Element (stylized as ELEMENT) was an Icelandic/

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

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and

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team, consisting of

Hitesh Ceon Hitesh Ceon (born 17 April 1974) is an Icelandic songwriter, producer and composer. He was a part of the production duo Element before it was disbanded in 2016. Hitesh has produced and written songs for artists like Madcon, CeeLo Green, Musiq Sou ...

and

Kim Ofstad Kim Ofstad (born 25 November 1969) is a Norwegian drummer. He is best known from collaborations in the pop/soul band D'Sound where he was a member from its inception in 1993 to 2010 and his work with the production team Element. Career Ofstad ...

. The team was disbanded in January 2016. On their website Hitesh is described as being the main producer and composer of the team, while Kim is the drummer, and described as the more social/networking part of the team. Element in 2013 produced eight songs on the Madcon album ''Icon'', including the song "Bottles" featuring Rick Ross, and "Is You With Me" featuring Snoop Dogg. The first single, "In My Head", spent several weeks at number one on the Norwegian iTunes chart and peaked at number 2 on the official Norwegian sales charts, selling three times platinum. Some of the later productions of the team included two songs for

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, "Dangerous" and "Bury Me (6 Feet Under)", as well as

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's "I Want You Back" (ELEMENT Remix), and a remix of Michael Jackson's "Skywriter" (Stargate Remix) which they produced together with

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, the latter two featured on the 2009 remix album, ''

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''. Element in 2014 produced the song "Till The Rope Gives Way" with

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, on the album ''

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''. The album reached number one on the iTunes R&B Chart in the US. Element produced the song "Yes" for

Musiq Soulchild Taalib Hassan Johnson (born September 16, 1977), better known by the stage name Musiq Soulchild or simply Musiq (pronounced "music") is an American singer and songwriter whose style blends R&B, funk, blues, jazz, and Gospel music, gospel influ ...

, the second official single from Musiq's album ''

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'', as well as two other songs on the album, "Lovecontract" and "Clumsylove". Element produced the song "It's Ok" for Cee Lo Green. The song is the second official single from Cee-Lo Green's album '' The Lady Killer'', and is written by Hitesh Ceon, Kim Ofstad, Cee Lo Green and Noel Fisher. The album ''The Lady Killer'' received a Grammy nomination. Element has produced and co-written the song "Glow" for

Madcon Madcon is a Norwegian musical duo formed in 1992 by Yosef Wolde-Mariam and Tshawe Baqwa. They have released eight albums as of 2022. They are best known for the 2007 cover of " Beggin'" by The Four Seasons and the 2015 single " Don't Worry" feat ...

. A 7:30 minute long version of the song was performed in the final of the

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, during the interval before the voting. While the song was playing many flash-mobs around Europe were dancing a choreographed dance to the song and Madcon performed in the

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where the contest was held. The song was released on iTunes the same day, and reached number one in Norway and Germany, number 2 in Spain and top 10 in 10 other countries. It has sold 10 times platinum in Norway and over 300.000 copies in Germany. Element was earlier known as 3Elementz, then a three-member team, including bass-player Jonny Sjo. Their productions include

's " Beggin'" which went to become 8× platinum in Norway, before reaching top position on the hit lists in many European countries, and reaching number 2 position on the Billboard European chart.

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.elementmusicworld.com Norwegian record producers Norwegian songwriters