Andreas Weise | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 18 August 1986 |
| Origin | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | Big band, traditional pop, jazz, soul |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | Sony Music |
| Website | andreasweise |
Andreas Georg Fredrik Weise (born 18 August 1986) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, TV host and entertainer.
Weise's music has influences from genres such as soul, jazz and swing, he has on several occasions been described as a "crooner". He is not classically trained but has developed his vocal style himself. Weise is a tenor.
Weise is known to be an "entertainer". He's inspired by great musicians as Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Sammy Davis Jr. Thereto Weises music and style is often compared to contemporary artists such as Robbie Williams and John Newman.
In addition to his musical talent, Weise often appears in humorous contexts on Swedish TV shows.
Andreas Weise early on distinguished himself in the competition by his choice of classical song and as the "entertainer" of the show. He finished in fifth place.
Below is a list of performances that Weise did during Swedish Idol 2010.
| Etapp | Låttitel | Originalartist | Tema |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audition | "Sunny" | - | |
| Qualifying round | "I believe I can fly" | R. Kelly | |
| Qualifying round | "Ain't no sunshine" | Bill Withers | |
| Final 1 | "For once in my life" | Frank Sinatra | Det här är jag |
| Final 2 | "Feel" | Robbie Williams | Min idol |
| Final 3 | "All you need is love" | The Beatles | The Beatles |
| Final 4 | "Baby I love your way" | Big Mountain | 90-tal |
| Final 5 | "Higher & Higher" | Jackie Wilson | Kärlek |
| Final 6 | "Start me up" "Gimme some lovin'" tillsammans med Olle Hedberg | The Rolling Stones The Spencer Davis Group | Rock |
| Final 7 | "She's a lady""Celebration" | Tom Jones Kool and the Gang | Klassiker |
He also participated on the popular TV show Let's Dance where he finished eighth. [2]
On 28 May 2012, he released his first single, "Another Saturday Night", a cover of Sam Cooke from his self-titled album Andreas Weise that was released in August 2012. [3] Weise himself has written many of the songs on the album. The album entered the Swedish chart at number two. [4]
In the fall of 2014 Weise was the host of Idol Extra together with Malin Stenbäck from Mix Megapol. [5] He also did a performance on the show with the song "Fly me to the moon". [6]
During Christmas Weise did a nationwide tour, "Sinatra Christmas" together with Christer Sjögren and Gunhild Carling. The trio visited 16 cities in Sweden.[ citation needed ]
On 25 November 2014, Weise released a Christmas EP: Christmas Dream consisting of four newly composed Christmas songs. [7] The album was released on Spotify and was a great success, especially the single Christmas Dream became popular on Swedish radio stations.[ citation needed ]
On 25 November 2014, SVT announced that Weise would participate i en 2015 edition of Melodifestivalen. The song "Bring out the fire" was written by Thomas G:son, Henrik Jansson and Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad.
The song competed in the third round of the competition, taking place in Östersund 21 February 2015. [8] The song came third which meant that it got another chance to compete in the "Second Chance" competition in Helsingborg. All together the song got 450, 923 votes in the semifinal. The song became an instant hit among viewers and reached top 50 on the Spotifylist.
"Bring out the fire" became a great success for Weise who spent the summer of 2015 touring with the song.
On 17 June. 2015, Weise release the single "More". The song is written by Andreas Weise himself, together with Fabian Ruben and Simon Erics. [9] [10]
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
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| SWE [11] | ||
| Andreas Weise |
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| Title | Details | |
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| The Circle |
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| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
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| SWE [11] | ||
| Christmas Dream |
| — |
| Before Christmas |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
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| SWE [12] | |||||||||
| "Another Saturday Night" | 2012 | — | Andreas Weise | ||||||
| "Something Beautiful" | — | ||||||||
| "Christmas Dream" | 2014 | 84 | Christmas Dream EP | ||||||
| "Bring Out the Fire" [13] | 2015 | 56 | Non-album singles | ||||||
| "More" | — | ||||||||
| "Before Christmas" | 2016 | 51 [14] | Before Christmas | ||||||
| "Hold Me Close" | 2017 | — | |||||||
| "Christmas Peacetime" | 2018 | — [A] | |||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
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