Daniel Lindström (born 30 January 1978) is a Swedish singer from

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who won the Swedish Idol 2004 contest against

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. His first single, "

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", sold

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, and his self-titled album, released in December 2004, topped the Swedish pop charts. The second album ''Nån slags verklighet'' (''Some kind of reality'') contains songs written in Swedish by the singer himself. His third album, ''D-Day'', was released in January 2009. For a time, he lived with his wife and child in

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, Sweden. In October 2009, Lindström and other Idol contestants convened for a panel at

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in New York City, to discuss their experiences and the current state of music.

Idol 2004 performances

*Semi-finals: ''Lately'' by

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*Top 11: ''Fast love'' by

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*Top 10: ''Crazy'' by

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*Top 9: ''If You Don't Know Me By Now'' by

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*Top 8: ''Sarah'' by

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*Top 7: ''That's The Way It Is'' by

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*Top 6: ''Fly Me to the Moon'' by

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*Top 5: ''License To Kill'' by

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*Top 4: ''September'' by

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*Top 4: ''Just The Way You Are'' by

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*Top 3: ''Lately'' by

*Top 3: ''Glorious'' by Andreas Johnson *Grand Final: ''Coming True'' written by

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''(Winning Song)'' *Grand Final: ''Virtual Insanity'' by

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*Grand Final: ''Sarah'' by

Discography

The following is a complete discography of every album and single released by Swedish Pop music artist Daniel Lindström.

Studio albums

Singles

Songwriting in Asia

Lindstrom is a co-writer of “

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” by

Jacky Cheung Jacky Cheung Hok-yau (born 10 July 1961) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. Dubbed the " God of Songs", he is regarded as one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Hong Kong pop music. Cheung is known for his technically skilled vocals, lengthy tours, and ...

on Cheung’s “

Private Corner Private Corner is a studio album by Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung (Cantonese pinyin: Hok Yau)（中文名：张学友）, known as God of Songs and one of the Four Heavenly Kings. It is the first jazz album of Cantopop, a concept album recorde ...

” album. His single release “

Caught In That Feeling "Caught In That Feeling" is a song by Swedish singer-songwriter Daniel Lindstrom, released on December 12, 2008 through independent Swedish label Laluff Music Production and distributor Playground Music Scandinavia as the second single from his ...

” was covered by

Jason Dy Jason James Desiata Dy (born June 19, 1990) is a Filipino singer, songwriter, actor and musician. He is best known as the winner of the second season of '' The Voice of the Philippines''. Dy was invited onstage by David Foster to perform wi ...

, winner of The Voice of The Philippines, on Dy’s self-titled album “Jason Dy”.

References

External links

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