E.M.D. was a Swedish boyband consisting of

Erik Segerstedt Mats Erik Segerstedt (born 20 April 1983) is a Swedish singer. Segerstedt was born in Uddevalla. As a student he attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. He was the runner-up to Markus Fagervall on the third season of Swedish v ...

Mattias Andréasson Mattias Andréasson (born 29 March 1981 in Västerås), Swedish singer and ''Swedish Idol 2007'' contestant (in which he came 5th place). As a student, he attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. He is also known as dmaSOUL. He ...

and

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. All three members had participated on the Swedish version of ''

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'', with Erik as a finalist and Danny at 6th place on

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. Mattias was eliminated as the fourth runner-up on

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. After ''Idol'', the three formed E.M.D. releasing three albums and had a number of singles, including four consecutive #1s in 2007–2009 for "All for Love", "A State of Mind", "Jennie Let Me Love You" and "Baby Goodbye". In January 2009, the band won a Swedish Grammy for Song of The Year with "

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". In late 2010, the band announced an indefinite hiatus and broke up. The three members reunited in 2019 with a cover of the song "Hon är min", a song by GES.

Beginnings

(born 20 April 1983 in

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) was the runner-up on the third season of

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version of ''

''. Soon after, he got signed at

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and on 21 February 2007 his debut album ''A Different Shade'' was released. The album debuted at No. 2 on the Swedish albums chart and stayed at this position for a second week. The first single "I Can't say I'm Sorry", written by

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, peaked at No. 1 on the Swedish singles chart.

born on 29 March 1981,

singer and contestant for ''Swedish

'' He came 5th place. After ''Idol'', his version of

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's ''

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'' was released as a single and reached 48th place on

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(born Daniel Gabriel Alessandro Saucedo Grzechowski on 25 February 1986 in

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, Stockholms Län, Sweden) is a Swedish singer, often presented just as Danny, who competed as one of the finalists in Idol 2006 – the Swedish version of Idol where he got to the top 6 before being eliminated. His mother is from Bolivia and his father is from Poland. In 2006, he released his first single, a cover of "

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" by

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which charted at No. 24 on the Swedish singles chart. Danny is also a songwriter, composing songs for Alcazar and

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Career

After both Erik Segerstedt and Danny Saucedo had released successful solo albums, the first with his ''

A Different Shade ''A Different Shade'' is the debut studio album from Swedish singer Erik Segerstedt, released on February 1, 2007. It debuted at number two on the Swedish Albums Chart. The album spawned two singles, "Can't Say I'm Sorry", a number-one single, an ...

'' and the second with his album '' Heart Beats'', during the Autumn of 2007, they formed alongside Mattias Andréasson the Swedish trio E.M.D.. Their first single, a cover of

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and Sting's hit "All For Love", rose to 3rd place on

on December 20 of the same year. "All for Love" charted on Swedish national record chart immediately. Based on the success of "All for Love", E.M.D. released their debut album, ''

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'', in May 2008. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Swedish Album Chart and produced three additional domestic chart topping singles after "All for Love", being "

", " Alone" and, after the deluxe album edition, the single Baby Goodbye. E.M.D had participated in the 2009

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with the track "Baby Goodbye". being one of the four wildcards and having performed during the third semi-final in

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, on 21 February 2009. E.M.D. made it to the final, where they finished third. Due to the success of "Baby Goodbye", the album was re-released as a deluxe edition with "Baby Goodbye" and the two new additional songs " Youngblood" (later released as a digital download single) and "I'm No Romeo". On 9 November 2009 E.M.D. released their second album and first holiday album ''

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'', containing Swedish Christmas music and the album's first and only single

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originally sung by

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) was released on 13 November 2009. The album was sold exclusively at ICA

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. The Christmas single charted at third place on Sverigetopplistan. E.M.D. finished the studio recording of their second studio album and third album overall entitled '' Rewind'' in 2010. The band released the first single from the album, "

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" a cover of a song by

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), digitally on 28 May 2010. It charted on Sverigetopplistan at fifth place. The single was physically released on 16 June 2010. The album was released on 3 December 2010. The second single from the album "

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", a cover of a song by

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was released digitally on 19 October 2010. The album was released on 3 December 2010 with the release of the "

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" third single and second music video for the album on 5 December 2010, after the music video was released on 26 November. In late 2010, the band announced an indefinite breakup.

In popular culture

" is a bonus track on E.M.D.'s album ''Rewind'' and was featured as the main theme song in the Swedish version of both the motion picture and soundtrack for '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader''. The original version of the song which is otherwise featured in the motion picture and soundtrack was performed by

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Awards

In January 2009, the band won a Swedish Grammy for Song of the Year with "

Discography

Studio albums * ''

'' (2008) ** '' A State of Mind (Deluxe Edition)'' (2009) * ''

'' (2009) * '' Rewind'' (2010)

References

External links

E.M.D. official website
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