Magnus Bäcklund, (born 16 November 1965 in Kristinehamn, Värmland, Sweden) is a Swedish singer. He was part of the Swedish duo Fame with Jessica Andersson between 2002 and 2006 after they met at the reality television show Fame Factory. After the breakup of the band, he developed a solo singing career, releasing an album Never Say Never in 2006 immediately after the break-up.[1]
He gained fame after taking part in the 2002 series of the television show Fame Factory which he won. The Swedish record manager Bert Karlsson proposed to put him in a duo with another Fame participant Jessica Andersson. The duo was called Fame.
With Eurovision success, Fame put up a full studio album also titled Give Me Your Love. It included 14 tracks, 11 in English and 3 in Swedish. The track list had 8 songs performed by the duo, 4 solo tracks by Jessica Andersson herself (i.e. "Ett kort ögonblick", "Single Girl", "Anyway You Want It" and "Säg att du stannar kvar") and 2 solo tracks by Magnus Bäcklund
In 2004, Fame tried yet again for Melodifestivalen 2004, this time with "Vindarna vänder oss" ("The Winds Turn Us"), finishing just sixth overall. Fame folded in 2006, with both continuing with solo careers.
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As a solo act, he took part in Melodifestivalen 2006 with the song "The Name of Love" appearing in the first semi-final on 18 February 2006, and earned a place in "Andra Chansen" (literally a "second chance") held on 12 March 2006, that allowed him a showing in the finals. Andersson was taking part with another song, but failed to make it to the finals. Bäcklund's song finished fifth overall that year. It also charted in Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles Chart reaching number 6. Magnus Bäcklund capitalizing on his showing in the final released his album Never Say Never in 2006 that included "The Name of Love".
Bäcklund took part in Eskilstunarevyn that premiered beginning of 2007 and lasted for a few months. On 16 February 2007, he released a single "Burn" featuring Linda Lampenius that became his biggest success reaching number 4 in the Swedish charts.
In 2007 he performed at Cirkus in Stockholm with Robert Wells' show Rhapsody in Rock.
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