Tony Nilsson is a Swedish singer-songwriter (born in Boden,

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, Sweden in 1977). He is signed to Peermusic. A prolific composer of songs, he has contributed to a string of hits by well-known Swedish artists. Many of his songs have featured in

Melodifestivalen Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song ...

and in the

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. Nilsson lives with artist and fellow songwriter

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.Norbottens Kuriren: Han är länets okända hopp i Melodifestivalen
(in Swedish) Nilsson had a hit with "Natalie", a song he had written. It was featured in 2006 in the compilation album ''Absolute Summerhits 2006''. In 2007, a cover version by

Ola Svensson Ola Nils Håkan Svensson (born 23 February 1986) is a Swedish artist and songwriter, known professionally by the mononym Ola until 2014, and as Brother Leo from 2018 to present. Born in Lund, Skåne, his career began in 2005, when he finished ...

became a huge summer hit in Sweden. In 2010 he wrote the song "If You Love Me", which was recorded and released by British X Factor winner

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. The same year Nilsson started collaborating with Swedish singer Darin. Together they wrote "Can't Stop Love" for the Swedish royal wedding and most of the other songs on Darin's album '' Lovekiller''. The album went straight to No. 1 in the charts and was certified gold after only one week.

Discography

Songs in Melodifestivalen

2008: *" Love in Stereo" by

(co-written with

), Round 2 of Andra Chansen 2009: *"Disconnect Me" by

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(co-written with

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), 6th place (Semi-final) *"

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" by

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(Jenny Pettersson) (co-written with Henrik Jansson), 6th place (Semi-final) 2010: *"Doctor Doctor" by

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(co-written with

), 7th place (Semi-final) *"The Saviour" by

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(co-written with Henrik Jansson), 6th place (Semi-final) *"

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" by Alcazar (co-written with

), Round 1 of Andra Chansen *" You're Out of My Life" by

Darin Zanyar Darin Zanyar (born 2 June 1987), known simply as Darin, is a Kurdish-Swedish pop singer and songwriter born in Stockholm. He is one of Sweden's best-selling artists with seven number one albums. Life and career Early life Darin was born in ...

(co-written with Henrik Jansson), 4th place 2011: *"Like Suicide" by Christian Walz (co-written with Fernando Fuentes and Henrik Jansson), 5th place (Semi-final) 2012: *"Goosebumps" by

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(co-written with Hanna Lindblad and

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), 7th place (Semi-final) *"Shout It Out" by David Lindgren (co-written with Fernando Fuentes), 4th place

Other Songs

*2007: "Natalie" by

*2007: "S.O.S." by Ola Svensson *2010: "If You Love Me" by

(b-side to Ambitions single) *2010: " Lovekiller" by Darin *2010: "

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" by Darin *2010: "Can't Stop Love" by Darin *2011: " Hit the Lights " by

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*2011: "DNA" by

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*2012: "Loaded" by Agnes *2012: "Human Touch" by Agnes *2012: "Watching It Burn" by Agnes *2012: "Like God" by Agnes *2012: " Better than You" (feat.

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) by

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*2012: "Headphones" by Conor Maynard *2012: " Nobody Knows" by Darin *2012: "Perfect Crime" by

David Lindgren David Lindgren (born 28 April 1982 in Skellefteå, Sweden) is a Swedish singer, musical actor and television presenter. He is signed to the EMI Sweden label. In 2009, he appeared on the Swedish television show ''Så ska det låta'' on SVT in th ...

*2012: "Encore" by David Lindgren *2013: "Intro" by David Lindgren *2013: "Move That Thing" by David Lindgren *2013: "Back 2 Life" by David Lindgren *2013: "Ignite" by David Lindgren *2013: "Armagedon" by David Lindgren *2013: "Requiem" by

Ulrik Munther Jens ''Ulrik'' Munther (born 18 February 1994) is a Swedish singer-songwriter, actor and multi-instrumentalist signed to Universal Music Sweden. His debut studio album ''Ulrik Munther'', was released on 24 August 2011 and peaked to number 1 in Sw ...

References

External links

Tony Nilsson official website
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