Chris Kläfford

Christoffer Kläfford (born 10 April 1989) is a Swedish singer, born in Ramsberg, Sweden.^[3]

Chris Kläfford
Chris Kläfford in 2018
Background information
Birth name	Mikael Christoffer Sjögren
Born	(1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 35) Ramsberg, Sweden
Origin	Ramsberg, Sweden
Genres	Pop soul acoustic rock
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	2010–present
Labels	Universal Music^[1]^[2]

Career

Kläfford began his music career performing for 10 years in small bars. In 2017, however, Kläfford won the thirteenth season of the Swedish Idol series.^[4] Kläfford has a total of three top five singles on national radio in a year and more than 35 million streams, platinum sales and sold-out concerts. He's the only winner having both the #1 and #7 most streaming singles at the same time. In the summer of 2018, he embarked on a tour consisting of 50 shows in Sweden.^[5] In 2019, Kläfford toured in Sweden together with the band Gyllene Tider on their farewell tour.^[6]

Kläfford participated in the 14th series of America's Got Talent, broadcast in 2019, where his first song choice was John Lennon's "Imagine", which he also sang in the Idol finale.^[7][8] His performance of "Imagine" is one of the most viewed videos on his YouTube channel. He was eliminated in the semifinals.^[3]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		SWE ^[9]
Maybe It's Just Me	Released: 31 March 2023 Label: Universal Music	49

Extended plays

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		SWE ^[10]
Treading Water EP^[11]	Released: 15 December 2017 Label: Universal Music AB Format: Digital download, CD	3
Something Like Me^[12]	Released: 31 May 2019 Label: Universal Music AB Format: Digital download	—
Legacy (Acoustic)^[13]	Released: 26 February 2021 Label: Universal Music AB Format: Digital download	—

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		SWE ^[14]
"Treading Water"	2017	3	Treading Water EP
"What Happened to Us"	2018	—^[A]	Non-album single
"Sober"^[16]		—
"Sick"^[17]		—
"Cold at the Altar"^[18]	2019	—	Something Like Me
"If Not with You, for You"		—^[B]
"Lost Someone"^[20]	2020	—	Non-album singles
"Remember When"^[21]		—
"Chasing Heartaches"^[22]	2021	—
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"	2022	—^[C]

1. "What Happened to Us" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number three on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.^[15]
2. "If Not with You, for You" did not enter the Swedish Singellista chart, but peaked at number 10 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.^[19]
3. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 17 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.^[23]

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		SWE ^[14]
"Imagine"	2017	8	Treading Water EP
"Wicked Game"		—^[A]
"Take Me to Church"		—^[B]

1. "Wicked Game" did not enter the Swedish Singellista chart, but peaked at number five on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.^[24]
2. "Take Me to Church" did not enter the Swedish Singellista chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.^[24]

References

1. "Artister". Universal Music Group (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 April 2020.
2. "Chris Kläfford". Universal Music. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
3. Rosenberg, Filippa (9 October 2019). "Chris Kläfford: "Jag var osäker som liten"". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
4. Christoffer Kläfford vinnare av Idol 2017 3 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine tv4.se Läst 9 december 2017
5. "Chris Kläfford på stor sommarturné 2018". MyNewsDesk (in Swedish). 3 May 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
6. Isberg, Emma (25 July 2019). ""Skönt att Gyllene Tider slutar"". NSD (in Swedish). from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
7. Atad, Corey (10 July 2019). . ET Canada. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
8. America's Got Talent (11 July 2019), Chris Kläfford Chats About His Dreams Coming True On AGT! - America's Got Talent 2019, from the original on 12 July 2019, retrieved 12 July 2019
9. "Veckolista Album, vecka 14". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
10. "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2017. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
11. "Treading Water – EP av Chris Kläfford på Apple Music". iTunes Store (SE). 15 December 2017. Sweden. from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
12. "Something Like Me - EP by Chris Kläfford on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
13. "Legacy (Acoustic) - EP by Chris Kläfford on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
14. "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
15. "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 43, 26 oktober 2018". Sverigetopplistan. from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
16. "Sober by Chris Kläfford". Spotify. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
17. "Sick by Chris Kläfford". Spotify. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
18. "Cold At The Altar by Chris Kläfford". Spotify. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
19. "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 42". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
20. "Lost Someone by Chris Kläfford". Spotify. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
21. "Remember When - Single by Chris Kläfford on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
22. "Chasing Heartaches - Single by Chris Kläfford on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
23. "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 52". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
24. "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 51, 22 dezember 2017". Sverigetopplistan. from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.