Markus Eino Fagervall (born 5 October 1982) won

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, the third season of the

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version of

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. Fagervall beat Erik Segerstedt on 1 December 2006 to take the title. His first single "Everything Changes" peaked at number one on the Swedish Singles Chart. His debut album, ''Echo Heart'', was released on 18 December the same year and has to date been certified

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. Prior to winning Idol, Markus was the vocalist in the progressive rock band, Liquid Scarlet. In 2008, Fagervall was a contestant in the Swedish version of

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, hosted by

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and

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Early life

Fagervall was born in Kiruna to a

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father and a Finnish mother. He is fluent in both Finnish and

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Discography

The following is a complete discography of every album and single released by Swedish Pop/Rock music artist Markus Fagervall.

Albums

Singles

Other Charted Songs

References

External links

Official website
1982 births Living people People from Kiruna Idol (Swedish TV series) winners Swedish people of Finnish descent 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish male singers {{Sweden-singer-stub