Josef Johansson (born 10 June 1993) is a Tunisian-Swedish pop singer and songwriter. Born in Tunisia where he began singing as a young singer at age 6, he was raised in

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

, Sweden. He later moved to

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and appeared in a number of recordings as a demo artist for American producers. He was signed to

Warner Music Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and t ...

in 2012, releasing his debut single "Baby Baby" that was released in the spring of 2013. The single played on various Swedish radio stations. In 2013 he was awarded the

Ted Gärdestad Ted Arnbjörn Gärdestad (; 18 February 195622 June 1997) was a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician and actor known internationally as Ted. Gärdestad began his acting career in 1966 and began playing music in 1971, signing with Polar Music. Ass ...

scholarship for his songwriting. In 2014, Johansson took part in

Melodifestivalen 2014 Melodifestivalen 2014 was the Swedish music competition which selected Sweden's 54th entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. Sanna Nielsen won the competition with the song "Undo". This was one of the closest results in Melodifestivalen histo ...

in a bid to represent Sweden in

Eurovision Song Contest 2014 The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 was the 59th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following the country's victory at the with the song "Only Teardrops" by Emmelie de Forest. Organised by the European ...

. He sang "Hela Natten" in the fourth round of the semi-finals during Melodifestivalen,Dagen.se: Josef Johansson tar Melodifestivaldebuten med ro
but did not qualify to the finals. Despite that, his song 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 ...

, peaking at number 58.

Discography

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Johansson, Josef 21st-century Swedish male singers Swedish pop singers 21st-century Tunisian male singers Tunisian emigrants to Sweden 1994 births Living people Singers from Gothenburg Melodifestivalen contestants of 2014