''500 dagar om året'' (''500 days a year'') is the 20th studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter

Tomas Ledin Tomas Folke Jonas Ledin (; born 25 February 1952) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He grew up in the town of Sandviken, Sweden and has sold 3 million records. Career Tomas Ledin started his career in 1972 when ...

, released in June 2009.

Album information

The album produced by Lasse Andersson, was recorded during the winter of 2008/2009 in Sweden. As usual, all songs were composed by Ledin himself, with some help by Lasse Andersson on the track ''"Håll ut"''. The song was eventually released as the first single from the album, peaking at number 42 on the

Swedish Singles Chart 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 R ...

in February 2009. The title track itself was also released on single before the actual album and became the album's biggest hit. In addition to peaking at number 16 on the official sales chart, it also became Tomas' first top5 hit on the Swedish radio chart

Svensktoppen ''Svensktoppen'' () is a weekly record chart airing at Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982-1985. The last years before the January 2003 cha ...

, since 1993. The album itself was a huge success. Upon its release in June 2009, it entered the

Swedish albums chart 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 R ...

at number two and stayed in the top10 for eleven weeks. ''"500 dagar om året"'' was certified Platinum a month after its release, in early July. In 2010, another track from the album managed to enter the

charts. In April, the album's closing number, ''"Kanske kvällens sista dans"'', peaked at number 10.

Track listing

Personnel

The following musicians contributed to the recording of ''"500 dagar om året"'':500 dagar om året, booklet *

: vocals,

background vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are used ...

, acoustic guitar, high string guitar, harmonica *Lasse Andersson: electric guitar, piano, background vocals, percussion, acoustic guitar, drums *Sebastian Nylund: electric guitar *Jörgen Ingeström:

hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

, piano *Ove Andersson: bass *Mikael Lyander:

tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though ...

, percussion *Johan Franzon: drums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:500 Dagar Om Aret, Tomas, Ledin 2009 albums Tomas Ledin albums