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Victor Leksell Victor Leksell (born 4 April 1997) is a Swedish singer from Torslanda. Since his first releases in 2018, his most successful single was released in 2020, called " Svag". The song peaked at number one on the Swedish Singles Chart and it was also ...

, released as a single from his debut album, (2020). Leksell performed the song at in December 2019; following positive reception from fans, the song was released on 17 January 2020. "Svag" was written by Leksell along with Carl Silvergran, Felix Flygare Floderer, Kevin Högdahl, and Niklas Carson Mattsson, and produced by Silvergran, Floderer, and Mattsson. According to Leksell, the song expresses the feeling of having one's breath taken away while in the presence of a love interest. In Sweden, "Svag" debuted at number-one on the

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and stayed atop for 14 non-consecutive weeks; it has subsequently been

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nonuple platinum by the

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. The song also topped the singles chart in Norway and has reached the top 20 in Denmark, where it has been certified platinum. Leksell and Norwegian singer

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performed "Svag" on the

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on the

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; the duet was performed in the singers' respective languages of Swedish and Norwegian. Due to the song's success in the

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, Leksell was awarded the 2020 () by Föreningen Norden for breaking down linguistic barriers. In October 2020, "Svag" became the most-

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song on

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, accruing over 100 million streams. As of March 2021, it has been streamed over 130 million times. In 2020, "Svag" was awarded the for Swedish Song of the Year (), and was nominated for International Hit of the Year () at the

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. It was also awarded the 2020 ''

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'' award for Song of the Year (). At the

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in 2021, the song won in the category of Song of the Year (). Additionally, "Svag" won Song of the Year () at the 2021

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. Victor Leksell was in talks with

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about working together, and Basshunter was supposed to remix "Svag", but instead of it they recorded "

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