Kim Fransson (born 7 June 1982 in
Trollhättan, Sweden), is a Swedish singer-songwriter, scoring
Sverigetopplistan
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successes during 2009. He is particularly known for taking part in the first season of the series ''Made in Sweden'', along with
Janet Leon
Janet Ava Owji (born 19 October 1990), also known by her stage name Janet Leon, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and A&R. Leon began her career as part of the pop group Play, for which she was lead singer 2003–2005. She rose to further promin ...
, where he collaborated with
Anders Bagge
Sven Anders Bagge (; born 16 January 1968) is a Swedish composer, lyricist, musician and record producer and partner with Peer Åström. The two songwriters / producers are known as Bagge & Peer. Bagge is also one of jury members for the TV4 sin ...
,
Laila Bagge,
Andreas Carlsson for his debut album, also writing some of his own notable co-writing, such as "Here Comes the Night" with
Fredrik Hallström
Fredrik Hallström (born 7 May 1966) is a Swedish
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.
Kim Fransson started his career at 12 when he appeared on Swedish
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's program Nyårsgala. At the age of 13 he founded the bands "Kims Karusell, Swedish Chef and Shutlanger Sam" and won the talent contest ''Lejonrock'' in 2000. The band Shutlanger Sam was a "funk teen trio" managed by
Dave Holland (drummer), the former drummer of metal superstars
Judas Priest
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and recording studio owner Kevin Wilson. Shutlanger Sam played a show in Vänersborg in 1996 with Holland´s former Trapeze bandmate Glenn Hughes, and were introduced by Holland himself His brother Christian Fransson and cousin David Fransson are also known musicians in
Division of Laura Lee
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.
Kim Fransson upptäcktes av Laila Bagge
(in Swedish)
In 2010, Fransson released a joint single with Robin Bengtsson
Robin Bengtsson (born 27 April 1990) is a Swedish singer who took part in Swedish Idol 2008. He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine with the song "I Can't Go On" finishing in 5th place.
Career
Bengtsson was b ...
on Merion Music.
Discography
Album
*2009: '' Kim''
Singles
*2009: "Here Comes the Night"
*2009: "3 Floors Down" (reached No. 1 in Swedish Singles Chart)
References
External links
Kim Fransson MySpace websiteKim Fransson Facebook pageKim Fransson LastFM page
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1982 births
Living people
People from Trollhättan
21st-century Swedish singers
21st-century Swedish male singers