Anders Grahn

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Anders Grahn
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Background information
Birth nameAnders Grahn
Born1979 (age 4445)
Malmö, Sweden
Genres
  • Pop
  • Rock
  • Soul
  • Blues
Occupation(s)
  • Songwriter
  • Producer
  • Musician
  • Guitarist
  • Vocalist
LabelsCopyright controller

Anders Grahn is a Swedish songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, vocal coach and producer based in Sweden.

Contents

Songwriting and producing

Armin van Buuren

Armin van Buuren releases the single ”When We Come Alive” together with Israeli super duo Vini Vici featuring ALBA on vocals. The single is co-written by Anders Grahn who’s also doing background vocals on the track.

The Black Eyed Peas

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Black Eyed Peas performing at O2 Apollo Manchester on 1 November 2018.

"BIG LOVE" by the Black Eyed Peas is co-written by Anders Grahn, who also is one of the prominent vocalists[ failed verification ] in the song's chorus. BIG LOVE was released as the main single for the Grammy-winning group's album Masters of the Sun, release on 12 October 2018. [1] The graphic video, a 9-minute double video for the same song with two different stories, addresses both school shootings in the United States, as well as children being taken from their parents by the border to the US, and is a collaboration with two organizations, March For Our Lives and Families Belong Together. [2]

Anastacia

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Anastacia

Grahn is one of the writers ("Why" and "Higher Living") and additional producers ("Before" and "Reckless") as well as guitarist, background singer, percussionist and bass player on Anastacia's album Evolution. Released 15 September 2017. [3] During 2017 and 2018 Grahn has been touring as guitarist with Anastacia on her Ultimate Collection Tour and Evolution Tour in a total of 110 shows in 25 countries. [4]

Andrew McMahon

"Cecilia and the Satellite" features in the CBS superhero action drama, Supergirl, [5] as well as in the TV spot for the Warner Bros. Pictures film Pan and the Fox Network series Red Band Society . [6] In 2018, it was featured in the trailer for the motion picture Welcome to Marwen. The single went gold (500,000 units sold) in the U.S. on 28 June 2016. [7]

Haley Reinhart

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Haley performing at the Hotel Cafe in October 2018

2016
Grahn has co-written 5 of the 11 tracks on Haley Reinhart's full-length album Better. The title track was released as the lead single, "Listen," co-written with Reinhart and Maria Marcus, was featured in the trailer of the showtime Network series Years of Living Dangerously , executive produced by James Cameron. [8] The album debuted at no. 22 on the Billboard Independent Albums Chart in May 2016.

2017
On 15 September 2017, the single & video for "Let's Start" was released. Co-written with Reinhart and Rob Kleiner, the song is one out of just three original songs on the album What's That Sound? (Concord Records). The same trio also wrote "Somewhere In Between." [9]

2018
In June 2018, Reinhart did a flash release of the 2.5-minute long bossa-nova, "Last Kiss Goodbye," written by Reinhart and Grahn. The writing duo also produced the song together.
"Don't Know How To Love You" is written by Grahn, Reinhart and Rob Kleiner. [10] The song became the fastest-growing original song for Reinhart since 2011. The American rapper Russel Vitale, aka RUSS, released the mini EP "Just In Case" on 23 December 2018.

2022
A.G produced the EP ”Off The Ground” in Malmö, Sweden together with close friend, and acclaimed producer, artist and musician, Tingsek, during 2020-2021. Anders is also the co-writer on five out of the seven tracks on this EP/Album.

”Lovergirl” and ”21st Century” were both written in London, UK and date all the way back to 2015. Anders & Haley wrote ”Lovergirl” together, and the latter title was penned together with H.R and
Bhavik Pattani (a.k.a. BHAV). ”Change” was written in L.A together with H.R and musical mastermind
Rob Kleiner in 2019, and the last two titles, ”Looking At You” (feat. Tingsek) and ”Roll The Dice” were created during the process of recording this EP in 2021, both co-written with Tingsek, and Haley of course - over zoom from L.A.

