Blender is a Swedish
dansband
(; "dance band"), or in Norwegian and Danish, is a Swedish language, Swedish term for a band that plays (; "dance band music"). ' is often danced to in partner dance, pairs. Jitterbug and foxtrot music are often included in this category. T ...
, founded in March 2002 by
Lasse Lundberg. Soon, the band became a full-time dansband and since then has played all over Sweden.
In 2007 they won the
Guldklaven award in the "Album of the Year" and they have also got several other awards.
In 2009 the single "Ingen ingenting" was qualified to
Sveriges Radio P4
P4 (''pe fyra'') is a national radio channel produced by the Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Radio. P4 was started in 1987 as a network of regional stations, but national programming was added in 1993 when P3 was relaunched as a specialist you ...
's so called
B rotation list, which guaranteed it a lot of airplay over the radio each week. On 12 December 2009 the band participated with
The Playtones,
Titanix,
Casanovas
Casanovas is a Swedish dansband established in 1989 in Vadstena, Sweden
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and
Bhonus in the last of the qualification sets in
Dansbandskampen
''Dansbandskampen'' is a television show established by Peter Settman and his production company Baluba. Peter Settman is also the show host. The show is broadcast over Sveriges Television, with season 1 airing October–December 2008.
In 2008, fi ...
and performed two songs: "
Dag efter dag" and "
Hold Me Now". Then they also played in the final, but did not win the contest.
In 2011 the band scored a success with the album ''
Ingen utan mig'', reaching fourth position at
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 si ...
.
Members
*Lasse Lundberg (1968) - drums, vocals
*Maria Persson (1980) - vocals
*Magnus Åkerlund (1974) - guitar
*- 2008 Urban (1971) - keyboard, vocals
*Rikard André (1971) - keyboard, vocals
*Robert Norberg (1985) - bass
Discography
Albums
*
Live i studio - 2002
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Live i studio 2 - 2004
*
Alla essen på handen - 2007
*
Live i studio 3 - 2008
*
Välkommen in - 2009
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Ingen utan mig - 2011
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På väg till Malung - 2012 (CD+DVD)
*
Live i studio 4 - 2012
Singles
*Head over Heels - 2003
*It Must Be Love - 2004
*Du tänder alla ljus - 2006
Awards
*2003 - Lasse Lundberg - Guldklaven ''Drummer of the Year''
*2003 - Blender - nominated for ''Newcomer of the Year''
*2004 - Andreas Westman - nominated for ''Bassist of the Year''
*2005 - Blender - nominated for ''Dansband of the Year''
*2005 - Magnus Åkerlund - Guldklaven ''Guitarist of the Year''
*2006 - Ulf Härnström - Guldklaven ''Keyboardist of the Year''
*2007 - Maria Persson - nominated for ''Singer of the Year''
*2007 - Blender - Guldklaven ''Album of the Year'' (
Alla essen på handen)
*2009 - Robert Norberg - nominated for ''Bassist of the Year''
References
External links
Blender
{{Authority control
Dansbands
2002 establishments in Sweden
Musical groups established in 2002
Musical groups from Gävleborg County
Hudiksvall
21st-century establishments in Gävleborg County