Alexander Erik Kronlund (born 10 December 1971 in Bredäng) is a Swedish producer and

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. Kronlund co-wrote

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's million-selling debut album on

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and co-wrote two songs for

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' second album, '' Oops!... I Did It Again''. Kronlund co-wrote her hit single, " Lucky", with

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and Rami and also co-wrote "Don't Go Knockin' on My Door". He has also worked with

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and *NSYNC and, more recently,

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and

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. Kronlund also co-wrote two songs with

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for her 2008 album ''

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''. Kronlund also co-wrote the third single from

' sixth album, ''

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'' entitled, "

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", and "

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", the second single from ''

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'', along with

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. In 2009, a joint between Kronlund, the DJ

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and the teenage

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singer

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worked in the song "Du" ("You" in Swedish). This song was selected by the national broadcaster of

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, TV4, and Mimmi performed it in the final of

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, which took place on 21 November 2009, in

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. He went in to collaborate with Tove Lo. Kronlund also co-wrote

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's 2016 hit song "

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", alongside Grande,

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(who was featured in the song), and two other songwriters,

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AllMusic known professional ...

and

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. Since 2017 he has been a judge on ''

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'', which is broadcast on TV4.

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