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Jörgen Elofsson

Kjell Åke Jörgen Elofsson (born 14 January 1962) is a Swedish songwriter.

Jörgen Elofsson
Born
Kjell Åke Jörgen Elofsson

(1962-01-14) 14 January 1962 (age 61)
Ängelholm, Sweden
Occupations
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • singer
  • painter
Years active1978-present
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
WebsiteOfficial website

He was one of the writers of the songwriter-team at Cheiron Studios in Stockholm (along with Denniz PoP, Max Martin, Kristian Lundin, Andreas Carlsson, Rami Yacoub, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger, Herbie Crichlow, Jake Schulze, Alexander Kronlund and Alexandra Talomaa) where he made successful songs such as Britney Spears' "Sometimes" and "(You Drive Me) Crazy".

He is also known for co-writing hit songs like Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", which was nominated for Song the Year and Record of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, as well as Westlife's "Fool Again", "Unbreakable", and "Evergreen".

Early years (1978-1998)

Elofsson grew up in a small community called Skälderviken, outside Ängelholm in the south of Sweden. His father was not very present in his life and was a workaholic and alcoholic. His mother was a homemaker. Eloffson has explained he inherited the tendency to worry from his mother, and his tenacity from his father.[1]

His musical career started when he was 16, and he was the lead singer and guitarist in several local groups between 1978 and 1986, namely Air, Egon Pretty Band, Art Light, Garbo and Sitting Ducks.

Only a few months later Jörgen signed his first record deal, with CBS. A solo career under the artist name "Shane" was launched and the first single, "Dance With Another", lifted from his 1989 debut album "Man in Me" was released. In 1993 the artist known as Shane came to an end.

Elofsson explained, "I decided that I wanted to concentrate solely on writing music and not being an artist."

Elofsson became a full-time songwriter in 1994, when he worked with the Swedish artist Carola.[2]

Cheiron Studios (1998-2001)

His work at Cheiron Studios began in January 1998, and he was mainly working together with David Kreuger and Per Magnusson.

Shortly after joining Cheiron, the studio was contacted by the Irish group "Boyzone" who needed material for their upcoming third album. Jörgen then co-wrote the song "Will Be Yours". Boyzone's album "Where We Belong" was released on May 25, 1998 and went straight to #1 in the UK. This was Boyzone's third consecutive album number one and it marked Jörgen's first international success.

On January 12, 1999, Britney Spears’ debut album "…Baby One More Time" came out. Jörgen's "Sometimes" was released on April 30 as Spears’ second single. It was produced by Per Magnusson and David Kreuger with additional co-production by Jörgen. Though it was not released as a physical single in the US, it became a worldwide success and peaked inside the top ten in eleven countries. In the UK it reached #3 and is to date Spears’ third best-selling single in the country.

Together with all the songwriters at Cheiron working on the album, "…Baby One More Time", Jörgen received his first Diamond Award for selling more than 10 million copies in the US that year alone. To date it has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. In January 2000, Cheiron Productions’ songwriters and producers were awarded the Music Export Prize by the Swedish Government.[2]

Works with Westlife, the following years after Cheiron (2001-2008)

Simon Cowell, an A&R executive at BMG Music Publishing at the time, wished material for a new Irish band called "Westside", which he recently had signed. It was discovered though that the name already had been taken and was rapidly changed to "Westlife".

Three of the songs which appeared on the band's self-titled debut album, released on November 1, 1999, were co-written by Jörgen. Two of them, "If I Let You Go" and "Fool Again" became UK #1's.

On October 6, 2001, the new groundbreaking talent show, "Pop Idol", created by the artist manager and television producer, Simon Fuller premiered on British ITV. Running for nine weeks, it became a huge success. The winning song, "Evergreen", was written exclusively for the contest by Jörgen, Per Magnusson and David Kreuger. Because the broadcast of the music competition had been delayed by several months, Simon Cowell, one of the judges and A&R at BMG, decided to first release the song on Westlife's album, "World of Our Own". The first Pop Idol, Will Young, was crowned winner on February 10, 2002. Two weeks later, on February 25, "Evergreen" was released.

While writing songs for new artists, Jörgen now also got the opportunity to work with Céline Dion, one of the world's most successful artists. Her ninth English album, "A New Day Has Come", included the song, "The Greatest Reward", co-written by Jörgen and Andreas Carlsson, and was released on March 26, 2002. It became Dion's first #1 debut in the US, peaking at the top spot in over 20 countries and eventually selling more than 12 million copies around the world. Following the success of Pop Idol in the UK, American Idol debuted in the US on June 11 that same year. Twenty-five episodes were aired over 11 weeks and on September 4 Kelly Clarkson was crowned winner. Two weeks later her winning song, "A Moment Like This", was released. Written by Jörgen together with John Reid, it became Jörgen's first #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. By the end of 2002, Westlife had released their fourth album, the 19 track compilation, "Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Vol 1", which included six brand new songs, two of them co-written by Jörgen. Released on November 4 as the album's first single, "Unbreakable" set a record by moving from #196 to #1 in only one week, the greatest leap in UK chart history. The album came out a week later and also went to #1 and despite its late year release it became the 9th bestselling album of 2002 in the UK. The album re-entered the charts in 2007 and was re-issued in 2008 spending a total of 55 weeks on the UK Top 100 Albums chart. To date Westlife has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. March 2003 Jamai Loman won the Dutch equivalent of Pop Idol, Idols (Dutch TV series). Henkjan Smits, one of the judges and A&R-executive at BMG The Netherlands, chose the song Step Right Up, written bij Jörgen with Andreas Carlsson, as the winning single. The single went straight to #1, broke records in The Netherlands and was 4 times platinum.

