Anders Wilhelm Axel Wollbeck (born 10 February 1958 in

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) is a Swedish songwriter and producer. He plays the

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and

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. He is part of the songwriting and production duo

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together with

Mattias Lindblom Mattias Lindblom is a Swedish singer, writer, platinum-selling composer and music producer. He has contributed music and lyrics for artists such as Tina Arena, Andy Taylor, Tarja Turunen and Garou, as well as for musical, brands, TV and film. He ...

Career

Wollbeck has worked with a number of artists in his career including

Army of Lovers Army of Lovers is a Swedish dance- pop group which formed in 1987 and had a number of hits in Europe throughout the 1990s. Some of their biggest successes include the song "Crucified", which was a big hit in Europe, charting 31 weeks in the Eu ...

, Alcazar,

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Vengaboys Vengaboys () are a Dutch Eurodance music group based in Rotterdam. The group was the creation of Dutch producers Wessel van Diepen and Dennis van den Driesschen (known as Danski and Delmundo). It consists of lead vocalist Kim Sasabone, female vo ...

and

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. A number of songs co-written by Wollbeck have become international hits. He has also written and produced soundtrack music for the Tatort episode Kalter Engel.

Personal life

Wollbeck is married to Marie Sundström-Wollbeck, who designed most of Army of Lovers sleeves. The couple has two children and resides in Stockholm.

Selected discography

Crucified Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross or beam and left to hang until eventual death from exhaustion and asphyxiation. It was used as a punishment by the Persians, Carthagin ...

", "Obsession" and Ride The Bullet by

. Crucified was recently featured in the multi million selling computer game

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. A re-recorded version of the song peaked at number 18 in 2014 in the Billboard Dance/Club Chart. *"

Crying at the Discoteque "Crying at the Discoteque" is a song by Swedish band Alcazar from their debut studio album, ''Casino'' (2000). The track samples Sheila and B. Devotion's 1979 hit "Spacer". Alexander Bard produced the song and can be heard in the middle of thi ...

" by Alcazar. Covered by

Sophie Ellis-Bextor Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor (born 10 April 1979) is an English singer and songwriter. She first came to prominence in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the indie rock band Theaudience. After the group disbanded Ellis-Bextor went solo and ach ...

on the top 10 UK album

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I Breathe I Breathe is a song written by Alexander Bard and Anders Wollbeck. It was recorded by Vacuum, who released it as a single scoring a late 1996-early 1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the hig ...

" by

(Gold sales in Sweden) *"

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", " Die Alive", " Into The Sun", " Victim of Ritual" "

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", and "Diva" by

*"Home" by

Julie Berthelsen Julie Ivalo Broberg Berthelsen also known by her mononym Julie (born 7 June 1979) is a Danish-born Greenlandic pop singer and songwriter. She is known largely for her success on the TV series ''Popstars''. Although she finished in second place, ...

(2xPlatinum sales in Denmark) *" What You Don’t Know" by

. #6 in Germany. *"

Negotiate with Love "Negotiate with Love" is the lead single taken from Rachel Stevens' second album, '' Come and Get it''. The track was written by Anders Wollbeck, Mattias Lindblom, Xyloman, Miriam Nervo, and Olivia Nervo aka The Nervo Twins. It was produced by An ...

" by

. *"Accidental" by Garou. From the album Piece of My Soul, Gold sales in Canada, Poland and Russia. *"

Rocket To Uranus "Rocket to Uranus" is the 2010 comeback song for the Dutch Eurodance group Vengaboys. It was released on 4 June 2010 in the Netherlands. In the UK the track was released only as a remix on dance compilation album Clubland 17 initially. It was late ...

" by

* "Gib Mer A Chance" by Baschi. Gold sales in Switzerland. *"Beginning" by

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*"Heavensent", "The Other People" and "Get Off" by

from the top ten German album Final Attraction *"Love Is The Law" by

*"Wild Like That" by

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*"Your Life" by

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from the German top ten album At The End Of The Day *" Chu" by

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(Platinum sales in South Korea) *"I Only Know How To Love by

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featured on the Billboard number one album "The Canadian Tenors" *"Y3K" by

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featured on the number one Japan and Global Album Chart album ''

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'' *"You Set Fire To My Life", "Out Of The Blue", "Karma" and "Love Falls" by

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. (Platinum Sales in Australia) *"Eventide", "Crime Of Passion", "Diva Time", "I Am The Sea" and "When The Music Dies" by

Nad Sylvan Nad Sylvan is a U.S. born Swedish progressive rock musician and songwriter, who is currently the vocalist in Steve Hackett’s band Genesis Revisited and has also maintained a solo career and collaborations with several other musicians. Backgr ...

. Nominated for the 2017 Progressive Music Awards . *"Spaceship Earth", "Hear Me" and "Nostalgia" by Burningfields *"Sanctified" by Black Shark Club

Board of Directors assignments

STIM STIM, ''Svenska Tonsättares Internationella Musikbyrå'' (Swedish Performing Rights Society), is a Swedish collecting society for songwriters, composers and music publisher A music publisher is a type of publisher that specializes in distribu ...

(Swedish Performing Rights Society. From 2015) * SKAP (The Swedish Society of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. From 2016) * Export Music Sweden (Organization for promoting Swedish music outside of Sweden. From 2016) * Extended Licensing Committee of ICE Services Ltd (Joint venture by STIM, GEMA and PRS For Music. From 2016) * UniSong (Organization for Swedish songwriters and producers. From 2012)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wollbeck, Anders Living people Swedish male singers Swedish electronic musicians Swedish male songwriters 1958 births