TVXQ

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TVXQ

The single "Android" with the Korean band TVXQ went gold in just one day, and it was the best-selling album in the world during its week of release in the spring of 2013. It went platinum in Japan a few weeks after coming out on the market and together with two other tracks for the same band, "Disvelocity" and "Tree of Life," approximately 1,500,000 units were sold. The two other songs written by Anders have both sold gold and platinum in Japan as well. [6]

In October 2017, TVXQ released its greatest hits album Fine collection - Begin again featuring both "Android" and "Tree of life." After two days it became the best selling album of the week in Japan. [11]

Hayley Kiyoko

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Kiyoko

Grahn, James Flannigan and the singer/songwriter/actress Hayley Kiyoko cowrote "Rich Youth" featured on Hayley's EP A Belle to Remember, released in 2013 [12] and "Given it All," featured on the EP This Side of Paradise, released in 2015.

Discography

YearArtistSongAlbumCreditAwards
2024Bryce Vine"Saturday night”Writer
2024 Gordo and NTO"Aura"DiamanteWriter/Producer
2024 Gordo feat Karolina Falk"WDYM (What do you mean"DiamanteWriter/Producer
2024 Gordo "Take control"DiamanteWriter/Producer
2024 Gordo "Easier"DiamanteWriter/Producer
2023 Gordo and Adriatique"With you”Writer/Producer
2023 Showtek "All we need”Writer
2023 Armin van Buuren, Vini Vici & ALBA"When We Come Alive”
2023Parker Lane"Brave"Kaleidoscope
"The best (let it go)"
"How you feel"
"Good to me"
"Fire”
”Ohio”
”Excusas”
2023 Showtek & Ookay”BT1"
2022 Showtek feat. sonofsteve"One life”
2022 Haley Reinhart "Lovergirl"Off the ground
"Roll the dice"
"Change"
"21st Century"
"Looking at you"(feat. Tingsek)
2022Beta Lenska"Deal Chwil (Bailando)"
2022Tritonal - Sarah de Warren"Signals"
2022Sarah de Warren"Vegan Leather Sneakers"
2022 Anastacia "American Night"
2022DJ T.H. & Sarah de Warren"Catcher in the Rye"
2021Michael Patrick Kelly"Icon"B.O.A.T.S
2021Cheat Codes"Dummy"(with Oli Sykes from Bring Me the Horizon)
2021Austn"Touch"
2021 Haley Reinhart "Roll The Dice"
2021Kerri Watt"Spoonful of Sugar"
2021 Junge Junge feat. sonofsteve"Closer"
2021 Tingsek "Looking at you" (feat. Haley Reinhart)Home
"Resonate"
"Genuine"
2021Black Gatsby"Who Da Man"
2020Showtek feat. sonofsteve"Show some love"
2020To kill a king"Wounded"
2020sonofsteve"Dreams" (cover version)
2020Black Gatsby"Change"
2020X. ARI"Take me home"
2020Neon Capital"Grow a new heart"
2020Brando"Millennial Rhapsody"
2020Corti Organ & Sarah De Warren"Better one"
2020Nick Merico"Natural"
2020Natalie Major"The Moon"
2020sonofsteve"Coming Back"
2020Shayna Zaid"The One"
2020 Haley Reinhart "Change"
2019 Bleona "Haters"
2019Ramon Esteve feat. sonofsteve"Comeback"
2019 Haley Reinhart "Crack the Code"Lo-Fi Soul
"Don't Know How to Love You"
"Broken Record"
2019 Thomas Gold
feat. sonofsteve
"Gold"
2019 Bleona "I Don't Need Your Love"( 1 ) US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart [13]
2019 Alex Vargas "What You Wish For"
2018 Rozzi "Lose my Number"Bad Together
2018 The Black Eyed Peas "Big Love"Masters of the Sun
2018 Russ ”Nobody Knows”
2018Haley Reinhart"Don't Know How to Love You"
2018 Kelsy Karter "God Knows I’ve Tried"
2018Haley Reinhart"Last Kiss Goodbye"
2018Kelsy Karter"Easy Tiger"
2017sonofsteve"Not Enough"
2017 Lions Head "Golden"The Night B4 Xmas
2017Alex Francis"What You're Looking For"A Stronger Love
2017 TVXQ "Android"Fine Collection - Begin Again(1) Japan Billboard Top Album Sales Chart [11]
"Tree of Life"
2017 Anastacia "Why" Evolution
"Higher Livin"
2017Haley Reinhart"Let's Start" What's that Sound? (67) US Top Album Sales
"Somewhere in Between"
2017Alex Francis"Borderline"These Words
2017 Tingsek "Lie to Me"
2017 To Kill a King "The Good Old Days"
2017 Morten Nørgaard (XFactor, Denmark)"The Underdog"The Underdog
2016Kiah Victoria"Hollow"Everybody
2016 Tingsek "The Fiddlers"Amygdala
"Maggie & Al"
2016Haley Reinhart"Better" Better (22) US Independent Albums [ citation needed ]
"Listen"
"Bad Light"
"Talkin' About"
"Good or Bad"
2016MakeBelieve"The River"Matter of Time
2015 Hayley Kiyoko "Given It All" This Side of Paradise
"Feeding the Fire"
2014 Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness "Cecilia and the Satellite" Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness (96) US Billboard hot 100 [14]
( 7 ) US Billboard Adult Alternative [15]
(10) US Billboard Adult Pop [15]
( 5 ) US Billboard Alternative [14] ( 6 ) US Billboard Hot Rock [16]
RIAA Gold Record (US)
(June 2016) [7]
2014TVXQ"Tree of Life" Tree

