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Unexpected (Levina Album)
''Unexpected'' is the debut studio album by German recording artist Levina. It was released on 28 April 2017 by Unser Song Records in association with RCA Records and Sony Music. Promotion " Perfect Life" was released as the lead single from the album on 10 February 2017. The song peaked at number 28 on the German Singles Chart. In January 2017, Levina was confirmed to be one of the five finalists competing in ''Unser Song 2017'', Germany's national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. On 9 February 2017, she advanced to the final round with the songs "Wildfire" and "Perfect Life". The German public then chose "Perfect Life" as the winning song. As Germany is a member of the " Big Five", she automatically advanced to the finals, held on 13 May 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Critical reception ''Musicheadquarter.de'' gave the album a 8/9 rating and called ''Unexpected'' a "fantastic debut." The website further noted: "The entire album shows that Levina is certainly not just a st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levina (singer)
Isabella Levina Lueen (born 1 May 1991), better known mononymously as Levina (), is a German singer-songwriter. She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv with the song " Perfect Life" and finished in 25th place with 6 points in the final. Life and career Levina was born in Bonn as Isabella Lueen, and was raised in Chemnitz. She attended the Dr.-Wilhelm-André-Gymnasium, and graduated with an International Baccalaureate degree from the Impington Village College in Cambridge (UK) in 2009. She then moved to London where she earned her bachelor's degree from King's College London. She splits her time between Berlin and London, where she studies music management at the London College of Music. Eurovision Song Contest 2017 In 2016, Levina was announced as one of the 33 shortlisted acts for '' Unser Song 2017''. On 6 January 2017, she was confirmed to be one of the five finalists. During the show, Levina performed a cover of " When We Were Young" by Adele fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindy Robbins
Lindy Robbins is an American songwriter from Los Angeles, California. Her songwriting credits includes multiple hit songs, including Demi Lovato's "Skyscraper", Jason Derulo's " Want to Want Me", David Guetta's "Dangerous (David Guetta song), Dangerous", MKTO's "Classic (MKTO song), Classic", Hot Chelle Rae's "Tonight Tonight (Hot Chelle Rae song), Tonight, Tonight", Jason Derulo's "It Girl (Jason Derulo song), It Girl" and Astrid S' "Hurts So Good (Astrid S song), Hurts So Good". Background Robbins grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California. She started singing with her musician father Wally when she was three years old, and was a performer in New York City and Los Angeles before becoming a full-time songwriter in 1997. Robbins now resides in Los Angeles. Career Robbins has written songs for many artists in the music industry. Number-one hits include: " Want to Want Me" by Jason Derulo, "Dangerous (David Guetta song), Dangerous" by David Guetta (feat. Sam Martin (sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engelina
Engelina Andrina Larsen (born 1978) is a Danish singer and songwriter who is best known for writing and providing the vocals for DJ Encore's " I See Right Through to You", which was a number-one hit in her native Denmark. Early life Engelina, the daughter of Ann-Cathrin and songwriter Henning Larsen, grew up on Bornholm with her two older sisters. She was originally a jazz and soul singer. Career In 1997 she moved from Århus to Copenhagen, where she met producer and disc jockey DJ Encore in 2000 through an employee at Sony/ATV Music Publishing, who suggested that DJ Encore's music would fit well with Engelina's vocal. One of the first songs they worked on together was " I See Right Through to You", which was later chosen as the theme song to the first season of the reality television show '' Big Brother Denmark'' in 2001. After working with DJ Encore, she joined the girl pop trio Sha Li Mar, together with Christina Undhjem (former lead singer in YouKnowWho) and Ida Corr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christoffer Lauridsen
Christoffer Semelius (aka. Christoffer Lauridsen) (born 1 August 1986) is a Danish-Swedish songwriter and producer working out of Stockholm. He has produced and written for artists such as Red Velvet, Got7, Wanna One, Martina Stoessel, and Chord Overstreet. Early in his career Christoffer moved to the United Kingdom where he worked as an assistant engineer in a recording studio. Shortly after his time in the UK Christoffer was hired to work in one of Copenhagen's prime recording facilities to engineer jazz and classical recordings. Christoffer studied music production in Växjö, Sweden, and afterwards moved to Stockholm where he worked as a producer/songwriter in collaboration with Anders Bagge, Stefan Örn and Johan Kronlund for several years. Christoffer is a multi-platinum certified songwriter who has co-written/produced songs for/with several international writers/artists and has contributed to several international Billboard charts and won "Song of the year" with Umpah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Örn
Stefan Örn ( Gällstads församling, Älvsborgs län, 9 January 1975) is a Swedish music composer and guitarist. He is a member of the band Apollo Drive. Örn was one of the composers of the songs which represented Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2010 (" Drip Drop"), 2011 (" Running Scared"), 2012 (" When the Music Dies") and 2014 (" Start A Fire"). The 2011 entry won the contest that year. He also later worked on Montenegro's 2017 ESC song "Space Space is a three-dimensional continuum containing positions and directions. In classical physics, physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions. Modern physicists usually consider it, with time, to be part of a boundless ...". In 2012, he worked with the Ukrainian superstar and Eurovision winner Ruslana for her international album '' My Boo! (Together!)'' being the co-author of the songs "Pop Up!" and "This is Euphoria". He also co-authored most of the songs from Anette Olzon's debut alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gravitonas
