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Erik Grönwall Per Erik Magnus Grönwall (born 3 December 1987) is a Swedish hard rock and heavy metal singer. In 2009, he won the Swedish ''Idol'' reality television. During several of the shows, he received standing ovations from the jury for his performan ...

, winner of the Swedish version of

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in its sixth season in 2009. He sang the winning song when he was declared winner on December 11, 2009. The single, taken from his debut self-titled album ''

'', went straight to number one on the Swedish Single Charts on 18 December 2009 and stayed at that position for 5 weeks (18 and 25 December 2009 and 1, 8 and 15 January 2010) making it both the Swedish Christmas and the New Year number one. After being toppled from top position for one week by

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on the charts of 22 January 2010, the song returned once again to the top on the chart dated 29 January 2010 for a 6th week at number one. The song was written by Pär Westerlund and Joakim Olovsson. It was sung in the final by both Erik Grönwall and runner-up Calle Kristiansson.

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References

2009 singles Number-one singles in Sweden 2009 songs Columbia Records singles {{2000s-single-stub