Arnthor Birgisson (Icelandic: Arnþór Birgisson, born 12 February 1976 in

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, Iceland) is an Icelandic-Swedish songwriter and producer. Arnþór moved to Sweden in 1978 at age two and lives in Stockholm.

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As young Arnþór attended

Adolf Fredrik's Music School Adolf Fredrik's Music School ( sv, Adolf Fredriks Musikklasser) is a general municipal junior high school ( sv, grundskola) in Stockholm, Sweden with a focus on choral music, and highly competitive admission based on audition in singing and mu ...

in Stockholm, Sweden. He began his professional songwriting and production career in 1996 working at

Cosmos Studios X-Level Studios, formerly known as EMI Studios, Abbey Road Studios and Cosmos Studios, is a recording studio in Skärmarbrink on the outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden. It has been running since the early 1960s. It was founded by Kent Isaacs, who ...

together with Kent (Gillström) Isaacs and Bloodshy. In 1997, the founders of Murlyn Music, Anders Bagge and Christian Wåhlberg, saw the potential in Arnþór and Bloodshy, and handpicked them for the newly formed production company. Arnþór's breakthrough came a year later with the song " Because of You" written for

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. Arnþór specifically desired to collaborate with Janet Jackson, saying "let's just say we will definitely be prepared if and when that happens." During his tenure at Murlyn Music (until 2003) a series of hits were created for artists such as Janet Jackson, Jessica Simpson,

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, Jennifer Lopez,

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and

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. Between 2003 and 2008, Arnþór worked at Maratone (formerly

. During the years at Maratone, Arnþór created songs for Enrique Iglesias,

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and

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, among others. In 2005, Arnþór was awarded Best Pop Song at the BMI London Awards for Janet Jackson's " All Nite (Don't Stop)." In 2008, Arnþór's song "Say OK", performed by

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, was awarded the prize for "This Year's Biggest American Pop Hit" at the BMI London Awards. Arnþór has also worked with

Sony BMG Music Entertainment Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music, is wholly owned by Sony, following their buyout ...

Universal Music Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its ...

EMI Group EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 2012 ...

and

Warner Music Group Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and t ...

. In 2008 Arnþór founded the Swedish-based record and production company, Aristotracks, together with businessman Linus Andreen and artist

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. Since then he has written and produced songs for artists such as Britney Spears,

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and

Shontelle Shontelle Layne (born 4 October 1985), known mononymously as Shontelle, is a Barbadian singer and songwriter. She released her debut album ''Shontelligence'' in 2008. Her second album, '' No Gravity'', was released in 2010. Her singles "T-Shirt ...

. On 7 September, Arnþór won

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's 2011 Twenty Quid Music Prize for "Song of the Year" with "Higher" by

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. Arnþór worked with Aristotracks artist

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on his debut album ''

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''. In mid-2011, Arnþór founded a band with Ina Wroldsen called Ask Embla.

Discography

Selected songs written / co-written and produced *1998 –

" Because of You" – producer/co-writer *2000 –

" Gotta Tell You" – producer/co-writer *2000 – Jennifer Lopez "

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" – producer/co-writer *2001 – Jessica Simpson " Irresistible" – producer/co-writer *2002 – Carlos Santana "Let Me Love You Tonight" – producer/co-writer *2003 –

"Sorry for Love" – co-writer *2004 – Janet Jackson " All Nite (Don't Stop)" – producer/co-writer *2006 –

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"Stay with Me" – producer/co-writer *2006 –

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" Beautiful in White" – co-writer *2007 – Westlife " Us Against the World" – producer/co-writer *2007 – Westlife " Something Right" – producer/co-writer *2007 – Westlife "The Easy Way" – producer/co-writer *2007 – Westlife "Pictures in My Head" – producer/co-writer *2007 –

" Say OK" – producer/co-writer *2007 – Enrique Iglesias "Wish I Was Your Lover" – producer/co-writer *2007 –

" No U Hang Up" – co-producer/co-writer *2008 –

"Pick Me Up" – producer/co-writer *2008 –

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" Still Alive" – producer/co-writer *2009 –

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" – producer/co-writer *2009 –

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" – producer/co-writer *2010 –

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" – producer/co-writer *2012 –

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" – co-writer *2013 –

" – co-producer/co-writer *2015 –

Tove Styrke Tove Anna Linnéa Östman Styrke (; born 19 November 1992) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She gained popularity as a contestant on '' Swedish Idol 2009'', finishing in third place. After the show, she started a solo career in electropop. Sh ...

"Ego" – co-writer

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Universal Music Publishing Group: Spotlight on Arnthor BirgissonDiscogs: Arnthor Birgisson page
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Arnthor Birgisson Arnthor Birgisson (Icelandic: Arnþór Birgisson, born 12 February 1976 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic-Swedish songwriter and producer. Arnþór moved to Sweden in 1978 at age two and lives in Stockholm. Information As young Arn� ...

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