Jonathan Fagerlund (born 8 January 1991), sometimes just Jonathan, is a

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singer. He has released two albums ''

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'' and '' Welcome to My World'' and five singles. He is signed to ''Dreamline Music'' record label. In 2009, he took part in ''

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'' with the song "

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". Before his solo career, he had taken part in a television series and was, for a brief time, a member of Streetwize, an international

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project. In the 2010s he developed a fitness training career under the name By Jonny.

Career

Fagerlund was born in

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. In 2004, at the age of 13, he took part in ''Super Troupers'' on Sweden's

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television station. He finished fifth overall out of 10 finalists with the song "This is the Moment / Nu eller aldrig" In 2005, he joined the international

project called Streetwize, alongside

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(later known as Lee Matthews),

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and

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. He toured with the group in the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States and Sweden. The original members appeared on the US television station

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, a cable television station where they performed "

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" in a morning show hosted by Greg Coy. But disappointed by the slow progress of the group project, he decided to leave the band Streetwize and return to his homeland and start a solo musical career. He released his debut album, ''

'', in 2008 with collaborations from producers and songwriters

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. His first ever official single was "Angeline". It had heavy air play on Swedish pop radio stations, but failed to chart. The next single released in Sweden, "

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", released in February 2008 and topped at No. 4 for two consecutive weeks in the

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in March 2008. A third single followed in 2008 "Dance in the Shadows". Jonathan went on tour with Nickelodeon for their highly popular summer music festival. Jonathan also took part in the 2009 series of

with the new song "

" written by Samuel Waermö and Didrik Thott Jonathan in a bid to represent Sweden in the

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held in Moscow, Russia. The Swedish contest was won by the soprano

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. In his second album '' Welcome to My World'', he collaborated with

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, a childhood friend and ''Idol'' 2008 runner-up in the song "Save Our Yesterdays".

By Jonny

In 2010s, Fagerlund started working as a training instructor in a fitness gym in Stockholm. He is a fitness trainer and nutritionist who developed his program under the name By Jonny. He won "Group Fitness Trainer of the Year" and was nominated to "Personal Trainer of the Year" at Fitnessfestivalen.By Jonny Official website
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Discography

Albums

Singles

Songs / Videos

*2007: "Angeline" *2008: "Playing Me" *2008: "Dance in the Shadows

*2009: "Welcome to My Life

*2009: "Ready 4 It" *2012: "U-DO"

References

External links

By Jonny Official website

Jonathan Fagerlund Official site

Jonathan Fagerlund MySpace

LastFM Jonathan Fagerlund page
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