Aron Michael Ekberg (born 30 March 1991), better known by his stage name AronChupa, is a

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music producer and DJ. His 2014 song " I'm an Albatraoz" reached number 1 on the

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and in Denmark, and top 10 in many charts across Europe. It also reached number 25 in the UK and number 10 in the US dance charts. His younger sister, Nora Ekberg, better known professionally as Little Sis Nora, provided the vocals for the track and starred in the music video, but never appeared as featured artist on the track. The music video has surpassed 1.35 billion views on YouTube.

Career

Ekberg was born in

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on 30 March 1991. He attended San Francisco's

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around 2011–2013 and played on the school's soccer team before moving back to Sweden. Albatraoz in 2014

Aron started his professional music career in the

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band

Albatraoz Albatraoz (pronounced "alba-trouse", see below) is a Swedish group of DJs, singers and producers of electro house from Borås, formed in 2012 originally by AronChupa, Little Sis Nora and the other members Nicklas Savolainen, Andreas Reinholds ...

, founded in 2012 by himself along with four of his best friends whom he had met while growing up. In August 2013, their debut single was released, the self-titled song "Albatraoz", and shortly after they signed with

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. The song reached 36 on the

and remained on the chart for 18 weeks. "Albatraoz" was certified double platinum in Sweden. In January 2014, the song had reached 8.5 million plays on

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and the group toured to promote the song. The band followed up with a few singles, including "Arriba" and "Wunderbar", while touring Scandinavia from 2013 to 2017 before dissolving in 2017. In March 2014, Ekberg released his debut solo single, " I'm an Albatraoz", with his younger sister, Nora Ekberg, better known as Little Sis Nora, on vocals. After some success independently, Ekberg also signed his solo project to

. The song reached number 1 in Sweden and Denmark and top 10 in Germany, Austria, Norway, Finland, Australia and the Netherlands. It was certified double platinum in Sweden and Australia and platinum in New Zealand, Italy and Denmark. The music video also has over 1.3 billion views on YouTube. His second single dropped in November 2015, titled "Fired Cuz I Was Late", and peaked at number 100 in Sweden. In February 2016, Ekberg released his third solo single, "Little Swing", which features Little Sis Nora. The song gained slight recognition in the UK when

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started using it in their roaming advert campaign. In July 2020, he released the song "The Woodchuck Song". It peaked at number 12 on

's "Sweden Viral 50".

Discography

Singles

;Notes

Remixes

2016

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– "

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" (AronChupa Remix)

2017

* Dirtywknd – "Dirty Weekend" (AronChupa Remix) *

Marcus & Martinus Marcus & Martinus, occasionally known as M&M, are a Norwegian dance-pop duo consisting of identical twin brothers Marcus and Martinus Gunnarsen (born 21 February 2002). They have released four studio albums: '' Hei'', ''Together'', '' Moments'' ...

– "Make You Believe in Love" (AronChupa Remix) * This Diamond Life feat.

Karen Harding Karen Harding (born 18 November 1991) is an English singer and songwriter from Consett, County Durham. Her first single, " Say Something", released in February 2015, entered the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. Early life Born to an English fat ...

– "The Weekend" * The Collapsable Hearts Club feat.

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– "Easy Street" (AronChupa Remix) / Featured in " The Cell", an episode of '' The Walking Dead'' aired on 6 November 2016.

Notes

*A: Swedish singer and AronChupa's younger sister Nora Ekberg provides the vocals for the tracks.

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* * {{Authority control 1991 births Electro house musicians Living people Musicians from Västra Götaland County Nu-disco musicians People from Borås Swedish remixers Sony BMG artists Swedish house musicians Swedish male singer-songwriters Swedish singer-songwriters Synth-pop musicians Chiptune and tracker musicians Academy of Art University alumni Swedish electronic dance music DJs 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish male singers Melbourne Bounce musicians