Daniel Breitholtz, born 18 October 1977, is a former A&R-

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. Together with voice coach

Kishti Tomita Kishti Tomita (born 19 November 1963) is a Swedish voice coach, TV personality and singer. Together with A&R manager Daniel Breitholtz and manager and talent scout Peter Swartling she was a part of the Swedish ''Idol 2004'', ''Idol 2005'', '' Id ...

, manager and talent scout

Peter Swartling Peter Swartling (born 18 November 1964) was one of the Swedish judges on the TV talent show '' Idol'' on TV4. He made it clear that he wouldn't participate in the fourth season of '' Idol'' due to him being forced to commute between Sweden and Unit ...

and

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, musician and

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Claes af Geijerstam he was part of the Idol 2004,

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, Idol 2006 and Idol 2007

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. Breitholtz has a history with

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s like

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, Outkast and

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. Breitholtz has also been a

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for some of the most successful

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s, who have written music for

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, Westlife and

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among others. Since April 2016 Breitholtz is working as Senior Music Programmer at Spotify.

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1977 births Living people Swedish record producers Idols (franchise) participants Swedish television personalities {{Record-producer-stub