Tony Nilsson is a Swedish singer-songwriter (born in Boden,

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, Sweden in 1977). He is signed to Peermusic. A prolific composer of songs, he has contributed to a string of hits by well-known Swedish artists. Many of his songs have featured in

Melodifestivalen Melodifestivalen (; ) is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almo ...

and in the

Swedish Singles Chart 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 s ...

. Nilsson lives with artist and fellow songwriter Mirja Breitholtz. Nilsson had a hit with "Natalie", a song he had written. It was featured in 2006 in the compilation album ''Absolute Summerhits 2006''. In 2007, a cover version by

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became a huge summer hit in Sweden. In 2010 he wrote the song "If You Love Me", which was recorded and released by British X Factor winner

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. The same year Nilsson started collaborating with Swedish singer Darin. Together they wrote "Can't Stop Love" for the Swedish royal wedding and most of the other songs on Darin's album '' Lovekiller''. The album went straight to No. 1 in the charts and was certified gold after only one week.

Discography

Songs in Melodifestivalen

2008: *" Love in Stereo" by

(co-written with Mirja Breitholtz), Round 2 of Andra Chansen 2009: *"Disconnect Me" by

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(co-written with

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), 6th place (Semi-final) *" The Queen" by

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(Jenny Pettersson) (co-written with Henrik Jansson), 6th place (Semi-final) 2010: *"Doctor Doctor" by

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(co-written with Mirja Breitholtz), 7th place (Semi-final) *"The Saviour" by Anders Ekborg (co-written with Henrik Jansson), 6th place (Semi-final) *"

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" by Alcazar (co-written with

), Round 1 of Andra Chansen *" You're Out of My Life" by

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(co-written with Henrik Jansson), 4th place 2011: *"Like Suicide" by Christian Walz (co-written with Fernando Fuentes and Henrik Jansson), 5th place (Semi-final) 2012: *"Goosebumps" by Hanna Lindblad (co-written with Hanna Lindblad and Linda Sundblad), 7th place (Semi-final) *"Shout It Out" by David Lindgren (co-written with Fernando Fuentes), 4th place

Other Songs

*2007: "Natalie" by

*2007: "S.O.S." by Ola Svensson *2010: "If You Love Me" by

(b-side to Ambitions single) *2010: " Lovekiller" by Darin *2010: "

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" by Darin *2010: "Can't Stop Love" by Darin *2011: " Hit the Lights " by

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*2011: "DNA" by Aynur Aydın *2012: "Loaded" by Agnes *2012: "Human Touch" by Agnes *2012: "Watching It Burn" by Agnes *2012: "Like God" by Agnes *2012: " Better than You" (feat.

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) by

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*2012: "Headphones" by Conor Maynard *2012: " Nobody Knows" by Darin *2012: "Perfect Crime" by David Lindgren *2012: "Encore" by David Lindgren *2013: "Intro" by David Lindgren *2013: "Move That Thing" by David Lindgren *2013: "Back 2 Life" by David Lindgren *2013: "Ignite" by David Lindgren *2013: "Armagedon" by David Lindgren *2013: "Requiem" by

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References

External links

Tony Nilsson official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nilsson, Tony Swedish male songwriters 1977 births Living people People from Boden, Sweden