can't Fight the Moonlight"LeAnn Rimes "Can't Fight the Moonlight" (also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby Get Higher
Baby Get Higher is a song written by Scottish musician, singer and songwriter David Sneddon. This song written by Sneddon with Graham Stack, Mark Read was his fourth single release and it was not featured on his debut album ''Seven Years - Ten Weeks''. The single was released on 27 October 2003 in the United Kingdom and charted at No.38 in the UK Singles Chart. The song has been covered by Dutch singer VanVelzen and as a dancing hit by Azerbaijani singer Emin Agalarov known as Emin. Track listing Both of the CD single releases featured the main song and a version of the music video. CD 2 contained an acoustic performance of one of his earlier releases, " Best of Order". UK CD 1 #"Baby Get Higher" #"Love Actually" #"Follow Me (acoustic)" #"Baby Get Higher (music video)" UK CD 2 #"Baby Get Higher" #"I'm Fine" (acoustic) #" Best of Order" (acoustic) #"Baby Get Higher" (directors cut video) Charts Covers The song has been subject to various interpretations, notably a danc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Music
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Netherlands, Dutch–United States, American multinational Music industry, music corporation under Law of the Netherlands, Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California. The biggest music company in the world, it is one of the "Record label#3, Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music and Warner Music Group. Tencent acquired ten percent of Universal Music Group in March 2020 for €3 billion and acquired an additional ten percent stake in January 2021. Pershing Square Holdings later acquired ten percent of UMG prior to its Initial public offering, IPO on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. The company went public on September 21, 2021, at a valuation of €46 billion. In 2019, ''Fast Company'' named Universal Music Group the most innovative music company and listed UM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodi Grand Prix
Melodi Grand Prix (), commonly known as Grand Prix and MGP, sometimes as Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix ( no, Norsk Melodi Grand Prix), is an annual music competition organised by Norwegian public broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1960. The festival has produced three Eurovision winners, a non-winning televote winner and nine top-five placings for Norway at the contest. However, Norway holds the record for the number of entries who have come last since entering Eurovision; 11 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 fourth, the 1960 contest. The first Melodi Grand Prix was held on 20 F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. Based on the Sanremo Music Festival held in Italy since 1951, Eurovision has been held annually since 1956 (apart from ), making it the longest-running annual international televised music competition and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active members of the EBU, as well as invited associate members, are eligible to compete, and 52 countries have participated at least once. Each participating broadcaster se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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