In 2005 Jörgen created the record label Planet Six, part of former BMG, currently Universal Music Publishing Group.

On November 7, 2005, the operaband Il Divo released their sophomore album "Ancora". Just like their first release, it went to #1 in the UK as well as in 12 other countries. In the US it came out on January 24 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 a week later. Included on the album was, "I Believe in You (Je Crois En Toi)", a duet with Céline Dion, co-written by Jörgen. The song was released as singles both by Il Divo, to this day their one and only single, as well as Céline Dion, lifted from her album "On Ne Changes Pas. " To date Jörgen has written or co-written six songs for Il Divo, including "Senza Parole" on the quartet's latest album "Wicked Game" released in November 2011.

Given the honorable assignment of writing the official theme song for the 2006 FIFA World Cup football tournament, Jörgen wrote "The Time of Our Lives", also a duet, this time between Il Divo and the American singer Toni Braxton. Together they performed the song at the opening ceremony in Munich, Germany on the evening of June 9.

Jörgen is very well known for his winning songs written for UK Pop Idol and American Idol. His lyrics and music have been performed by Idol-winners all over the world, for example in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Holland and Sweden. By selling more than 128,000 copies in one week, the single set two national records: for the highest first week sales by a debut artist and an Australian artist. Sebastian stayed at #1 on the Australian Aria Singles List for three weeks. It went on to sell in excess of 303,000 units. Thus far Jörgen has written seventeen Idol winning songs, which makes him the world record holder.

On May 25, 2006, Jörgen, with his, "That’s My Goal" (Shayne Ward) received the prestigious Ivor Novello Award for the Best Selling British Single of 2005. Twelve months later he would have yet another one in his hands. On May 24th, 2007 Jörgen was back on the stage collecting his second consecutive Ivor Novello Award, this time for the Best Selling British Single of 2006.[2]

The Royal Wedding

It all got started with a telephone call from H.R.H. Prince Daniel Westling at the end of 2008. Westling explained that he and Swedish Crown Princess Victoria liked Jörgens work very much and wondered if he would be interested in composing a song exclusively for the upcoming Royal Wedding. Jörgen thanked him for being asked and he said, "It would be a great honor, and of course I want to write this song!". Immediately he began working on the lyrics and the music, which ultimately would take him more than a year to perfect. The two singers who recorded and performed the duet during the wedding ceremony was the Swedish artists Björn Skifs and Agnes. The Royal Wedding took place on Saturday June 19, 2010 in the Church of St. Nicholas, the Stockholm Cathedral. H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria and H.R.H. Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland, were wed in front of more than 1,200 attending wedding guests as well as millions of TV spectators around the world. Accompanied by The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and a chamber choir, Björn Skifs and Agnes performed "When You Tell the World You’re Mine".

Jörgen Elofsson said: "It was a truly emotional moment for me. For getting this chance to play a small part of the Royal Wedding I will be forever grateful and very proud."[2]

Work with Kelly Clarkson

In 2002, he co-wrote the winning song, "A Moment Like This", for the inaugural season of American Idol, won by Kelly Clarkson. It became Jörgen's first #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

On February 8, 2012, he could celebrate his second one, co-writing Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)". It remained at #1 for two weeks, dropped a few positions the third week, only to return to the top spot seven days later, which makes it her longest-running number one single in the US.

Kelly Clarkson also set a new US list record with "Stronger", by topping the Billboard Hot 100, Country Songs, Adult Contemporary, Adult Pop Songs and Dance/Club Play Songs charts. On December 5, 2013, it was announced his co-written "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" was Grammy Award nominated for Song of the Year. Further more, Clarkson's album Stronger turned out being nominated in three other categories; Best Pop Vocal Album, Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.[2]

Album A with Agnetha Fältskog

On May 13, 2013, Jörgen released A which is the fifth English language studio album by Swedish recording artist Agnetha Fältskog, formerly a member of the group ABBA. It is her twelfth studio album overall. Jörgen wrote or co-wrote every song on the album and co-produced the album with Peter Nordahl. Elofsson told author Paul Stenning that year: "I love it when I can get really close to an artist, like I've done with Agnetha. She truly made me a better writer just because she made me try much harder."[3]

Kung Fury

In late 2014 Jörgen received a request of writing a song for the upcoming English-language Swedish martial arts action comedy short film "Kung Fury" written, directed by, and starring David Sandberg, who had become a Kickstarter Sensation. Jörgen co-wrote & produced the song "True Survivor". And the song was later recorded with the well-known actor & artist David Hasselhoff. Later on they produced a music video of the song "True Survivor", which debuted on April 16, 2015.

