Mats ''Emil'' Assergård (born 23 May 1991 in Undrom, Sweden) is a Swedish singer-songwriter and musician. He has been signed to

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since 2016. Assergård currently resides in Stockholm.

Career

Assergård has released three studio albums, with the first being ''Rakt från hjärtat'', which was released in 2013. His second album was released in 2015, called ''Den Ensamma Känslan''. His most recent album was released in 2019, which is called ''Leva Livet / En samling'' and it debuted and peaked at number five on the

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and was subsequently certified Platinum in Sweden. The record marked his first album release while being signed to Universal Music. He has since 2013 released a handful of singles, including "All In" and "Ego", which have accumulated combined streams of over 45 million on

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. His song "Jag råkade sälja min bästa vän" was certified Gold in Sweden in late 2015. Some of Assergård's most recent singles were released on 10 April 2020, called "Om Jag Vore DJ" and "Om Jag Vore DJ V2." Assergård has also released three

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during his career: ''Naket'', which was released in 2013, ''Skön'' that was released in 2015 and ''Snö'' which also was released that year. Assergård was nominated for the "Male live performer of the year"

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award in 2019, but

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later received the award. On 28 August 2020, Assergård released the single "Livet Suger". He participated in

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, but was eliminated in the semi-final.

Discography

Adapted from Spotify.

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

Notes

References

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