"Elektropop" is a song by

Oleg Nejlik Oleg Nejlik better known as just Oleg (born 24 August 1984 in Moscow) is a Swedish performer of Russian origin and based in Åkersberga, Sweden, who took part in ''Idol 2011'', the eighth season of the Swedish version of ''Idol''. He sang " Elektrop ...

that became his debut single on

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, the official Swedish Singles Chart. Nejlik sang his original song in the premiere of

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, the eighth season of the Swedish ''

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'' on 4 September 2011. Although he didn't qualify for the finals of the show, "Elektropop" became an instant hit with the Swedish public and charted 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 ...

Commercial performance

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released the single in the same week that Oleg performed it on the show. It entered the Swedish Singles Chart at number 3 on 16 September 2011 and it stayed at that position for a second straight week, before slipping down. The song also placed at number 99 on the Swedish Singles year-end chart for 2011 and was certified Platinum.

Commercial performance

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

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