On May 20, 2019 the music video almost 39 million views on YouTube[4]

Celine Dion - Work with Courage

On June 8, 2019, Celine Dion ended her record-breaking 1,141 shows over the last 16 years at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. She surprised the audience by performing a brand new song called "Flying on My Own", the first single from her album Courage released November 2019. The song, released June 28, 2019, and was written by Jörgen Elofsson, Liz Rodrigues and Anton "Hybrid" Mårtensson. The song was also co-produced by Jörgen, along with Ugly Babies & Hybrid. He also co-wrote the two other songs "Nobody's Watching" & "Say Yes" from the album. The album "Courage" scored her first No. 1 Album in Over 17 Years on Billboard 200 Chart on the 24th of November, 2019.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Other facts

On May 7, 2013, Janet Leon announced her new single "New Colours", that was written by Leon, Elofsson, Lisa Desmond and Jesper Jakobsson. "New Colours" was chosen as the official song for Stockholm Pride 2013.[11]

On October 8, 2015, Jörgen Elofsson received the Honorary Award of SKAP (Swedish composers and lyricists).[12]

He wrote the Irish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 called "Dying to Try" sung by Brendan Murray.

In 2016 and 2017 he has written song along with singer Rhys after discovering her while she sang demos.

Writing discography

1994

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

  • Agnes "I Had A Feelin'"
  • Agnes "Kick Back Relax"
  • Agnes "What Do I Do With All This Love"
  • Alexander Klaws "This Is What It Feels Like"
  • D-Side "No One"
  • Darin "Homeless" (covered by Leona Lewis)
  • Il Divo & Celine Dion "I Believe in You"
  • Il Divon& Toni Braxton "Time of Our Lives"
  • Marie Serneholt "Beyond Tonight"
  • Marie Serneholt "The Boy I Used To Know"
  • Marie Serneholt "Calling All Detectives"
  • Marie Serneholt "Can't Be Love"
  • Marie Serneholt "Enjoy the Ride"
  • Marie Serneholt "I Love Making Love in the Morning"
  • Marie Serneholt "I Need a House"
  • Marie Serneholt "Oxygen"
  • Marie Serneholt' "That's The Way My Heart Goes"
  • Marie Serneholt "Wasted Love"
  • Markus Fagervall "Everything Changes"
  • Shayne Ward "Someone to Love"

2007

  • Ari Koivunen "On the Top of the World"
  • Erik Segerstedt "Freeway"
  • Erik Segerstedt "Everything Changes"
  • Fabienne Louves "Wach uf!"
  • Fabienne Louves "Wenn nüt meh got" (Swiss version of "Right Here, Right Now (My Heart Belongs To You)" by Agnes)
  • Katherine Jenkins "How Do You Leave the One You Love?"
  • Martin Stosch "I Can Reach Heaven From Here"
  • No Angels "I Had a Feeling"
  • Part Six "What's That Sound"
  • Part Six "Perfect World"
  • Westlife "You Must Have Had a Broken Heart"

2008

2009

2010

2011

  • Edita Abdieski "The Key"
  • Namie Amuro "make it happen (feat. AFTERSCHOOL)"
  • Jennifer Lopez "Until It Beats No More"
  • Eric Saade "Someone New"
  • Eric Saade "Big Love"
  • Kelly Clarkson "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
  • Girls' Generation "Bad Girl"
  • Björn Skifs "Break The Spell"
  • Björn Skifs "Let's Kiss"
  • Björn Skifs "Back to Where We Started From"
  • Björn Skifs "When Our Lips Touch"
  • Björn Skifs "I Already Know"
  • Björn Skifs "Damned If I Do"
  • Björn Skifs "You Got There In the End"
  • Björn Skifs "Step Right Up"
  • Björn Skifs "This Is Where the Story Ends"
  • Björn Skifs "You Were Loved"
  • Il Divo "Senza Parole"
  • Eclipse "When The River Is You"
  • Eclipse "La Tua Melodia"
  • Vanquish "The Harder You Love"
  • Michelle "Was, Wenn Mein Herz Sich Irrt"
  • Youngblood "American Girlfriend"
  • Youngblood "Sleep On It"
  • Youngblood "Outside Boy"

2012

2013

  • Agnetha Fältskog "The One Who Loves You Now"
  • Agnetha Fältskog "When You Really Loved Someone"
  • Agnetha Fältskog "Perfume In the Breeze"
  • Agnetha Fältskog "I Was A Flower"
  • Agnetha Fältskog "I Should’ve Followed You Home (with Gary Barlow)
  • Agnetha Fältskog "Past Forever"
  • Agnetha Fältskog "Dance Your Pain Away"
  • Agnetha Fältskog "Bubble"
  • Agnetha Fältskog "Back On Your Radio"
  • Agnetha Fältskog "I Keep Them On the Floor Beside My Bed"
  • Janet Leon "New Colours"
  • MainStreet "Hell's A Lot Like Love"
  • Kristoffer Rahbek "Junkie For Love"

