Related Research Articles
Darin Zanyar, known simply as Darin, is a Swedish pop singer and songwriter born in Stockholm. He is one of Sweden's best-selling artists with eight number one albums.
Agnes Emilia Carlsson, known mononymously as Agnes, is a Swedish singer. She rose to fame as the winner of Idol 2005, the second season of the Swedish Idol series. She was then signed to Sony Music, through which she released her self-titled debut album, Agnes, and follow-up, Stronger, both of which topped the Swedish Top 60 Albums Chart. In early 2008, it was announced that Agnes had parted ways with her record label, and was now signed to small independent label Roxy Recordings. Released on 28 October 2008, her third album, Dance Love Pop, reached number five in Sweden, 70 in Austria, 38 in France, 45 in Switzerland and 13 in the United Kingdom. With 200,000 albums sold worldwide this is her most successful album, 50,000 albums were sold in France, 40,000 in Sweden. Its first two singles, "On and On" and "Release Me" became international hits, reaching the top-ten in charts worldwide. "Release Me" topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs and peaked at three in the United Kingdom, selling over 900,000 copies worldwide.
"I Believe" is the debut single of American Idol third season winner Fantasia. The song was co-written by Louis Biancaniello, Sam Watters, and former American Idol contestant Tamyra Gray. Released in the United States on June 15, 2004, "I Believe" debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, selling 142,000 copies during its first week and winning three Billboard awards. The song also reached number one on the Canadian Singles Chart and number four on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart. It was included on Fantasia's debut album, Free Yourself, released on November 23, 2004.
Idol is a Swedish reality-competition talent show broadcast on TV4. It first appeared in August 2004, and became one of the most popular shows on Swedish television. Part of the Idols franchise, it originated from the reality program Pop Idol created by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller, which was first aired in 2001 in the United Kingdom.
Daniel Gabriel Alessandro Saucedo Grzechowski, known professionally as Danny Saucedo or simply Danny, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He rose to fame as one of the finalists in Idol 2006, the Swedish version of Idol, where he reached the top six.
Mats Erik Segerstedt is a Swedish singer.
Kevin Walker is a Swedish footballer and singer. He is a centre midfielder for Örebro SK in the Swedish second-tier league Superettan. Walker was the winner of the 9th series of the Swedish version of Idol in 2013.
E.M.D. was a Swedish boyband consisting of Erik Segerstedt, Mattias Andréasson and Danny Saucedo. All three members had participated on the Swedish version of Idol, with Erik as a finalist and Danny at 6th place on Idol 2006. Mattias was eliminated as the fourth runner-up on Idol 2007.
Anna Henrietta Bergendahl is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She took part in Swedish TV4 music program Super Troupers in 2004, and in Idol 2008 where she reached the Final 5 before being eliminated.
"With Every Bit of Me" is a Swedish English language single by Maltese singer Kevin Borg, winner of the Swedish version of Idol in its fifth season in 2008, and released as a single the same year. The single debuted at number one on the Swedish Real Tones Chart on 23 December 2009 and remained there for three weeks, making it both the Swedish Christmas and the New Year number one. It was replaced at the top spot the next-coming two weeks by Abba's "Happy New Year" and Lady Gaga single, "Poker Face", but Borg placed at number two instead for those weeks. Furthermore, the single peaked at number one on the Swedish single chart, remaining at the top position in four consecutive weeks. The song also charted at Svensktoppen, where it stayed for 10 weeks between 18 January-22 March 2009 before leaving the chart. Subsequently, the song topped the chart between 25 January-1 March the same year. The song also appeared on Kevin Borg's debut studio album The Beginning. The single was also certified Gold in Sweden.
"Young Forever" is a song by American rapper Jay-Z, released in early 2010 as the fifth single from his 2009 album The Blueprint 3 on the Roc Nation label. The song was produced by Kanye West. It is a rework of Alphaville's 1984 song "Forever Young": the original melody is retained, British singer Mr Hudson sings the original lyrics, and Jay-Z raps during the following verses in place of the original song's additional verses.
Higher is a Swedish English language single by Erik Grönwall, winner of the Swedish version of Idol in its sixth season in 2009. He sang the winning song when he was declared winner on December 11, 2009.
"Everything Changes" is a Swedish English language single by Markus Fagervall, winner of the Swedish version of Idol in its third season in 2006. He sang the winning song when he was declared winner on 1 December 2006. The single went straight to number one on the Swedish Singles Chart on 7 December 2006 and stayed at that position for seven weeks, making it both the Swedish Christmas and the New Year number one. It was also certified platinum in Sweden, selling over 20,000 copies.
Coming True is a Swedish English language single by Daniel Lindström, winner of the Swedish version of Idol in its first season in 2004. He sang the winning song when he was declared winner on 26 November 2004. The single went straight to #1 on the Swedish Single Charts on 9 December 2004 and stayed at number for 7 weeks making it both the Swedish Christmas and the New Year number one.
Jay Jon Christopher Smith is a Swedish singer and guitarist. He won the Swedish Idol 2010 title, beating Minnah Karlsson in the 10 December 2010 final in the Ericsson Globe theater. Jay Smith also plays in the band Von Benzo, which has released two studio albums.
"It's Gotta Be You" is the debut and winner's single by Isaiah, the farewell season winner of The X Factor Australia. "It's Gotta Be You" was written by Anthony Egizii and David Musumeci and was released digitally immediately after it was announced he had won, on 21 November 2016 as the lead single from his self-titled debut album. The song debuted and peaked at number 26 on the ARIA Singles Chart. As of September 2019 the song has gained over 230 million streams on Spotify and was certified platinum in 2018.
Liam Cacatian Thomassen, known professionally as Liamoo, is a Swedish singer. In 2016, he won the twelfth season of Swedish Idol series and released his winner's single "Playing with Fire".
Hanna Alma Beata Ferm is a Swedish singer. She competed in Idol 2017, where she placed second.
Victor Leksell is a Swedish singer from Torslanda. Since his first releases in 2018, his most successful single was released in 2020, called "Svag". The song peaked at number one on the Swedish Singles Chart and it was also certified nonuple platinum in the country. On 17 June 2020, Leksell released his debut studio album, Fånga mig när jag faller. It peaked at number 1 in Sweden and made it to number 3 in Norway.
Toussaint Michael Chiza, better known as Tusse, is a Congolese-Swedish singer who represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.
References
- ↑ "Jay Smith – Dreaming People". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ↑ "Årslista Singlar – År 2010" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
 | This 2010s pop song-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |