Kim Fransson (born 7 June 1982 in

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, Sweden), is a Swedish singer-songwriter, scoring

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successes during 2009. He is particularly known for taking part in the first season of the series ''Made in Sweden'', along with

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, where he collaborated with

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for his debut album, also writing some of his own notable co-writing, such as "Here Comes the Night" with Fredrik Hallström. Kim Fransson started his career at 12 when he appeared on Swedish TV4's program Nyårsgala. At the age of 13 he founded the bands "Kims Karusell, Swedish Chef and Shutlanger Sam" and won the talent contest ''Lejonrock'' in 2000. The band Shutlanger Sam was a "funk teen trio" managed by

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, the former drummer of metal superstars

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and recording studio owner Kevin Wilson. Shutlanger Sam played a show in Vänersborg in 1996 with Holland´s former Trapeze bandmate Glenn Hughes, and were introduced by Holland himself His brother Christian Fransson and cousin David Fransson are also known musicians in

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.Kim Fransson upptäcktes av Laila Bagge
(in Swedish) In 2010, Fransson released a joint single with

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on Merion Music.

Discography

Album

*2009: ''

Kim Kim may refer to: People and fictional characters * Kim (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Kim (surname), a list of people and fictional characters ** Kim (Korean surname) *** Kim dynasty (disambiguation), several dynas ...

Singles

*2009: "Here Comes the Night" *2009: "3 Floors Down" (reached No. 1 in Swedish Singles Chart)

References

External links

Kim Fransson MySpace websiteKim Fransson Facebook pageKim Fransson LastFM page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fransson, Kim 1982 births Living people People from Trollhättan Musicians from Västra Götaland County 21st-century Swedish singer-songwriters 21st-century Swedish male singers