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2023

Awards and nominations

Year Association Nominated work Category Result
2000 The Record Of The Year "My Love (Westlife song)" The Record Of The Year - UK Won[35]
2003 SMFF " Anyone Of Us" The Swedish Song Of The Year Won
2003 SMFF Jörgen Elofsson The Biggest International Success Of The Year Won
2006 Ivor Novello Award "That's My Goal" Best Selling UK Single[36] Won
2007 Brit Award "A Moment Like This" Best Selling British Single Nominated
2007 Ivor Novello Award "A Moment Like This" Best Selling UK Single[37] Won
2007 Daytime Emmy Award "So Good" Outstanding Original Song - Children's/Animated Nominated
2012 Jörgen Elofsson H. M. The King's Medal Honoured
2013 Grammy Award "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Song of the Year Nominated
2015 Jörgen Elofsson Honoured Award of SKAP Honoured

References

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  25. ^ Öster, Sara (June 1, 2018). "Mariette släpper ny singel – "Time to spare"". hallandsposten.se.
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  29. ^ "SONG: Rhys feat. Felix Sandman - 'Starfish' » Scandipop.co.uk". September 25, 2018.
  30. ^ "Sanna Nielsen släpper jullåten "Christmas Candle"". Mynewsdesk.
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  34. ^ Média, Bell. "LISTEN: Céline Dion Shares 2 Versions Of 'Flying On My Own'". www.iheartradio.ca.
  35. ^ "Rätt "hook" och "flow" tog Elofsson till stjärnorna".
  36. ^ "James Blunt Leads BMI's 'Beautiful' Night at Ivors | News". BMI.com. 2006-05-25. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
  37. ^ "Winehouse Takes Top Songwriting Honor at Ivor Novello Awards | News". BMI.com. 2007-05-25. Retrieved 2013-06-27.

