Magnus Lidehäll is a Swedish award-winning producer, composer, and songwriter. He works closely with the songwriting duo
Vargas & Lagola – with whom he won the composer of the year award at the Swedish Grammy Awards in 2014. Together they have produced, written, and/or co-written songs for
Madonna
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,
Wyclef Jean
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&
Avicii
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("
Divine Sorrow"),
Veronica Maggio
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Born to an Italian father and a Swedish mother, Maggio was raised in Uppsala. After studying music and being the lead member of a band, Maggio released her de ...
and
Petter, to name a few.
Career
Magnus Lidehäll started in a rap / hip hop duo alongside
Herbert Munkhammar called
Afasi & Filthy. "1990 Nånting", released with the band
Snook in 2002, was their biggest hit. Between 2007-2008 he became a member of the successful formation
Maskinen. He left Maskinen to focus on writing and producing music for other artists. Today he has a great resumé working with both international and local Swedish artists such as:
Seinabo Sey
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Early life
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,
David Guetta
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,
Katy Perry
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,
Madonna
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,
Silk City,
Britney Spears
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and many more. He has also worked with producers such as
Bloodshy & Avant
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and
Sebastian Ingrosso
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Sebastian Ingrosso entered the music indu ...
.
Together with
Bloodshy
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and
Henrik Jonback Magnus co-wrote and produced "How I Roll" & "Trip To Your Heart" from
Britney Spears
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's album ''
Femme Fatale
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'',
which was released in March 2011.
On
Katy Perry
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's 2013 album "
Prism
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". he co-wrote and produced "Love Me" with
Bloodshy
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,
Vincent Pontare
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and Camela Leierth. He also co-wrote and produced the single "Don't Wait" from
Mapei
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, released on
Downtown Records in the same year as well as her 2014 debut album "Hey Hey".
Magnus played a key role in breaking
Seinabo Sey
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Early life
Seinabo Sey was born in Södermalm, Stockholm, on 7 October 1990. She is of both Swedish and Gambian ancestry ...
, co-writing and producing all songs on her EP "For Madeleine", for which he was awarded producer of the year at 2015's
Grammis
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(Swedish Grammy Awards), and her debut album "
Pretend" and sophomore album "I'm A Dream" . He also collaborated on
David Guetta
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's 2015 single "Bang My Head" (feat.
Sia &
Fetty Wap
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).
Since 2016 Magnus has released songs under his producer alias MagnusTheMagnus. The music turned out to fit perfectly for video and has been featured in campaigns for brands like
Apple
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,
Nike
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and
Cartier.
"Area" and "Keep on Lovin’" were featured in the iPhone 8 and iPhone X reveals respectively, "Area" later led
Billboard
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's Top TV Commercials Chart. One of his lesser known songs ''Calling'' was used in a Santander, a Polish bank, commercial, leading to an influx of Polish listeners who fondly remembered the commercial.
Studio Gottefar
Studio Gottefar is managed by Magnus Lindhäll,
Vincent Pontare
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and
Salem Al Fakir
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and is located in the old Traxton studios near
Slussen
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in
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. Jonas Wikström, friend of the trio and head of A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group Scandinavia, described Gottefar as "''a creative hub for working with diverse artists and projects''".
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Discography
References
External links
ACSAP 2005All musicAfasi & FilthyStyle Of Eye & Magnus - Antidote
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Swedish record producers
Living people
Musicians from Uppsala
1985 births