Andreas Mikael Carlsson (; born 3 April 1973) is a Swedish music producer and pop songwriter.

Biography

Carlsson was part of the Cheiron Studios team until the studio was closed down in 2000. In January 2001, former Cheiron-members Andreas Carlsson,

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and Jake Schulze assumed the lease of the legendary Cheiron studios. Two years later, they launched production-company The Location and publishing-company Location Songs, where writer

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is signed. Carlsson frequently collaborates with writers

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and Chris Braide. Together they have written many hit songs, including "

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D-Side and ''American Idol'' contestant

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. The song became one of the most performed on American radio in 2004. A more recent collaboration is

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's " Waking Up in Vegas", featured on her album ''

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''. Carlsson also co-wrote the song "Strange" for the ''

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, which was performed by Tokio Hotel and

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. In 2008, Carlsson formed production/publishing company Meriola with fellow producer and songwriter

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, who has written and produced songs for

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, Cross Gene and

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, among others. In 2009, Carlsson wrote his autobiography ''Live to Win - låtarna som skrev mitt liv'' ("The songs which wrote my life"), about his career and journey to where he is today.

Television

Carlsson was part of the jury for the Swedish edition of ''Idol'' from

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, its fifth season. The last season Carlsson was a judge in began its run on 7 September 2010 on the Swedish television channel TV4. On 14 March 2011, Carlsson announced his departure from the jury, citing his desire to go back to songwriting. In 2012, he was one of the judges on the Swedish version of ''

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''. In recent years, Carlsson has been lecturing and giving motivational speeches in different schools in Sweden.

Notable writing credits

References

External links

Andreas Carlsson official website

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