External links

  • Official website

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songs such as Britney Spears Sometimes and You Drive Me Crazy He is also known for co writing hit songs like Kelly Clarkson s Stronger What Doesn t Kill You which was nominated for Song the Year and Record of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards as well as Westlife s Fool Again Unbreakable and Evergreen Contents 1 Early years 1978 1998 2 Cheiron Studios 1998 2001 3 Works with Westlife the following years after Cheiron 2001 2008 4 The Royal Wedding 5 Work with Kelly Clarkson 6 Album A with Agnetha Faltskog 7 Kung Fury 8 Celine Dion Work with Courage 9 Other facts 10 Writing discography 11 Awards and nominations 12 References 13 External linksEarly years 1978 1998 EditElofsson grew up in a small community called Skalderviken outside Angelholm in the south of Sweden His father was not very present in his life and was a workaholic and alcoholic His mother was a homemaker Eloffson has explained he inherited the tendency to worry from his mother and his tenacity from his father 1 His musical career started when he was 16 and he was the lead singer and guitarist in several local groups between 1978 and 1986 namely Air Egon Pretty Band Art Light Garbo and Sitting Ducks Only a few months later Jorgen signed his first record deal with CBS A solo career under the artist name Shane was launched and the first single Dance With Another lifted from his 1989 debut album Man in Me was released In 1993 the artist known as Shane came to an end Elofsson explained I decided that I wanted to concentrate solely on writing music and not being an artist Elofsson became a full time songwriter in 1994 when he worked with the Swedish artist Carola 2 Cheiron Studios 1998 2001 EditHis work at Cheiron Studios began in January 1998 and he was mainly working together with David Kreuger and Per Magnusson Shortly after joining Cheiron the studio was contacted by the Irish group Boyzone who needed material for their upcoming third album Jorgen then co wrote the song Will Be Yours Boyzone s album Where We Belong was released on May 25 1998 and went straight to 1 in the UK This was Boyzone s third consecutive album number one and it marked Jorgen s first international success On January 12 1999 Britney Spears debut album Baby One More Time came out Jorgen s Sometimes was released on April 30 as Spears second single It was produced by Per Magnusson and David Kreuger with additional co production by Jorgen Though it was not released as a physical single in the US it became a worldwide success and peaked inside the top ten in eleven countries In the UK it reached 3 and is to date Spears third best selling single in the country Together with all the songwriters at Cheiron working on the album Baby One More Time Jorgen received his first Diamond Award for selling more than 10 million copies in the US that year alone To date it has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide In January 2000 Cheiron Productions songwriters and producers were awarded the Music Export Prize by the Swedish Government 2 Works with Westlife the following years after Cheiron 2001 2008 EditSimon Cowell an A amp R executive at BMG Music Publishing at the time wished material for a new Irish band called Westside which he recently had signed It was discovered though that the name already had been taken and was rapidly changed to Westlife Three of the songs which appeared on the band s self titled debut album released on November 1 1999 were co written by Jorgen Two of them If I Let You Go and Fool Again became UK 1 s On October 6 2001 the new groundbreaking talent show Pop Idol created by the artist manager and television producer Simon Fuller premiered on British ITV Running for nine weeks it became a huge success The winning song Evergreen was written exclusively for the contest by Jorgen Per Magnusson and David Kreuger Because the broadcast of the music competition had been delayed by several months Simon Cowell one of the judges and A amp R at BMG decided to first release the song on Westlife s album World of Our Own The first Pop Idol Will Young was crowned winner on February 10 2002 Two weeks later on February 25 Evergreen was released While writing songs for new artists Jorgen now also got the opportunity to work with Celine Dion one of the world s most successful artists Her ninth English album A New Day Has Come included the song The Greatest Reward co written by Jorgen and Andreas Carlsson and was released on March 26 2002 It became Dion s first 1 debut in the US peaking at the top spot in over 20 countries and eventually selling more than 12 million copies around the world Following the success of Pop Idol in the UK American Idol debuted in the US on June 11 that same year Twenty five episodes were aired over 11 weeks and on September 4 Kelly Clarkson was crowned winner Two weeks later her winning song A Moment Like This was released Written by Jorgen together with John Reid it became Jorgen s first 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 By the end of 2002 Westlife had released their fourth album the 19 track compilation Unbreakable The Greatest Hits Vol 1 which included six brand new songs two of them co written by Jorgen Released on November 4 as the album s first single Unbreakable set a record by moving from 196 to 1 in only one week the greatest leap in UK chart history The album came out a week later and also went to 1 and despite its late year release it became the 9th bestselling album of 2002 in the UK The album re entered the charts in 2007 and was re issued in 2008 spending a total of 55 weeks on the UK Top 100 Albums chart To date Westlife has sold more than 50 million records worldwide March 2003 Jamai Loman won the Dutch equivalent of Pop Idol Idols Dutch TV series Henkjan Smits one of the judges and A amp R executive at BMG The Netherlands chose the song Step Right Up written bij Jorgen with Andreas Carlsson as the winning single The single