( 1) Oricon Japanese Albums Chart
( 1) Billboard Japan Top Albums
(15) Gaon South Korean Albums Chart
( 2) Gaon South Korean Int. Albums Chart
( 9) G-Music Taiwanese Albums Chart
( 4) G-Music]Taiwanese East Asian Albums Chart
[ citation needed ]

RIAJ Platinum Album
(Japan, March 2014)[ citation needed ]
2014 Rebecca Ferguson "Heroes" Justin and the Knights of Valour
2014Alexander Holmgren"Christmas Was Made for Two"
2013The United"Stay Young"Stay Young
2013Hayley Kiyoko"Rich Youth" A Belle to Remember
2013 Bo Bruce "Golden" Before I Sleep (10) UK Albums Chart [ citation needed ]
2013TVXQ"Disvelocity"
2012TVXQ"Android" Time

( 1) Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales
( 2) Billboard Japan Hot 100 Weekly
(35) Billboard Japan Hot Top Airplay
(34) Billboard Japan Adult Contemporary Airplay
( 1) Oricon Daily Singles Chart
( 1) Oricon Weekly Singles Chart
( 4) Oricon Monthly Singles Chart
(40)Oricon Yearly Singles Chart
[ citation needed ]

RIAJ Gold Record
(Japan, July 2012)

RIAJ Platinum Album
(Japan, 2013)[ citation needed ]
2010 Magnus Bäcklund "Julens Hemlighet"
2007CLARK"Love"Our Best Second Album
"Today"
"Yeah Baby"
"I Do You Do"
"Love Song"
"Living My Life"
"All About You"
"Waiting in Line"
"Whatever"
2006CLARK"As We Speak"Two of a Kind
"Invisible"
Easy Way Out"
"You Make Me Love This World"
"Be With You"
"Nobody Else (But You)"
"Make It Home"
"I Don't Need You"(6) Swedish Top 10 Singles, peak at No. 6, (2006) [17]
"Two of a Kind"
"What if"
2000Three Studs & a Stone"Monday Morning"Ain't No Blues on My Radio
"Miss Ellioth"
"Rosedale Unset"
"Ain't No Blues on My Radio"
"Living Off the Ground"
"Dying in My Sleep"

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