Andreas Öberg (born 6 August 1978) is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter, and music producer.

Music career

Öberg was born in Stockholm on 6 August 1978. At the age of seven, he began taking

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lessons at school. By He twelve, he started playing electric guitar, influence by a teacher who specialized in

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and

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. He later studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. He began his professional career at eighteen, collaborating with Viktoria Tolstoy and Svante Thuresson. Between 2003 and 2006 he recorded six albums for

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produced by Jon Larsen featuring Jimmy Rosenberg, Marian Petrescu and others. In 2006, he signed with

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, describing his music at that time as a blend of jazz, funk, soul, Latin, and Brazilian music. He recorded with the Resonance Big Band on an album that received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Instrumental Arrangement. In 2009 he started a website, Andreas' Guitar Universe, where he offers online classes. He has worked with Barbara Hendricks,

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, and

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. Öberg was hired to write a song for a commercial that appeared on Swedish television. Since then he has composed for Universal Music. He wrote a song with

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, who encouraged him to write lyrics in addition to music. As a songwriter Öberg has collaborated with

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and

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. He has written and produced pop music for the Swedish, American, and Japanese markets. In 2015

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's album, '' Odd'' (including "Romance", co-written by Öberg), topped the Korean Gaon album chart for two consecutive weeks and the ''Billboard'' World Albums chart at the end of May 2015. In May 2016, Namie Amuro released her single "

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" where both the A- and B-sides ("Mint" and "Chit Chat") were co-written and co-produced by Öberg. The song sold more the 250,000 digital copies in Japan and was certified Platinum. In June 2016,

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released their album '' Ex'Act'', which included "Stronger", cowritten by Öberg. The album was the most sold in the world according to Global Album chart and has sold more than one million physical copies. Öberg won the Hagström Guitar Award and the Gevalia Music Prize in 2004 and the International Guitar Competition Prize in

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in 2006. He has taught classes at the

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in Hollywood.

Discography

* ''Andreas Invites Yorgui & Ritary'' ( Hot Club, 2004) * ''Young Jazz Guitarist'' (Hot Club, 2005) * ''Solo'' (Hot Club, 2006) * ''Live in Concert'' (2006) (DVD) * ''My Favorite Guitars'' (

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, 2008) * ''Six String Evolution'' (Resonance, 2010) * '' Thrivin' with Marian Petrescu (piano) (Résonance, 2010) * ''Live'' (Hot Club, 2013)

Notable writing credits

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oberg, Andreas Swedish male songwriters Swedish jazz guitarists Swedish male jazz musicians Swedish male guitarists 1978 births Living people Swedish expatriates in the United States Jazz educators 21st-century Swedish educators Gypsy jazz guitarists 21st-century Swedish guitarists Resonance Records artists Swedish male musicians Musicians from Stockholm