Murlyn Music Group AB or just Murlyn Music (MMG) is Stockholm-based international music production company founded in 1997 by Anders Bagge. The company includes a great number of successful songwriters, producers and musicians and has produced and written material for tens of international artists. The company has many studios in various locations (known as Murlyn Studios), a publishing division Murlyn Songs (initially headed by Pelle Lidell).

History

Murlyn Music was founded in 1997 by Anders Bagge. He had been inspired by

Denniz PoP Dag Krister Volle (26 April 1963 – 30 August 1998), better known as Denniz Pop (stylized ''Denniz PoP''), was a Swedish DJ, music producer, and songwriter. He co-founded the recording studio Cheiron Studios in Stockholm in 1992. Life and ca ...

's Cheiron. Murlyn's big breakthrough came with the US boy band

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. In 2001 Murlyn signed a marketing deal with

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for distributing the catalogue of songs materials produced by Murlyn Music worldwide. Colin Barlow, Jimmy Iovine and Lucian Grainge proposed building a company around Murlyn's songwriting where they would develop acts together. Unfortunately this relationship with Interscope and Universal came at a time when the era's pop trend was fading and singer-songwriter acts were starting to dominate. Murlyn wanted to focus more on singer-songwriters, but the level of time and development required was something that the major label was reluctant to support. In 2007 Bagge sold the publishing catalogue to Crosstown Songs in America.

Songwriters / Producers

Murlyn Music Group has the following producers * Bagge & Peer **

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Peer Åström Peer Åström (born 1972 in Ljusdal, Sweden) is a Swedish composer, lyricist, musician and record producer and partner with Anders Bagge. The two songwriters / producers are known as Bagge & Peer. They have together written and produced songs for ...

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** Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson ** Pontus "Avant" Winnberg * Korpi & Blackcell ** Henrik Korpi ** Mathias Johansson *

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* Tony Malm *

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* Fredrik "Fredro" Ödesjö.Sound on Sound article: Northern Lights
/ref> Other producers under MMG include: Mats Berntoft, DeadMono, Jock-E, Hitvision, Aleena, Nina Woodford, Yoga, Jay Jay and Infinite Mass.

Selective discography

**"Because of You" **"Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)" **"You Are My Everything" *

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**"Have You Ever Been In Love" * Janet Jackson **" All Nite (Don't Stop)" **"SloLove" **"Put Your Hands On" **"I'm Here" * Jennifer Lopez **"Play" * Madonna **"Get Together" **"Like It Or Not" **"How High" * Jessica Simpson **"Irresistible" * Britney Spears **"Toxic" * Lisa Maffia **"The Knack" *

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**"Supernatural" **Switch" ;Others: *

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featuring

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- "Fire" * Christina Milian - "When You Look At Me" and "AM to PM" * Rob Thomas - "This Is How A Heart Breaks" *

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- "Sweet Dreams My LA Ex" *

Sophie Ellis-Bextor Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor (born 10 April 1979) is an English singer and songwriter. She first came to prominence in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the indie rock band Theaudience. After the group disbanded Ellis-Bextor went solo and ach ...

- "Get Over You" Murlyn Music hits include singles and albums produced for

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and

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References

External links

Murlyn Music Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Murlyn Music Group Record labels established in 1998 Swedish record labels