A7S

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Background information
Birth nameAlexander Michael Tidebrink Stomberg
Born (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 29)
Ulricehamn, Sweden
Origin Ulricehamn, Sweden
Occupation(s)
  • Producer
  • Disc jockey
  • Singer
  • Composer

Alexander Michael Tidebrink Stomberg (born 3 May 1994), known by his stage name A7S, is a Swedish producer, disc jockey, cantante and composer. His collaboration "Breaking Me" with German artist Topic was released on 19 December 2019. It reached top 10 positions in 24 countries including the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, Australia and Ireland. With "Breaking Me", A7S also reached the British single charts for the first time and garnered his first number-one in the Portuguese charts. Tidebrink has worked with artists such as Clean Bandit, Lil Baby, Nicky Romero, [1] Hardwell, Smith & Thell and Vigiland. [2]

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A7S co-wrote the song "Only Thing We Know" by Alle Farben, which was certified gold in Germany [3] and Austria. [4] "Only Thing We Know" also went #1 on the German airplay charts which was the second number one on German airplay for Tidebrink. He also wrote and is featured artist on the track "Be Your Friend" [5] by Vigiland which peaked at number 7 on the Swedish chart [6] and was the fourth most streamed track in Sweden in 2018. [7]

His first 2020 single "Why Do You Lie to Me", together with Topic, features American rapper Lil Baby, and was released on 28 August 2020. [8]

2021: "Your Love (9PM)"

In 2021, A7S teamed up again with Topic and remade ATB's number-one hit "9 PM (Till I Come)" collaborating with the German producer who had issued the song originally in the 1990s, André 'ATB' Tanneberger. Retitled "Your Love (9PM)", the record was released on Positiva Records and charted in a number of markets including Germany and on the UK Singles Chart (reaching number 23 on 12 February 2021). [9] [10] [11] [12]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
SingleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
SWE
[13]
AUS
[14]
AUT
[15]
CAN
[16]
GER
[17]
IRE
[18]
NLD
[19]
SWI
[20]
UK
[21]
US
Dance/
Elec.

[22]
"Addicted"
(with Vigiland)
201551Non-album singles
"Be Your Friend"
(with Vigiland & Ted Nights)
20186
  • GLF: 5× Platinum [24]
"Nice to Meet You"
(with Vigiland)
43
"We're the Same"
(with Vigiland)
201915
  • GLF: 2× Platinum [26]
"Breaking Me"
(with Topic)
11429332433
"Why Do You Lie to Me"
(with Topic featuring Lil Baby) [32]
20209886
"Your Love (9PM)"
(with Topic and ATB) [33]
2021641887768
[34]
76810
  • ARIA: Platinum [35]
  • BPI: Platinum [36]
  • BVMI: 3× Gold [3]
"Nirvana" [37]
"On and On"
(with S1mba) [38]
2022
"Kernkraft 400 (A Better Day)"
(with Topic) [39]
342629100
  • IFPI AUT: Gold [29]
"Monster"
(with Alok)
2024
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.
List of singles as featured artist, showing year released and album name
SingleYearAlbum
"Everything but You" [40]
(Clean Bandit featuring A7S)
2022TBA
"Location"
(Cheat Codes featuring A7S)
2023TBA

Songwriting discography

ArtistSingleYearPeak positionsCertifications
AUT DEN GER SWI
Christopher "Bad"201810
[41]
  • IFPI DEN: Platinum [42]
Alle Farben "Only Thing We Know"
(with Kelvin Jones and Younotus)
24
[4]
20
[43]
41
  • BVMI: Gold [3]
  • IFPI AUT: Gold [44]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
2018 P3 Guld Song of the yearAs a Writer and Artist "Vigiland ft. Alexander Tidebrink - Be your friend"Nominated [45]
2018 1Live Krone Song of the yearAs a Writer "Alle farben - Only thing we know"Nominated [46]
2020Denniz Pop AwardsRookie songwriter/producerAlexander Tidebrink/A7SNominated [47]
2020 1Live Krone Song of the yearA7S "Breaking me"Nominated [48]
2021 2021 Billboard Music Awards Song of the yearA7S "Breaking me"Nominated [49]
2021 1Live krone Awards Best singleA7S "Your love(9pm)"Nominated [50]
2021 Brit Awards International Song Of The YearA7S "Your love(9pm)"Nominated [51]
2021 Musikförläggarnas pris International Success Of The YearA7S/Alexander TidebrinkNominated [52]
2022 1Live krone Awards Best dance singleA7S "Kernkraft 400 (A Better Day)"Nominated [53]

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