Eric Gadd (born Carl Erik Gudmund Sojdelius 31 July 1965) is a
Swedish
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singer and songwriter. He has released thirteen music albums since his debut in 1987 and has also participated in
Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song ...
.
Career
Gadd was born in Uppsala, but grew up first in
Visby
Visby () is an urban area in Sweden and the seat of Gotland Municipality in Gotland County on the island of Gotland with 24,330 inhabitants . Visby is also the episcopal see for the Diocese of Visby. The Hanseatic city of Visby is arguably th ...
, then, from the age of nine onwards, in
Vallentuna
Vallentuna is the seat of Vallentuna Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden, with 33,219 inhabitants in 2018. Vallentuna's cultural landscape is well preserved, and human habitation in the area has been traced back as far as the Stone Age. Archeo ...
. Gadd released his debut album ''Hello'' in 1987 with the single "Ett ensamt hjärta".
Two years later, he released his second album ''Hurra du lever – Pang du är död'', an album influenced by the music of the American singer
Prince
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. In 1991, he released his third album ''Do You Believe in Gadd?''; the single "Do You Believe in Me" was a dance hit in the
Philippines
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. He then released a few more English language albums before turning back to Swedish with his 2008 album ''Stockholm står kvar men jag ligger''.
He was awarded a Swedish
Grammis
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award as "Artist of the Year" in the years 1991, 1993 and 1997. Gadd participated in the first semi-final of
Melodifestivalen 2013
Melodifestivalen 2013 was the Swedish music competition that selected the 53rd Swedish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. Robin Stjernberg's song " You" won the final, and became the first Second Chance song to win the Melodifestivalen f ...
on 2 February 2013 with the song "Vi kommer aldrig att förlora". The song was written by Gadd himself,
Thomas Stenström
Karl Thomas Stenström (born January 19, 1988), is a Swedish artist, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his charting single "Slå mig hårt i ansiktet". He has released three albums: ''Nåt annat, nån annanstans'' (2012), ''Fulkultur'' ...
and Jacob Olofsson. The song made it to the Second Chance round of the competition but failed to make it to the final. In 2018, he appeared on ''
Så mycket bättre
Så mycket bättre (, "So Much Better") is a Swedish reality television show that airs on TV4 (Sweden), TV4. The basic premise is that each artist attempts to do their own version of another artist's well-known songs, with each person getting an ...
'', broadcast on TV4.
Personal life
Eric Gadd is married to singer Cornelia Sojdelius (previously Åkerman).
Discography
Albums
*1987 – ''Hello''
*1989 – ''Hurra, du lever! Pang, du är död!''
*1991 – ''Do you Believe in Gadd?''
*1993 – ''On Display''
*1995 – ''Floating''
*1997 – ''The Right Way''
*1998 – ''Greatest Hits''
*1999 – ''Spirit''
*2002 – ''Life Support''
*2006 – ''Eric Gadd''
*2008 – ''Stockholm står kvar men jag ligger''
*2010 – ''Rise Up!''
*2013 – ''Fiende Eller Vän''
*2018 – ''Så Mycket Bättre''
Singles
*1987 – "Ett ensamt hjärta"
*1989 – "Kom Hit Och Ta"
*1989 – "Bara Himlen Ser På"
*1989 – "Plus Minus"
*1989 – "Din Man"
*1990 – "Jag Säljer Mig"
*1991 – "Do You Believe in Me"
*1991 – "Excuse Me, Hallelujah"
*1991 – "Deadstone"
*1991 – "Power of Music"
*1993 – "Wish I"
*1993 – "Heaven Is Asleep"
*1993 – "God Gave Me You"
*1995 – "Why Don't You Why Don't I"
*1995 – "There's No One Like You"
*1995 – "What Once Was"
*1997 – "The Right Way"
*1997 – "My Personality"
*1997 – "Summer Is Here"
*1998 – "Everybody's Business"
*1998 – "I Found Someone"
*1998 – "Saint in the Parish"
*1998 – "On My Way"
*1998 – "Someone Who Cares"
*1999 – "Riding High"
*1999 – "Eye of the Spirit"
*2000 – "One Touch"
*2002 – "Hold On"
*2003 – "Stay This Way"
*2006 – "Meet Me Here"
*2008 – "
Tvåhundratusen"
*2010 – "Rise Up!"
*2013 – "Vi kommer aldrig att förlora!"
Charting singles
References
External links
Official website
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1965 births
Swedish male singers
Swedish songwriters
Living people
People from Gotland
English-language singers from Sweden