Karl Glenn Martindahl (born in Bankeryd, Sweden on 5 June 1980) is a Swedish singer and son of Swedish footballer Glenn Martindahl.

Beginnings

Karl Martindahl had his debut in the TV program ''Söndagsöppet'' in the early 1990s as a child singer with "The Flying Eagles" and the song "Filippa". He also took part in the Swedish reality show ''Fame Factory'' for the 2003–2004 season. In 2004, he took part in

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with "Love Turns Water into Wine" written by Michael Persson and Peter Broman a bid to represent Sweden in the

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, but failed to be chosen. He continued his solo musical career.

The Wallstones

In 2004, agreed with Johan Becker, the ''Fame Factory'' winner in 2004Scandipop: The Star Pilots interview
/ref> to form the pop duo The Wallstones where they had a 2005 album ''Pleasure and Pain'' and three singles "Good Old Stonecake" in 2004, and "C'mon Julie" in 2005. The Wallstones duo made another bid to

Melodifestivalen 2005 Melodifestivalen 2005 was the selection for the 45th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 44th time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five heats had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, ...

with "Invisible People" written by Martindahl and Becker, but didn't make it to the final of the contest.

Charlie Emm

Karl Martindahl is now a lead singer with the band Charlie Emm, that also includes Ryan Roxie (the former guitarist with Alice Cooper).

In popular culture

In 2010, he joined

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and

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to sing " Wake Up world", the charity song for "Hjälp Haiti".

Discography

Singles

;Solo *2003: "When you're coming back again" (reached #4)Swedish Charts: Karl Martindahl page
/ref> *2004: "Love Turns Water into Wine" (at Melodifestivalen 2004) (reached #14) *2004: "Turn and Walk Away" (reached #21) *2007: "B.B.B Baby" ;Collective *2010: " Wake Up World" (as part of "Hjälp Haiti")

References

External links

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Charlie Emm MySpace site
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