"All This Way" is a song performed by Swedish
Idol 2011 winner
Amanda Fondell
Amanda Linnea Fondell (born 29 August 1994, Linderöd, Sweden) is a Swedish singer and winner of the eighth series of Swedish ''Idol'', which she won on 9 December 2011 with 52% of the votes.
Fondell's first single " All This Way" was released o ...
and written and produced by
Arnthor Birgisson
Arnthor Birgisson (Icelandic: Arnþór Birgisson, born 12 February 1976 in ReykjavÃk, Iceland) is an Icelandic-Swedish songwriter and producer. Arnþór moved to Sweden in 1978 at age two and lives in Stockholm.
Information
As young Arnà ...
and
Idol 2004
The first season of Sweden's ''Idol'' premiered in August 2004 and continued until its grand finale on 26 November, when 26-year-old Daniel Lindström from Umeå was crowned winner.
Auditions
Auditions were held in the Swedish cities of Stockhol ...
runner-up
Darin Zanyar
Darin Zanyar (born 2 June 1987), known simply as Darin, is a Kurdish-Swedish pop singer and songwriter born in Stockholm. He is one of Sweden's best-selling artists with seven number one albums.
Life and career
Early life
Darin was born in ...
.
"All This Way" was the winners song of
Idol 2011 which meant both Amanda Fondell,
Robin Stjernberg
Robin James Olof Stjernberg (; born 22 February 1991, Hässleholm, Sweden) is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter and producer. He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 on home soil on 18 May 2013 with the song " You". Stjernberg ...
and
Moa Lignell
Moa Lignell (born 6 June 1994 in Alingsås, Sweden) is a Swedish singer, who came in third place in ''Idol 2011
Idol 2011 was the Swedish Idol series' eight season and premiered on TV4 on 4 September 2011. Pär Lernström was the new host of ...
all recorded a version of the song. The song reached the top of 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 ...
. It is also the title track of Fondell's debut album ''
All This Way'' that reached No. 1 on the Swedish Albums Chart.
Track listing
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
Other versions
Robin Stjernberg
Robin James Olof Stjernberg (; born 22 February 1991, Hässleholm, Sweden) is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter and producer. He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 on home soil on 18 May 2013 with the song " You". Stjernberg ...
who was runner-up to Amanda Fondell, as well as
Moa Lignell
Moa Lignell (born 6 June 1994 in Alingsås, Sweden) is a Swedish singer, who came in third place in ''Idol 2011
Idol 2011 was the Swedish Idol series' eight season and premiered on TV4 on 4 September 2011. Pär Lernström was the new host of ...
who came third, recorded the song prior to the Final 3 live show. Stjernberg's version proved popular after downloads were made available for the versions by Fondell and Stjernberg. Lignell's version was uploaded on
YouTube
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but was eventually deleted due to
copyright
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issues.
Robin Stjernberg also included it in his debut album ''
My Versions'' that topped the Swedish Albums Chart in week 2/2012 (dated 13 January 2012).
References
2011 songs
Number-one singles in Sweden
Songs written by Arnthor Birgisson
Songs written by Darin (singer)
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