Alex Ambrose (born 31 May 1978) is a Danish singer, songwriter and actor. As a soloist, he is better known by his first name Alex. Alex Ambrose was born in Brøndbyøster,

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(a suburb of

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) and grew up in a musical family. He was working as a teaching assistant when he took part in the talent contest ''

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'' on TV 2 in 2002. But he left the competition prematurely because he did not want to go in the same musical direction as it was expected of the winner.BPP Production: Music page
(in Danish) In summer 2005 he became part of the group J.A.Z. (consisting of Alex Ambrose and his siblings, Marc Johnson and Johnson's sister Zindy Laursen) single "Ingen gør som vi gør". He sang the theme song for the Danish reality series ''

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'' in 2005 and aired on TV 3 and he took part in producing and singing in the song "Hvad nu hvis" (What if in English) as charity for

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, along with Nik & Jay. With the release of the album ''Ta' det tilbage'', Alex changed from singing in English to singing in

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. In 2008 he released "Din dag" through independent record label 13Beats.seoghoer.dk Alex Ambrose: Ondt i pungen
(in Danish)

Discography

Albums

*2003: ''Thirteen'' *2006: ''Ta' det tilbage''

Singles

*2003: "Them girls" *2003: "Hola" *2003: "So Beautiful" *2005: "Ingen gør som vi gør" (with J.A.Z.) *2005: "Paradise" (from reality show Paradise Hotel) *2005: "Os to" *2006: "Lever for dig (feat. Wendy Wonder & Ras Money) *2006: "Ta' det tilbage" *2006: "Jeg ser dig" (feat.

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) *2007: "Hvad nu hvis" (feat.

Nik & Jay Nik & Jay is a Danish hip-hop/pop duo made of Niclas Genckel Petersen (born 8 November 1980 in Herlev) and Jannik Brandt Thomsen (born 16 June 1981). Their #2 single ''Hot!'' won them Hit of the Year and Best New Artist at the Danish Music A ...

) - charity single for

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*2008: "Din dag" (feat. Søvnig) *2013: "Vi flyver"

Guest appearances in albums

*2004: ''Årgang 79'' -

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*2005: ''Mit første album'' - Gettic *2005: '' Gigolo Jesus'' -

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*2005: ''Min tid'' - Mortito *2005: ''Release'' -

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*2005: ''Forklædt som voksen'' -

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*2006: ''Ingen som os'' - UFO Yepha *2006: ''Det passer'' -

*2007: ''Første kapitel'' - NEMO

References

External links

Alex Ambrose page on Discogs
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