Andreas Johnson
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Andreas Johnson (born Jon Erik Andreas Johnson, 22 March 1970, in Bjärred, near Lund in Sweden) is a Swedish pop musician and songwriter.
[edit] Career
His family moved around the country, finally settling in a Stockholm suburb. He started his musical career as the singer in Planet Waves, a band which released only one album, Brutal Awakenings before splitting up due to internal conflicts. He then turned to a solo career, releasing the debut album, Cottonfish Tales.
In 1999, he had an international hit with the single Glorious, which later featured on the album Liebling, and has been used in a number of advertisements from companies including Volvo, Nutella and Vauxhall.
Deadly Happy, his third solo album, was released in 2002. The next album, Mr Johnson, Your Room Is On Fire, was released in 2005 on Warner Music. Johnson participated in Melodifestivalen 2006, the Swedish song selection contest for the Eurovision Song Contest, and finished in third place in the final round. In 2007 he will release another album titled The Collector.
On February 24th, 2007, Andreas Johnson participated in Melodifestivalen 2007 with the song "A Little Bit of Love", which was announced as a finalist in the contest. On March 10 2007, the song placed second in Melodifestivalen 2007, losing to The Worrying Kind performed by The Ark.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Warner Music press biography
- www.andreasjohnson.it - Italian Fan site
- www.showmeandreas.com - Fan site
- www.liebling.new.fr - International Forum
- (Swedish) Warner Music Sweden
- (Swedish) Interview in Aftonbladet, published January 21, 2000
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