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Victor Crone
Victor Fritz-Crone (born 31 January 1992), also known as Victor Crone, or Vic Heart is a Swedish singer, guitarist and songwriter. He represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv with the song "Storm". Biography Victor Crone was born and raised in Österåker, Sweden. He started playing guitar and writing songs at the age of 15. When he was 18 he moved to Los Angeles and Nashville to write songs with acclaimed artists such as Diane Warren, Desmond Child and Eric Bazilian. He performed in some international music conference centers of Los Angeles and he also released a song "Jimmy Dean" under his name ''Vic Heart''. In 2015, Victor released his debut single "Burning Man". He participated in Melodifestivalen 2015, featuring in the Behrang Miri song " Det rår vi inte för", which failed to qualify from the Andra Chansen round, losing to Samir & Viktor. On 16 February 2019, Victor Crone won the Estonian national selection ''Eesti Laul'' with the song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodifestivalen 2020
Melodifestivalen 2020 was the 60th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen. The competition was organised by (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 1 February and 7 March 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2019 The winner of the competition was The Mamas with the song "Move", who would have represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The Mamas were the first band to win the annual national competition since 2007 and the first female act to win since 2014; this was the fourth time in the history of Melodifestivalen that Sweden was unable to send a song to the Eurovision Song Contest (and the first such occurrence since 1976), as the contest itself was cancelled on 18 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The format of the competition consisted of 6 shows: 4 heat rounds, a second chance round and a final. An initial 28 entries were selected for the competition through three methods: an open call for song submissio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Warren
Diane Eve Warren (born September 7, 1956) is an American songwriter. She has won an Academy Honorary Award, Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and three consecutive ''Billboard'' Music Awards for Songwriter of the Year from 1997 to 1999. She first gained recognition for her work on DeBarge's 1985 single " Rhythm of the Night". By the late 1980s, she joined the record label EMI, where she became the first songwriter in the history of ''Billboard'' magazine to have written seven hit songs, each recorded by different artists, prompting EMI's UK Chairman Peter Reichardt to call her "the most important songwriter in the world". Warren has written nine number-one songs and 33 top-10 songs on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 including " If I Could Turn Back Time" (Cher, 1989), " Look Away" (Chicago, 1988), " Because You Loved Me" (Celine Dion, 1996), "How Do I Live" (LeAnn Rimes, 1997), " When I See You Smile" (Bad English, 1989) and " I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (Aer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a non-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland and founded in Italy in 1933 by Francesco Braga. It operates a secretariat based in London, with regional offices in Brussels, Hong Kong, Miami, Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Nairobi. Function IFPI's mission is to promote the value of recorded music, campaign for record producer rights, and expand the commercial uses of recorded music. Its services to members include a legal policy programme, litigation, content protection, sales reporting for the recorded music market, insight and analysis and work in the areas of performance rights, technology and trade. Structure IFPI is governed by its Main Board, a group including representatives from across the organisation's members (including major and independent record labels), representatives from certain IFPI National Gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from IFPI Sverige. It was formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and has been known by its current name since October 2007. Before Topplistan, music sales in Sweden were recorded by Kvällstoppen, whose weekly chart was a combined albums and singles list. History For the period of 1976 to 2006, the official Swedish music charts were published by Sveriges Radio P3, a station owned by Sveriges Radio. At the end of 2006, it stopped publishing the general charts, which were entrusted to Swedish Recording Industry Association in the beginning of 2007. However, Sveriges Radio P3 continued to publish the most downloaded music charts, according to the statistics compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The new strictly-download chart was called DigiListan. Since late 2006, the chart has included legal Music downloading, downloads. The charts became the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Download
A music download is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment. Music downloads are typically encoded with modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) audio data compression, particularly the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format used by iTunes as well as the MP3 audio coding format. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9 percent of all music sales in the US in 2012."All music sales" refers to albums plus track equivalent albums. A track equivalent album equates to 10 tracks. By the beginning of 2011, Apple's iTunes Store alone made 1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year. According to the RIAA, music downloads peaked at 43% of industry revenue in the US in 2012, and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playground Music Scandinavia