went straight to 1 broke records in The Netherlands and was 4 times platinum In 2005 Jorgen created the record label Planet Six part of former BMG currently Universal Music Publishing Group On November 7 2005 the operaband Il Divo released their sophomore album Ancora Just like their first release it went to 1 in the UK as well as in 12 other countries In the US it came out on January 24 and debuted at 1 on the Billboard 200 a week later Included on the album was I Believe in You Je Crois En Toi a duet with Celine Dion co written by Jorgen The song was released as singles both by Il Divo to this day their one and only single as well as Celine Dion lifted from her album On Ne Changes Pas To date Jorgen has written or co written six songs for Il Divo including Senza Parole on the quartet s latest album Wicked Game released in November 2011 Given the honorable assignment of writing the official theme song for the 2006 FIFA World Cup football tournament Jorgen wrote The Time of Our Lives also a duet this time between Il Divo and the American singer Toni Braxton Together they performed the song at the opening ceremony in Munich Germany on the evening of June 9 Jorgen is very well known for his winning songs written for UK Pop Idol and American Idol His lyrics and music have been performed by Idol winners all over the world for example in Austria Belgium Finland Germany Holland and Sweden By selling more than 128 000 copies in one week the single set two national records for the highest first week sales by a debut artist and an Australian artist Sebastian stayed at 1 on the Australian Aria Singles List for three weeks It went on to sell in excess of 303 000 units Thus far Jorgen has written seventeen Idol winning songs which makes him the world record holder On May 25 2006 Jorgen with his That s My Goal Shayne Ward received the prestigious Ivor Novello Award for the Best Selling British Single of 2005 Twelve months later he would have yet another one in his hands On May 24th 2007 Jorgen was back on the stage collecting his second consecutive Ivor Novello Award this time for the Best Selling British Single of 2006 2 The Royal Wedding EditIt all got started with a telephone call from H R H Prince Daniel Westling at the end of 2008 Westling explained that he and Swedish Crown Princess Victoria liked Jorgens work very much and wondered if he would be interested in composing a song exclusively for the upcoming Royal Wedding Jorgen thanked him for being asked and he said It would be a great honor and of course I want to write this song Immediately he began working on the lyrics and the music which ultimately would take him more than a year to perfect The two singers who recorded and performed the duet during the wedding ceremony was the Swedish artists Bjorn Skifs and Agnes The Royal Wedding took place on Saturday June 19 2010 in the Church of St Nicholas the Stockholm Cathedral H R H Crown Princess Victoria and H R H Prince Daniel Duke of Vastergotland were wed in front of more than 1 200 attending wedding guests as well as millions of TV spectators around the world Accompanied by The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and a chamber choir Bjorn Skifs and Agnes performed When You Tell the World You re Mine Jorgen Elofsson said It was a truly emotional moment for me For getting this chance to play a small part of the Royal Wedding I will be forever grateful and very proud 2 Work with Kelly Clarkson EditIn 2002 he co wrote the winning song A Moment Like This for the inaugural season of American Idol won by Kelly Clarkson It became Jorgen s first 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 On February 8 2012 he could celebrate his second one co writing Clarkson s Stronger What Doesn t Kill You It remained at 1 for two weeks dropped a few positions the third week only to return to the top spot seven days later which makes it her longest running number one single in the US Kelly Clarkson also set a new US list record with Stronger by topping the Billboard Hot 100 Country Songs Adult Contemporary Adult Pop Songs and Dance Club Play Songs charts On December 5 2013 it was announced his co written Stronger What Doesn t Kill You was Grammy Award nominated for Song of the Year Further more Clarkson s album Stronger turned out being nominated in three other categories Best Pop Vocal Album Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance 2 Album A with Agnetha Faltskog EditOn May 13 2013 Jorgen released A which is the fifth English language studio album by Swedish recording artist Agnetha Faltskog formerly a member of the group ABBA It is her twelfth studio album overall Jorgen wrote or co wrote every song on the album and co produced the album with Peter Nordahl Elofsson told author Paul Stenning that year I love it when I can get really close to an artist like I ve done with Agnetha She truly made me a better writer just because she made me try much harder 3 Kung Fury EditIn late 2014 Jorgen received a request of writing a song for the upcoming English language Swedish martial arts action comedy short film Kung Fury written directed by and starring David Sandberg who had become a Kickstarter Sensation Jorgen co wrote amp produced the song True Survivor And the song was later recorded with the well known actor amp artist David Hasselhoff Later on they produced a music video of the song True Survivor which debuted on April 16 2015 On May 20 2019 the music video almost 39 million views on YouTube 4 Celine Dion Work with Courage EditOn June 8 2019 Celine Dion ended her record breaking 1 141 shows over the last 16 years at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas She surprised the audience by performing a brand new song called Flying on My Own the first single from her album Courage released November 2019 The song released June 28 2019 and was written by Jorgen Elofsson Liz Rodrigues and Anton Hybrid Martensson The song was also co produced by Jorgen along with Ugly Babies amp Hybrid He also co wrote the two