Gravitonas is a Swedish electronic rock band formed in 2009 and signed to Sofo Records (Sweden) and Universal Music (worldwide) in 2010. The band is fronted by vocalist Andreas Öhrn and formerly by record producer and songwriter Alexander Bard (of Army Of Lovers and BWO fame). Other collaborators in the project include keyboardist and producer Henrik Wikström and guitar player Ben Smith. Gravitonas are among the front figures of the Scandinavian electronica scene, often linked to artists like Robyn, The Knife, Lykke Li, Röyksopp, The Sound of Arrows, and Miike Snow, with whom they have also performed on several occasions. History Gravitonas' debut single ''Kites'' was released in April 2010 and spent four consecutive months in the Top 10 of the Swedish Dance Chart. The release featured remixes by a number of Scandinavia's leading electronic acts such as Dada Life and SoundFactory. A second release, ''The Hypnosis EP'', was released digitally and internationally by Universal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Holden
Greg Holden (born 28 February 1983) is a Scottish singer-songwriter based in the United States. He is best known for his hit charity single "The Lost Boy" and for co-writing "Home", the 2012 debut single for ''American Idol''-winner Phillip Phillips. Early life Holden was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and lived in Methlick in Aberdeenshire until he was three. The family then moved to Lancashire in England, and he was raised in Morecambe and then Leyland. He went to St. Patrick's Primary School, Heysham near Morecambe, then attended Leyland St. Mary's Catholic Technology College and the University of Central Lancashire. Holden started learning to play the guitar when he was 18. After graduating in 2005, he went to Brighton with his band. He then moved to London in 2007 to attempt a career, before moving to New York City in 2009. He relocated to Los Angeles in July 2016. Music career Holden wrote his first song called "You Go Left, I'll Go Right" when he was 18. He won the '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marit Larsen
Marit Elisabeth Larsen (born 1 July 1983) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. She began playing violin aged five and played it until the age of eight. She gained international fame during her teenage years as a member of the pop duo M2M with childhood friend Marion Raven. She then pursued her own music career, releasing her debut solo album '' Under the Surface'' in 2006. Her second album, '' The Chase'', was released in Norway in October 2008. Her third album, titled '' Spark'' was released in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland on 18 November 2011, and in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on 16 December 2011. Her fourth studio album '' When the Morning Comes'' was released on 20 October 2014. Larsen toured in its support within Norway with her own concerts, played songs from the album in Germany and Switzerland at public festivals and was the opening act at two of Johannes Oerding's concerts in November 2015. Career M2M and early solo career Marit Larsen was born in Løren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Busbee
Michael James Ryan Busbee (June 18, 1976 – September 29, 2019), known professionally as Busbee, was an American songwriter, record producer, publisher, record executive, and multi-instrumentalist. He was known for his work in both pop music and country music, having written for acts including 5 Seconds of Summer, Keith Urban, Maren Morris, Trisha Yearwood, Daughtry, and the Fray. Early life Busbee was born in Walnut Creek, California, and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He began playing piano when he was seven years old and started playing jazz trombone in high school. Busbee marched with the World Class Drum Corps, Blue Devils. Busbee studied jazz at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey, after receiving a scholarship to the school in 1995, but returned to the San Francisco Bay Area before graduating. Career He moved to Los Angeles in 2000 and started working at a music studio, assisting rock producer Eric Valentine, and he began learning to play mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Geringas
Alex Geringas (born March 2, 1971) is a German composer and songwriter based in Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ..., United States. Awards * 1998 Echo Award – Best Newcomer – Die 3. Generation * 2003 Echo Award – Best Video – No Angels "Something about us" * 2013 BMI London Award – Kelly Clarkson " Dark Side" * 2013 Grammy Award – "Best Pop Vocal Album", Kelly Clarkson (contains "Dark Side") * 2014 BMI Pop Award – Kelly Clarkson "Dark Side" * 2015 Emmy Nomination – Original Theme "Who's da King" / All Hail King Julien * 2017 Annie Nomination – Outstanding Achievement in Music for an animated TV Show for "Home : Adventures with Tip and Oh" References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Geringas, Alexander Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Bassett (songwriter)
Dave Richard Bassett is an American songwriter and record producer. Originally from Chicago, a Deerfield High School graduate, Bassett relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a musical career after a chance on-stage performance with U2. Career Bassett has worked in various genres, writing and producing music for artists such as alternative acts Elle King, Vance Joy, Bishop Briggs, Alice Merton, Fitz and the Tantrums and Walk off the Earth to rock acts Shinedown, Pop Evil and Halestorm to mainstream names such as Rachel Platten, Josh Groban, Idina Menzel and Daughtry. Notable music credits "Fight Song" is a song recorded by Rachel Platten, released as a single by Columbia Records on February 19, 2015. Platten co-wrote the song with Dave Bassett. Also produced and co-written by Bassett, " Ex's & Oh's" is certified double Platinum in the United States, Australia and Canada. "Ex's & Oh's" charted in multiple formats in the US and across the world including US ''Billboard'' Hot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster submits an original song representing its country to be performed and broadcast live to all of them via the Eurovision (network), Eurovision and Euroradio networks, and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. The contest was inspired by and based on the Italian Sanremo Music Festival, held in the Italian Riviera since 1951. Eurovision has been held annually since 1956 (except for due to the COVID-19 pandemic), making it the longest-running international music competition on television and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active members of the EBU and invited associate members are eligible to compete; broadcasters from List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest, 52 countries hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