Playground Music Scandinavia AB (PGM) is an independent record company from Scandinavia, founded in 1999. The company operates across Scandinavia with offices in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway. Additionally, it has established local distribution partnerships in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Iceland. Since 2010, Jonas Sjöström has held ownership of the company. Playground Music works with multiple music genres, including pop and rock music. The company also acts as a representative for various international independent labels, including Beggars Banquet, 4AD, Domino, Matador, XL Recordings, Mute, Cooking Vinyl, Secretly Canadian, City Slang, Ninja Tune, Ignition, and Epitaph. History Playground Music Scandinavia was founded in 1999 after Jonas Sjöström and several colleagues left the record company MNW (Music Network Corps AB) in protest of their new owners. From the start, Playground Music set up offices in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Of the company's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodifestivalen 2023
Melodifestivalen 2023 was the 63rd edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which was organised by (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 4 February and 11 March 2023. The winner of the competition was Loreen with the song "Tattoo (Loreen song), Tattoo", who went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 for . All shows were hosted by Farah Abadi and Jesper Rönndahl. Format After the cancellation of the traditional tour around six cities of the country (namely Malmö, Gothenburg, Linköping, Lidköping, Örnsköldsvik and Stockholm) for the Melodifestivalen 2022, previous edition due to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, COVID-19 Omicron variant, SVT subsequently announced that the six cities would host the tour in 2023 instead, with new dates. As usual, a total of 28 entries took part in the competition, 12 of which progressed to the final. Farah Abadi and Jesper Rönndahl were revealed as the presenters of Melodifestivalen 2023 on 24 September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aftonbladet
(, lit. "The evening paper") is a Swedish language, Swedish daily tabloid newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the largest daily newspapers in the Nordic countries. History and profile The newspaper was founded by Lars Johan Hierta in December 1830 under the name of during the modernization of Sweden. Often critical and oppositional, the paper was repeatedly banned from publishing. However, Hierta circumvented the bans by constantly reviving the paper under slightly modified names, as, legally speaking, a new publication. Thus, on 16 February 1835, he issued the first edition of New , which would – after yet another ban – be followed by Newer , in turn followed by Fourth , Fifth , and so on. In 1852 the paper began to use its current name, , after a total of 25 name changes. It currently describes itself as an "independent Social democracy, social-democratic newspaper." Augusta Barthelson often wrote small stories in the newspaper. The owners of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troubled Waters (Victor Crone Song)
"Troubled Waters" is a song by Swedish singer Victor Crone. The song was performed for the first time in Melodifestivalen 2020, where it reached the final, finishing in ninth place with a total of 57 points. The song subsequently peaked at number 17 on the Swedish single chart. The single also appears on Crone's debut studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ... of the same name. Charts References 2020 singles English-language Swedish songs Melodifestivalen songs of 2020 Swedish pop songs 2020 songs {{2020s-pop-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eesti Laul
Eesti Laul () is an annual music competition organised by Estonian public broadcaster (ERR). It determines for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged every year since Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, 2009. Eesti Laul was introduced in 2009, replacing the former Eurolaul festival which had been used since Estonia's first Eurovision participation in 1993. It is one of the most popular television programmes in Estonia; it is also broadcast on radio and the Internet. In 2012, the semi-finals averaged 199,000 viewers, and over an estimated 296,000 viewers watched the final. History The contest was introduced by Eesti Rahvusringhääling, ERR with a new philosophy, and its first producers were Heidy Purga and Mart Normet. Eesti Laul was introduced to produce an Estonian contest, with Estonian musical tastes being presented to a European audience. The contest is also an open one, with all information of the songs being revealed in the selection process. The fes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samir & Viktor
Samir & Viktor or Samir och Viktor is a Swedish music duo that consists of Samir Badran and Viktor Frisk. They participated in Melodifestivalen 2015 with the song "Groupie (Samir & Viktor song), Groupie", which finished eighth in the final, and again in Melodifestivalen 2016 with "Bada nakna, Bada Nakna" which placed 12th overall. They competed a third time in Melodifestivalen 2018 with "Shuffla", finishing in 4th place in the grand final. They competed a fourth time in Melodifestivalen 2024 with "Hela världen väntar", but were eliminated during the early heats. Career 2014: Debut single In May 2014 the duo released their first music single called "Success". The song peaked at number one in its first week on the Swedish iTunes chart. It also reached number three on the Sverigetopplistan, Swedish Singles Chart. 2015–2020: Melodifestivalen and Hiatus Samir & Viktor participated in Melodifestivalen 2015 with the song "Groupie (Samir & Viktor song), Groupie" in a bid to represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
