Arnthor Birgisson (Icelandic: Arnþór Birgisson, born 12 February 1976 in

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, Iceland) is an Icelandic-Swedish songwriter and

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. Arnþór moved to Sweden in 1978 at age two and lives in Stockholm.

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As young Arnþór attended

Adolf Fredrik's Music School Adolf Fredrik's Music School ( sv, Adolf Fredriks Musikklasser) is a general municipal junior high school ( sv, grundskola) in Stockholm, Sweden with a focus on choral music, and highly competitive admission based on audition in singing and music ...

in Stockholm, Sweden. He began his professional songwriting and production career in 1996 working at Cosmos Studios together with

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and

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. In 1997, the founders of Murlyn Music, Anders Bagge and Christian Wåhlberg, saw the potential in Arnþór and Bloodshy, and handpicked them for the newly formed production company. Arnþór's breakthrough came a year later with the song " Because of You" written for 98 Degrees. Arnþór specifically desired to collaborate with Janet Jackson, saying "let's just say we will definitely be prepared if and when that happens." During his tenure at Murlyn Music (until 2003) a series of hits were created for artists such as Janet Jackson, Jessica Simpson, Ronan Keating, Jennifer Lopez, Samantha Mumba and

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. Between 2003 and 2008, Arnþór worked at Maratone (formerly Cosmos Studios. During the years at Maratone, Arnþór created songs for Enrique Iglesias, Shayne Ward and Westlife, among others. In 2005, Arnþór was awarded Best Pop Song at the BMI London Awards for Janet Jackson's " All Nite (Don't Stop)." In 2008, Arnþór's song "Say OK", performed by Vanessa Hudgens, was awarded the prize for "This Year's Biggest American Pop Hit" at the BMI London Awards. Arnþór has also worked with Sony BMG Music Entertainment,

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, EMI Group and

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. In 2008 Arnþór founded the Swedish-based record and production company, Aristotracks, together with businessman Linus Andreen and artist Emilia de Poret. Since then he has written and produced songs for artists such as

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, Leona Lewis and Shontelle. On 7 September, Arnþór won Popjustice's 2011 Twenty Quid Music Prize for "Song of the Year" with "Higher" by The Saturdays. Arnþór worked with Aristotracks artist

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on his debut album '' Undressed''. In mid-2011, Arnþór founded a band with Ina Wroldsen called

Ask Embla Scandinavian electropop-folktronica duo Ask Embla, consisting of Icelandic Arnthor Birgisson (as producer and songwriter) and Norwegian Ina Wroldsen (as singer and songwriter), released its studio album, ''Northern Light'', in 2013. It followed ...

Discography

Selected songs written / co-written and produced *1998 – 98 Degrees " Because of You" – producer/co-writer *2000 – Samantha Mumba " Gotta Tell You" – producer/co-writer *2000 – Jennifer Lopez " Play" – producer/co-writer *2001 – Jessica Simpson " Irresistible" – producer/co-writer *2002 – Carlos Santana "Let Me Love You Tonight" – producer/co-writer *2003 –

"Sorry for Love" – co-writer *2004 – Janet Jackson " All Nite (Don't Stop)" – producer/co-writer *2006 – Danity Kane "Stay with Me" – producer/co-writer *2006 – Shane Filan / Westlife "

Beautiful in White "Beautiful in White" is a song recorded by Irish singer-songwriter Shane Filan from his third studio album, ''Love Always'' (2017). The track was originally written by Savan Kotecha and Arnthor Birgisson for a then-upcoming album of Filan's band, ...

" – co-writer *2007 – Westlife " Us Against the World" – producer/co-writer *2007 – Westlife "

Something Right "Something Right" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife from their eighth studio album '' Back Home''. The song was released as the band's second single in Asia and Europe following their first single, "Home", as well as the album's overall third ...

" – producer/co-writer *2007 – Westlife "The Easy Way" – producer/co-writer *2007 – Westlife "Pictures in My Head" – producer/co-writer *2007 – Vanessa Hudgens " Say OK" – producer/co-writer *2007 – Enrique Iglesias "Wish I Was Your Lover" – producer/co-writer *2007 – Shayne Ward "

No U Hang Up "No U Hang Up" is a song written by Arnthor Birgisson, Rami Yacoub and Savan Kotecha and performed by ''The X Factor'' winner, Shayne Ward. The song was released as a double A-side single along with " If That's OK with You", peaking at number two ...

" – co-producer/co-writer *2008 – Emilia de Poret "Pick Me Up" – producer/co-writer *2008 – Lisa Miskovsky " Still Alive" – producer/co-writer *2009 – Natalie Bassingthwaighte " Alive" – producer/co-writer *2009 – Leona Lewis " My Hands" – producer/co-writer *2010 – Shontelle " Impossible" – producer/co-writer *2012 – James Arthur " Impossible" – co-writer *2013 –

" Undressed" – co-producer/co-writer *2015 – Tove Styrke "Ego" – co-writer

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Universal Music Publishing Group: Spotlight on Arnthor BirgissonDiscogs: Arnthor Birgisson page
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