Simon Mathew (born 17 May 1984) is a Danish pop singer. He is the brother of teen-pop singers
Rebekka Mathew
Rebekka Sofiá Mathew (born 25 September 1986) is a former child star and was half of the Faroese-Danish pop duo, Creamy. The other half of the duo was Rannva Joensen. She is the sister of singers Simon Mathew and Sabina Mathew.
In 2007 she r ...
and Sabina Mathew.
Rebekka og Simon Mathew: Synger på Disney film
(Danish), Udfordringen.dk, 29 August 2007 Mathew won the Danish Melodi Grand Prix 2008
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, and represented Denmark
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at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
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, singing " All Night Long". He placed 15th in the grand final.
Mathew debuted with his first solo album in 2005; an album which became classified as melodic rock
Arena rock (also known as AOR, melodic rock, stadium rock, anthem rock, pomp rock, corporate rock and dad rock; ; ) is a style of rock music that originated in the mid-1970s. As hard rock bands and those playing a softer yet strident kind of po ...
. Mathew's first single, "These Arms" stayed in the Danish national hitlist ''Tjeklisten'' for 5 consecutive weeks, and sat in the top 3 of the official single sales chart. Mathew's 2nd single, 'Dreamer" received exposure and support through local Danish radio stations and stayed at number one on the local radio ''hitlist'' for a number of weeks.
Discography
Albums
*''Simon Mathew'' (2005)
*''All For Fame'' (2008)
Singles
*"These Arms" (2005) – # 3 in Denmark
*"You Are the Music in Me
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Original version
Music video
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" (2007)
*"Illusion" with Ida Corr
Ida Corr (born 14 March 1977 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Gambian-Danish singer, songwriter and music producer.
Early life
Ida Corr was born on the 14th of March 1977 to a Danish mother and a Gambian father in Aarhus, Denmark. Her father was a ...
(2009)
References
External links
Official siteSimon Mathew
at MySpace
Simon Mathew International Fansite
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Living people
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Denmark
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2008
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix contestants
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix winners
1983 births
People from Hirtshals
21st-century Danish male singers
Danish people of English descent