other songs Nobody s Watching amp Say Yes from the album The album Courage scored her first No 1 Album in Over 17 Years on Billboard 200 Chart on the 24th of November 2019 5 6 7 8 9 10 Other facts EditOn May 7 2013 Janet Leon announced her new single New Colours that was written by Leon Elofsson Lisa Desmond and Jesper Jakobsson New Colours was chosen as the official song for Stockholm Pride 2013 11 On October 8 2015 Jorgen Elofsson received the Honorary Award of SKAP Swedish composers and lyricists 12 He wrote the Irish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 called Dying to Try sung by Brendan Murray In 2016 and 2017 he has written song along with singer Rhys after discovering her while she sang demos Writing discography EditThis section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia s quality standards The specific problem is formatting and nonsensical highlighting Please help improve this section if you can June 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message 1994 Carola Guld i dina ogon 1998 Aikakone Aikapyora Aikakone Magiaa Aikakone Valokuva Boyzone Will Be Yours 13 1999 Britney Spears You Drive Me Crazy Britney Spears Sometimes Britney Spears Walk on By covered by Gareth Gates Westlife If I Let You Go Westlife Try Again Meja Beckman Do the Angels Have a Home Meja Beckman Don t Push the River 2000 Bellefire I Can Make You Fall in Love Again Britney Spears Girl in the Mirror Britney Spears What U See Is What U Get Devotion 2 Music Blah Blah Blah Emilia Before I Fall Jessica Folcker Love You Like a Fool Lucy Street Girl Next Door Lucy Street Goodbye Lucy Street Life Is a Lovesong Lucy Street Loves Me Loves Me Not Lucy Street Second Time Around Peter Joback Higher Peter Joback Tonight Peter Joback If I Could Be The One Steps It s the Way You Make Me Feel Steps Mars and Venus We Fall in Love Again Trybe We Are Invincible Westlife Fool Again Westlife Dreams Come True Westlife I Lay My Love On You Westlife Puzzle Of My Heart Westlife Somebody Needs You Westlife Tunnel Of Love Westlife My Love Human Nature Whisper Your Name The Only One Aaron Carter Girl You Shine Dream Street It Happens Every Time 2001 3 of Hearts Is It Love Alsou Let It Be Me Britney Spears When I Found You Geri Halliwell It s Heaven It s Hell Being Geri Halliwell Geri Halliwell Love Is the Only Light Jennie Lofgren Dreams Jennie Lofgren Somewhere Robyn Say You ll Walk the Distance Tess Viva l Amor Westlife I Cry Covered by Shayne Ward 2002 Gareth Gates Anyone of Us Stupid Mistake Gareth Gates What My Heart Wants to Say H amp Claire Let Me Carry You H amp Claire No Turning Back H amp Claire You re a Love Song Kaci Everlasting Eternamente Jamie Meyer Psycho Jessica Andersson Perfect Bliss Kelly Clarkson A Moment Like This covered by Leona Lewis Mathias Holmgren Nagot som kan handa Swedish version of Anyone of Us Stupid Mistake by Gareth Gates Priscilla Bla Bla Bla French version of Blah Blah Blah by Devotion 2 Music Priscilla Plus French version of 1 2 3 by Nikki Cleary Westlife Unbreakable Westlife Evergreen covered by Will Young and Gareth Gates 2003 Gareth Gates Say It Isn t So Guy Sebastian Angels Brought Me Here Jamie Meyer Good Girl Jamie Meyer Last Goodbye First Hello Jessica Andersson Ett kort ogonblick Swedish version of A Moment Like This by Kelly Clarkson Nikki Cleary 1 2 3 Nina What If 2004 Charlotte Perrelli Gone Too Long Daniel Lindstrom Coming True Darin Why Does It Rain Fredrik Kempe With You All the Time Ana Johnsson Life Ana Johnsson We Are Hanna Pakarinen Love Is Like a Song Jodie Joy I Still Believe 2005 Agnes Let Me Carry You covered from H amp Claire Agnes Right Here Right Now My Heart Belongs To You covered by Raffaela Paton Die Happy Big Big Trouble Shayne Ward That s My Goal Twill Before I Fall Twill Is It Love Twill One Step At A Time 2006 Agnes I Had A Feelin Agnes Kick Back Relax Agnes What Do I Do With All This Love Alexander Klaws This Is What It Feels Like D Side No One Darin Homeless covered by Leona Lewis Il Divo amp Celine Dion I Believe in You Il Divon amp Toni Braxton Time of Our Lives Marie Serneholt Beyond Tonight Marie Serneholt The Boy I Used To Know Marie Serneholt Calling All Detectives Marie Serneholt Can t Be Love Marie Serneholt Enjoy the Ride Marie Serneholt I Love Making Love in the Morning Marie Serneholt I Need a House Marie Serneholt Oxygen Marie Serneholt That s The Way My Heart Goes Marie Serneholt Wasted Love Markus Fagervall Everything Changes Shayne Ward Someone to Love 2007 Ari Koivunen On the Top of the World Erik Segerstedt Freeway Erik Segerstedt Everything Changes Fabienne Louves Wach uf Fabienne Louves Wenn nut meh got Swiss version of Right Here Right Now My Heart Belongs To You by Agnes Katherine Jenkins How Do You Leave the One You Love Martin Stosch I Can Reach Heaven From Here No Angels I Had a Feeling Part Six What s That Sound Part Six Perfect World Westlife You Must Have Had a Broken Heart 2008 Celine Dion There Comes a Time E M D For You E M D She s My California Fady Maalouf Blessed Il Divo La promessa Same Difference We R One Kevin Borg With Every Bit Of Me 2009 Paloma Faith Stargazer The Saturdays Lose Control Sheri U Got Me Good Super Junior What If 2010 Jennifer Rush Windows Jennifer Rush I Never Asked For An Angel Jennifer Rush I m Not Dreaming Anymore Tommy Reeve Believe It Like I Do Charice All That I Need To Survive Erik Gronwall When You Fall Agnes amp Bjorn Skifs When You Tell The World You re Mine Edita Abdieski The Key 2011 Edita Abdieski The Key Namie Amuro make it happen feat AFTERSCHOOL Jennifer Lopez Until It Beats No More Eric Saade Someone New Eric Saade Big Love Kelly Clarkson Stronger What Doesn t Kill You Girls Generation Bad Girl Bjorn Skifs Break The Spell Bjorn Skifs Let s Kiss Bjorn Skifs Back to Where We Started From Bjorn Skifs When Our Lips Touch Bjorn Skifs I Already Know Bjorn Skifs Damned If I Do Bjorn Skifs You Got There In the End Bjorn Skifs Step Right Up Bjorn Skifs This Is Where the Story Ends Bjorn Skifs You Were Loved Il