Niklas Roger "Nicke" Borg, born 3 April 1973, is a Swedish singer and guitarist in the band

Backyard Babies Backyard Babies are a Swedish rock band originally from Nässjö and currently based in Stockholm. The band was formed in 1989 and over the years they have released seven studio albums and won two Swedish Grammy Awards. They are largely at ...

Career

Nicke Borg was born in

Nässjö Nässjö () is a locality and the seat of Nässjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 16,678 inhabitants in 2010. History For many years, Nässjö was a rural village with agriculture as the dominant occupation. The turning point was t ...

. He was part of the

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rock band, from 1989 onwards, as lead vocals and rhythm guitarist. The band was formed in 1987 under the name Tyrant with bassist Tobbe (Tobias Fischer) as lead vocals and guitarist

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, guitarist Johan Blomqvist, and drummer Peder Carlsson. Nicke Borg replaced Tobbe as frontman two years after the formation of the band. Blomqvist switched to bass at the same time. Over the years they have released six studio albums and won a Swedish Grammy.

Nicke Borg Homeland

While the

took a break, Borg worked on his solo project Nicke Borg Homeland. Homeland has released an EP, "Chapter 1" and one full-length album called "Chapter 2". "Chapter 2" was released in January 2012 and ''Ruins of a Riot'' in 2013.

Melodifestivalen

Nicke Borg participated in Melodifestivalen 2011 in the race in Malmö where he went on to number two with premium " Leaving Home" to the final inside the

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. The song was co-written by Borg with Jojo Borg Larsson,

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and Anders "Gary" Wikström. In the final, he finished 8th in 10 finalists. The title was won by

Eric Saade Eric Khaled Saade (; ar, إريك سعادة, ʾĪrik Saʿāda, ; born 29 October 1990), is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He spent two years with the boy band What's Up!, leaving the band in February 2009 to pursue a solo career. After winn ...

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In popular culture

Nicke Borg is one of the characters in the book ''

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'' by Paul Miles published by Omnibus Press in July 2010. Nicke Borg got his own radio show on radio station Bandit Rock. His radio show broadcasts from 22:00 to 00:00 every Thursday.Nicke Borg (Nicke Borg) on Myspace
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Discography

Albums

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) ;Solo single ;as Nicke Borg Homeland

References

External links

Backyard Babies official website

Nicke Borg's official website

Backyard Babies French Forum Unofficial
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