Divo Senza Parole Eclipse When The River Is You Eclipse La Tua Melodia Vanquish The Harder You Love Michelle Was Wenn Mein Herz Sich Irrt Youngblood American Girlfriend Youngblood Sleep On It Youngblood Outside Boy 2012 Jedward Happens In The Dark Leona Lewis Stop The Clocks 14 Il Volo Splendida Samantha Jade What You ve Done to Me Ida LaFontaine Dancing 4 My Life 2013 Agnetha Faltskog The One Who Loves You Now Agnetha Faltskog When You Really Loved Someone Agnetha Faltskog Perfume In the Breeze Agnetha Faltskog I Was A Flower Agnetha Faltskog I Should ve Followed You Home with Gary Barlow Agnetha Faltskog Past Forever Agnetha Faltskog Dance Your Pain Away Agnetha Faltskog Bubble Agnetha Faltskog Back On Your Radio Agnetha Faltskog I Keep Them On the Floor Beside My Bed Janet Leon New Colours MainStreet Hell s A Lot Like Love Kristoffer Rahbek Junkie For Love 2015 David Hasselhoff True Survivor 15 2016 Rhys Swallow Your Pride 16 2017 Brendan Murray Dying To Try Eurovision Song Contest 2017 17 Rhys Last Dance 18 Rhys Too Good To Be True 19 Super Junior The Lucky Ones 20 21 circular reference 2018 Mariette For You Melodifestivalen 2018 Ivy Quainoo House on Fire Unser Lied fur Lissabon 22 Rhys Maybe I Will Learn 23 Luke Potter It s Easy 24 Mariette Time To Spare 25 Felizia K Chameleon Girl 26 Rhys No Vacancy 27 Rhys Spite My Flaws 28 Rhys feat Felix Sandman Starfish 29 Rhys You ll Never Know 28 Rhys Better Be Over 28 Rhys Doomed 28 Rhys On My Own 28 Sanna Nielsen Christmas Candle 30 Laura Tesoro Mutual 31 Niykee Heaton Starting Over 32 Melo Moreno Watch Love Die 33 2019 Celine Dion Flying On My Own 34 Celine Dion Nobody s Watching 10 Celine Dion Say Yes 10 2020 Demi Lovato In the Mirror from the 2020 film Eurovision Song Contest The Story of Fire Saga Faith Kakembo Crying Rivers Melodifestivalen 2020 Nissy Do Do David Hasselhoff I Will Carry You Thomas Stenstrom Drommare Darin What s Christmas Anyway 2023 Wild Youth We Are One Eurovision Song Contest 2023 Awards and nominations EditYear Association Nominated work Category Result2000 The Record Of The Year My Love Westlife song The Record Of The Year UK Won 35 2003 SMFF Anyone Of Us The Swedish Song Of The Year Won2003 SMFF Jorgen Elofsson The Biggest International Success Of The Year Won2006 Ivor Novello Award That s My Goal Best Selling UK Single 36 Won2007 Brit Award A Moment Like This Best Selling British Single Nominated2007 Ivor Novello Award A Moment Like This Best Selling UK Single 37 Won2007 Daytime Emmy Award So Good Outstanding Original Song Children s Animated Nominated2012 Jorgen Elofsson H M The King s Medal Honoured2013 Grammy Award Stronger What Doesn t Kill You Song of the Year Nominated2015 Jorgen Elofsson Honoured Award of SKAP HonouredReferences Edit Stenning Paul 24 November 2013 Success By Those Who ve Made It Pg 196 In Flight Books ISBN 978 1628475869 a b c d e Biography www jorgenelofsson com Stenning Paul 24 November 2013 Success By Those Who ve Made It Pg 199 In Flight Books ISBN 978 1628475869 On May 20 2019 the music video had almost 39 millions views on Archived from the original on 2021 12 21 Celine Dion Scores First No 1 Album in Over 17 Years on Billboard 200 Chart Billboard November 24 2019 CELINE DION KICKS OFF THE SUMMER WITH FLYING ON MY OWN CelineDion com www celinedion com Flying on My Own Oh my goodness Celine Dion just released an EDM track Flying on My Own by Celine Dion July 1 2019 News www jorgenelofsson com a b c Courage by Celine Dion on iTunes via music apple com Janet Leon Unleashes Stockholm Gay Pride Anthem 2013 New Colours Arjanwrites com 2013 05 07 Retrieved 2013 06 27 Lill Babs och Jorgen Elofsson far SKAP s hederspris 2015 Mynewsdesk Nunstedt ers Anders Nunstedt Sa blev Sverige bast pa att skriva varldshits www expressen se Twitter FraserTSmith Check out Stop The Clocks Twitter com Retrieved 2013 06 27 Lynch Joe 2015 04 27 The True Story Behind David Hasselhoff s Bonkers True Survivor Music Video Billboard Retrieved 2015 07 04 Rhys collaborates with Britney Spears producer Jorgen Elofsson on Swallow Your Pride The Line of Best Fit Ireland Brendan Murray To Sing Dying To Try In Kyiv Eurovoix 2017 03 10 Retrieved 2017 07 12 The year s biggest rising star Rhys releases second single Last Dance February 20 2017 The 8th Most Poptastic Single of 2017 Rhys Too Good To Be True December 28 2017 네이버 뮤직 PLAY The 8th Album SUPER JUNIOR 슈퍼주니어 Naver Music in Korean Naver Corporation Retrieved 2020 08 29 Play Super Junior album Track listing ESC Vorentscheid Einer dieser Titel wird Unser Lied fur Lissabon Sendung Presseportal Introducing Rhys Maybe I Will Learn A Bit Of Pop Music January 26 2018 Brittiske Luke Potter slapper singeln It s Easy Mynewsdesk Oster Sara June 1 2018 Mariette slapper ny singel Time to spare hallandsposten se Nya svenska popundret Felizia K debuterar med singeln Chameleon Girl Mynewsdesk Sveriges storsta framtidshopp slapper nya singel No Vacancy Mynewsdesk a b c d e Stages by Rhys Genius SONG Rhys feat Felix Sandman Starfish Scandipop co uk September 25 2018 Sanna Nielsen slapper jullaten Christmas Candle Mynewsdesk Currinn Jonathan 6 December 2018 Laura Tesoro Has Dropped New Single amp Music Video Mutual CelebMix imusicpleer com This website is for sale imusicpleer Resources and Information ww1 imusicpleer com a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Cite uses generic title help Melo Moreno Watch Love Die via genius com Media Bell LISTEN Celine Dion Shares 2 Versions Of Flying On My Own www iheartradio ca Ratt hook och flow tog Elofsson till stjarnorna James Blunt Leads BMI s Beautiful Night at Ivors News BMI com 2006 05 25 Retrieved 2013 06 27 Winehouse Takes Top Songwriting Honor at Ivor Novello Awards News BMI com 2007 05 25 Retrieved 2013 06 27 External links EditOfficial website Universal Music Publishing page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jorgen Elofsson amp oldid 1150246199, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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